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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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 -
The Natural Deodorant Experiment #1 - does coconut oil work?
If you can believe even half of what you read on the internet, apparently coconut oil can be used for ANYTHING!! This natural deodorant experiments puts natural deodorant and no deodorant up against coconut oil. While we adore -
Pure Poppet Natural Kids Face Paint & Play Makeup
UPDATE - Shop Naturally no longer stocks Pure Poppet. We have other kids makeup set options available from No Nasties. With school holidays upon us, there's plenty of time to play with the kids & have fun. To -
11 great things you can do with organic Jojoba oil
By now, most of us are familiar with organic Jojoba oil and how beneficial it is for your hair and skin. But just what is Jojoba? What else is it used for? As far back as the late -
2014 Natural Sunscreen Shopping Guide
Learn what sunscreen is right for your family with our 2014 natural sunscreen shopping guide. Summer is awesome & being out in the sun has great benefits for your health, both physically & mentally. I've been told by
