Itsy Eco Interview - Face Boutique

Girls, feast your faces on this! Always a sucker for a good bit of packaging design, Face Boutique's brand new beauty range caught our eye this month with its funky illustrated bottles - not to mention of course the fact that their products feel and smell fabulous, shun most chemical nasties and are specifically formulated for young skin. (Did we mention, we turned 21 last week? Again!)

On the quest to find out more, we decided to pin down the lady behind the label, Face Boutique founder, Sarah Vorbech...

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If I had to use one Face Boutique product for the rest of my life, it would be 'Water Baby' bath soak - I'm a bath woman!
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The reasons Face Boutique is better than general beauty brands for young skin our advanced skincare range is specifically designed to cleanse and condition young skin using sophisticated botanical extracts and actives not present in other brands.
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For more grown up skin, I love. REN and Amanda Lacey.
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The way to wean yourself off an unsustainable lifestyle of conspicuous consumption is to cull your over-stuffed wardrobe and do an honest cost per wear calculation before you buy.
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If my fairy godmother could grant me one wish it would be to prove it can be done!
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My most stylish ethical discovery is. Daintree Eco Lodge in Australia (although the trip there may not qualify!).
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Some might call it an eco-sin, but I can't live without. sunshine in the winter.
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My idea of perfect happiness is a summer picnic with friends, family and great food.
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A fantastic online resource for shedding the light on skincare ingredients Environmental Working Group's www.cosmeticsdatabase.com.
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The horrible, nasty ingredients you WON'T find in Face Boutique skincare range sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS), phthalates, PEGs, parabens, artificial colouring and fragrances.
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This year I'm lightening my environmental footprint by driving less.
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The worst bit of recent greenwash has to be believing that purchasing carbon credits absolves personal responsibility!
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The good reason why Face Boutique rely on synthetic preservatives is because no natural preservative can provide the same degree of long term protection from bacteria.
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If I was Prime Minister for the day, I would take better care of our elderly.
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My favourite new plant extract for giving skin a boost coix (used in Chinese medicine to nourish the skin).
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I wish I could be a fly on the wall ata cosy bedtime chat between the Queen and Prince Philip after a long formal dinner.
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5 lovely ethical things about Face Boutique locally produced, minimally packaged, ingredient savvy, animal loving and environmentally aware.
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Call me big-headed but I have a fabulous talent for choosing good people to have in my life.
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As a woman running a business, sustainability means a better future for my daughters.
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An eco statistic that will blow your socks off every day 50 to 100 species of plants and animals become extinct as human influences destroy them.
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