Antipodes Certified Organic Skincare Products

International beauty brand Antipodes®, committed to delivering certified organic product, teams up with The Nature Conservancy to limit their carbon footprint on Earth’s natural resources.

Boca Raton, FL October 2008 – Antipodes®, a leader in organic skincare, has recently teamed up with The Nature Conservancy and their Plant A Billion Trees campaign. In an effort to help save the environment and reduce the company’s carbon footprint, Antipodes will be donating one new tree for every order placed online at www.AntipodesUSA.com. The donations will be made through The Nature Conservancy’s website that is devoted primarily to this campaign www.PlantABillion.org.

The focus of the Plant A Billion Tress campaign is on the Atlantic forest, which is located in South America and is one of the world’s largest tropical forests. The Atlantic Forest is considered one of the world’s most endangered tropical forests and naturally regulates the atmosphere, which helps to stabilize the environment. These tropical forests are considered to be the lungs of the Earth storing massive amounts of carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen in a never-ending cycle of life. The ultimate goal of this campaign is to join efforts to reforest all the degraded areas and protect the existing forest.

“At Antipodes, sustainability is about our impact on the environment as well as our contribution to solving its many challenges,” said Ed Meyers, USA Distributor of Antipodes. “We are proud to be part of a comprehensive collaboration to address such an important and meaningful environmental project.”

Antipodes has always been committed to the renewal of Earth’s natural resources. Their natural skincare line, which is produced in accordance with environmentally sustainable practices, is focused on limiting human exposure to chemicals as well as limiting the human effect on the environment. Antipodes certified organic skincare features pure avocado oil and New Zealand plant extracts. The ingredients in the Antipodes products are as near to their natural form as possible so they are not overly subjected to energy expending modifications or refinements.

To help save the Atlantic forest logon to www.AntipodesUSA.com where a donation is made for every order. To learn more about the Nature Conservancy and the Plant A Billions Tees campaign go to www.PlantABillion.org.

About Antipodes

Antipodes® certified organic skincare and natural skincare line provides a healthy, positive alternative to the mass of less authentic natural brands and synthetic chemical brands. Created without compromise to quality, honesty, beauty or the environment, we offer you sustainable, energy-efficient and high-end skincare. For more information please visit http://www.antipodesusa.com.

About The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. They have protected more than 117 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide and they operate more than 100 marine conservation projects globally. They currently work in all 50 states and more than 30 countries, protecting habitats from grasslands to coral reefs, from Australia to Alaska to Zambia. For more information please visit http://www.nature.org.

New York, NY — Beauty buffs will “rejoice” in the “jubilation” of the holidays with skincare products from Antipodes, the New Zealand-based skincare company. Launching in the US in time for Holiday 2008, the brand’s first two products to hit the US market are “Rejoice Light Facial Day Cream” and “Jubilation Ultra Nourishing Body Cream,” perfect for celebrating luminous holiday skin.

Put your best face forward with Rejoice Light Facial Day Cream, a non-oily facial day cream designed to enhance the skin’s natural hydration with an organic blend of Manuka Flower, Pure Avocado-the brand’s cornerstone ingredient, Macadamia and Jojoba Oils, while inspiring joy with its Sweet Almond and Vanilla scent.

Revive your body with Jubilation Ultra Nourishing Body Cream, a deeply nourishing cream for dry skin formulated with a sublime blend of pure plant oils including Pure Avocado-the brand’s cornerstone ingredient and Kiwi Seed, and scented with the uplifting fragrances of Feijoa and Wild Black Currant.

Developed by Elizabeth Barbalich, a mother of three with a background in science and naturopathy, her idea to imbue daily skincare rituals with a connection to nature has grown from her kitchen into the internationally-recognized skincare collection Antipodes.

Antipodes offers an exclusive range of products formulated with certified-organic natural ingredients including essential oils and extracts indigenous to the New Zealand environment. Committed to limiting the skin’s exposure to synthetic chemicals and limiting negative effects on the environment, the Antipodes product line is certified-organic by New Zealand’s AgriQuality Ltd., which is recognized by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), the organization that has set the strictest organic worldwide standards.

Rejoice Light Facial Day Cream: $47.00

Jubilation Ultra Nourishing Body Cream: $46.50

Availability: www.antipodesusa.com

New York, NY (September 8, 2008)—The US is the next destination for Antipodes, the New Zealand-based skincare collection internationally-recognized for its certified-organic standing. The company’s US website, www.antipodesusa.com, went live on Friday, August 22, 2008, making the range of natural face and body products more widely available to US consumers.

Antipodes offers an exclusive range of high-performance results-oriented face and body cleansers, lotions, creams and oils all based upon the star ingredient of certified organic Extra Virgin Avocado Oil. It is rich in anti-oxidants, chlorophyll, essential fatty acids and Vitamin E. There is an average of five organically-grown avocados in every bottle.

The formulations also include natural bio-active botanical extracts and essential oils indigenous to local New Zealand, such as rainforest-dwelling Kawakawa, skin firming and cell-regenerating Mamaku Black Fern, antiseptic Pohutukawa, and the ancient Maori healer, Manuka Honey, known for antifungal and antibacterial benefits. Antipodes is one of the only beauty brands to blend Vinzana Gold©, an anti-aging ingredient derived from New Zealand’s anti-oxidant-rich Sauvignon Blanc Grape Seeds, into its formulations.

The entire range is free of mineral oils, parabens, sodium lauryl sulfates, artificial colors, fragrances, aluminum, petrochemicals and MEA compounds, except for honey and beeswax, which are animal-derived ingredients. Committed to limiting the skin’s exposure to synthetic chemicals and limiting negative effects on the environment, Antipodes keeps all ingredients as close to their natural form as possible so they are not overly subjected to energy expanding modifications or refinements. Ingredients are harvested from organic cultivation and Antipodes is dedicated to full traceability of ingredients from farm or forest.

The Antipodes product line is “certified organic” by AgriQuality Ltd., the leading government funded provider of food safety and bio security services in the Southern Hemisphere. AgriQuality Ltd. upholds the strictest organic worldwide standards as set by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM).

Developed in 2005 by Elizabeth Barbalich, a mother of three with a background in science and naturopathy, her idea to imbue daily skincare rituals with a connection to nature has grown from her Wellington, New Zealand kitchen to include global distribution at prestigious beauty emporiums in Australia, France, Asia, the United Kingdom and now the United States.

“My goal is to educate women of all ages, in all countries, on the simple fact that serious, results-driven skincare can be achieved naturally and responsibly—without the use of harsh chemicals and processes that are both self and environmentally damaging,” says Elizabeth Barbalich. The collection is available in both retail and spa and salon professional markets. Living Healthy LLC in Boca Raton, FL has been signed to distribute Antipodes in the US.

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