How Organic have you been?....

Forrest Crawford with Hello Mellow Massage Oil

With the first week of Organic September gone, its a good time to ask yourselves how organic you have been?

Why choose Organic for your babies skin?

We are committed to sourcing the purest, organic ingredients that we can find. Organic products are different and offer a wide range of benefits:

• They are gentle enough for delicate and sensitive skin.
• The naturally occurring ingredients in the products are better used and received by your skin than synthetic substances.
• They are less drying to the skin.
• Made with better ingredients that have not been subjected to pesticides or artificial fertilisers.
• Better for the environment. Organic farming releases less greenhouse gases that non-organic farming, helping to create a better future for your little monkeys.

 We have recognised the importance of certifying all of our products to assure all of our customers that we are serious about producing truly organic baby skincare. All of our products are certified by the Soil Association which means that they comply with strict rules set at UK, European and international levels. These rules assure our consumers that they are buying genuinely organic products that can be fully traceable back to the farm.

A good running

We found out this week that we didn't win in the Health and Beauty category for the Venture Candy competition. But we're not sore losers.. We are very happy to have got as far as we did and are proud that only after 1 year of trading we had such amazing feedback from the judging panel and public.
We will continue our journey of formulating lots of Organic products that are safe for your little ones' skin and hope to educate the masses about a natural, more organic way of looking after your little monkeys...

So this is an even BIGGER Thank you to those who voted for us and we will be back next year!!..

The Organic Monkey team

x

A BIG Thank you

 

We had a manic few days over the weekend waiting for votes to come in for the Venture Candy competition. We have been very nervous but when we realised how much support we have from all of our followers and friends, it made us feel all warm inside. So this is a BIG Thank you to all of you who voted. We should know the outcome this week we hope, but whatever happens, we feel very lucky to have all of you!

Lots of love, The Organic Monkey team x

Vote for Organic Monkey!

We would love everyone to take a few seconds to vote for us and to let your friends, family and colleagues know about it too.

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We’re very excited to announce that Organic Monkey has been short listed from thousands of entries in the prestigious Venture Candy business competition. It is sponsored by the Metro newspaper and aims to support enterprise and innovation, transforming budding businesses into big brands. 
 
We have made it to the final 3 in the “Health & Beauty” category and the winner of the category is decided solely by public vote. We were featured in the Metro newspaper on Friday 22nd July and we would love you to show your support by voting for us.
 
“Once the public votes for a winner, Venture Candy rewards these talented, successful businesses with the exposure and profile they need to get ahead. The winners receive a host of valuable business assets ranging from mentorship, publicity, advertising, contacts and professional services, all of which give them the business foundations they need to grow.” 
 
Winning this competition would be a fantastic opportunity for us to grow, helping us to increase brand awareness, making our products more accessible and ultimately enabling us to nourish, protect and relieve more little monkey's skin with high quality, organic and Fairtrade ingredients.

We would love everyone to take a few seconds to vote for us and to let your friends, family and colleagues know about it too.

Click on this message to go through to www.venturecandy.co.uk 

Thank you.

Clocks are springing forward.....

For us mums struggling on minimal and interrupted sleep as it is, missing out on another hour this weekend when the clocks go forward is a bit of a daunting prospect, however lighter evenings  (better find the black out blinds for the little monkeys windows) and the knowledge that summer is on the way makes it all worth it!! Yippee.

Raising Awareness...

 One of our little Monkeys was featured in the Local Newspaper the Argus last weekend to raise awareness about the pioneering cooling technique used at the Trevor Mann baby unit at Brighton Hospital :

 

Brighton boy frozen back to life

The Argus 9:30am Saturday 5th March 2011

• By Siobhan Ryan, Health Reporter »

Little Forrest Crawford is a typical active and happy two-year-old, the picture of health.
But the youngster is only alive and well because doctors froze him for three days shortly after he was born.
When his mother Heidi gave birth at home, Forrest was not breathing, his body was limp and his skin was blue.
He was rushed to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton but it took more than 30 minutes for medics to eventually get him breathing.

Doctors were worried about brain damage so used a pioneering cooling technique to give his system a chance to recover.
They deliberately dropped his temperature from a normal 37C to 33.5C, low enough to bring on hypothermia.
The procedure, which was inspired by trapped climbers' ability to survive freezing conditions, reduces the pressure on the brain, allowing it to recover from trauma.
After watching him closely for 72 hours, staff at the hospital's Trevor Mann baby unit felt the time was right to start warming Forrest up again.
Tests and an MRI scan showed his brain was functioning normally and he was able to go home after eight days.
He has never looked back since and now, aged 27 months, he is developing perfectly normally.
Mrs Crawford, 35, of Victoria Street, Brighton, said: “It was absolutely miraculous."

Organic Monkey Celebrates Fairtrade Fortnight!

Organic Monkey Celebrates Fairtrade Fortnight

It's Fairtrade Fortnight (28th February - 13th March) and Organic Monkey are celebrating the fact that they are the first and only baby skincare company to have been awarded Fairtrade certification by the Fairtrade Foundation.  This year the Fairtrade Foundation are asking the nation to show off about buying Fairtrade which offers 7.5 million people in the developing world a more secure future.

Organic Monkey use as many Fairtrade ingredients as are possible to source for their skin care range to ensure the best quality raw ingredients and Fairtrade provides a better deal for producers in developing countries, creating opportunities for farmers and workers to improve their lives, their communities and protect their environment.

Take the raw shea butter used in their Bumfluff nappy balm for example. This is produced in Ghana by the Akoma Co-operative Multipurpose Society who process nuts gathered from the karite tree grown in Bolgatanga Upper East Region Ghana. The Fairtrade premium received is helping members of the village of Pisi-Namogo, particularly the more vulnerable women, children and elderly, to rise out of poverty.