If you haven’t heard of Surya Brasil, it might be time to take a look.  Spend some time on the company’s website and you can read about the core values.  The mission statement alone is a conscious consumer’s dream:

“To create and brand the best quality body care products that promote beauty, health and well being. To bring forward action that benefits society and the environment. To maintain the highest level of responsibility towards consumers, suppliers, distributors, store buyers, employees, the community and the environment. To promote Surya Brasil’s vision both nationally and internationally — wherever the company is operating. To offer employees a positive and stimulating work environment with benefits that enhance their health and well being. To create abundance for the owners and their families.”

Surya doesn’t just make hair color products.  The company also makes skin care and bath products, and hair care products for men and women.  Everything is certified vegan, gluten-free, and organic, and the packaging is biodegradable.

Of course, all the nice words in the world mean nothing if you don’t like the products.  So, we tried some of the items in the Sapien line.

Sapien Women Shampoo and Conditioner are free of alcohol, sulfates, parabens and synthetic fragrances.  The texture of the shampoo (oddly similar in appearance to Bain de Soleil) is thick.  It doesn’t lather much, but it does the job.  And yes, it smells good.  The conditioner, which contains a number of exotic-sounding oils, will make your hair super soft and shiny.

If you want to take it up a notch, Sapien Women Leave In and Split End Repair both work to further soften and smooth your hair.  It is recommended that you use the products together.  However, that was simply too much for my fine hair and I found the split end repair was sufficient.

The Sapien Women line also includes cleansers and scrubs and the Sapien Men line includes shampoos, shaving gel and cleansers.  The company also makes lip balms and another line of products, Amazonia Preciosa.

Surya Brasil products can be purchased on their website.  Or, if you prefer, use the store locator to find a retailer near you.

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Sapien Women is a complement to the Sapien Men line. After hearing from many women that they were using the men’s line, Suyra Brasil decided to create a line that would fit women’s needs. This eco-friendly body care line all vegan, not tested on animals and almost all of the ingredients are natural in origin. Many of the ingredients are also organic and the products are certified ECOCERT. All products in the Sapien Women line contain contain sustainably harvested exotic ingredients like Pracaxi oil, Cupuacu and Murumuru butters and coconut bark. They all also contain coconut and mango essential oils, giving them a tropical feel, which can be rather uplifting in the dreary cold autumn and winter months. They all have a rich and luxurious feel on the skin too. Using them made it feel as if I was away on vacation or on a spa retreat every morning!

The Sapien Women line consists of :

Sapien Women Shower Gel This shower gel is rich in organic Amazonian ingredients like Pracaxi oil, Aloe Vera juice, Amaranth protein and Vitamin E which helps silken the skin and provides deep hydration. Perfect for combating dry, winter skin.

Sapien Women Body Moisturizer  This rich body lotion contains Cupuacu and Murumuru butters along with other safely harvested ingredients from the Amazon Rainforest for ultimate skin hydration. This moisturizer will help keep your skin from becoming dry and scaly in the cold months. 

Sapien Women Shave Gel This shaving cream has a soft touch and is perfect for use on the most delicate of skin including bikini line, underarms and legs.  

Sapien Women Facial Scrub This scrub contains coconut bark and organic buriti to help remove dead cells and impurities from the skin while increasing circulation and glow.  

Sapien Women Body Scrub Amazonian white clay enhances the exfoliation power of this scrub, leaving skin silky smooth. 

Suyra Brasil is probably best known for their line of henna hair coloring products and their color fixation products, and they also gave me samples of their Color Fixation restorative shampoo and conditioner. My hair seems to be just as sensitive as my skin, and often products can leave my hair looking limp or frizzy. (And strangely sometimes both limp and frizzy at the same time.) Color Fixation restorative shampoo and conditioner gave my hair both body and shine. I was very pleased with it, and I will definitely buy more when I run out.

I’m very happy with the Sapien Women line. The eco-friendly, vegan products were perfect for my sensitive skin and I felt save using them knowing they aren’t filled with toxic chemicals. They make excellent stocking stuffers for the chic vegan women in your life this holiday season.

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