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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The 3 most important things you should know about transitioning to sulfate free shampoo
Transitioning to sulfate free shampoo or natural shampoo isn't going to be an overnight success. There's 3 main things we think everyone should know and understand before making the switch to ensure it's a successful one. The same -
Beauty and the Bees new pH balanced shampoo bars
Beauty and the Bees were the first brand of shampoo bars in Australia, back in 1993. We were stocking them around a decade ago in their original formula and temporarily discontinued them as they went through some rebranding -
Ere Perez Corn Setting Powder now in plastic free packaging
Ere Perez Corn Setting Powder was previously called Corn Translucent Powder and was in plastic packaging with the mirror (left in photograph above). Australian natural makeup brand Ere Perez have created a positive change for their pressed powders -
Shopping Guide - the new LAMAV body range
In April 2023, La Mav introduced a new body care range to their store. The original Vitamin C hand cream has been joined by three Ayurvedic body oils and a garshana dry body brush that fits in the -
What is a heat protectant spray?
For anyone who is heat styling their hair on a regular basis, whether it's flat irons or a blow dryer, investing in a heat protectant spray is a good idea. It's a small price to pay to protect -
The Best Shampoo Bars for Curly Hair
The Curly Girl Method is a hair maintenance regime to take care of curly hair to have it look its best. If you don't have curly hair, it's hard to understand just how difficult it is to maintain -
Gift Guide: The Ere Perez makeover
Show your best friend, your mum, your sister, daughter, aunt or anyone special how they can detox their full makeup regime with the Ere Perez range of natural makeup available at Shop Naturally. We'll guide you through each -
Weleda Skin Food vs Magnesium Moisturiser - Two amazing skin saviours
Winter is a time for troubled skin. Whether it's dry and itchy patches followed be excessive scratching, wind chill or the dryness of being inside in artificial heating, winter can wreak havoc on the skin all over your -
Ere Perez Vegan Makeup Brush Shopping Guide
At Shop Naturally we stock the 4 core brushes in the Ere Perez makeup range that will cover the majority of your beauty tasks. 1. Ere Perez Multipurpose Brush Think of this as a mini flat headed kabuki -
Vanessa Megan Perfume Shopping Guide
Vanessa Megan is one of Australia's best organic skin care brands, but they also have a cult following for something else in their range, their perfume. This week we added their two new scents to our store and -
Dry Shampoo
Do you wash your hair every day? If you do, and it's because your hair is oily, there is an alternative to going through the full shampoo, conditioner & blow dry scenario. What is dry shampoo? Dry shampoo -
Ere Perez Mascara Comparison
Mascara is one of those makeup items that can really make your eyes pop without having to do too much else. If you're in a rush, it's easy to apply quickly in the bathroom mirror at work and
