Organic Beauty View

If you’ve stepped into (or simply inhaled as you passed) a Sabon NYC store (unfortunately a NY/NJ/Chicago/Boston-only experience in the USA), you know how beckoning and utterly mesmerising the scent of their soaps can be. I’ll admit that I’ve been drawn inside on more than one occasion. Each Sabon soap bar is nothing short of a work of art, always richly scented of herbs or flowers. As if I needed any other reason to love Sabon, they’ve recently joined the ranks of companies producing organic product lines. Yes, there is now Sabon Organic! My intro to the Ecocert-approved line was their sea salt and olive oil Organic Body Scrub, which just turns skin into silk. It’s exactly the thing to use before a special night out- when you want your skin to look and feel amazing. I also liked the richness of their organic hand and foot creams, no doubt a result of a blend of shea butter with olive, macadamia nut and jojoba oils.  One thing to note: while none of the Sabon Organic products are 100% organic (the scrub I tried was 20.5% organic and 100% natural and the hand and foot creams are 84% and 83% organic, respectively), the exact percentages, as well as ingredients, are clearly labeled on all packaging (even my mini samples!). So while we’d love for every product labeled ‘organic’ to be 100% organic, that’s rarely the case and it’s wonderful to see such clear info and full disclosure put out there for consumers to learn from. Keep this in mind as you do your organic shopping! If you’re interested in the Sabon Organic line, the above products, as well as a face serum, eye serum, day cream and body butter, are available online at sabonnyc.com. Writer :: Jolene Hart