Healthy Living Guide - Natural Beauty Articles
Our natural beauty articles cover everything you need to know about the products you’ll find in our hair care, skin care, makeup and body ranges. While we prefer to only stock products that are 100% naturally derived, there are lab derived ingredients that are safe to use in small quantities and there are plenty of natural ingredients that can cause harm. This is why each product and formula is judged on its individual merit. The EWG’s Skin Deep database is just one of several valuable tools that helps us decide what to stock.
We disclose all ingredients and make mention of anything we feel someone looking for natural products should know. The biggest one for us is nail polish. It’s impossible to formulate a nail polish that actually works that’s 100% natural. Brands like Hanami have successfully produced a quality product by removing the 10 worst offenders, a 10-Free polish, and have even formulated a polish remover that doesn’t take your breath away.
As soon as you introduce water into a formula, it’s a breeding ground for bacteria and the products need to be preserved. Natural preservatives are really expensive. Some budget friendly brands will use phenoxyethanol. Unless you have a specific sensitivity to the ingredient, allowing this ingredient gives us budget friendly options for customers who may not be able to afford the luxe products that use the expensive stuff. Our motto is simple, to provide balanced information and products and trust that our customers are capable of deciding what is best for them. We are always here to answer questions if you would like some clarity on anything.
Latest Articles
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Inika Eyeliner Pencils arrive
I have been busy in our photo studio again, this time shooting the eye makeup. Today the Inika Organic Eyeliner Pencils were added to store after each one was carefully photographed and colour matched. Above you can see -
How do you clean a dry body brush?
Do you own a dry body brush yet? If not and you like to invest in quality, this is the brush you're after. Buy once, use for a lifetime. While many people use exfoliants and body scrubs, and even -
Andalou Naturals new packaging and formulation changes
UPDATE 4th June - we are no longer a stockist of Andalou Naturals products after an ownership change and a forced removal from our shelves. Leading USA brand Acure Organics is the replacement for this range. If you -
Dr Bronner's Castile Soap now available in 3.8 litre size
After the popularity of the Dr Bronner's range in store, not only do we have all 11 scents available in this castile soap in the 473ml and 946ml sizes, we have now expanded our bulk buy range from -
The safest kids nail polish on the market is organic and edible
A world first in formulation, Kid Licks nail polish is so natural, it's edible! Don't worry, it's not formulated to be so sweet that they'll actually lick it off, but if they do, or they pop their little -
New Sensitive natural deodorant range from Schmidt's
When choosing a natural deodorant, there's only a handful of ingredients that are used as a core ingredient for odour reduction. For the past year or two now, the buzz ingredient has been bi-carb soda (or sometimes called -
No Nasties Kids Play Makeup arrives
We are excited to have launched the full range of kids makeup from No Nasties in to our store this week. We first met the ladies from No Nasties at an organic expo earlier this year. Out of -
Do unscented natural deodorants work?
Earlier this week we had a customer ask us the question whether our unscented natural deodorants actually work. They sure do! We're assuming that others have the same question, so we thought we'd explain a little about how -
Why we say NO to plastic microbeads in skin care
Ditch plastic microbeads in skin care and choose natural alternatives. In 2016, this was a real issue in mainstream skin care when we first wrote this article. Fast forward to 2024 and the whole industry has 'greened' up -
Why there isn't a certified organic sunscreen on the market
As we near the end of winter and we start thinking about natural sunscreen, I wanted to explain to why none of our sunscreen is certified organic. I see lots of companies marketing 'organic sunscreen', and at the -
doTERRA Balance | Grounding Perfume Blend
If you're a regular reader of our website, newsletters and blogs, you'll know I'm a big fan of products that can multi-task. Today we're giving you a little more information about one of the doTERRA essential oil blends -
FAQ: What's the shelf life of organic skin care
This week we've been running one of our new team members through some FAQ for customer service. Since quite a few topics will be of interest to our customers in general, we'll share some information on here. One
