“I especially like the ones (flowers) that grow through cracks in the sidewalk. Those ones are fighters. They’ve tenaciously pushed through all that concrete and brought a little life and color to an unexpected place.” 
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Happiness in a cracked sidewalk
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Organic Valentine’s Day flowers!
Sunday, January 31st, 2010Many consumers cradling their colorful bouquets don’t realize that close to 70% of cut flowers sold in the USA are grown overseas, where growing conditions are better, but labor is cheaper and pesticide regulation is more lax.
So think about sending organic flowers to your sweetie this Valentine’s Day, or the day after, or for a birthday, etc.
Everyone can do something-
Friday, January 15th, 2010As the devastation in Haiti continues, we can all pitch in to help. And tomorrow, we can do the same. And the day after that and for every day after that until our help is no longer needed. Just do something.
$4.95 Flat-rate shipping (thru 12/31)
Saturday, December 12th, 2009Pssst…We’re offering a great deal on shipping for the holidays. A flat-rate shipping charge of $4.95 for USPS Priority mail. Few things could be better than that. And if you’re buying our stuff, then I seriously don’t know if anything could be better.
Happy Holidays!
Organic Potpourri!
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009For anyone who knows me, you will know I have been on a quest for some time now to re-hab potpourri’s image. Usually, when I tell someone that I’ve been working on it, I’m lucky if the person just says ‘huh…?’ Often enough, there’s outright derision. Well, to prove to all those nay-sayers that potpourri can be as beautiful, enticing and complex, here at long last is skinnyskinny’s first entry into the potpourri world: Organic Lavender & Sage Potpourri.
skinnyskinny Organic Lavender & Sage Potpourri
All of the ingredients in this blend are certified organic. It’s made from lavender buds, white ceremonial sage, lemons and limes (that we cut and dried ourselves), roses, birds’ eye chili peppers, and lots of other little goodies. This potpourri is great as a room freshener or in sachets. The scent is strong and well-balanced. It’s not overly cloying or perfume-y. It’s really lovely. And it can be yours very very soon, basically as soon as it gets added to our site.
UPDATE: It is done. Go here to get your own. And say good-bye to cinnamon and pine cones in your potpourri. We’ll be adding our superb Orange and Fennel potpourri tomorrow. Just wait til you see (and smell) that one. It’s gorgeous all around.
Green Gift Ideas
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009We take great pride in being ecofriendly, but we still like our fun and sophistication. skinnyskinny blends the best of all of these things to bring you a wide selection of really green holiday gift ideas. And if you don’t see something here that you like, just ask us. We’re adding new products all the time and often customize our products for special occasions. First up, our Organic Bath Salts Set:
Organic Bath Salts Gift Set (in Ecofriendly Box)
This lovely set comes with 6 of our hand-crafted organic soaps (of your choice). You also get 10 sachets of our organic bath salts (for a total of 20 ounces). This all comes beautifully packed in a hand-made ecofriendly gift box that looks like a large book. One of the greatest aspects of this (besides the great contents) is that it is really easy to re-use this box. We haven’t plastered our name all over it because we have full confidence that you’ll remember us for our quality and attention to detail. All of this for $70. We even tie it all up with a ribbon and we’ll happily include a hand-written gift card.
Next up, our award-winning Organic Soap Set:
Organic Soap Set in Ecofriendly Book Box
This wonderful gift set comes with 6 of our organic soaps (of your choice) and you get to choose from 4 colors of books (pictured). The book is made from wildgrass, which makes it completely treeless and sustainable. The boxes have been made using Fair Trade practices. We tie a ribbon around the packed book and will include a hand-written gift card. This set won ‘Best Green Packaging’ from the Health and Beauty Association- International Product Design Awards. Not bad, huh? Plus, the price is right at $46.
We’ll be adding some other gift ideas to the blog in the next few days. We’ve got some great organic potpourris in the works, along with lots of other hand-crafted gift-ables.
