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Greenpeople are Beautiful

Did you know that many high street beauty products, whilst advertising the fact they have ‘natural’ active ingredients, actually contain as little as 6% of the ingredient they cite? And that’s not to mention the added preservatives, synthetic fragrances and petrochemical derived mineral oils. Not sounding so tempting now are they.

Here at Smart Sussex we aim to promote organic, cruelty and chemical free beauty and were delighted to welcome Greenpeople on board the Smart Sussex Passport scheme. Based in West Grinstead in Sussex, their skincare products contain 90% active ingredients. So it’s no wonder they have been receiving rave reviews and endorsements from such luminaries as Darryl Hannah and Janey Lee Grace
Winners of handfuls of awards, including the 2008 Natural Health & Beauty Awards, Greenpeople products are a result of more than 10 years intensive study and passion to create the best and most effective organic skincare range available.

Caromacare

Lavender Bath Salts

The Caromacare Range was created by Caroline Minnis.( BSc. IIHHT. VTCT.) after frequent requests of her clients to have natural ingredients in their skin products. As a professional Aromatherapist of over 10 years, she came to realise the immense power of Essential Oils and how they can be used in an effective and remedial way, in virtually every type of skin and hair product.
All of the products are made with natural base ingredients like sweet almond, grapeseed and coconut oils, together with cocoa and shea butters, beeswax and plant oil infusions like lavender, comfrey and calendula.

Raw Gaia

Sussex based company Raw Gaia lead the way in harnessing the lving energy of plants to create the finest and freshest beauty products.

In Greek Mythology Gaia was the Goddess of the Earth. Followers of Gaia today concentrate on the return to living at one with nature. Sussex based skincare producers Raw Gaia embody this spirit totally by creating wonderful beauty products designed to help us all get a little closer to a natural living energy.

I Am Natural

Vanessa Langley looks at the organic beauty care company that started life in Brighton
Feb 18th 2009

I Am Natural Logo Since time immemorial natural materials have been used in beauty products to enhance our appearance and self esteem. We seek out ranges identifying themselves with plants, flowers and minerals. Sadly not many of the bottles lining the supermarket shelves have much (if any) of their associated ingredients left and are often full of undesirable chemicals and additives designed to increase the visual appeal or shelf life of the product, rather than be of any benefit to our skin.

Beauty Without Cruelty

The animal welfare charity Naturewatch has worked tirelessly for years, campaigning educating and promoting cruelty free living.

2009 marks a momentous move closer to ending animal testing of cosmetics
In March 2009, legislation comes into effect, introducing a phased ban on animal testing of cosmetics and cosmetic ingredients throughout Europe. The ban will prohibit the testing of cosmetics on animals, in cases where non-animal alternatives are available. While a marketing ban, will apply to products containing animal tested ingredients coming into the EU from elsewhere in the world.
However, a total ban on animal testing of cosmetics only comes into effect in March 2013, and until then animals will continue to be used in those tests for which non-animal alternatives are not yet available

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