Organic Guy Body Care
by Warren McLaren, Sydney on 07.30.05
Decided to do a triptych of bathroom posts - here is the second in the series! The Organic Guy dropped us a line to announce their recent arrival on the scene. And while we haven’t personally tried any of their product, we were impressed with how Tammie and John Polley are going about their business. They make body care stuff, you know, shampoos, soaps, deodorants, moisturisers and the like. But in contrast to the usual chemical laden product pushed onto the market, they have set themselves some high benchmarks to aspire to. No chemical preservatives, such as parabens. No aluminium. No synthetic colour or fragrances. And a heap of other No’s. One of my favourites, being no sodium lauryl sulfate, a common ingredient in shampoo -it’s a big contributor to that nasty scum that lines your bath, yeh, the dreaded ‘bath ring’. Organic Guy doesn’t test their products on little furry critters locked in a lab either, but on themselves.
And indeed, but for some ingredients crafted by bees, they don’t use any animal based products. A huge swath of the ingredients are actually certified organic. Links are provided to other sites, so you get up to speed on why you’d want to avoid the chemical cocktail found in mainstream products. Organic Guy’s current packaging is recyclable but they are enthused about moving to a biodegradable, corn based alternative. (We can only hope it is an improvement on the Natureworks option, which is likely to be from genetically modified corn). Anyhow, enough waffle from us. Go have a look yourself, try them out and report back. ::Organic Guy
These guys have really nice stuff, I tried some soaps and the lip balm and they are very nice, with all natural ingredients, mostly organic, and no synthetics/preservatives/toxics.
When I contacted them, they were looking for suggestions of what big-city retail shops would be right for them to approach about carrying their products. If you have any suggestions, drop them a line...
I have been using Organic Guy hand/ body soaps and sports balm for several months. My family I love that the products or organic and reasonably priced. We will never go back to those products with chemicals.
I have used quite a few of Organic Guy products and have found them very effective. I especially liked the sport balm it relieved the pain in my shoulder without the overpowering smell of other similar products like Bengay. The soap oatmeal bar scent was not overpowering (especially for a male) and it made me feel clean. I would recommend their products to everybody!!
How can I reach Organic Guy. I would like to carry their products in our organic store.
Stephen, at the end of each Treehugger post is usually a red coloured link with a double colon, that in this case looks like this " ::Organic Guy ". You click on these links and go straight thru to a site about the product, service, etc that we've been jawing about. Simple really.
This is a message for Stephen, who inquired about how to contact us for his store: retailer@organic-guy.com, or info@organic-guy.com (Best, Organicguy)