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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Natural Cold Sore Treatment
We have been asked for a natural cold sore remedy by several customers over the last few weeks, and while we don't have anything listed in the shop to specifically treat them (yet) as a stand alone product -
Natural Teeth Whitening with My Magic Mud
Let's be honest here for a minute, using black charcoal to make your teeth white is crazy right? When I was first introduced to the concept of using charcoal to whiten your teeth, I will admit, I thought -
Which Andalou Naturals SPF BB CC is right for you?
UPDATE MAY 2019 These products are no longer available. We have a wide selection of BB Cream & CC Cream available in store. Our favourite premium picks are the BB Cream from Inika and the City CC Cream -
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 -
Kester Black 7-Free Polish arrives in store
This week we welcome Kester Black to our natural nail polish aisle at Shop Naturally. This Australian company make an incredibly stunning colour palette of rich, vibrant and subtle shades of nail polish to suit any outfit or -
Your natural beauty guide to travelling light
While there may be a 'product for everything', there are times when you want to keep your natural beauty regime as simple as possible. Whether you're going on holidays for 2 weeks, jumping on a plane for an -
Why we say NO to plastic beads in skin care
Ditch plastic beads in your skin care and choose natural alternatives. Did you know we have natural exfoliants in store that use ingredients like sea kelp, poppyseeds, salt, jojoba beads, hemp seeds and coffee instead? Bravo to Australia's -
Sneak Peek - Schmidt's Natural Deodorant
Deodorant Paste's are setting the world on fire at the moment, and later this month, we will be adding another new brand to the range, from Schmidt's. You may have seen it in magazines or from overseas websites -
New doTERRA oils for the skin
Enhance your current organic skin care regime with one or all of the three essential oils and essential oil blends from doTERRA that are new to our range this week. doTERRA HD Clear (left) This is a roll-on blend of -
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 -
Natural Toothpaste consistency
When we receive lower rated reviews on products in store (and it doesn't happen too often, but they always get published), a common one is for people to be unhappy about the consistency of some of the fluoride -
Our Weleda range is expanding
Weleda has been around since 1921. While many popular products have survived the test of time, they are still innovating and bringing out new products, some of which I tried today. We've had a couple of their products
