Lovely Garden

In case you haven't noticed by now :-), we are a very nature-loving family who not only makes all-natural soaps, but also recycles and conserves energy. So as Utah weather becomes more being-outside-friendly, we realized we needed what in Spanish is called a "huerta," or a garden where you grow crops. We used to have one in our backyard, you see, but Utah's seemingly bipolar weather made it tough to upkeep our tomatoes and cucumbers. So we decided it wasn't the best time for it.


But my dad Julio recently took up composting, which has been giving him great fertilizer for future crops. Not only that, but he's also considering building some low-key "refuge" for these crops, which will give them the much-needed safety they deserve to withstand most of our seasons. I canNOT wait try them when they're ready!


I'll be uploading pictures soon of our new yummy foods so be on the lookout for them :-)

Customer Love - "I Want More!"

I am just down to a little sliver of your soap and it has been perfect! It is the best thing I have ever used on my face and I would just love to have more!

- Lesli from Park City, UT

Let's NOT Merely Take What We Can Get!

I was watching the Today Show this morning (duty calls, after all) and came across this Beauty/Skin Care segment that featured, well, the newest and latest on beauty products for the coming year. Obviously, my ears perked up and I listened with special care at this clip:

As the clip was ending, I focused on the following:

Morales: "... Not organics, but just better for you." (regarding the seemingly beneficial ingredients big-name makeup manufacturers are introducing in their products)
Guest: "We take what we can get."

Naturally (no pun intended), I was appalled by the guest's response. Do we not deserve organic, real, non-chemical, skin care? I'll abstain from inserting a sales pitch within these lines, but seriously: Why go for the cheap brand when you can find a fundamentally BETTER (be it all-natural and/or organic, etc) brand that will only feed your skin the goodness it deserves and not the more readily available chemical crap? Ugh.


So, if you're reading this, it means you showed an interest for Calantha Organics. (Thank you; it means a lot!) And you may have also noticed we don't sell makeup--yet (bummer, right?) :( But as of January 2011, we do feature the purest, all-natural organic-aromatherapy-all-vegetable (I could go on) soaps in the world. 


So think of us as the best-soap people for now. And please invest in what you put on your skin-- lotions, makeup, after-shave, etc. Not only does your body deserve it, but our environment needs it (after all, what goes down the drain should also be beneficial and not laden with synthetic substances).


So that's my two cents for now. Be smart and more considerate of your own needs this new year. Think about why those big brands abstain from investing in wholly good, premium-quality products foryou. At Calantha Organics, we already are because we CARE, thank you very much :-) (And it is because we care that we'll continue on introducing naturally wholesome products that exceed your and your family's expectations.)

This is a good article by Britain’s Professional Beauty. In it, the author writes about market researcher Datamonitor’s latest study, which reveals that despite the near exponential growth of this industry, some consumers are still unsure of its products; they wonder whether the ingredients used by makers of natural personal-care products are truly efficacious. Most importantly, they disfavor the high prices that are very common in the industry.


So I must ask the following: Would you rather pay a low price for a toxin-full product with no quality? Or instead paying what a healthful product of very high quality is really worth?


Here’s the article: http://www.professionalbeauty.co.uk/international/belief-in-natural-ingredients-drives-natural-personal-care-products-market/5017941.article


What do you think?