OUR INGREDIENTS

FRESH ROSEMARY HYDROSOL

Rosemary hydrosol is created by distilling Rosemary leaves in water and catching the condensation.
Rosemary has some awesome skincare and haircare properties, restoring elasticity, toning skin and promoting blood circulation of the skin and scalp. Rosemary can increase hair growth rate and leave it feeling silky smooth.

LOCALLY SOURCED PURE BEESWAX

Beeswax has awesome antibacterial, healing and barrier-forming properties, plus it helps create that smooth, balmy texture!

OLIVEM1000 COMPLETE EMULSIFYING WAX

Olivem1000 is a 100% natural complete emulsifying wax derived from olives!
These waxy flakes, melted in with our oils and butters, allow us to blend them with aqueous ingredients to form creams and lotions!

ORGANIC CACAO BUTTER

Extracted from the fruit of cocoa, cacao butter is blended within several of our balms. We love cacao butter for its high concentration of antioxidant compounds including oleic acid. It’s also an excellent anti-inflammatory ingredient to assist with calming and soothing skin irritations.

ORGANIC UNREFINED COCONUT OIL

Virgin coconut oil is extracted by pressing the flesh of the coconut. Used as one of our base ingredients for many of our products, coconut oil is an excellent source of moisture and helps the skin lock in the goodness! Coconut oil possesses properties that assist with maintaining a healthy balance of your skin.

ORGANIC UNREFINED SHEA BUTTER

Shea butter is extracted by pounding shea nut kernels into a paste. The creamy nature of shea butter serves as a deeply nourishing base product for many of our formulas. Whipped through most of our balms, shea butter replenishes your skin’s moisture and promotes a healthy glow. It also offers anti-aging and soothing properties.

PRESERVATIVE ECO

Preservative Eco, otherwise known as Geogard ECT, or Plantaserv M, is a blend of four 100% natural components - Benzyl alcohol, salicylic acid, glycerine and sorbic acid. They offer a broad-spectrum protection to o/w and w/o emulsions, and anhydrous products.

PURE ALOE VERA GEL

Aloe Vera is just amazing. Collected from inside the leaves of the Aloe Barbadensis plant, this remedial, healing and nourishing ingredient has been worshipped for centuries as a gift of the Earth. Aloe Vera has awesome astringent properties to help tighten pores, as well as incredible soothing properties to relieve the symptoms of dry, itchy, irritated skin conditions and promote healing of scars, wounds and other blemishes of the skin.

PURE BASIL ESSENTIAL OIL

Basil essential oil, extracted from the herb, is an excellent anti-inflammatory. It promotes elasticity in the skin and fights off irritations caused by persistent skin conditions

Recommended usage: 0.5% - 1% in formulation

PURE CASTOR OIL

Extracted from the Castor plant, Castor oil is excellent at cleansing pores, reducing wrinkles and reducing puffiness around the eyes. It's also excellent for stimulating hair growth!

PURE CINNAMON ESSENTIAL OIL

Cinnamon oil, extracted from the bark of the cinnamon tree, is a highly potent essential oil with incredible benefits (and scent!), including reducing puffiness and redness, healing blemishes, promoting blood flow and slowing the signs of ageing! That's not even everything - it helps reduce acne and fight off possible skin pathogens.

Recommended usage: 0.02% in formulation

PURE CLOVE ESSENTIAL OIL

Clove essential oil is an excellent skincare ingredient for reducing sagging and puffiness, as well as for removing dead skin cells and promoting blood circulation through the skin.
Clove essential oil is also an excellent topical remedy for toothaches (use a cotton tip to apply undiluted and hold)

Recommended usage: 0.5% in skincare formulation

PURE COLD PRESSED AVOCADO OIL

Extracted by separating the oil from the flesh, avocado oil is high in fatty acids with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Avocado oil is another of our favourite base oils in our balms and entire range. Excellent for promoting healthy skin balance and giving a healthy glow to hair and skin.

PURE EUCALYPTUS ESSENTIAL OIL

Eucalyptus oil, extracted from the leaves of the eucalyptus tree has excellent antibacterial properties and can help reduce the instance of blemishes and acne.

Eucalyptus oil is also an awesome domestic cleanser and even nasal decongestant!

Recommended usage: <20% in skincare formulation

PURE FRANKINCENSE ESSENTIAL OIL

Frankincense essential oil is extracted from the resin of the frankincense plant. It is a phenomenal skincare ingredient, promoting an even skin complexion, soothing hyperpigmentation and calming irritated skin
Recommended usage <1% in formulation

PURE GRAPESEED OIL

Grapeseed oil, derived from - you guessed it! - the seeds of grapes, has some awesome skin and haircare benefits, including helping to reduce the instance of wrinkles and blemishes, and increasing hair growth rate!

