Erica picks her Top 5 all natural products – It wasn’t easy!
This was soooo hard! How do I choose just five items? The products I have purchased from Oh Natural over the last 6 months have become a part of my everyday life and improved things for me, my family...
View ArticleMenopause – The truth and the surprise ending
Wow, this is not your run of the mill menopause blog, and Caryn Franklin is not your average woman! In this gritty (very) and inspiring (very) forthright article for Refinery 29, Caryn recounts her...
View ArticleHow your inside health shows in your skin – Discover the gut-skin connection
You may have noticed that Tailor Skincare are not the kind of brand to do anything by halves. So when they blogged about gut health we knew it would be worth a read! “Your skin is your largest (and...
View ArticleGet the look – Maria’s natural makeup beauty shoot
Owner and Massage Therapist at Intuitive Hands, Maria’s incredible look was designed to naturally enhance her stunning skin and eyes, while letting her warm character and rich heritage shine through!...
View ArticleGet the look – Xanthe’s natural makeup beauty shoot
Xanthe’s youthful skin and beautiful eyes became even more amazing under Abbie’s expert make up skills, with a touch of indigo eyeliner outlining her unique eye shape and a dusting of gold bringing...
View ArticleAbbie’s tips for self love
Top makeup artist Abbie Gardiner shares insights on self-care & inner loveliness Abbie trained as a make up artist while her children were small, and built an incredible career path through sheer...
View ArticleMisty Day Plant Potions founder, Rachel Dawson, shares 4 favourite recipes
A bit about Misty Day Plant Potions creator, Rachel Dawson I have lived and breathed health and wellness for as long as I can remember. From a very young age my mum used natural remedies whenever I had...
View ArticleOur best natural, aluminium-free deodorants – that really work!
More and more New Zealanders are detoxing their lives – and their armpits – and trialling natural deodorants in place of the chemical laden, synthetic fragrance heavy, big-brand antiperspirants, which...
View ArticleThe Dirty Dozen – Exposing the top 12 nasty cosmetic chemicals
The David Suzuki Foundation’s Dirty Dozen list has entered urban legend, as the first popular, scientifically backed and widely acknowledged exposure of nasty ingredients commonly used in cosmetics...
View ArticleGet the look – Yasmin’s natural makeup beauty shoot
The stunning Yasmin has a sunkissed beachy look so Abbie used lightweight foundation and a dusting of mineral bronzer too, for lovely natural skin. She used hues of green to pick up Yasmin’s eye...
View ArticleThe down low on the gut biome – Taking care of good bacteria!
Why is your Gut Biome so important, and what influence can it have on our health? Naturopath and Medical Herbalist at Oomph, Lisa Fitzgibbon, explains that our gut biome is in fact 1.3 – 2 kg of...
View ArticleOh Natural’s Beauty Shoot – And the women who rocked it!
At Oh Natural we believe deeply that everyone’s unique beauty is perfect and to illustrate this we decided to gather a diverse group of friends and their daughters for a professional photo shoot,...
View Article10 Ways reusable Eco Bags trump plastic bags
We are so delighted to see how many of our incredible customers are working to reduce waste – and how many reusable cotton bags are being employed out there in New Zealand stores to fight the ocean of...
View ArticleCelebrating 25 Years with The Herb Farm
The Herb Farm – handcrafting 100% natural skincare & healthcare products for quarter of a century. Founded in 1993 by Herbalist Lynn Kirkland, The Herb Farm’s products have become renown for their...
View ArticleRamona writes: Life is plastic; it’s not fantastic
Check out this hugely informative (and pretty disturbing) article here in the Ramona Mag! “A quick google search alerted me to number of recent news articles (I read this one and this one) regarding...
View Article5 minutes with… The beautiful Emma from Belle & Sage
We chat with the gorgeous Emma Peters, natural beauty expert and founder of conscious beauty store soon to become makeup brand, Belle & Sage… What does natural beauty mean to you? Natural beauty...
View ArticleCoping with Allergies, Reactivity & Eczema in Children
By Qbaby Founder & Naturopath Natasha Berman Many parents seek out naturopathic advice when their children start to get itchy skin, eczema, have unhappy tummies, low immunity, or seem just ‘not...
View ArticleOur love affair with New Zealand’s prettiest menstrual cup – Hello Cup
HOW ON EARTH DID HELLO CUPS GET SO CUTE? Hello Cups are made in Napier by an awesome team. We spent a long time perfecting the design. The initial driving force was to create a menstrual cup that had...
View ArticleOUR 6 BEST MAKEUP TIPS FOR BUSY MUMS
Belle and Sage’s Emma Peters gives us her top makeup tips for busy mums! Being a mum is probably the most important job in the world. It’s also the most rewarding, and arguably, at times, the most...
View ArticlePerfume to die for… Are you spraying on toxins?
Big brand fragrances contain chemicals linked to cancer, liver & kidney damage, immune & reproductive system disruption & neurotoxins. Legally, perfume brands can label over 3,100...
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