New Designs from Yogoco – upcycled yoga mat bags
Created by a mompreneur with a love for yoga, Yogoco bags are beautiful, functional and eco-friendly. Yogoco yoga mat bags are made from cotton scraps that have been discarded during the t-shirt making process. These scraps, typically destined for a local landfill, are collected and blended together to make cotton fabric.
But Yogoco yoga mat bags aren’t just a “green” product, they also let your yoga mat breathe, have pockets for your essentials and can accomodate a 26″ yoga mat.
Take a peek at some of the new designs and colors for this season. Love the Moroccan Sky Blue and Wahini White Flower, feeling ready more centered already.
Natural Luxe is offering free shipping on all Yogoco recycled yoga mat bags, use code GREEN at checkout.
Our bags are famous!
The spring issues of some of our favorite magazines have shown a lot of love for our handbags.
It started with Mar y Sol’s multi-colored opal clutch featured in Real Simple Magazine. Their “Trend worth trying” for April 2011 is bright stripes so of course our favorite striped raffia clutch made the page!
Next we found the recycled paper off the cuff wristlet from Rebagz featured in Parents Magazine. The cute red wristlet is one of their top picks for a great Mother’s Day Gift.
One of the spring’s best-sellers, the Guadeloupe handbag from Mar y Sol is seen in the pages of People magazine. The sunny yellow flower tote is a perfect fit for their summer styleboard.
Can’t wait to see who is next???
Your purse is so yesterday
Why thank you! They must be talking about my recycled paper wristlet from Engage Green.
Engage Green takes yesterday’s papers and turns them into eco-chic wristlets, totes and coin purses with vibrant colors and designs. The fabric is created by taking narrow strips of paper and twisting them to create strength. At the same time, yarn is used to weave the fabric. The amazing colors are made with animal free dyes so the collection is also vegan.
A few of the benefits from using recycled paper are –
* Saves 60% to 70% of the energy used in the manufacturing process compared to using virgin pulp.
* Uses up to 55% less water that virgin pulp, and helps preserve our forests.
* Reduces air emissions by 74% compared to virgin pulp manufacturing.
Designer Leoner Mendoza, an award winning artist whose work is part of the Art Museum of the Americas permanent collection in Washington DC, is the creative mind behind Engage Green. Their products represent a consistent commitment to protecting our Earth’s natural resources.
Find your zen in style – recycled yoga bags
I find that I am always more motivated to go to the gym when I have a new outfit to wear or bag to take with me. My new Yogoco recycled yoga mat bag has been just the trick to push me towards more pilates classes. Amazingly, 70% of this bag is made from the discarded scraps of the t-shirt manufacturing process.
Scraps from the T-shirt making process are collected, sorted by color and blended. This significantly reduces incinerator and landfill use. The cotton fibers require no new dying, saving on water while adding no new pollutants. Furthermore, as no new cotton is grown, there is no land use, no water intensive irrigation and no fertilizers or pesticides used.
The resulting cotton-like fabric has an organic feel and is used as the fabric in the large mat section of the Yogoco recycled yoga mat bag, as well as much of the towel section and piping.
These beautiful bags come in six different designs with vibrant colors and patterns putting you in the mood to find your inner peace and your toes. Take a look at the entire Yogoco recycled yoga mat bag collection - see you on the mat!
Eco-chic gifts to green your Valentine
Valentine’s Day is just a few weeks away and The Luxe Report is here to help you turn your Valentine’s friends green with envy!
Skip the flowers and the candy this year and give a gift that is good for the environment and good for your sweetheart. Here are our top picks ~
Made from renewable cork and organic cotton and hemp, this bag turns heads and is a pretty pick for your sweetheart
Having a heard time ditching the dozen roses? Switch to an eco-friendly soy candle in fresh cut scent, it’s sure to last much longer too!
Recycled scrabble tile pendant necklaces
These are the perfect gift for moms, sisters, BFFs – cute, fun, afforable and of course eco-friendly
Babybearshop all the better to kiss you with lip balm trio
Get ready to puck up! Three luscious flavors, organic and in beautiful recycleable vintage tins.
Don’t forget that hugs and kisses, an unexpected phone call and homemade Valentine cards are the most timeless and appreciated Valentines around. Spread the love!
