Because looking as good as a supermodel doesn’t have to cost the Earth…

Global Cool is an environmentally conscious charity which publishes an online lifestyle magazine. 

Really Eco Baby is very proud to feature in their Weekend Treats section.

This is a special article about the Grass Routes soaps we stock and how wonderful they are:

"We think real beauty is about what’s inside. But we also know that sometimes looking your best can give you just the boost you need to shine. So each week we’re bringing you our top pick of eco-beauty products. This week it’s The Really Eco Baby Shop and you can get a whopping 15% off when you sign up for Choose Green discounts. Enjoy…

We can’t get enough of Grass Routes soaps from Really Eco Baby and we thought we should share them with you…

Handmade with herbs grown locally (Herts), all the ingredients, with the exception of coconut oil are organic. No palm oil has been used and all packaging is made from 100% recycled and biodegradable materials.

Because there are no nasties, they are soft for the skin and can be used everyday leaving your skin soft and clean. They’re also gentle enough to use on babies’ delicate skin too.

Best of all, you can choose some really original scents:

• Lavender & Camomile: soothing, relaxing and ideal for delicate and very young skins.
• Calendula & Turmeric: a sensuous and beautiful soap for the face and body.
• Tea tree & Nettle: an antiseptic bar great for nicks, scratches, blemishes and clumsy people.
• Hemp wonder bar: feed your skin with hemp, rich in essential fatty acids and Omega fats. Very pure with the gentlest of ingredients.
• Oat & honey: Creamy lather with a fresh citrus scent, ideal for smoothing out rough, dry skin.
• Orange spice: warm, spicy and smells like Christmas; a great exfoliating bar for the body.

So grab yours now and get lathering!! Just make sure you don’t use too  much…"

Read the full article and plenty more here

Really Eco baby is about ethical, high quality and useful baby and family gifts. But we are also mad about cloth nappies; we created the NapNap Voucher: a gift voucher that can be exchanged for any cloth nappies in participating stores.

And guess what? Real Nappy Week is coming up (15th to 21st April) and to celebrate we are giving away a £25 NapNap Voucher.

It's simple: nominate a friend who is pregnant or just had a baby and she could win the NapNap Voucher (and you could get a Really Eco Baby voucher, nice!)

So if you love cloth nappies or if you want to help your friend financially, put their name down. It could really make a difference to them.

Enter the competition here

We all know that parenting is a bit of a maze. Breastfeeding vs. bottlefeeding, cloth nappies vs. sposies (aka paper nappies in this house!), 4 month weaning vs. 6 month weaning...... So OF COURSE we are not advocating the right type of sleepsuit. That would be ridiculous. However, you may have noticed that in our lovely range of organic cotton sleepsuits we do have quite a few that are footless. And here's why.

1. They last longer! As your baby gets longer, those little tootsies just poke out a little bit further. 

2. There is no chance of the foot section getting too snug and bunching up feet.

3. In warmer weather, they are a cooler option; in cooler weather just bundle them up in blankets.

So it's not rocket science and it's not that big a deal. We are actually far more interested in organic cotton over other cotton. Find out why here.

But the footless numbers can be handy. Especially for spring newborns as they will last into the summer and are great for warmer weather. See the full range of our organic cotton clothing here. 

The three sleepsuits pictured are all from Little Green Radicals. Gorgeous organic cotton numbers that last and last.

Just like me you might have read an article last weekend reminding us of the problem with palm oil fields in Malaysia and Borneo. Elephants found dead in the jungle (there was the picture of a 3 month old baby elephant stroking his dead mother!), probably poisoned by farmers (elephants do cause a lot of damage).

It was a powerful reminder of the consequences of our large appetite for palm oil: deforestation, death of humans and animals, human rights abuse,... in a beautiful part of the world.

Palm oil is apparently found in about half the products we buy in our supermarkets so it is difficult to avoid. At least until we find some people like Stephanie Newman of Grass Routes who decided to make natural soap using herbs from her garden and without palm oil. We have been stocking Grass Routes soaps and Grass Routes lip balm since we started Really Eco Baby and we know that Stephanie is a bit of an expert on the effect of the use of palm oil. 

We need more companies like Grass Routes taking a stand and refusing to be part of the problem but as consummers we also need to jump at the opportunity when faced with a great ethical product and shun the cheap supermarket option. And believe us, your skin will feel the difference!