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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Choosing the best detangling hair brush
Long hair, kids hair, wet hair, dried ends, thick hair, curly hair, over styled hair, chemically treated hair, windy day, beach day, the list could go on for another paragraph. There are so many reasons why hair gets -
6 things you can do with Vegesorb - the sorbolene cream alternative
Walk in to any family bathroom in Australia and you're bound to find a big bottle of sorbolene cream as the family body lotion. Most commercial sorbolene creams use mineral oil as a core ingredient. The natural alternative -
The staying power of natural lipstick
We had a customer this week ask us about the staying power of our natural lipstick range at Shop Naturally. We did a bit of research and spoke with some experts to find out what their beauty tips -
Why do dentists love Gem Natural Toothpaste?
We have added Gem Toothpaste to our range this month. We have always specialised in products that are new, innovative and hard to find in mainstream stores. Gem dental products tick the first 2 boxes but not the -
How to get a dewy finish with natural foundation
We received an enquiry about getting a dewy finish with organic foundation, and since we don’t have one ‘out of the box’ in our organic makeup aisle, I did some research to find out how you can still achieve -
Introducing Raw Nature
Raw Nature is a small New Zealand brand who were pioneers in a particular type of packaging that we're all taking for granted these days, those cardboard tubes our plastic free natural deodorant comes in. Raw Nature was -
7 Natural Gift Ideas for your Bridesmaids
After having a lovely conversation with a soon-to-be bride who was buying natural gifts for her bridesmaids, we put our thinking caps on and came up with seven thoughtful gifts to buy your bridesmaids that can be used -
FAQ: Can I use organic shampoo & conditioner to wash my dogs?
One question we get asked a lot is whether you can use natural hair products to wash your pets. It's not a good idea. Why? It's all about the pH levels Just as humans & dogs have different -
Amazing Oils Sleep Lotion is a TGA Listed product
Sleep is an incredibly important biological function. For some, a good nights sleep is hard to come by. According to the Government of South Australia's health website, a good nights sleep supports physical recovery & repair, supports your -
Introducing the Weleda Shower Bar range
Weleda have taken another step forward with the release of their shower bar range to provide a plastic free alternative to their creamy body wash range. It's not just another soap bar. Soaps and body wash bars are -
Detangling your kids hair naturally
99.9% of parents hate knotty hair!! Totally made up of course, but we don't think we're too far wrong with our guess!!!! The team from No Nasties who bring us our totally fave natural play make up for -
Sunbutter Sunscreen now Palm Oil Free
In any skin care or personal care brand, there are many products that are easy to formulate palm oil free, but sunscreen has always been a difficult one. The team at Sunbutter have now achieved 2 firsts in
