Urban Baby has some great Mother’s Day gifts including books, bags, and jewellery.

They have also just released the Gaia Organic Cotton winter 2008 range which includes a number of new designs such as:

• long sleeve tops
• leggings
• long sleeve bodysuits

View the New Collection

Eco Friendly Gifts for Mum

Organic cotton baby clothes make a great gift for a new mum but there are other gifts she is sure to appreciate. Eco friendly gifts include:

• Stuffit Stowaway Backpack
• Stuffit Stowaway Carry Bags

These are reusable bags great for doing the shopping or carrying around baby things.

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If you are not sure what to get a new mother, then you may wish to get her a gift voucher and let her choose her own gift.

A short video showing that eco fashion doesn’t have to be bland.

Eco-fashion designer Kate D’Arcy introduces her collection Toggery by Kate D’Arcy. She presents the Fall 08 line, talks about her inspirations, and her go-green philosophy for the modern fashionista.

Toggery by Kate D’Arcy from Style House PR on Vimeo.

Organic Earth is an Australian company producing organic skin care products which are available for sale online. Here is a little about Organic Earth from their website:

We do not use other companies base products. All our products are handmade with quality ingredients, our formulas are our own and we make our own successful creations from scratch.

No artificial or harsh chemicals or preservatives. No perfumes or fragrances added. Free from sodium laurel sulphate.

Organic Earth

Their product range includes:

• body brushes
• body lotions
• body butters
• skin cleansers
• soap
• eye cream
• moisturisers
• scrubs
• exfoliants

The products are organic which means the ingredients are produced without the use of synthetic fertilisers and or pesticides. They also use certified organic oils.

I love these kinds of hand made products but personally I would prefer to see an ingredients list before purchasing from them. Oh, and I’d really love it if they got rid of the music from their site Other than that, their range looks great. I’d love to hear from anyone who has tried their products.

Visit Organic Earth for more information about their organic skin care products.

Neco is an eco friendly store selling a wide range of products to help you reduce your impact on the environment. They are currently having a back to school (or back to work) promotion so you can start 2008 off in an eco friendly manner.

Products to look out for include:

• recycled pens, pencils and highlighters
• sustainable notepads
• recycled paper diaries
• recycled folders
• recycled erasers

They stock plenty of other items which might be of interest such as:

• eco lighting
• eco friendly cleaning products
• safe pest control products
• composting items
• rainwater tanks
• solar power
• water saving products

They have a lot of fantastic products and now is a great time to buy as they have free delivery for orders over $100.

Visit Neco - The Eco Superstore for more information.

As always, Thexton is a having an Australia Day sale starting this Friday, 25th January until Monday 28th January. Three is 15% off everything so now is the time to stock up on all your favourite organic products.

Organic products available from Thexton include:

• organic skin care
• organic hair care
• organic vitamins
• organic chocolate
• eco friendly cleaning products

Don’t forget to enter to code AUSTDAY in the voucher box in the confirm and pay page.

Visit Thexton for more information.

There hasn’t been much organic news to report of late but a number of new organic brands and products have recently hit the Australian market. I’ll be reporting on these next month so I hope you’ll keep coming back to get the latest information.

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In the meantime you can find information on organic products on the main site.

Thexton is having another sale with 15% off everything with no minimum purchase amount.

The sale is on all long weekend and ends on Monday 11th June at midnight EST.

Organic products available at Thexton include:

• Sanctum organic skin care
• eco friendly cleaning products
• organic snack/energy bars
• organic vitamins
• organic herbs and spices
• organic Goji berries
• organic hair care products
• organic baby products
• organic tea tree oil
• organic rosehip oil
• organic food

They have lots of other organic products too. Do a quick search on their site and you’re sure to find what you’re looking for. Visit Thexton to see what’s available.

Note: You must enter the code QUEENB to get your discount.

Sanctum Organic skin care is now certified organic meaning their products are free from:

• petrochemicals
• non organic products of animal origin
• talc
• synthetic fragrances
• Sodium Lauryl Sulphate
• chemically synthesised sunscreens

The Sanctum product range is fantastic and includes:

• face and body skin care
• hair care products
• men’s grooming
• baby skin care products
• gift/travel packs

Organic Skin Care

• shower gel
• body scrub
• cleanser
• exfoliator
• moisturiser
• face mask
• eye cream
• eye balm
• blemish lotion
• hand and nail cream
• foot soak
• foot balm

Organic Hair Care

• shampoo
• conditioner

Organic Men’s Range

• face and body scrub
• shower wash
• moisturiser
• deodorant
• shaving gel

Organic Baby Skin Care

• bath wash
• shampoo
• bottom balm
• moisturiser
• powder

Thexton has a special on at the moment where you can get a free 45mL Sanctum Hand and Nail Repair cream when you spend over $75 on Sanctum organic products. Visit Thexton for more details.

Absolutely Gorgeous is having a stocktake clearance with discounts on many of their natural and organic beauty products. Sales are a great time to stock up on your favourite items or to try something new. Some of the natural and/or organic products on sale include:

Certified Organic Lip Balms

• Mama Coco’s Hawaiian Lip Balm - Vanilla
• Mama Coco’s Hawaiian Lip Balm - Lemon + Aid

Wild Elixir - Natural and Organic Skin Care

• Wild - Intensive Creme Cleanser
• Wild - Purifying Hand Cleanse
• Wild - Purifying Room Mist
• Wild - Enriched Hand and Nail Cream
• Wild - Skin Soother

Kosmea - Organic Rosehip Oil Based Products

• Kosmea - Moisture Cream
• Kosmea - Eight Natural Wonder Serum
• Kosmea - Clarifying Facial Wash

100% Organic Rosehip Oil

• La Clinica - Organic Rosehip Oil

Natural and Organic Hair Care

• Avalon Organics - Tea Tree Scalp Treatment
• Avalon Organics - Rosemary Volumising Conditioner
• Avalon Organics - Peppermint Revitalising Conditioner
• Avalon Organics - Lemon Clarifying Conditioner
• Avalon Organics - Lavender Nourishing Shampoo

Organic Candles

• White Flower Lei - Organic Soy Candle

Natural Skin Care

• Bee Natural - Night Cream
• Bee Natural - Facial Cream
• Bee Natural - Dry Skin Cream
• Shizen - Natural Gift Pack

Click on the product link for more information or visit Absolutely Gorgeous to view all sale items.

If you need another reason to start using eco friendly cleaning products (and human friendly) or to switch to organic beauty products, then consider this recent research which show that high levels of synthetic fragrances are being found in breast milk (via New Scientist):

Record levels of synthetic fragrances from everyday cleaning, deodorising and beauty products have been found in the breast milk of American women.

Little is known about the health risks of these fragrances, more accurately known as polycyclic musks. Older fragrances, called nitro musks, caused cancer in animals, and there are indications that high doses of polycyclic musks may cause developmental and reproductive problems. So far, though, no one has looked at the possibility of more subtle effects, says Kannan.

I’ve made the switch to friendlier cleaning products but have yet to completely switch over to organic beauty products. I’m always reluctant to try new skin care products but in the coming weeks I’m going to check out some new products and brands. I’ll review them here so you can all get an idea of the best brands. I’m also going to stop using perfume as it can’t be doing me any good and it’s not really necessary anyway. It’s definitely something I can live without.