SmartyPanties-Live Luxe. Less Bucks. More Green. Save Money. Sample Sales, Chic Style on a Budget, Designer Clothes, Beauty Products, Fashion Trends. Healthy Living and Celebrity Commentary! » Give Back http://smartypanties.com Live Luxe. Less Bucks. More Green. Save Money. Sample Sales, Chic Style on a Budget, Designer Clothes, Beauty Products, Fashion Trends. Healthy Living and Celebrity Commentary! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:29:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Soap Hope: Smell Good and Help Women Around the World http://smartypanties.com/2011/09/13/soap-hope-smell-good-and-help-women-around-the-world/ http://smartypanties.com/2011/09/13/soap-hope-smell-good-and-help-women-around-the-world/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:46:48 +0000 Katie Lara http://smartypanties.com/?p=6038

I got an email from a really cool company so I thought I'd share it with y'all! Soap Hope is a company with a purpose. That purpose is ending global poverty. As a leading online retailer of premium, all-natural body care products, Soap Hope, invests 100 percent of its profits each year into anti-poverty organizations around the world to empower women. They enable women to start and grow their own businesses through micro-lending.

Soap Hope offers healthy products online. They deliver them in an eco-friendly “Ugly Box,” that they make themselves, to cut down on cost and waste. It's essentially a cardboard box. They sell their products and with the profits they they invest every dollar into programs to help lift women up from poverty around the world. Not just a portion of proceeds but, every single dollar of profit that their customers generate goes to lift women from poverty.

Soap Hope, operates an online store where they sell high quality, all-natural soaps,lotions, shampoo and other personal care products (even cosmetics). All Soap Hope products, are 100 percent natural and free of artificial preservatives, fragrances, and colors. All products are paraben-free and all products are also cruelty-free. Soap Hope’s operations have been designed to minimize its environmental impact. They even use reclaimed cardboard, to package (the ugly box) and ship customer orders, saving cost to you, and the company.

Soap Hope has integrated responsible business practices into every aspect of its operations. First of all, they offer top quality, name brand and amazing products. Every product is 100% natural, healthful, wholesome and top of the class. They offer brands like, Indigo Wild, Pangea Organics and Zum, all names you will recognize, that offer top quality. I also love how they do all the research for you, so you know you are getting the best products at the lowest prices without all the legwork.  They even guarantee your satisfaction, with every purchase.

When I received my “ugly box,” I was skeptical but the homemade soap truly smelled wonderful. I love feeling wonderful and knowing that I am healthy and helping others! They even have “green” cleaning and laundry products.

Check out Soap Hope today!

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In honor of Earth Day 2011, eco-gorgeous brand Lavanila Laboratories wants you to help them plant a forest! For each new “LIKE” received on their Facebook page (Lavanila Laboratories) on April 21st and April 22nd (Earth Day), Lavanila will plant one tree through their long-time partnership with The Nature Conservancy. These new saplings will be a welcome addition to their ongoing, evergreen (pun intended) initiative of planting a tree for each purchase made on www.lavanila.com.
 
So, please: spread the word and help build a forest!

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So you know you (ahem, I) love Clueless and today I was totally inspired by this Cher Horowitz quote, “Now that takes care of our minds and bodies, but we should do something good for mankind or the planet for a couple of hours.”

And have we got just the site for you!!! Our gay BFF contacted us to talk about going shopping this weekend a new social networking-esque site called Friendfactor. The way it works is that you go to the website (www.friendfactor.org) and then sign up (via a Facebook add in) and invite your gay and straight friends to join. As your gay friends sign up, you can click a button to “support” them. As soon as you become a supporter, the site will educate you about the current situation for gay rights in the state where your friend lives. Down the road, Friendfactor will even let you know when crucial issue votes or discussions are coming up in the city, state or federal governments around issues that affect all of our LGBT friends!

