Natio Delicate Eye Cream , Boots No 7 Gentle Renewing Exfoliator, Biore Restore Skin-Boosting Night Serum, Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Hand Cream, Biore Rejuvenate Cooling Eye Gel Total Price: $44
I’ve been feeling dissatisfied with my eye creams, and I still haven’t found one I’m sweet on yet. This month I was just going to buy something budget to get me through (The Body Shop Vitamin E Eye cream) until I could save up for a luxury eye cream, but I did some research and ended up getting the Natio Eye Cream as it was slightly cheaper (on sale at Pharmacy Direct) and is made specifically for people with sensitive skin (like myself).
I also haven’t had a good facial scrub, all the ones I’ve bought are supermarket brands that just don’t cut the mustard. So I was waiting for my old man to arrive in Onehunga, and I decide to wander through the Postie store. I don’t like their clothes, so I took a look at their cosmetics area, and found they have a whole range of Boots products, especially the Botanics Range (for those not in the know, Boots is a budget brand in the UK). I went home, did some research, and the next week I bought the scrub feeling confident that it would work.
The two Biore products and the Norwegian hand cream were all $5 each at the Life Pharmacy Outlet in Onehunga. I was rather annoyed I found a $5 eye cream when I paid four times the amount to have one sent to me. Argh!
Redwin Sorbolene Moisturiser, Organic Care Fine Fullness Shampoo & Conditioner, Cetaphil.Total Price: $44
My previous body moisturiser was the same brand, but was 1L for $10 from the Warehouse, and I found 2L of it in Kmart for $13. I’m not fussed about fancy packaging for body moisturiser, as I apply it almost every second day and the nice stuff only lasts a month or so and usually does jack all for my skin. The only con with this product is that it can have a slight medicinal smell in the bottle (probably because it’s fragrance-free) and it takes 5mins to sink in. But it’s great value for money, my skin is always soft and smooth, and I won’t run out for at least six months plus.
Thanks to an article on Organic Haircare, I was directed towards Natures Organics, an Australian brand that is stocked in The Warehouse, which is great because it’s easier to get my hands on and I don’t have to walk into a pretentious salon to purchase it (I’d rather crawl on broken glass than do that). I picked the Fine Fullness Shampoo & Conditioner because I’m trying to inject some body into my limp, fine hair and I don’t want to be massaging mousse through constantly.
The one naughty thing about Nature’s Organics is that they use Palm Oil, but this is what they wrote:
Natures Organics share your concerns with the supply shortages of Palm oil and the impact this is having on old growth forests in Indonesia.
We are always keen to look into alternative materials but our choices are limited to what is commercially viable and readily available in the global market. At present, the only substitute ingredient to palm oil is a form of animal fat.
Natures Organics have approached the use of this ingredient extremely ethically as we are very stringent in communicating to our suppliers that we will not accept materials that compromise our cruelty free policy. This is a fundamental requirement that any supplier must satisfy before we consider doing business with them. We source all of our Palm oil from Malaysia, the practices for cultivating is damaging in Indonesia because they are destroying and burning old growth forests to make way for Palm plantations. We have written assurances from all of our surfactant suppliers that they do not purchase any Palm oil from the affected areas and that if they do they will lose all business they have with Natures Organics and face legal action for misrepresenting themselves.
We are in the process of reformulating all of our products with new Sugar and Corn derived surfactants but this takes time and these new ingredients have only become recently available. Unfortunately at this present time we cannot get away from the fact that all surfactants and detergents come from either Petroleum derived or Coconut and Palm derived ingredients
All the ingredients are stated on our labels as we choose to do so. This is not a mandatory requirement for these types of household products, hence, many manufacturers do not provide such information on the labels of other products.
Natures Organics can assure you that we aim to protect the environment and its creatures.
I’m impressed that they admitted their usage of Palm Oil, and straightforwardly told the public that they will try to change their ingredients.
And last but not least, I got myself the perfect cleanser- Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser. It will be part of my permanent skincare regime from now on, and it makes a great makeup remover. It’s fragrance-free, doesn’t strip the oils from your face, and doesn’t unbalance the pH levels of your skin.
So that’s my beauty buys this month, all I need now is a soothing day moisturiser that works for me…
