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The Launch...

2010-03-25T10:09:00.001+11:00

Ethical Beauty for the Australian Green Goddess official launch date:

15th April, 2010

Australian Green Goddesses Get Glam!

2010-03-03T21:39:00.001+11:00

Stop Press! Director of Y-Yo Helen Coates has teamed up with Miss Green (Rebecca George) to launch a fabulous all-Australian Ethical Beauty Directory in April 2010!!!!

Helen Coates and Rebecca George, directors of Y-Yo Australia and Miss Green’s Wardrobe, have teamed up to give Australian Green Goddesses, Ethical Beauty for the Australian Green Goddess, a chic and comprehensive ethical beauty directory that supports Australian-made cosmetics.

This petite pocket sized beauty directory comes complete with the product and contact information for over 100 ethical Australian beauty brands, as well as tips and DIY beauty secrets from Helen and Miss Green. The book is fabulously finished with unique illustrations by Ruth Wang (Ruth was named as one of the world’s most exciting female artists in Yen Magazine’s 2009 annual art book Curvy 6).

Each brand featured in Ethical Beauty for the Australian Green Goddess is kind to the environment, animals and perhaps most importantly, to you and your family. With easy to read tables covering organic, paraben-free, sulphate-free, petrochemical-free, cruelty-free and vegan friendly brands as well as designated sections for face, body, hair, make up, baby, child and men, it is now easier then ever for Australian Green Goddesses to find ethical, Australian cosmetics for their everyday beauty regime.

RRP $17.95

Stay tuned for the official launch date!

Loved It Market

2010-02-15T19:49:00.000+11:00

Loved It Markets features women’s pre-loved clothing and accessories.

Fashion Recycling is the new Black. Loved It Market is a unique indoor event with over 70 stalls selling quality women’s pre-loved clothing & accessories. Come along…find a vintage piece, current fashion or a designer handbag!
Details...

Next Market:

Sunday February 28th 2010, 9.30am – 1.30pm

Mornington Racecourse
Dining Room
Racecourse Road
Mornington

$3 entry, free parking & refreshments available
Loved It Market is now accepting stall bookings for 2010. Stalls sell out fast, so get in quick!

Upcoming Market Dates:

June 6th 2010
October 17th 2010

All enquiries contact Nat on 0417 138125

Mojo Promo!

2010-02-04T20:21:00.001+11:00

Get on down to City Cross Karma Living on Friday, February 20, and Doncaster Karma Living on Saturday, February 13 to get a free spritz of Y-Yo cologne and take up our special Valentines "buy a 50ml Y-Yo Mojo Cologne and get a Y-Yo Mojo travel candle FREE" offer!

Friday Feb 12 - City Cross Karma Living
Shop T40A City Cross Arcade
32 Grenfell Street
ADELAIDE 5000
Tel: 08 84646000
http://www.karma-living.com.au/

Saturday Feb 13 - Doncaster Karma Living
Westfield Doncaster Shop 1104
619 Doncaster Road
Doncaster 3108
Tel: 03 9848 9095
http://www.karma-living.com.au/

Y-Yo Loves…

2010-01-19T20:11:00.001+11:00

Little Innoscents

Australian made and owned, these products smell as good as they look! Currently I am using the Little Innoscents, Certified Organic Massage Lotion as an all over body and hand moisturiser. It’s perfect for my dry, sensitive skin and leaves me smelling of Lavender and Ylang Ylang – lovely!

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that these products are not just for the little and innocent!

Keep your eye out for the bright packaging at your local Priceline.