Even if you’re not a political activista (all those rallies and wooden posts can’t be great for a fresh mani), you can get educated about the issues that affect your gay friends (did you know you can be evicted in over 50% of states for being gay?!?!?!?!?). Getting smarter definitely never hurt anybody’s mani. And let’s be honest… we definitely would have bought that horrible polka mini last year if our gay BFF hadn’t been there to snatch it out of our hands, so we kind of owe him!

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Bonjourno, dollfaces! I don't do this often but this is such a good cause that my friend is fighting for! Please vote for her charity here!
 
The Pepsi Refresh Project is awarding grants to people trying to get their charities off the ground.  You can vote once a day through June 30th and the Top 10 winners will get $25,000 to devote towards their causes. 
 
Please vote for my friend's charity, Hair 4 You, which will provide wigs for kids & teens due to medical hair loss.  Rebecca is a teen cancer survivor who has been through alot and wants to give back.
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]]> http://smartypanties.com/2010/04/12/city-chicks-for-charity-event-paul-mole/feed/ 0 Saks Event: Get a $75 Gift Card for $50 Plus Drinks and Food! http://smartypanties.com/2010/03/03/saks-event-get-a-75-gift-card-for-50-plus-drinks-and-food/ http://smartypanties.com/2010/03/03/saks-event-get-a-75-gift-card-for-50-plus-drinks-and-food/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:28:55 +0000 Katie Lara http://smartypanties.com/?p=3824

$50 Individual Ticket
Includes a $75 Gift Card to Saks Fifth Avenue*
*only valid 3/11/10
Non-transferable and non-refundable. Limited tickets available. While supplies last.

If you wish to purchase tickets, visit this link.

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Join City Chicks 4 Charity for an evening of cocktails,and NYC Nightlife with a twist of generosity.

Cocktails 4 a Cause will be held at acclaimed NYC hotspot, Tenjune. Guests will enjoy a lavish open bar while dancing to tunes spun by famed DJ Brian Morse. The night will be complemented by a silent auction with items featuring behind-the-scenes talent tours by NBC Sports FNIA , Sporting Event & Carnegie Hall tickets, spa gift bags and much more!

*Stay for the raffle where the Chicks will be giving away fabulous prizes by super generous donors, a la Smartypanties favorite brands!! Some of my faves in the giveaway bag include a Hide and Sleek cami by Spanx (best stuff ever!!) as well as Power Panties($30) and a Slim Cognito(retails for $72)! All donated by the generous girls at the brand’s hub down in Hot-lanta!

Also in the baggie: Biore products, Lauren Luke products, Benefit Cosmetics, and Curel’s new lotion: Itch Defense! Just in time for the winter! It’s fragrance free, which we love because then we don’t feel like we have so many competing scents. The new formula contains olive oil to help reduce eczema and shea butter to soften skin.

Date/Time: Thursday, October 15th, 2009 – 7:30pm-10:30pm
Location: Tenjune – 26 Little West 12th Street, NYC
Attire: Business Casual/Cocktail
Open Bar and Hors d’oeuvres

General admission is $55. VIP Tables ($700) will be available for groups of 6-8 people (bottles and waitress service included). Ticket prices increase the week of the event, so buy your tickets early!! Click HERE!

If you are unable to attend but interested in helping the Chick’s cause, please use the Donate Now.

Smartypanties hopes to seeing you on October 15th!

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Buy your tickets at www.citychicks4charity.org!

Because charity can be fun! Bottoms up!

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October 8th 2009

7:30-10:30PM

Tenjune

26th Little West 12th Street NYC

Open Bar! Live DJ! Lil snackies!

Silent auction! Details to follow on what will be auctioned off but so far we know there will be some fantastic silhouette shaping SPANX!

OMG! This is going to be the charity event of the year! Get tickets while you still can! Have you ever been to Tenjune? Open bar for 3 hours at the hottest bar in Manhattan for $55! Show some love! You would have to be insane to pass this up! Seriously! Plus it’s for a good cause which is the best part!

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