About Irene Organics

Irene Makriplis is the founder of Irene Organics and a Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant at Lullaby & Me Sleep Consulting. Irene developed a passion for helping parents with their children’s sleep over her 10 year career as a nanny. 

Aside from her love of children, Irene also had a passion for making her own natural, homemade products and realized that the children she cared for responded well to her DIY products in comparison to store brand products.

So many of the products on the shelves are filled with chemicals, toxins and artificial ingredients and fragrances that can do more harm than good to ours and our children's skin. 

In 2020, Irene discovered she was expecting her first child and wanted to create a product for herself and other moms that she knew was 100% safe and effective to use. That's when she created a line of products that would help mothers like her to keep their skin feeling and looking good in a NATURAL way without any harm.

Irene Organics won Best Postpartum & Baby Skincare Brand (Northeast - USA) in 2022 from LuxeLife Magazine as well as Best Natural Prenatal & Postnatal Skincare Brand in 2023.

 Irene Organics carries a Stretch Mark Treatment & Prevention line (A Belly Balm & Belly Oil) as well as a wonderful soothing Nipple Balm for breastfeeding mothers and a perineal cooling spray & perineal massage oil for pregnancy & postpartum care.

In 2022 Irene added on her Organic Baby Skincare Line as well as Pure Therapeutic Grade Essential Oil Roll Ons safe for pregnancy, breastfeeding, infants and children of all ages!

Even though Irene had been experimenting with ingredients and her DIY recipes for years, her husband, George Papoulis, a chemical biologist helped perfect the formulas using Certified Organic Ingredients only to make them absolutely perfect! The most important part to us is that our products feel good, are effective, natural, and most of all safe to use.

We also feel very strongly about keeping our products preservative free.

We hope you love our products as much as we do and spread the love for our small, woman-owned, mom-owned business.

Irene's life and childhood led her to wanting to find the absolute cleanest and safest products to use in her everyday life. 

Irene's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 28 years old and passed away when Irene was just a young teenager. Genetic testing ruled out any cancer gene mutations and it was concluded that the cancer was caused by environmental factors. Irene was determined to start living a healthier, cleaner lifestyle and that meant eliminating a lot of everyday products that most of us use. She educated herself on what ingredients and preservatives to stay away from and how organic and natural ingredients were not only healthier but more effective.

Throughout her first pregnancy, she struggled to find products that were safe and effective, so she decided to create her own! In 2021 she welcomed her first son and he was another inspiration that drove her to create her Baby Skincare Line. 

Irene gave birth to her second son in the spring of 2023 and during her second pregnancy launched her Bath & Body line which includes Bath Salt Soaks and a Body Scrub for during and after pregnancy.

Every year Irene Organics gives back to the community and a portion of our profits are donated to breast cancer research and pediatric cancer research.