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Argan Oil Quality
There are varying qualities of cosmetic argan oil on the market, as evidenced by the wildly differing prices for oil sold on sites such as Amazon.com. There are several factors...
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The Argan Extraction Process
In an effort to preserve the quality of argan oil on the market and control the rights to the usage of the argan name, Morocco has a plan to instigate...
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Kahina Giving Beauty at the Spa at Beverly Wilshire
Kahina Giving Beauty is proud to be a part of Beverly Wilshire's new spa! Launching this June, the spa will be offering Kahina Giving Beauty treatments for face and body....
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The Lower East Side Girls Club: Thank You!
Our lovely card from The Lower East Side Girls Club A few weeks ago, we heard about The Beauty Bean's Alexis Wolfer's work with The Lower East Side Girls Club....
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The Argan Process at Tazghilite
After the nuts are gathered, the nuts are weighed before being de-pulped and cracked. Each woman keeps a log noting the amount of nuts she has brought in. She is...
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The Women of Tazghilite
As is the case in several of the small remote villages I have visited in Morocco, Tazghilite is populated mostly by women. The men of the village leave to work...
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Fair Trade in Tazghilite
I had the extreme pleasure of visiting a Fair Trade argan producer in the tiny village of Tazghilite in the Anti-Atlas Mountains, two hours from Taroudant. Instead of working in...
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Cooperative Tilila One Year Later
On my visit to Cooperative Tilila one year ago, the women had no work because they could not afford to pay for their organic certification, necessary to sell oil internationally....
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Sweet Success
I was introduced to Fatima by my friend Afafe. Fatima was widowed at a young age and left with four young children and debts to pay. On her own, she...
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Dar Asni Boarding Home for Girls
One of the biggest challenges facing girls in Morocco is education. While there are primary schools in the villages, most girls stop going to school at the age of 10...
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Return from Morocco
I just returned from Morocco. The purpose of my trip was to visit the cooperatives and to learn as much as possible about issues surrounding sustainability in the region. My...
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The Samurai Shopper Asks: To Be, or Not to Be, Organic?
As a company founded and headquartered in the Big Apple, we love everything quintessentially New York-- from Central Park to the High Line, The New Yorker to New York Mag,...