After spending the weekend soaking up a lot of sun in Berkeley, I am back in the rainy reality that is spring this year in Oregon. In light of that, or rather due to a lack of light, I thought I’d share a little STET sunshine. Here’s just one of the tidbits I’ve been hoarding for you in my Google Notebook:
PeaceKeeper Cause-Metics. (I love punny names. Just love ‘em.) There are plenty of companies out there that claim to be good for you and the world, but this lip gloss (and other assorted cosmetics) seriously puts it’s money where it’s pretty mouth is.
Spotted in a feature in BeE Woman magazine, this cosmetics company is incredible. (Teen Vogue, O The Oprah Magazine, Elle, Cosmo Girl, Bazaar, and more have also taken note.) When founder Jody Weiss saw a disturbing image in Time about FMG (female genital mutilation), the sports agent decided to focus her energies on pressing humanitarian issues.
She’s built a company she calls “enterprise philanthropy.” More challenging than the usual formula? Yep. More rewarding? Definitely. Slavery-free, fair wage, animal loving, ethical makeup never looked so good. Especially not when she’s giving ALL of its after-tax distributable profits to support women’s health advocacy and urgent human rights issues–over $55,000 so far. In their words:
“PeaceKeeper builds a bridge between extraordinary women in the land-of-plenty with extraordinary women who just by chance of birth don’t have our resources or opportunities.”
My favorite is probably the Eternal Equity Gloss with a dollar of every purchase going to women and girls who live on less than a dollar a day. Proceeds from the sale of the UNIFEM Gloss go to the United Nations Development Fund for Women to help end violence against women around the world. In a company blog post this past January, they shared UNIFEM’s latest campaign and this video from Nicole Kidman.
Visit the online Kiss Museum for their Kiss Campaign, featuring both celebrities and activists as well as everyday folk. It’s a whole lot of UGC (user-generated content) love: submit your kiss on paper (literally) and who you’re sending it to, donate a $1.00, and perhaps win a prize. Form below.
Pucker up.
What a fabulous posting! Thank you!
As a fan of PeaceKeeper Cause-Metics I wanted you and your readers to be the first to know about some awesome promotions we have currently for the holiday season:
-We’re offering a 50% discount on our UNIFEM Lip Gloss if you sign your name to UNIFEM’s Petition to End Violence Against Women. Just visit: http://www.iamapeacekeeper.com/justsayno.htm to find out more.
-Additionally, 5% of the retail price or $.80 per unit goes to the UNIFEM Trust Fund To Eliminate Violence Against Women (this is not a promotional thing though, this is something that we have always and will always do with our UNIFEM gloss).
-We’re also offering 20% off any of our Custom, Diplomat and Visionary Care Packages which come with a Lipstick, Lip Gloss and Nail Paint.
Purchasing a holiday gift from PeaceKeeper means you’re giving a gift of more than just make up – you’re helping to empower and improve the lives of women & girls around the world!
Have a Safe & Happy Holiday Season!
Katie
By: Katie @ PeaceKeeper Cause-Metics on November 18, 2008
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