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The Gin Lady shares her views on parabens

The Gin Lady is a green, independent and natural place to gather information, products reviews and to buy ethical products. We would like to share with you her latest article on the most controversial topic at the moment: parabens. The article is worth reading as it gives the views of the pro and against parabens parties..

Natural candle by NuboNau, a new way to experience pure luxury

I would like to share with you the luxurious feelings from having a 100% natural candle in my home. It came in a beautiful box with magnetic closure (that was really wow), I opened it and found this wide round glass with 3 cotton wicks, and even then I could smell the quality of the oils and their strength. I lighted it and its deep and relaxing scent enveloped all my sitting room. No black smoke, melting evenly and no smudge around the edges. Quite a work of art and love! I love scented candles and at the same time I feel I can not relax much with them because of the synthetic fragrances aspect, but with this candle I can! If you would like to have the same experience and treat yourself to something special you can get it from NuboNau (I had Tranquillity).

Fair Trade, the latest green trend

At the In Cosmetics Show this year there was clearly a new hot trend on the horizon: fair trade. There was a talk by The Fair Trade Foundation explaining the standards and their implications for production (including employment conditions, health and safety, environmental management) and minimum price. You can see their standards here To give you an idea of how trendy Fair Trade is look at these figures:

-the worldwide turnover of fair trade products has now reached 2.9 billions euros

-8 million farmers/producers/workers are benefiting from fair trade

Not bad! The figures are mainly for food related products however the trend is moving into the cosmetic industry bit by bit and Organic Monitor published a report at the end of 2008 to give information about formulation issues, ingredients trend, prices, sales channel with a general overview of what types of products are on the market. If you would like to know more about it, visit their website here