Organic Spa Magazine is not just a spa or travel magazine, it is a quarterly lifestyle magazine about how to fulfill your life through an organic spa lifestyle through the combination of health, wellness, and living organically.

The premier issue will show you how to live green, slow down, breathe better, eat well, travel consciously, and take time out for yourself. You can view the first digital issue online now.

In just flipping through the first few pages, I see advertising from Aveda, Jane Iredale, and Eminence, endorsed by Alicia Silverstone. I believe just from seeing these how I, and hopefully you, would be interested in their magazine, as we are interested in like-minded products.

Organic Spa Magazine is available in both a print or digital version, which is available for immediate download. You can order which ever version you please right here.

Are you interested in Organic Spa magazine, and would you subscribe?

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They recently found that a certain cancer-causing chemical 1,4-dioxane, is used by many companies in many cosmetic products. You will notice this chemical by other names, such as dioxane, diethylene dioxide, 1,4-diethylene dioxide, diethylene ether, glycol ethylene ether, dioxane-1,4, tetrahydro-p-dioxin, tetrahydro-1,4-dioxin.

The description of 1,4-dioxane from Wikipedia: 1,4-Dioxane is primarily used in solvent applications for the manufacturing sector; however, it is also found in fumigants and automotive coolant. Additionally, the chemical is also used as a foaming agent and appears as an accidental byproduct of the ethoxylation[1] process in cosmetics manufacturing.

Simply speaking, this is scary stuff and cause for concern.

From the EWG study in which they read the ingredient listings of 15,000 cosmetics, skin care and other personal care products, they have published the following alarming statistics:
*22% of cosmetics and skin care products, including baby soaps, are contaminated with 1,4-dioxane.
*80 percent of all cosmetic products may be contaminated with one or more carcinogenic impurities.

Overall, they have found that this chemical is used in almost all brands of
hair relaxers and over half of the baby soaps. They broke down the contamination levels as follows:
* 97% – hair relaxers
* 82% – hair dyes and bleaching
* 66% – hair removers
* 57% – baby soap
* 45% – sunless tanning products
* 43% – body firming lotion
* 36% – hormonal creams
* 36% – facial moisturizers
* 35% – anti-aging products
* 34% – body lotion
* 33% – around-eye creams

So, what do we need to do? First thing is to read your ingredient labels and get to know the names of the chemicals we do not want on our skin. Besides the ones listed above, look for the ingredients sodium laureth sulfate and others that include the clauses “PEG,” “xynol,” “ceteareth,” and “oleth.” These all have some form of 1,4-dioxane in them.

Even if you thought that natural was the way to go, some of these names will sneakily surprise you by showing up on the label. The only true way to avoid these chemicals are to use 100% Organic products – which will be certified as so.

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Kiss My Face was launched in a farmers feed-supply store in upstate New York 25 years ago. It has grown way beyond the pure olive-oil bar soap (which is to this day a top seller) it originally began with.

The line is famous for its Certified Organic Aloe Vera Toothpaste, Sugar Reef Organic Body Scrub and Lavender & Shea Moisture Shave. I don’t know what I should try.

It’s top sellers:
Sun Screen SPF18 with Oat Protein Complex
Sun Spray SPF 30
Pure Olive Oil Bar Soap
Peach Moisture Shave
Olive & Aloe Moisturizer

Do you have a favorite Kiss My Face product you recommend?

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First off, All of Juice Beauty’s products are formulated with powerful antioxidants, freshly squeezed organic juice concentrates, vitamins, and essential nutrients. All of the ingredients are certified organic. How great is that? And this kit is a great way to try out their wonderful line-up of products.

In the Organics To Go Kit:
Cleansing Milk – Made with Red Raspberry Juice
Green Apple Peel
AntiOxidant Serum – Made with Organic White Grape Juice
Hydrating Mist – Made with White Grape Juice
Oil-Free Moisturizer – Made with Apple Juice

The kit also includes the softest, organic bamboo wash cloth.

Each product smells different from each other, but they all smell delicious! I really like all of them, but my favorites are a toss-up between the Cleansing Milk, which dissolved each and every bit of makeup and dirt from my face, even my mascara, and the Green Apple Peel, which smooths on and exfoliates as it rests on my face and neck for about 10 minutes. It literally made my skin feel like I had just had an hour-long facial. Divine!

This kit is a must-have for you if you want to try Juice Beauty – in which I urge you to do so, and it also makes a great staple in your travel bag, if you are one who frequently travels.

Thanks, gals! I can’t wait to try more of your [Juice Beauty] products.

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Each of Pangea Organic bars of soap is cold processed by hand, and custom blended with some of the best ingredients there are. And the cold process means that the benefits of such wonderful ingredients are not wasted by being boiled off.

There are 12 different bars to choose from:
AUSTRALIAN TEA TREE & LAVENDER
PYRENEES LAVENDER WITH DAMIANA TEA
MALAGASY CINNAMON CASSIA WITH CLOVES
OATMEAL WITH ITALIAN BERGAMOT
CANADIAN PINE WITH WHITE SAGE
INDIAN LEMONGRASS WITH ROSEMARY
ITALIAN WHITE SAGE, GERANIUM & YARROW
TUNISIAN OLIVE OIL & COCONUT
EGYPTIAN FENNEL WITH GRAPEFRUIT & SWEET ORANGE
EGYPTIAN BASIL & MINT
PYRENEES LAVENDER WITH CARDAMOM

You simply cannot imagine just how wonderful these bars smell. I have been using the Australian Tea Tree & Lavender bar and it is divine.

Each soap bar comes in it’s own recyclable container and retails for $7.99. Pangea Organics can be found online at their website and at wonderful retailers such as Whole Foods, Wild Oats, and World Market.

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