Beach Organics offers a complete line of certified organic bath and body products that are all natural and safe to use. Almost all of their products are all vegan too with the exception of the deodorants and lip balms which contain organic beeswax. We featured Beach Organics wonderful certified organic soaps in our Vegan Presence February anniversary package for those lucky enough to get one before they sold out! I recently had the opportunity to chat with Susan Moore, Founder and CEO. Without further ado, I would like to introduce you to this awesome organic company that supports the community in many ways, including work with cancer patients!
Andrea: Please introduce and tell us about your company.
Susan: Beach Organics™ Skin Care is a certified organic, certified vegan skin care company that operates out of sunny Cocoa, Florida. We ensure that everything that leaves our facility is the best that it can be. Our products are made in small controlled batches ingredients so that you, the consumer, don’t have to.
Andrea: Why was Beach Organics created?
Susan: I started Beach Organics™ Skin Care as a way to bring about change. Most commercial products for skin and hair contain toxic chemicals. We believe it is important not to use things like SLS, parabens, perfumes or artificial dyes on your body. As an example, perfumes can have up to 80 ingredients before the scent is even added, and not all those ingredients are required to be disclosed to you. Skin is the single largest organ in the human body. It will readily absorb anything that comes in contact with it directly into the blood stream without benefit of a filter. Parabens and SLS are in most skin care products; when you factor in shampoo, conditioner, soap and facial cleansers, you can begin to see how those chemicals get layered onto your body and absorbed into your blood stream. We believe that food grade ingredients, things your body normally processes and digests happily, allow your system a better chance of fighting off disease. Our food grade ingredients and plant based essential oils create a base that your body is not only familiar with, but able to process. Some skin care products even contain chemicals that are in engine degreasers and radiator fluids. Who wants to bathe in those? “Nature is our Chemist” and “We take the aging out of bathing” are a couple of our trademarks. We believe if you use good products your body doesn’t have to spend time metabolizing toxic ingredients, and can get back to the job it is supposed to do, which is making you the healthiest version of yourself.
Andrea: Why was it important to seek the many eco certifications Beach Organics has?
Susan: We wanted our customers to know we go the extra mile to insure our ingredients are pure and the best available. We chose CCOF for our Organic Certification because the biggest companies, like Whole Foods and Bonners, used them. We went through a 9 month process of ingredients being checked all the way back to the beginning of harvest, to the certified companies that distribute them to us.
Andrea: What’s your favorite vegan Beach Organics product?
Susan: Our soap is amazing. Not only moisturizing, but can be used for multiple purposes. You can shave your under arms, legs and bikini area in the shower as you lather up. Men use it to shave their beards. We do not have the harsh chemicals of shaving cream. One product works for all these uses. You can even wash your hair with our soap if you are on a trip. We have customers who brush their teeth with it also. At our company, we all use it as toothpaste. Our soap works great for airplane travel, as one bar can be used for all your grooming needs and will go through the security check.
Andrea: What is your bestselling Beach Organics product?
Susan: Our best selling product is our deodorant, which was created with cancer patients in mind. It is the most amazing product which we supply to many cancer centers throughout the U.S. We use essential oils known for their natural antibacterial and antimicrobial properties. You are able to sweat, which is your body’s natural detoxification process, without the odor. I am personally in menopause and the deodorant works wonderfully. I have 3 or 4 hot flashes an hour and do not worry anymore about smelling fresh all day.
Andrea: What environmental or social causes are important to you?
Susan: We are passionate about people who are sick with cancer and cannot work, afford to buy groceries, or even to pay their bills. As a result we donate to these causes. Breast cancer is one of our biggest concerns. 1 in every 3 women in the U.S. will get breast cancer, up from 1 in 10 a few years ago. We give to cancer centers who take patients even if they do not have money or insurance. To hear even the children of some of these moms ask, “Mom, are you going to die from cancer?” lets us know that we are doing the things that would make our moms proud of us.
We also love the elderly. We donate the other half of our proceeds to Meals on Wheels and a great organization called Aging Matters. It matters to us. The elderly are sometimes forgotten, so we have partnered with a wonderful organization that provides what is sometimes the only meal a person may get that day. The organization also does well checks to see if there is any other need that they can meet, be it medical or personal. Giving is our reason. We give our customers the best products we can manufacture, and we give our profits to people who are not able to help themselves at some time in their life.
Beach Organics is an awesome company that dedicates their time to helping others, and is passionate about creating the safest, most effective natural and organic products. By supporting Beach Organics, you are directly involved in helping them help others. I love their hand-made soaps and find that they are non-drying, pleasant smelling, and love knowing that I am using and supporting organic!
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