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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Introducing Weleda Aroma Shower
"Infuse your day with nature's moods" is the motto of the new Weleda Aroma Shower range. Using the power of only 100% natural essential oils, plant based ingredients and the steam in your shower, each body wash has been -
Introducing People 4 Ocean Mineral Sunscreen
People4Ocean are a company with a mission to protect more than just your skin with their natural mineral sunscreen offering. Using reef safe zinc oxide instead of chemical protection, this Australian made sunscreen range is made with solar -
The Fair Trade Story of Alaffia ~ happy workers, ticks 2 boxes for us
Alaffia tick two major boxes for us, the quality and value of the products and the ethics behind their creation. More than just a brand, The Alaffia Foundation is a registered organisation that has Fair Trade at it's -
Introducing the worlds first plantable lipstick
UPDATE: We are no longer stocking Hippie Stick at Shop Naturally In the last 12 months, we have seen a larger shift towards sustainable packaging than at any time in the 12 years we have been running our -
New deodorant sticks from Ethique
The creators of the Ethique Shampoo Bar have more products in their range besides hair care products. In their body care range, they had deodorant bars, in the same shape and packaging as their shampoo bars. I can -
Dr Organic Calendula range for sensitive skin and noses
We have been in this industry for 12 years now, and one thing we have noticed through the whole time is that it's really difficult to find good quality natural products that are unscented. Some categories are harder -
How to protect and store your soap and shampoo bars
In our ever changing eco world, one trend we see emerging is the switch to products that are either completely plastic free, a reduction in plastic or the elimination of single use plastic products. One category that has -
Your Guide to Plastic Free Body Moisturiser - Bar vs Liquid
UPDATE: we are no longer stocking these 2 products but we do have other natural body moisturisers in stock format. Going plastic free in a lotion is not an easy thing to do. Most lotions will come in -
Weleda Skin Food voted one of the greatest skincare products of all time
If you have used Weleda Skin Food before, you will know this statement to already be true, it really is one of the greatest natural skin care products of all time. It already has a string of awards -
Meet Tango & Tux - two new deodorants from the Woohoo range
This month we have added the two new scents in the Woohoo Body natural deodorant range. This Australian made & owned brand have been pioneers in the Australian natural deodorant space by being one of the first brands -
Safe Nail Polish | 3-Free vs 5-Free vs Water-Based
A lot has changed since we wrote the first version of this article back 2014. There has never really been anything I consider to be natural nail polish that isn't water based with poor performance. This category is -
What make Nuebar Conditioner Bar stand out from the rest
Back when the girls from Nuebar came to visit us at our warehouse for the first time, they sat down and explained how they formulated the range, how they take great care in choosing their ingredients and hand
