World Organic prepares to pamper at Splore

The Splore Pamper zone will be introduced for the first time this year. Photo: Serena Stephenson

Entertainment: A current international trend at music festivals is pamper zones. Splore festival on February 14-16 at Tapapakanga Park will for the first time provide festival goers an opportunity to enjoy some down time and indulge in a pamper zone.

John Minty, Splore's music director, travels extensively during the European summer scouting for good music acts to bring to Splore. "I go to lots of international festivals and noticed these 'pamper zones' were busy places. Whether they were offering hair and make-up, massage or facials - there was a steady demand for their services from the audience. We've chosen World Organic to partner with as their products and ethos fits well with Splore's sustainability policy and our audience will enjoy being pampered by a company that only uses certified organic products."

Founder of World Organic, Megan Douglas, says she has been attending the festival since the first Splore event 16 years ago. "I am looking forward to participating and giving back to the event and sharing the World Organic products with a community of people who are into music, the arts, sustainability and positivity" says Douglas.

World Organic will be providing treatments and products for the Splore audience using their two brands River Veda and The Organic Skin Care Co. The World Organic pamper zone will be housed in a Moroccan tent and will offer luxurious surrounds. The audience can look forward to certified organic skincare products for facials and soothing ayurvedic massages, reflexology and reiki. Organic makeup will also be on offer for those who want to add some glam to their festival outfits, along with hair do-ups and hair straightening. There will also be a dispensary selling organic sunblock, skin bronzers, skincare, aromatherapy, massage oils and organic make up with some exclusive specials for the Splore audience.

Douglas says with 'lax' rules around calling skincare products organic, people have to be very aware of what they are using . "It is imperative that consumers understand exactly what they are placing on their skin," says Douglas. "Many skincare products available today are marketed as organic, yet often loaded with chemicals. Once a harmful product is rubbed into skin, the toxins are directly absorbed into the bloodstream because the kidneys and liver are not involved in the cleansing process."

World Organic are in partnership with Indian community farms which ensures the development of an agricultural model that does away with the reliance on chemical fertilizers. One of World Organics' missions involves assisting farmers to transform chemically fertilized land into certified organic harvests.

Douglas says herbalism is in her family blood with her great grandfather founding the Red Seal health supplies business in the 1920's. During the school holidays she would work at Red Seal under the tutelage of her grandmother Jennie Douglas. Returning from a successful model and fashion career overseas she was once again drawn to the natural health business. After completing a degree in herbalism and naturopathy she travelled to India where she discovered the Ayurvedic beliefs and medical practice. On her return to New Zealand the World Organic company was born and is also run as a family based business in the tradition of Red Seal. Douglas's husband, brother and sister-in-law all work in the business.

Douglas says that World Organic formulations are created from synergistic blends of essential oils, organic supercritical plant extracts, virgin cold pressed oils and natural vitamins. "They are designed to harness nature's most powerful plant extractions for their therapeutic benefits for your skin and wellbeing."

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