And if you use this code 120109 , you’ll get free Domestic USPS Priority or UPS Standard shipping (thru 12/24/09). For retail orders only.
skinnyskinny flagship store
Friday, November 27th, 2009Our store opened 2 weeks ago and we are finally posting some pictures. We’ve used reclaimed wood for all of our furnishings. My brother and his wife built most of the store. You can find them here if you’d like some amazing custom furniture from reclaimed and salvaged materials: www.collegegrovestudios.com.
Our entire line of organic goods are available here, plus we’ll be making some products exclusive to our store. Starting in January, we’ll be offering soapmaking and other classes here as well. If you are in the neighborhood, stop by and say ‘hello’.
129 Roebling Street #B, Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718)366-2201
skinnyskinny Flagship Store
Sometimes, We are Procrastinators (Okay, it's mostly me)
Monday, April 13th, 2009
Here at skinnyskinny, we are a proud, ethical and just company. One of the best ever, by the way. Anyway, some of you reading this blog may not realize just how much paperwork (and fees!) is involved in getting permission to use the various logos, like the logo of the little bunny that shows that a product is cruelty-free. It will cost $500 to license that the cute jumping bunny logo. We’ve always been cruelty-free and most of our products are completely vegan, too. Even with the best intentions, though, paperwork and filling-out forms seldom ranks high on my list of priorities. As a consequence, I’ve been inadvertently putting off the completion of the paperwork to prove skinnyskinny’s compliance for more than a year. There are plenty of excuses, many of them good ones, but enough is enough. Easter has come a day late to skinnyskinny. So, to honor the fecundity of bunnies and the arrival of spring, I’m pledging to finally get this task finished this week. It will still take 2-3 weeks for our paperwork to be processed by Leaping Bunny, but be on the look-out for the leaping bunny logo on our site in the next few weeks.
Organic Soap Set Gets Mad Props!
Friday, April 10th, 2009
What a thrill! Our Organic Soap Set (in a book box) gets a full-page feature in the May issue of O. What a lovely photo, too. This soap set already won the award for Best Green Packaging from the HBA-IPDA (Health and Beauty Association-International Product Design Awards). I’m beginning to think that we’re on to something here.
Featured Product: Lavender & Eucalyptus Soap
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Lots of people get bored with soap talk. Those are probably many of the same people who only like movies with explosions or who would never consider a salad to be a complete meal. Yes, they are in short, brutes. So be it. They probably smell, too.
We are one of the few companies that use extra-virgin olive oil as the base for our soaps. Why does this make a difference? Well, extra-virgin is minimally processed and hasn’t been stripped of it’s best parts. For many of the same reasons that extra-virgin olive oil is better for you to eat than lower-grades of olive oil, we think that extra-virgin makes a better, more moisturizing soap. Because we start with such high-quality and nutrient-rich ingredients (check any of our labels), the finished soaps leave you clean without stripping your skin of its needed moisture. This means that you won’t itch and you also won’t need to use as many moisturizing products (like lotions). All of the recipes for our soaps have been carefully balanced to create gentle, long-lasting bars that won’t melt away in the shower.
Our organic lavender & eucalyptus soap is our best-selling product of any that we make. It is a really good soap. The combination of the lavender and eucalyptus make this a great unisex scent. We’ve added copious amounts of goat milk to make this bar even gentler and soothing, plus there are nice little scrubby lavender buds in this soap to help exfoliate. Each of our bars is wrapped in unique (and by ‘unique’ I mean that there are no two packages that look the same. Check the photos.) and extremely ecofriendly materials. Additionally, all of our labels (the colored part) are printed with soy inks on 100% PCW papers. Plus, we are 100% carbon-neutral. For more information, read our ‘about’ page.
As a reminder, our Spring Sale is still on at the main site (www.skinnyskinny.com). Enter ’spring20′ during the checkout to redeem. The sale is on through April 15.
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