Y-Yo Press

2010-01-18T14:54:00.002+11:00

Old and new…

• girl.com.au - Yo announces new fragrance ‘Y-Yo Mojo’ to join its range of chemical free colognes

• gorgeousthings.com.au - Naturelle Perfumes to make your Heart Sing: Y-Yo

• trespassmag.com - Pride, Prejudice & Perfume: New Scent for a New Season

• galaxygear.com.au – Y-Yo Samples Pack

• yourbeautyspot.ninemsn.com.au - Top 10 summer perfumes

Image from: gorgeousthings.com.au

Y-Yo Product Focus of the Month:

2010-01-17T09:00:00.002+11:00

Y-Yo Slow

January is the month to relax and de-stress after the recent silly season. Spray some Y-Yo Slow on to your inner wrists. Close your eyes and lower your shoulders. Inhale the fragrance, take deep breaths and let your mind take you to a slower, tranquil place. The soothing notes of bergamot, juniperberry and lily of the valley act first to promote calmness and release tension. The more subtle base note of amber has a hypnotic, sedative-like effect.

For more details or to buy now click here.

Y-Yo Slow Cologne 50ml

Our Price: $46.95

Y-Yo Slow Travel Pack

Our Price: $29.95

Nasty Chemical of the Month:

2010-01-16T09:00:00.002+11:00

Sunscreen or Sunscream?
There’s no particular one chemical this month. As we’re in the height of summer I ask that everyone please take care when using sunscreen. First and foremost – check the ingredient list! I was chatting with a shop keeper who had tried, without success, every commercial cleaner out there to remove graffiti spray-painted on the front of her shop. She eventually found something that did remove it – sunscreen! One can only imagine the harsh chemicals that goes into such a formulation. Quickly scanning through the sunscreen products at my local chemist, myriad nasties with names too long to try to pronounce, dominate ingredients lists. Consider natural alternatives such as UV Natural’s sunscreen, Rosehip Skincare’s Suncare Oil and Wotnot’s face and body sunscreen lotions to protect you and your loved ones this summer.

UV Natural’s Sunscreen

Rosehip Skincare’s Suncare Oil

Wotnot’s Face and Body Sunscreen Lotion

Y-Yo Promo of the Month

2010-01-15T08:00:00.002+11:00

Buy 140gm Y-Yo Original body bars unwrapped for just $5.00 each! Click here to buy now.

Y-Yo Original Body Bar 140g

Unwrapped $5 SPECIAL!

Feel fresh and energised by cleansing daily with the Y-Yo body bar. The pure, all-natural ingredients are low-lathering to help care and maintain your skin’s delicate balance. To give your body an extra-healthy glow, smooth Y-Yo body cream all over after your bath or shower.

Y-Yo Chemical Free Tip of the Month:

2010-01-14T13:44:00.004+11:00

DIY Green Tea Facial Mist

Green tea is marvellous! I wish that I had a dollar for every time I’ve read what it can be used for in one’s chemical-free beauty regime. This month’s tip is a recipe for Green Tea Facial Mist – perfect for the hot summer month of January.

Steep 10 green tea bags (or half a cup of green tea leaves) in 500mls of boiled water (preferably filtered water). Cool and strain into a bottle and chill in the refridgerator. A recycled Y-Yo 50ml cologne bottle is perfect for this. The green tea mix will keep in the refridgerator for about a week. Spritz when temperatures soar.

You can also soak cotton pads in the green tea mix. Squeeze out the excess, lie down somewhere peaceful and press the pads gently on to closed eye lids. Very refreshing!

Y-Yo Online!

2010-01-13T16:19:00.004+11:00

ow you can keep up to date with the latest news, promotions and products from Y-Yo simply by following these 4 easy steps…

Step 1: Follow us on Twitter (@yyoaustralia)

Step 2: Become a Fan and Friend of Y-Yo on Facebook

Step 3: Check out the Y-Yo Blog

Step 4: Pay regular visits the Y-Yo Website and Online Store

Y-Yo Fact #1:

2010-01-04T15:50:00.004+11:00

Australian Owned, Australian Made

Y-Yo is an Australian owned and operated company. We make all our products in Australia and source raw materials and services from as many local suppliers as we can (currently more than 85% of our suppliers are local).

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree!

2010-01-03T18:08:00.005+11:00

Christmas has passed and the New Year has begun, but the real question on everyone’s mind (or at least mine) is when one is supposed to disassemble ones Christmas tree? Some say New Years Day, others say 12 days after Christmas… Others (members of my family of course) will just leave it up for half the year or even until the next year to save time, energy and vacuuming.

