Thank you very much to all of you for your kind support! We have closed to further donations and will start to send out the rewards to people who have selected rewards that are already available and as soon as the suncreams are finished they will be sent out too!
Welcome, thank you for taking the time to read about our fundraiser. If you, like me, care about your health, your loved one’s health and the planets health, then please read on…
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY BUSINESS
My sister Suzanne and I founded The Green Woman in 2013. We care passionately about creating safer, more ethical alternatives to industrial skin and bodycare. Everything we do is natural, certified organic, plastic free and vegan.
Our next product is a safer natural alternative to suncream. Our suncream is ready, but because of disruption to our business due to the Covid pandemic, we need help with the costs of its Sun Protection Factor (SPF) laboratory testing and launch. Which are considerable - £6,000.
SO WHY WOULD YOU NEED A NATURAL ALTERNATIVE TO SUNCREAM?
There are over 50 chemicals designed to filter UV light that are used in suncreams and moisturisers. Studies have shown that these chemicals are rapidly absorbed by the skin and have been identified in a range of human tissues including in breast tissue.
These UV filters are known to be hormone disrupting chemicals, which can mimic natural oestrogen found in our bodies. Lifetime exposure is an established risk factor for breast cancer.*
These chemicals also end up in rivers and seas, where they are known to disrupt marine life.**
SO WHAT MAKES OUR SUNCREAM DIFFERENT?
There really isn't anything like ours yet, even amongst other natural brands. It is the only suncream to be:
- Soil Association COSMOS Organic certified
- Naturally derived
- Plastic FREE
- Cruelty FREE & Vegan
- Water resistant.
Other natural suncreams can appear thick and white on the skin, looking more like a sun block than a cream. We are using innovative new grades of non-nano mineral particles with a unique flat shape to scatter the visible light, resulting in better sun protection without the whitening.
Our super moisturising formula nourishes your skin without any of the nasties. And our gentle liquid is easy to pour and apply, making it great for kids too.
WE'RE A MULTI-AWARD WINNING ETHICAL BUSINESS
As well as winning many awards over the years, all our products have over 97% 5 star reviews. We're also members of The Permaculture Association and The Chamber of Commerce, and are a Positive regenerative business. We also give 10% of our profits to support climate action.
"I know that Suzanne and Eve put their heart and soul into their products and that if there’s a way to make them more safe and ethical then they will take it. This is the sort of business that we need to see thriving if we’re going to see change." Jenny Derry, Founder of Anything But Plastic
DONATE AND INVEST IN YOUR OWN AND OUR PLANETS HEALTH
When you donate £25 or more you can choose to receive our natural suncream to preview for yourself, before it officially launches. And we have lots of other gifts and incentives to offer too, including artwork by illustrator Nick Hayes!
Thank you from all of us for reading this far and for your support with our work, if you’re able to give it.
Wishing you all a safe and happy Christmas and New Year!
Eve, Suzanne & The Green Woman Team xx
*Source: Breast Cancer UK – Do UV filters increase Breast Cancer risk? https://www.breastcanceruk.org.uk/blog-do-uv-filters-increase-breast-cancer-risk/
**Source: National Library of Medicine. Advances in analytical methods and occurrence of organic UV-filters in the environment--A review -
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25965372/