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Natural Beauty
Happy, healthy skin in 3 simple steps with Life Basics
The new year is the perfect time to begin a new routine. We're all embracing healthier habits, paring things back and starting the year fresh.
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Our Top Must-Try Vegan Makeup Brands
18 December 2020If you're ready to make the switch to vegan beauty, or are looking to expand your existing makeup collection, it can be difficult to know where to begin- particularly given how many incredible vegan beauty brands exist today! Natural, vegan makeup is so great for the skin and great for the planet, so there's truly no time like the present to make the switch.
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An Expert Reveals that You Really can Sleep Your Way To Good Skin
27 November 2020If you've ever wondered if beauty sleep is a real thing, then wonder no longer. A recent study published in the journal Nature Cell Biology confirms a direct link between hiccups in your circadian rhythms (the body's sleep, wake, and eat pattern) and the skin's ability to synthesize collagen. So, in short, you really can sleep your way to better skin. To understand this better, we chat to Biologi's Dermal Specialist Lucy Macdougald about getting those few extra zzz's can be the thing to revive your skin.
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How To Care for Coloured Hair at Home
9 September 2020Anyone with coloured hair knows that bleached or dyed tresses require a little bit of extra TLC. To ensure your blonde stays bright, your brunette looks deep and rich and every colour in between stays fresh and shiny, it's important to regularly treat your hair to maintain its health.
Health & Wellness
Super Nourished Pretty in Pink Smoothie Recipe
If you're keen to get your glow on and improve your hair, skin and nails, we have a fantastic new hot pink and ready to drink collagen blend for you! We collaborated with the Queen of Gut Health, Lee Holmes from Supercharged Food and created a product that is a super powered blend of pristine marine collagen, love your gut powder and natural beet and berry flavour.
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How to Strengthen your Hair, Skin & Nails with Silica
2 October 2020Do you wish for stronger and healthier hair, skin and nails? Then it might be time to work silica into your inner beauty regimen.
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How To Practise Mindfulness
24 September 2020This year has proved to be a trying time, no matter who you are. Even the most cool and calm people are not immune to stress, but they manage to remain collected due to how they deal with that stress.
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How To Have a Relaxing Spa Day at Home
1 September 2020Whether you are a lover of natural beauty or are simply looking for a way to relax and unwind at home, there are very few things more calming (or indulgent!) than an at home spa day.
Sustainable Living
5 Simple Swaps for Sustainability On The Go
Sometimes we don't realise just how much plastic we consume in our everyday lives, and how much a sustainable switch can make all the difference in our personal plastic usage. If you're looking to cut down on plastic waste, it's surprisingly simple to take sustainability outside of the home with a few great eco-friendly product swaps.
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The Importance of Dental Health for Dogs
13 November 2020Did you know: By age 3, 80% of dogs will have gum or dental disease!? Our friends from Bell&Bone tell you all you need to know about your dog's dental health.
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Easy Swaps For A Plastic Free Home
29 June 2020Plastic Free July begins tomorrow, and while we do try to live as free from waste and plastic year 'round, this month presents a great opportunity to kick things up a notch, embrace new habits and reduce your plastic usage and waste levels at home in an ongoing, sustainable way.
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The difference between Degradable, Biodegradable and Compostable Products
26 May 2020We are all working to be more conscious of the environment, doing all that we can to ensure we are reducing the amount of household waste we produce. In our efforts, we reach for what we believe to be the best products to aid in our endeavours - products marked degradable, biodegradable, and compostable.
Baby & Kids
Back to School: Kids Essentials
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Insect Repellents for the Whole Family
4 November 2019Unfortunately, living in Australia means we're pestered by flies, bugs, and mosquitoes year-round! Keep bugs at bay, but avoid showering your family in nasty bug sprays with these all-natural insect repellents.
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Your Guide to Willow By The Sea
3 April 2019I am so excited to share another amazing clean brand with my Nourished Life community. This time it's Willow By The Sea – a natural, Australian made, certified organic collection of truly beautiful baby products.
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Top 5 Ways to Get Kids to Sleep
10 June 2018Do you struggle to get your kids to sleep each night? With their active minds and bodies it can be incredibly difficult and a real problem each and every night. Here are my top five tips for making the kids' bedtime a breeze!
