The Organic Diva Diaries

Stay in Your Pajamas, Diva. This Sale Is Coming To You...

Oh, darling, next to a five pound box of money, the best gifts of the season are free (free of toxins, that is). And thanks to a 20% Black Friday Sale, you can save, save, save on the best non-toxic gifts of 2009. From now until Sunday, November 29, save on our favorites from Suki, Jane Iredale, Nurture My Body, Keys, Lavera, Indigo Wild, Nontoxique Beauty and others just by using promotional code: divaholly. But act fast. Our sale will be as out of date as last season's cocktail dress at Midnight, Sunday, November 29. (Some exceptions apply...)  

Organic Diva Extreme Makeover Coming Soon to a Computer Near You...

Oh, Lover, consider it a facelift minus the two week recovery period in Costa Rica...On November 15 (plus or minus a day or two), www.organicdivas.com will preview its new and improved look. That's right, darling, a more "bright-eyed" version is coming along with a plethora of new products (all suggested by Organic Divas across the country.) In addition, some fabulous OD logo wear will be making its way to the web so you can say it loud and say it proud, "I'm an Organic Diva!"

Make sure to stop by to check out "the work" we're having done. We know you're going to love it!

**Twin Cities Divas preview the best Organic Diva gifts of the season at Guild's Grand Opening on Thursday, November 12. The new venture features some of the most unique local retailers and designers and is located at 4414 Excelsior Blvd. in St. Louis Park. Organic Diva will be featured in the "pop-up shop" throughout the holiday season.

Organic Divas Invited to Minneapolis Radiology's Women's Wellness Event on Saturday, October 24, 2009

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The Company We Keep...

As I write this on the eve of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Organic Diva signature attitude is absent. The truth is there is nothing funny about breast cancer, particularly if the people you love the most are touched by it. This month presents a challenge for us. While many cosmetics giants highlight "pink-ribbon" products during the months of October, our position is that breast cancer is something to prevent not profit from. We choose to do that by supporting companies that make breast cancer awareness a lifelong goal not a month long goal. As a result, the companies on our site have committed to producing products that don't contain ingredients linked to the disease.

The truth is that you won't see many of these companies in the pages of beauty magazines. Their advertising budgets won't allow that. So to Rich Arnold and Patty Kerr of Nurture My Body, thank you. To Emily Voth of Indigo Wild (Zum), thank you. To Wendy Steele of Keys Soap, thank you. To Suki Kramer of suki advanced organic

 science, thank you. To Ulrike Jacob of Lavera, thank you. To Kristin Adams of Afterglow Cosmetics, thank you. To Jane Iredale of Jane Iredale Cosmetics, thank you. We are proud of the company we keep and forever grateful that you remain committed to the health of Baby C and Organic Divas like her everywhere.

You're Not Getting Older, Diva...You're Getting Better...

Oh Darling, It's true...time marches on. But with the right skin care regime, it doesn't need to look like it marched all over that beautiful mug of yours. Organic Diva can help you keep that youthful schoolgirl appearance, with non-toxic anti-aging products from Suki and Nordic Naturals. Check out our newest finds in our anti-aging and supplement sections designed to keep you looking like your best Diva self.

And might we add, you look mah-velous!

Send Your Favorite Organic Diva Back To School In Style...

A perfect send-off for your favorite Organic Diva, our College Care Package promises to start her academic year off right and includes our all-time best sellers. Your favorite diva will enjoy a full-size suki exfoliate foaming cleanser, suki cleansing bar, Keys Solar Rx SPF 30+ and Keys Eye Butter, as well as a Dirty Dozen card, and an Organic Diva T-shirt.

We can't guarantee it will get her to the library, we're not miracle workers, darling. Still an Organic Diva College Care Package is the perfect little reminder that a key to happiness is having the highest standards when it comes to personal care products (and paramours too)...

Regularly retails for $107.80. Your price: $85. (That makes it cheap, cheap, almost free!) Includes Free Shipping.

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics Invites All Organic Divas To "Not Just a Pretty Face" Webinar

Clear your social calendar...Stacy Malkan and the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics have kindly extended an invite to all Organic Divas to join their first-ever Book Club Webinar. One of our favorites, Malkan uses a journalist's clear voice in 'Not Just a Pretty Face' to tell the story of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and its mission to clean up the beauty industry. If you have not read this book, we ask why, Diva, why?! 

