Our Mission
To provide healthier skincare and beauty alternatives for patients undergoing cancer treatment by giving a bag filled with safe, non-toxic skincare and beauty products that help address issues faced throughout the cancer journey. Oceans of Blessings will provide education, patient support and healthier product alternatives to assist with cancer care and prevention.
Oceans Unite
The idea for Oceans of Blessings came from the Ocean twins — Allyson and Jennifer Ocean, who are passionate about using clean beauty products - i.e., products that do not contain harmful or toxic ingredients. Dr. Allyson Ocean, a leading medical oncologist in New York City at Weill Cornell/NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, is devoted to treating patients with gastrointestinal cancers and also promotes the use of safe skincare and beauty products to patients undergoing treatment for cancer. Oceans of Blessings was created to provide healthier beauty product alternatives to patients undergoing cancer therapy and to spread the message about the importance of using safe, non-toxic beauty and skincare products every day.
Each of our members of the Board of Directors has been touched by cancer in a profound way — all are either cancer survivors, physicians that treat patients with cancer or caregivers of loved ones dealing with cancer.
Dr. Allyson Ocean (Right)
Jennifer Ocean (Left)
More About Us
Oceans of Blessings is a true passion project that begin in the middle of 2018. It was also a pivotal moment in the Clean Beauty movement as consumers were beginning to understand the growing importance of using products on their skin and body that are proven to be safe for human health and safe for the environment. The Ocean sisters knew they wanted to create a nonprofit organization that would spread the health benefits of using clean beauty products to patients with cancer. Knowing that so many of the beauty products we use every day in our regular beauty regimen contain known carcinogens, Dr. Allyson Ocean and her twin sister Jennifer decided to find a way to provide cancer patients with safe, non-toxic and non-carcinogenic product alternatives.
Oceans of Blessings was born to spread safe and beautiful blessings to cancer patients - with the purchase of a Blessings Bag filled with luxurious and safe cosmetics and skincare samples - we are spreading the message about the importance of using clean beauty products. Cancer patients will know that the products in the Blessings Bags are safe and non-carcinogenic. With your donation and the purchase of a Blessings Bag, you will be sending a cancer patient oceans of blessings to help lift their spirits and ease their cancer treatment journey.
Please help us spread the word; by doing so you are spreading oceans of blessings to help patients undergoing cancer therapy. You can follow us on Instagram @oceansofblessings and on Twitter @OceansBlessings
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all of your support and send oceans of blessings to you and your loved ones. Love, Allyson and Jen
Partnerships
Oceans of Blessings will partner with safe and clean skincare and cosmetics companies to help spread awareness of the importance of using safe, non-toxic, and non-carcinogenic formulas throughout your daily beauty regimen. We seek to partner with cancer-fighting organizations focusing on education, prevention and early detection such as the American Cancer Society, Skin Cancer Foundation, Breast Cancer Research Fund, Let’s Win Pancreatic Cancer, and the Lustgarten Foundation to name a few, to help spread awareness of our mission.
We welcome the support of companies that make safe, clean skincare and cosmetics and ask for donations of products to be included in the Beauty Blessings Bags for patients undergoing cancer treatment. If you are interested in partnering with us, please email us at oceansblessings@gmail.com.
Board of Directors/Advisors
Allyson J. Ocean, M.D. Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer
Jennifer A. Ocean Co-Founder, Chief Marketing Officer
Nicole St. George Secretary
Rachel Bryan Chief Product Officer
Carmen Marc Valvo Chief Design Officer
Donald Malter Chief Financial Officer
David J. Goldsmith Chief Legal Officer
A. Joshua Zimm, M.D. Medical Advisor
Molly Goldsmith Social Media Advisor
(current Board of Directors & Advisors as of April 1, 2021)
Zooming in on a Blessings Bag reusable zippered canvas pouch with the Oceans of Blessings logo on both sides.