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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VS - 2 tier bento boxes
Welcome to the first in a series of blog posts where we take 2 products and compare them to each other to see which one suits your needs better. If you want to see up close photos and -
Natural Sunscreen Nano Particle Safety FAQ
Since Australian organisation Friends Of The Earth removed their safe sunscreen guide from the web in 2012, there has been much speculation about the safety of the zinc oxide used in natural sunscreen formulas. Is it nano-free? Does -
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 -
Stimulant foods you may want to avoid
Hi. I'm a "canary down the mine shaft". If someone's going to be sensitive to something, it's me! One of the things I need to either avoid or treat as a 'sometimes' food are stimulants. If I eat -
Caring for your Southern Cross Pottery water filter
Those who have been following us for a while will know that we don't sell high ticket items without me test driving them first. When I did a test drive of the water filter from Southern Cross Pottery -
Vaporiser dangers - your guide to choosing a safe one
In May this year, a Brisbane surgeon spoke in the media about the dangers of using vaporisers with children because the steam can cause significant burns. Below, we explain the difference between the steam vaporisers doctors are talking -
Your most versatile water bottle for winter
I was asked by a customer this week about carting in some food, drinks and smoothies to a family member in hospital and my best recommendations for doing this safely. You would be surprised to know that you -
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 -
Best water bottle for your car. The #1 choice for best tasting water.
What the best water bottle for your car? In November 2015 when this post was first written, it was over 40°C which didn't let up until around 8pm at night. For the first time that year, all the -
Thermos vs Camelbak stainless steel drinking straw bottles
UPDATE - we no longer stock the Thermos brand. The information below was correct as of October 2015 when we ran our comparison. I am not aware if there have been any design changes to the Thermos Funtainer