OUR PROCESS

> We source fresh, raw ingredients from Australian suppliers

> We measure out just the right amount of each ingredient to create our perfectly smooth blends

> Using just enough heat to melt our beeswax and butters, we blend our oil based ingredients together

> With the help of emulsifying wax and thickeners, we introduce our water-based ingredients for lotions and creams

> Once below 40 degrees, sensitive ingredients like shea butter and essential oils can be worked through the formulas

> Where necessary, we add a natural preservative to ensure the microbial safety of our products

> We carefully transfer the final product to its tin or bottle, let it cool and apply a lid + label

> Your order is packed, labelled and shipped

> All handmade from our studios in Hervey Bay and Childers

NO harsh chemicals, NO animal testing, NO petrochemicals, NO sulphates, NO parabens, NO formaldehyde, NO SLS/SLES, NO artificial dyes, NOTHING SUSS AT ALL.

You deserve to feel fabulous, so don't let toxic shit into your life!

WHAT WE DON'T USE

You've heard of parabens, phthalates, all those random ingredients that you'd never heard of... until cosmetic brands started being loud about leaving them out... of the products you'd been trusting up to that point. Makes you wonder what else they're still putting in and haven't yet removed and made a big deal about.

We don't use anything that is questionable. If it's not from a mineral, plant or beehive, we don't want it anywhere near out products!

Here's some of the ingredients we do not use and a little more about why this shit doesn't belong in cosmetics, or your household!

Parabens

Parabens are preservatives found in many skincare products. You can spot them easily on the product label because they end with the word paraben. Examples include: methylparaben, proplyparaben, isopropylparaben, isobutylparaben, butylparaben, and sodium butylparaben.

Parabens can cause allergic reactions and exacerbate some skin conditions.

Parabens can act like the hormone estrogen in the body and disrupt the normal function of hormone systems affecting male and female reproductive system functioning, reproductive development, fertility and birth outcomes. Parabens can also interfere with the production of hormones.

Sulfates

Sulfates are chemicals used as cleansing agents. They're found in household cleaners, detergents, and even shampoo. Two main types of sulfates are used in shampoo: sodium lauryl sulfate and sodium laureth sulfate. The purpose of these sulfates is to create a lathering effect to remove oil and dirt from your hair.

There are many types of Sulfates and some of the common ones are; Alkylbenzene sulfonate, Ammonium laureth or lauryl sulfate, Ammonium or Sodium Xylenesulfonate, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Sodium cocoyl sarcosinate, Sodium laureth sulfate, Sodium myreth sulfate, Sodium lauryl sulfate, Sodium lauryl sulfoacetate.

The highest risk of using products with SLS and SLES is irritation to your eyes, skin, mouth, and lungs. For people with sensitive skin, sulfates may also clog pores and cause acne.

Toulene

Toluene is a solvent that is used in making paints, paint thinners, fingernail polish, lacquers, adhesives, and rubber. Toluene is added to gasoline and is used in some printing and leather tanning processes.

Toluene is irritating to the skin, eyes, and respiratory tract. It can cause systemic toxicity by ingestion or inhalation. The most common route of exposure is via inhalation.

Formaldehyde

Formaldehyde is used as a preservative in cosmetics. It’s a known carcinogen that is also linked to asthma, neurotoxicity, and developmental toxicity. It can be found in preservatives such as quaternium-15, DMDM hydantoin, and imidazolidinyl urea.

When formaldehyde is present in the air at levels exceeding 0.1 ppm, some individuals may experience adverse effects such as watery eyes; burning sensations in the eyes, nose, and throat; coughing; wheezing; nausea; and skin irritation.

Exposure to formaldehyde vapor or to formalin solutions can cause skin irritation and burns. In sensitized persons, contact dermatitis may develop at very low exposure levels.

Oxybenzone

Sunscreens come in two different forms: chemical and mineral filters. The most common sunscreens on the market use chemical filters such as oxybenzone. Oxybenzone is a known endocrine disruptor and can alter thyroid function. It’s also linked to skin allergies. Chemical sunscreens should be avoided at all costs—especially with children! It’s important to also avoid the other popular “O”s, including octinoxate and octocrylene, which are now both considered to be harmful to human health and the environment. Oxybenzone can be found in sunscreen, SPF lotions, lip balm, and makeup.

Triclosan

Triclosan is an antibacterial agent once used in antibacterial soaps. In 2016, it was banned from soap used in health-care settings, but it is still allowed in personal cosmetics. Not only does triclosan contribute to antibiotic resistant bacteria, but it’s also an endocrine disruptor and was shown to contribute to gut inflammation and promote tumor growth in mouse studies. Not good.

Parfum

”Parfum” or “fragrance” is a cocktail of mystery ingredients, which are often comprised of toxic ingredients including hormone disruptors amongst others — which is worrying, since our hormones regulates almost everything from fertility, to weight, to acne. When you spray the perfume and breathe it in, it goes through your respiratory system and into your lungs. There has been found to be a possible relation between reproductive and developmental disorders, cancer, organ damage, childhood asthma, and allergies, and exposure to the solvents, fixatives and other perfume ingredients.

Exposure to fragrance chemicals can cause headaches; eye, nose, and throat irritation; nausea; forgetfulness; loss of coordination; and other respiratory and/or neurotoxic symptoms.

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