THE SOUQ ORGANICS

This is not one product but a store — my favorite new one-stop to score organic beauty finds. Not only can you find pure argan oil sourced directly from Morocco, owners John Amante, wife Angeli Yap-amante and TJ Sulit have brought in a carefully curated selection of eco-certified brands from all over the world. Already flying off the shelves is the Really Good Cellulite Oil from Fushi (London) with circulation-boosting got ukola and diuretic green coffee bean oil, and the in-house Moroccanargan Oil, which customers have said reduces keloid scars and prevents stretch marks.

Other brands I’m excited to delve into are Pangea Organics (USA) — their Skincare Discovery Kit is perfect for travel; Mukti Botanicals (Australia), a heavenly-smelling bath, body and skincare line that targets different skin types; Huiles & Baumes (France), an anti-aging range that uses pure spring water from the French Alps and antioxidant rosehip oil; and Babies Only (Australia), formulated especially to coddle your precious little ones.

The souq organics boutique is at unit b, bellitudo, No. 79, Katipunan St., White Plains, Quezon City, tel. nos. 421-5745 and 0917-526-2683.

Organic bestsellers: The Souq Moroccan Argan Oil, Fushi Really Good Cellulite Oil, Pangea bar soap and Huiles & Baumes Alpine SOS Balm are the most wanted items at The Souq Organics in White Plains. Photos by BOY SANTOS

The boutique that argan oil built: (clockwise from top left) TJ Sulit, John Amante, Angeli Yap-amante and Em Matias, directors of The Souq Organics

By THERESE JAMORA-GARCEAU