I
made a list beforehand of who I wanted to have chat to and one of them was
Childs Farm. They were a brand I’d not heard of on my natural free-from journey
thus far and I was intrigued. I’d had a brief look at their website and was struck
by how fun both they and their products appeared.
When I arrived at their stand I was greeted by an array of fabulously colourful bottles with fun horses, pirates and farm escapades slapped all over them. I loved them. And so would my girls I thought. I started chatting to both their founder Joanna Jensen and her assistant Olivia Sims and was struck by just how lovely they both were. Joanna is a passionate and shrewd business woman. She believes strongly in her brand and has managed to make her organic, natural bodycare for children affordable to all. I applaud that. All too often natural and organic products can end up becoming an expensive luxury for many and out of financial reach for most of us. We don’t all have a huge disposable income to spend each month so coming across an organic range of children’s bodycare products that are affordable to all is in my opinion a great find.
Joanna’s
initial impertus for starting the company was not being able to find natural or
organic products that could deal with her girl’s fine hair. She therefore set
out to make a range of toiletries that were fun and appealing to children and
their parents from the outside but that were filled on the inside with
ingredients that parents could trust and as Childs Farm put it, “combs could
cope with!” And with the help of children’s illustrator Emma McCall and their respected
manufacturer Medichem International, Childs Farm was born. In case you are interested
Childs Farm is named after Joanna's beautiful home and small holding in rural
Hampshire, so if you were thinking that an apostrophe is missing in their name,
it’s not.
After
having a long chat with Joanna I took some samples away with me with further
information making a mental note that I was keen to stock them if they passed
the test of my girl’s hair.
The
range has a shampoo, conditioner, hair and body wash and two bubble baths; one for the boys and one for the girls. You can obviously mix and match as you wish
but I love the fact that they have an array of colourful bottles which will
appeal to girls and boys alike. The range is predominantly aimed at children of
3-10 years of age. Their products are free from parabens, SLS’, mineral oils
and artificial colours. Their hair and body wash and bubble bath do have “parfum”
but this is naturally derived, synthetically made. Their products are not
tested on animals.
For those
of you who are interested in ingredients each product in their range has the
following:
Groomed to Perfection Shampoo for
Luscious Locks
Aqua, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium
Coco-Sulfate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Sodium Lauryl Glucose
Carboxylate, Lauryl Glucoside, Glycerin, Dehydroacetic Acid, Benzyl Alcohol,
Sodium Chloride, Argan Oil Polyglyceryl-6 Esters, Parfum, Sucrose Laurate,
Alcohol, Mentha Arvensis Organic Peppermint Oil*, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid
Tame the Mane Conditioner for Unruly
Hair
Aqua, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetrimonium
Chloride, Dehydroacetic Acid, Benzyl Alcohol, Citric Acid, Parfum, Niacinamide,
Calcium Pantothenate, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Pyridoxine
HCI, Maltodextrin, Sodium Starch Octenylsuccinate, Silica,
Hydroxypropyltrimonium Honey, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein,
Mentha Arvensis (Peppermint) Oil*
Clean, Calm and Collected Bubble Bath
for Sweet Dreams
Aqua, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium
Coco-Sulfate, Decyl Glucoside, Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate, Lauryl
Glucoside, Coco-Glucoside, Glycerin, Dehydroacetic Acid, Benzyl Alcohol,
Sucrose Laurate, Alcohol, Sodium Chloride, Parfum, Tocopherol, Citrus
Reticulata Peel (Tangerine) Oil*, Citric Acid, Limonene
Bubble Bath for Buccaneers
Aqua, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Coco-Sulfate,
Decyl Glucoside, Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate, Lauryl Glucoside,
Coco-Glucoside, Glycerin, Dehydroacetic Acid, Benzyl Alcohol, Sucrose Laurate,
Alcohol, Sodium Chloride, Parfum, Tocopherol, Citrus Reticulata Peel
(Tangerine) Oil*, Citric Acid, Limonene
Caked in Mud Hair & Body wash for
Dirty Rascals
Aqua, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium
Coco-Sulfate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Sodium Lauryl Glucose
Carboxylate, Lauryl Glucoside, Glycerin, Dehydroacetic Acid, Benzyl Alcohol,
Sodium Chloride, Argan Oil Polyglyceryl-6 Esters, Parfum, Sucrose Laurate,
Alcohol, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Oil* Organic Orange Oil, Citric Acid,
Lactic Acid, Limonene, Amyl Cinnamal
Mini Hand and Body Lotion for Silky Skin
Ingredients: Aqua, Caprylic
Triglyceride, Glycerin, Isopropyl Myristate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Polyglyceryl-3
Dicitrate, Stearic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter,
Theobroma Cacoa (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Dehydroacetic Acid, Benzyl Alcohol,
Pafrum, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis
(Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil, Limonene,
Citronellol, Linalool
Their
products smell fabulous; strawberry and organic mint, zesty tangerine and sweet
orange all feature and I now use their shampoo and conditioner on the girls
constantly. It makes hair wash night a joy. No more protests, just clean, lovely smelling hair which really is comb-able. And I have to say that I’ve
used the shampoo and conditioner on my own hair too and it really is great.
Their
bubble bath lathers gently and you can even use their hair and body wash as a
bubble bath too if you wish. Their full size bottles are £4.69 each for a 250ml
bottle so exceptionally reasonable. They also do an array of gift sets one of
which is a Top to Toe Cleaning Kit for Kids (at £9.35) which has 3 smaller 100ml bottles
of the shampoo, conditioner and bubble bath so if you wanted to try before you buy
this is a great option. Also, good for swim kits too.
They have recently introduced some hair brushes and also a 100ml body lotion to the range too. And if all this wasn’t enough reason for you to buy their range then maybe the fact that 10% of profits from their range go to the Riding for the Disabled which is a charity they are very passionate about and have helped out a lot may persuade you.
If
you’d like to find out more about Childs Farm and their products then they have
a fun website with an activities section for kids.
They are also on Facebook
and you can follow them on Twitter.
As well
as finding all their product range on their own website, Sophia’s Choice also proudly stock a selection of their range.
So
have any of you come across or used Childs Farm for your own children? I’d love
to hear your thoughts. Until next time xx