Natural beauty for le$$
It’s a common misconception that quality beauty products must be expensive. In fact, the reverse is often true, with pure, organic skincare costing less than conventional brands.
Face
1. Sukin Organics Cream Cleanser A silky-textured cleanser enriched with jojoba, avocado and sesame oils, and shea and cocoa butters to rehydrate skin. $9.95; www.sukinorganics.com
2. Sada Fresh Face Toner Feel refreshed with every spritz of this delicately scented blend of green tea and ylang ylang and rose damascena otto essential oils. $14.00; www.sadaskincare.com.au
3. Olive by Langlois Dewberry-Walnut Scrub With the exfoliating properties of ground walnuts and pineapple extract, this leaves skin satiny-smooth and smelling deliciously fruity. $14.95; www.olivebylanglois.com
4. APIVITA Aqua Plus Face Mask with Cucumber These travel-sized sachets make do-it-yourself facials easy. Get your glow back with soothing ingredients like cucumber, avocado, vitamin E and cocoa butter. $6.90; www.apivita.com
5. Suvana Paw Paw and Honey Organic Lip Balm A healing and nourishing blend to protect that pucker. You’ll find lipstick goes on more smoothly, too, if you prep lips with this first. $8.95; www.barenakedbeauty.com.au
Body
6. Pure Stuf Angel Soap Formulated in the French tradition from a cream base of glycerine, olive oil, organic cocoa butter, and white French clay, these decadent soaps are a real treat. $10.00; www.purestuf.com.au
7. Ikou Spa Japanese Ritual Onsen Mineral Bath Unwind with the power of hand-blended sea salts, seaweed extracts to clarify and cleanse, and essential oils of juniper berry and lemon to refresh and tone your skin. $14.95; www.ikou.com.au
8. Beguile Tempting Flirt Sugar Scrub Leaves your skin soft and smelling sweetly of berries. Contains delectable ingredients like shea butter, sweet lime, and pure cane sugar. $12.95; www.naturalsoap.com.au
9. Dr Bronner’s Lavender Coconut Organic Body Lotion With jojoba oil to moisturise dry skin, coconut oil to assist absorption, and hemp and avocado oils to keep skin smooth and supple. $9.99; www.drbronner.com
10. Premium Spa Frangipani and Coconut Moisturising Body Oil Keep that summer-holiday feeling all year long with this tropical-scented blend. Use while skin is slightly damp, to lock in moisture. $9.95; www.vanillasugar.com.au
11. Sanctum Organic Deodorant in Citrus Burst An aluminium-free blend that provides all-natural protection against odour, thanks to lemongrass, grapefruit and orange essential oils. $9.95; www.sanctumaustralia.com
Hands
12. Alba Hawaiian Cocoa Butter Hand Lotion Nourishing essential fatty acids from cocoa and shea butter, and kukui, macadamia and flax oils are absorbed quickly to relieve dry skin. $14.95; www.albahawaiian.com.au
13. Burt’s Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Crème This cute tub is a lifesaver for anyone with cracked cuticles: the lemon oil softens, vitamin E heals, and beeswax seals in moisture. $14.95; www.adorebeauty.com.au
Hair
14. Yes to Carrots Pampering Shampoo This bright-coloured and extremely effective shampoo is enriched with Dead Sea mud, carrot, pumpkin, melon, orange and honey. $12.95; www.yestocarrots.com
15. Ulittlebeauty Head Turner Conditioner Turn heads with this softening and silkening blend of aloe vera, chamomile, lavender oil and Kakadu plum extract. $14.95; http://www.ulittlebeauty.com.au/
