Healthy Living Guide - Natural Home Articles
The need for a fabric softener I could tolerate back in 2008 was the catalyst for this whole store. Before Shop Naturally, I was a professional web developer and had made over 200 websites for other businesses, including a dozen online stores. When I developed sensitivities to chemicals and smells and my skin was ultra sensitive, I went on the hunt for natural fabric softener. The only store in my local area who sold one was a 45 minute drive each way and more often than not, they were out of stock. I set up a small online store, found the wholesaler and ordered a carton, plus a few other products I used on a regular basis that my naturopath recommended and Shop Naturally took on a life of its own. It grew from a bookshelf in a spare bedroom to a 300 sqm warehouse in under 2 years with no advertising spend.
This category is the way I live my life. My health is significantly better each and every day when I control my surroundings. We’re not just moving boxes and analysing spreadsheets here, this is my life. The cleaning products in particular are the least profitable thing we do and the thing I’m most passionate about. Until you know what it’s like to break out in a rash, have itchy skin, or breathing issues and countless other reactions from not being able to clean your home or wash your clothes and bed linen, you don’t quite understand how important these products are to people.
I am also a big advocate for the safe use of essential oils. These little bottles are potent extracts and need to be treated with the utmost respect. The post we wrote about safely using essential oils in the bath is a game changer and we crushed a few myths about this one.
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Natural Carpet Cleaning
Effective natural carpet cleaning is possible with the right tools. In this blog, we give you the tips we learned from Nicole Bijlsma when she visited our warehouse back in 2013. Natural Carpet Cleaning - the best way -
Mould cleaning with natural cleaning products
Post updates made June 2019 In 2013, I interviewed Nicole Bijlsma about the best way to tackle mould cleaning naturally. Nicole is the creator of the Abode Cleaning products range, author of the book Healthy Home Healthy Family (currently in -
Eco Modern Essentials vs doTERRA
Eco Modern Essentials and doTERRA are just two of the major brands of essential oils that we stock here at Shop Naturally. They are at opposite ends of the pricing scale, so it's the brand comparison we get -
Feature: We compare the 2 Abode Laundry Soaker choices
The Abode Laundry Soaker comes in to different versions. Formulated by Naturopath, author of Healthy Home, Healthy Family and head of a building biology school Nicole Bijlsma, Abode Cleaning Products are the most affordable, natural and safe natural -
How to care for beeswax wraps
Beeswax wraps are a natural and eco friendly option to help you rid your kitchen of single use plastic. Do you know how to care for beeswax wraps? They are made with the combination of beeswax, tree resin -
What To Consider When Choosing a Glass Water Filter Jug
The Gentoo Glass water filter jug from Eco Bud is the only water filter jug in store that's made from glass. It's a common request from customers, but not a common product in the market. In this blog -
Make your own coconut milk or coconut cream
Reducing and removing excess packaging in the #waronwaste is becoming more important. Back when we originally posted this article in 2012, it wasn't a mainstream topic of discussion. Today, we have a dedicated plastic free section in our -
Lively Living Aroma Diffusers with timers
Lively Living are Australia's premium aroma diffuser specialists. From the humble beginnings of the Aroma Bloom series, this range of aroma diffusers using cold mist technology have increased significantly in just a few short years. We have 12 -
Eco Aroma Clarity & Focus
One of the most popular series of essential oils in the range from Eco Aroma is the Clarity & Focus series. It is just one of many options we have for essential oils for focus and clarity. The -
New ways to save in store this week
Weleda Brand Wide Sale We have been working hard to expand out the full range of Weleda Australia products at Shop Naturally and we're just about there. With over 100 products in the range, we'll be making your -
5 Hot New Vegan Products
You don't have to exclusively live the vegan lifestyle to buy vegan products and help the environment. Many people are adopting what's called a flexitarian lifestyle, where they will eat meat and fish occasionally but not very often -
New essential oil blends from Black Chicken Remedies
At the base of everything Black Chicken Remedies creates lies a core list of ingredients that are in their formulas to perform a specific task. And that's ALL they use. This is why their skin care range has