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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Zkin Line Smoothing Serum
At Shop Naturally, we're not interested in trying to make people look 5 years younger, instead, we're committed to providing quality organic skin care brands that will allow you to age gracefully and to slow down the aging -
Deodorised coconut oil vs virgin coconut oil
We have recently added our first coconut oil in to the store that's not virgin organic oil. The Honest To Goodness Purified & Deodorised Organic Coconut Oil is designed for those who don't like the traditionally strong smell -
NEW: The full range of Ere Perez eye shadow duos
UPDATE 2023 The natural eyeshadow category of our store is one of the natural makeup categories that has seen huge disruption since we launched our store in 2009. When this blog was originally written, Ere Perez were selling -
Eco Tan natural sunscreen review
Today our delivery of Eco Tan Natural Sunscreen arrived in the warehouse. I was reluctant to add this to the store until I could give a very detailed description of how it applies to the skin, how well -
Our Scotch Naturals nail polish in Nature & Health magazine
UPDATE Scotch Naturals was the only reasonable quality adult water based nail polish on the market. In 2015, they attempted a reformulation and new technology. It was never released and this product is no longer being made. Alternatives -
Does your toothpaste or skin care contain microbeads?
In America recently, a dental hygienist has discovered an issue with one of the major brands of toothpaste, Crest. The hygienist discovered little blue dots that were trapped in between the teeth and gums of some of their -
Mukti Organics Skincare new formulas with #1 active botanicals
In coming weeks, the Mukti Organics range of skin care & hair care products are being reformulated. Along with a new logo and branding, each product is being reformulated to include more active botanical ingredients including some beautiful -
Virgin Coconut Oil vs Fractionated Coconut Oil
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between virgin coconut oil and fractionated coconut oil? When we recently started our research in to the doTERRA essential oils, they have fractionated coconut oil in the catalogue to use -
Almond oil in the kitchen and also #1 in the beauty cabinet
At Shop Naturally, we're big on products that can multi-task and products that are pure and natural. Almond oil ticks both of those boxes. Almond oil as food The Every Bit Organic Sweet Almond Oil is a food -
Ere Perez Vegan natural makeup range - born in 2002
Ere Perez vegan natural makeup is one of the first beauty brands we added to our store. Here at Shop Naturally, we have a strict policy about animal testing. We simply don't allow it in any of our -
#1 Natural treatment for a dry scalp
We are often asked the best way to naturally treat a dry scalp. Most people head straight for the anti-dandruff shampoo, and for many, while these are a good maintenance product, some nourishing healing needs to be done -
2 ways to win with the best natural hair oil treatment options
You don't always need a formulated product for a hair oil treatment. When doing product research for the store, we found it was difficult to find natural hair treatment products that aren't heavily fragranced, even if those fragrances
