{"id":140,"date":"2010-11-18T00:11:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T00:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.spajobs.ie\/blog\/?p=140"},"modified":"2010-11-18T00:11:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T00:11:00","slug":"organic-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spas.ie\/blog\/organic-surge","title":{"rendered":"Organic Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organic Surge is  an award-winning range of skincare products available in supermarkets and  pharmacies nationwide. It was founded in 2006 by Alan MacKenzie and Ann Gloag  both successful Scottish businesspeople in their own right. <\/p>\n<p>MacKenzie came  up with the idea for the brand after suffering skin irritations and identifying  a gap in the market for a natural and affordable skincare brand. \u00a0\u201cI didn\u2019t understand why I couldn\u2019t buy a  natural skincare range in my local supermarket. \u2013 and at what I thought was at  an affordable price\u201d says MacKenzie \u201cSo I decided to create my own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After two years  perfecting the formulation the brand was finally launched with a range of  everyday products for the skin and hair. As well as being completely cruelty  free, products are made from mostly natural ingredients and sold in recyclable  packaging. Every year they source the best available natural oils to use in  their formulas. Most of the products in the range are over 95% natural and in  2010 their newest skincare range was clinically tested for sensitive skin. <\/p>\n<p>Organic Surge  is designed to be affordable but effective. The original aim of the brand was  to produce every day products made with natural, organic ingredients which  wouldn\u2019t look out of place on a supermarket shelf. After nearly five years the  products are available in around 20 countries worldwide in retailers like Boots,  Clerys, Dunnes Stores and Superquinn. <\/p>\n<p>The brand is also  associated with the Kenyan Children\u2019s Home Orphanage in Nairobi and the Watoto  Children\u2019s Charity in Uganda which places  parentless children with families. From their 2009 product sales they funded 48  sick or abandoned children at the Baby Care Unit in Kenya Children\u2019s Home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organic Surge is an award-winning range of skincare products available in supermarkets and pharmacies nationwide. It was founded in 2006 by Alan MacKenzie and Ann Gloag both successful Scottish businesspeople in their own right. MacKenzie came up with the idea for the brand after suffering skin irritations and identifying a gap in the market for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Organic Surge is an award winning natural skincare range. 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