Stacy has traveled North America to share her knowledge of safe products with thousands of people on her  book tour - and her next stop is your living room, darling. She'll walk participants through key chemicals to avoid, explain how you can make safer personal care purchases, answer your questions and reveal how you can help give the beauty industry a makeover!

Click here for more info about 'Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry':
https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=xi0c5l19590w

Date:
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Time:
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:
From your own living room...on the phone!
Link to instructions for joining: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5500/
Phone: 510-848-5701
Email:
https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?ud

The event is free of charge. It's not to be missed!

Kissing A Lot of Frogs Just Got More Difficult...

Let's be honest, darling, kissing a lot of frogs never really held much appeal. Now comes news that many frogs are winding up with deformed genitals and are developing female characteristics...a reality that makes "kissing a lot of frogs" even less appealing...What's going on? Check out Nicholas Kristof's piece in the New York Times: "It's Time To Learn From The Frogs" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/opinio

n/28kristof.html. Also see the CBC documentary, the Disappearing Male www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2008/disappearingmale/

Our Top-Seller Gets Another Two Thumbs Up!

 Check out Allison Kaplan's MinnMoms.com blog. She gives two thumbs up to Organic Diva's top-selling suki exfoliate foaming cleanser. Kaplan just got two thumbs up from our favorite Suze Orman regarding her May 17th Pioneer Press story on paying off credit card debt. The good news? Suki exfoliate foaming cleanser won't break the bank!

http://www.minnmoms.com/ci_12477642

Oxy-morons Use Oxybenzone. Make Sure Your Sunscreen Does Not Contain This Harmful Ingredient.

Darling Girls, if you do nothing else this year, commit to getting rid of any sunscreen you own that contains Oxybenzone. In 2008, The Center for Disease Control released a study that found nearly all Americans are contaminated with the chemical which contributes to hormone disruption, cell damage and low birth weight in baby girls whose mothers used sunscreen containing Oxybenzone while they were pregnant. See the release below and check your sunscreens for the ingredient. Let us know what you find and share this info with those near and dear to you.

CDC: Americans Carry ‘Body Burden’ of Toxic Sunscreen Chemical
CONTACT: EWG Public Affairs, (202) 667-6982
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, March 25, 2008

WASHINGTON, March 25 – The bodies of nearly all Americans are contaminated with a sunscreen chemical that has been linked to allergies, hormone disruption, and cell damage, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). A companion study from the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine found that the same chemical is linked to low birth weight in baby girls whose mothers are exposed during pregnancy.
The chemical, oxybenzone, is widely used in sunscreens. Environmental Working Group's (EWG) analysis of ingredient labels found that nearly 600 sunscreens sold in the U.S. contain oxybenzone, including products by Hawaiian Tropic, Coppertone, and Banana Boat. Although oxybenzone is most common in sunscreen, companies also use the toxic chemical in at least 567 other personal care products, including lip balm, lipstick, moisturizers and fragrance for women.
Oxybenzone was last reviewed for safety in the 1970’s but since then significant new evidence has been published on its toxicity and pervasive exposure. A recent review by the European Union found insufficient data to determine whether oxybenzone in sunscreen is safe for consumers.
“These studies are the latest in a long list of reasons the Food and Drug Administration must thoroughly review the safety of all chemicals used in sunscreens Americans use every day,” said Rebecca Sutton, a scientist with EWG. “FDA must do what it promised 30 years ago: Enact permanent, enforceable federal safety standards for sunscreens so consumers can get the best and safest sun protection.”
EWG research shows that 84 percent of 910 name-brand sunscreen products offer inadequate protection from the sun, or contain ingredients, like oxybenzone, with significant safety concerns. These products are on the market because FDA has failed to finalize sunscreen safety standards that have been under development since 1979, but has instead issued a series of delays and revisions at the request of the personal care product industry. FDA issued a new draft of the standards last October under pressure from EWG, but continues to delay finalizing the standards at the behest of the regulated industry.
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EWG is a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, DC that uses the power of information to protect human health and the environment. The group’s research on oxybenzone is available online at http://www.ewg.org/node/26212.

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