Luckily for me, my Christmas tree consisted of a small twig like metal thing from Ikea and a single decoration, so dismantling it alike erecting and dressing it takes a total of two seconds rather then two hours (I like to think of it as “minimalistic”).

But before we convince ourselves that the festivities of Christmas and New Years are well and truly over and finally decide that the tree (or twig) must come down, a few happy snaps must be taken in order to preserve the memories of yet another Merry Christmas.

Luckily for you I took my Y-Yo Christmas tree pictures on Christmas Eve, the time every Christmas tree is at its full glory – with prezzies ready to be opened!

Helen & Stuart’s (Directors of Y-Yo) Christmas Tree

My Christmas Tree

Posh Op Shop

2009-12-27T17:46:00.004+11:00

The other night I was semi watching Today Tonight whilst cooking my dinner when a feature caught my attention, about a posh Op Shop that has recently opened on Bridge Rd.

My attention soon went from semi to full when I heard that the Op Shop was one of the newest additions to the Red Cross. Like all Red Cross Op Shops, the clothing and accessories at 'One 9 One Bridge' have been donated, the staff volunteer their time and the proceeds go towards the work of Red Cross…

Unlike all other Red Cross Op Shops, the unique clothing and accessories collection at ‘One 9 One Bridge’ has been hand picked! The collection includes only the finest quality vintage, recycled and new fashion items as well as a small range of high end designer wear.

I am yet to actually visit ‘One 9 One Bridge’, but I sure am curious! Environmentally friendly, fashionable and charitable, two thumbs up from Y-Yo!

Check out ‘One 9 One Bridge’, the Red Cross’ first boutique charity store at:

191 Bridge Rd
Richmond, VIC, 3121

Y-Yo Yo Merry Christmas!

2009-12-23T13:02:00.002+11:00

The sun is shinning, shops are buzzing, decorations are hung, presents pile high under the tree, food is prepared, houses tidied, outfits hang ready for the wearing… It’s Christmas time!

From the team at Y-Yo, have a safe and Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Remember to ‘Slip, Slop, Slap’ and spritz your Y-Yo Original for protection from mozzies this summer!

The Y-Yo Story

2009-12-20T22:13:00.002+11:00

First and foremost we want the day-to-day fragrance we wear to make us smell beautiful. With essential oil-fragranced products we can not only smell fabulous the organic, chemical free way, but we can derive other benefits too.

The proliferation of chemical based fragrances, particularly since WW1, has meant that the therapeutic benefits gained from many colognes and perfumes – as was the original intention centuries ago - has been lost. Today, up to 90% of conventional fragrances are made up of largely untested synthetic chemicals (Turin & Sanshez, 2008). It’s essentially the marketing of a product that makes us smell "alluring, uplifted, sexy, beautiful" not the ingredients in the product itself.

At Y-Yo we’ve harnessed the knowledge gathered over generations of Egyptians, Chinese, Indians and indigenous Australians (to name but a few!) to develop a range of certified organic essential oil-fragranced products that marry nature’s beauty and utility. Our forefathers, so in-tune with the healing powers of nature, understood the uplifting benefits derived from jasmine and citrus; energising peppermint and red thyme; and the mosquito repelling properties of lavender, rosemary and vetiver. Consequently the all-natural ingredients in Y-Yo Glow uplift if you’re feeling blue; Y-Yo Flow revitalises if you lack energy or concentration; and Y-Yo Original protects you against attracting mosquitoes at that next summer party.

There’s no nasties in Y-Yo. We’re chemical free. Y-Yo products care for you, your family, animals and the environment. We’re conscious of what we put on our skin and hope that you are too. It takes just twenty six seconds for the chemicals in most conventionally fragranced products to penetrate our skin, to circulate through our blood stream and get into every organ in our body. TWENTY SIX SECONDS. We therefore need to be aware – not paranoid – just aware of how many chemically-laden products we put on (and therefore in) our bodies. Make a point of being informed. Care for your body and your family.

Choose Y-Yo.