Natural Shopping Guides
Eco Friendly Christmas Gift Guide
We're all spending more and more time trying to minimise our waste output and to ensure our spending habits aren't of detriment to the environment- but those good habits can be very difficult to maintain over the Christmas season.
From gift wrapping to food waste and impulse purchases, so much of what we purchase over the holidays ends up contributing to our growing global waste crisis.
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Gift Guide for Him
16 November 2020Men can be so difficult to buy for- so often they just ask for underwear and socks! Men deserve to feel pampered too, so this Christmas, surprise your boyfriend, dad, brother or friend with a natural grooming gift. Not sure where to start? To make the gifting process that bit easier, we've put together a list of gifts the men of Nourished Life have all tried, tested, and most importantly, loved!
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Gift Guide for Her
16 November 2020Finding the perfect Christmas gift for the incredible women in your life can be so difficult. With so many options to choose from, narrowing it down to the perfect Christmas for the just-as-perfect women in your life can be an arduous task! To take the stress, planning and hours of research out of the task, we've put together the ultimate Christmas Gift Guide for Her to help your Christmas countdown run that little bit smoother.
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Gift Guide for Your Mum
16 November 2020If there's anyone who deserves serious spoiling this Christmas (and, really, every day!), it's mum.
Mum's are givers and carers, so Christmas is the perfect time to remind your mum that she deserves the same love and care she so willingly gives to you and your family. Natural, toxin-free beauty products are the perfect Christmas gift for mum, as they show her just how much she deserves to be pampered!
Healthy Living Podcasts
Ep 50: Krumbled Foods with Founder Keira Rumble
Today on the podcast, I'm talking with Keira Rumble, the founder and CEO of Krumbled Foods. A certified nutrition, wellness advisor and business owner, Keira established Krumbled Foods to bring delicious, legitimately healthy snacks to the market, each of which have been carefully created to provide a daily dose of skin-supporting nutrients and include 5 key anti-ageing ingredients in each convenient snack bar.
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Ep 49: Coffee Break with KeepCup
27 October 2020Today on the podcast, I'm talking with Abigail Forsyth, the CEO of KeepCup. KeepCup was founded by Abigail and her brother Jamie in 2009 as a means of minimising the waste that is produced by disposable takeaway coffee cups. KeepCup are a range of non-disposable takeaway coffee cups, thoughtfully designed with both you and the environment at the forefront of the mind.
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Ep 48: The Perfect Glowing Tan with Three Warriors
13 October 2020Today on the podcast, I'm talking with Corbin Halliday, the founder of Three Warriors. Three Warriors is a range of Australian made, certified organic tanning products, developed after Corbin was diagnosed with a chronic illness and decided to cut the toxins from his beauty regime.
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Ep 47: Natural Toothpaste with Grants of Australia
29 September 2020Today on the podcast, I'm talking with Tammy Aronson, the general manager of Grants of Australia. Grants is a family business, founded by Tammy's parents in 1984, producing natural alternatives to traditional dental care and health supplements.
Healthy Living Videos
Top 10 Most Polarising Natural Products
It would be boring to only talk about the good stuff here on Nourished Life, so I wanted to share the worst reviewed products too! Yep, this is a guide to the most polarising products I sell — the ones you either LOVE or HATE!
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Your Guide to Lonvitalité Derma Rollers
18 March 2019After discovering the amazing skin care benefits of facial dermal rolling, I was so excited to find out that we can actually derma roll our entire bodies too, so I put together this guide to the amazing new Lonvitalité derma rollers for both face and body!
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Q&A with the Founder of Pai Skincare
8 March 2019To help celebrate International Women's Day this year, I talked to another female founder of an amazing natural skin care brand — Sarah Brown from Pai Skincare!
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Your Guide to Retreatment Botanics
4 February 2019Who wouldn't want to try skin care created by none other than Olivia Newton-John?! I am so thrilled to be launching her beautiful new range of Australian made natural skin care — it is called Retreatment Botanics and this guide contains everything you need to know about each gorgeous product!