Nature Girl's In The House

Nature Girl, the new skin care line by Nannette Pallrand (creator of Rich Hippie organic perfume), uses organic and wildcrafted ingredients grown on small, family-run farms from all corners of the world. The products are safe for your health and safe for the environment, hip and chic, organic and green, funky and fresh, happening and just plain fun. "Today's woman wants luxurious products, wants to look beautiful but not if it means ruining her health," says Pallrand. "Most skin care products on the market today are nothing more than a chemical cocktail packaged to look natural and deceive the customer. Not only do they harm the customer by overloading her with synthetic chemicals but they harm the environment by washing off in the shower and polluting our waterways which in turn pollutes our crops and contaminates our food supply. We deserve better than that."

And Pallrand ought to know. The daughter of Princeton University and Rutgers University science and math professors who graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with highest honors and has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan, Pallrand grew up learning about the environment from an early age. "My father was a science professor who was very passionate about protecting the environment. He taught me about the greenhouse effect and global warming way before they became popular topics in the mainstream news media. He was also an avid hiker who took me on hundreds of trips throughout the Adirondacks, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. Not a day went by without learning something about nature, the environment, diversity, conservation." Pallrand also developed a special appreciation for nature during her extensive travels throughout the world, spending several years living in Brazil, which according to Pallrand: "Truly gave me an appreciation for nature just because of the sheer beauty of the country, the overwhelming diversity of plants and flowers."

Nature Girl also celebrates women and their very large and unique contribution to the environment. "As I became interested in pursuing a career that was connected to environmental issues I quickly discovered that most of the really great and influential books written about the environment were in fact written by women. Women clearly are the leaders in this field. The character "Nature Girl" grew out of this reality. To me, Nature Girl is a modern-day super hero who takes the lead, confronts adversity and saves us from the perils of toxic chemicals, corporate greed and pollution. This is someone who most women can identify with. Beautiful, but more importantly, smart, determined and a leader.

And with products like "Flower Power," "Nature Groupie," Generation Nature," "I Love Organic," and "She Dreams In Green," one can rest assured that a clean planet is just around the bend.