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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Are you missing these 5 steps from your natural beauty regime?
We interviewed a group of customers, friends and beauty experts to learn what the typical daily beauty routine is for the average woman, and then asked the pro's which steps they think are missing from the average daily -
Premium anti-aging from Mukti Organics
At Shop Naturally, our beauty philosophy is simple, we specialise in well priced products that just work. We don't stock a lot of high-end brands in our store, mainly because we know our customers want value for money -
What's coming from Weleda?
We have set ourselves a mammoth task this year, to double our range. We're making good progress so far, and next cab off the rank is to expand the range of natural skin care products available from Weleda -
My Magic Mud Teeth Whitening Powder now available in samples
A few weeks ago, we gave a tub of My Magic Mud to one of our product testers who found the whole idea to be rather weird. We know the concept of charcoal teeth whitening turning your teeth -
Acure Dry Oil Body Spray
When we first saw the new Dry Oil Body Spray from Acure Organics, we were wondering what on earth it was and what you were supposed to do with it. It's a really interesting concept, and quite a -
The best natural deodorant for men
Are you helping the man in your life switch over to a few natural products? If you are, like most men (and women), making the switch to a natural deodorant is one that's met with a lot of -
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 -
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 -
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
