Healthy Living Guide
Shop Naturally is one of Australia’s original online health & wellbeing stores, founded in 2009. We have always been a voice with a balanced view for leading a healthy life. We understand that our customers all have different needs and are capable of doing their own research and making their own informed choices about what best suits their needs. As a privately owned family business, we are not beholden to shareholders or investment companies. All the choices about what we stock and the information we share is 100% controlled by us.
Our Healthy Living Guide is a series of articles split into 5 categories, Eco Friendly, Wellness, Natural Beauty, Natural Home and Shopping Guides. We hope you find the information helpful in living your own healthy life and choose the products that are right for you. Jump straight to your favourite topic or read our latest articles below.
Latest Articles
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Essential oils and blends to assist with PMS and menstrual cramps
The use of aromatherapy and essential oils to help relieve symptoms associated with PMS and menstrual cramps can be a useful natural first step in managing what can be a difficult few days for many women. It is -
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 your Lunchbots Classic Dot Lids
Lunchbots Classic Dot Lids have been a little problematic for some customers, so we have written this guide to help you look after them properly. When we start our store way back in 2009, Lunchbots were the first -
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 -
Apple Cider Vinegar to assist in protein digestion
When browsing the internet, we have found countless articles on the healing benefits of apple cider vinegar. The majority of these articles are unreferenced and contain predominantly anecdotal evidence. While we don't dismiss these completely, they do need -
Your guide to the greener options in reusable shopping bags
Both Woolworths & Coles announced in July 2017 (during Plastic Free July) that they would phase out all single use plastic bags over 12 months for greener options. Early April 2018, the supermarkets announced that they started the -
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 -
Tim Tams vs Smarties : which one contains banned artificial colours?
This was originally posted in June 2012 and has been updated for April 2019 Back in 2012, we read an article on the 5 artificial colours that were found in the Australian version of Tim Tams. At the -
Large Smoothie Cups arrive in store
At the start of the year, I predicted that 2019 would be the year that smoothie cups got the same attention that coffee cups did. Reusable coffee cups are everywhere now. Most stores that sell coffee also have -
Shampoo With a Purpose - 4 affordable high performance shampoo bars
Innovation in natural & organic eco hair products is really starting to take off, especially in the area of natural solid shampoo bars and the plastic free movement. Shampoo With A Purpose is a new brand we're introducing -
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