Local Gold Coast company Eco Tan & Eco By Sonya Driver has been announced by LUX Magazine’s Global Excellence Awards as Best Organic Beauty Brand of 2017The major European publication highlights the most influential names and brands in the high end lifestyle, luxury, health and beauty markets. The Gold Coast brand also received seven international beauty accolades this year for its certified organic products. Eco Tan is committed to using pure Australian organic ingredients to provide consumers with high quality, toxic free and cruelty free beauty alternatives. Australia made and owned, Eco Tan is certified organic, natural, vegan and cruelty free.

After Sonya’s sister was diagnosed with a melanoma at age 30, Sonya started investigating ingredients in the fake tans they were using and decided that she wanted to create a product that was free from chemicals and unnecessary nasties. From humble beginnings in Sonya Driver’s tiny Gold Coast kitchen in 2010, Eco Tan now celebrates its eighth year in business as a constantly growing global company with a large global following.

Eco Tan is considered a global leader in the organic beauty industry, with 30 passionate Gold Coast staff members and thousands of stockists and distributors worldwide. Eco Tan products are now stocked in the international market including Madagascar, Vanuatu, Dubai and New Caledonia. “What I know is this: kindness and being a doer, overcomes the mountain of issues. Be prepared for miracles. The by-product of being a giver and doing the hard stuff is you reap miracle after miracle. It truly is a supernatural world. Be a blessing to others and watch good stuff happen,” said Sonya.

Despite its growing success Eco Tan remains focused on its bright future. “Even though Eco Tan is evolving and growing at a rapid rate, my motivation will always come from the same place as where it began: creating ecologically friendly, toxic free and cruelty free beauty products that provide people with a healthier alternative.”

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