How many chemicals do you apply every morning? An EWG study claims the average American woman puts 168 chemicals on her body every morning. We've created natural personal care products that are safe for you and gentle on the earth. 

We think so! When we were developing the formulations for our range of natural lip balms, we created a list of must-have winning lip balm qualities. Then we went ahead and added some extra features to take your lip gloss experience from good - to exceptional!

We know! Paper packaging can be confusing - but we think it's worth it to have plastic free skin care that is beautiful inside and out! We often get asked how to correctly use our paper tubes, so here are our tips.

We're busy mums too, and we wanted to share some simple ways to add some natural goodness into your daily life, without adding to your to-do list!

Natural deodorants are aluminium free. They are also completely free from harmful chemicals like parabens, and phthalates, which are commonly found in conventional antiperspirants. 

When they take the plunge and switch to natural deodorants, some people find the transition is a little bit of a rocky road. And, there are good reasons for this! Here's what to do.

Meet the founder and inventor of the world's first Dentist made Holistic Oral Health System and the man behind Aotearoads Tooth Tablets...

Vanessa and I often get asked about armpit detoxing and what to expect when switching to a natural deodorant. In the below blog we will cover conventional deodorants, antiperspirants, detoxing, detoxing masks, and the benefits of sweating. Fragrance (parfum), aluminium, phthalates, talc, BHT, and mineral oil and parabens, these ingredients have all been linked to health issues over the years, and yet we still...

Meet the founder and inventor of the world's first Dentist made Holistic Oral Health System and the man behind Aotearoads Tooth Tablets...

Did you know that Japan was the first ever carbon neutral Olympics? The Olympic medals use precious metal extracted from used electronics. Athletes sleep on cardboard beds. The podiums are recycled plastic. Even the Olympic torch has aluminum that was recycled from the temporary housing used after Japan's Fukushima disaster. While much of the world, especially the Japanese public, worries that the Tokyo Olympics...

It is true that plastics bring many benefits to society and offer technological and medical advances. Plastics are inexpensive, lightweight, strong, durable, corrosion-resistant materials, with high thermal and electrical insulation properties. Almost all aspects of daily life involve plastics, in transport, telecommunications, clothing, footwear, and packaging materials for a wide range of food, drink, and other goods. However, humankind has become reliant on plastic...

In August 2020 Aotearoad committed to donating 5c for every cardboard tube sold to The Royal Albatross Society in Dunedin. Although Aotearoad does not use plastic to package our beauty products, we are not immune to the effects of plastics in the environment and acknowledge we need to band together to fix this problem and work to protect these grand sea birds of the...

An ambitious duo hopes to change the world with affordably priced personal-care products packaged without plastic. Words: Emma Rawson for thisNZlife   THE NUMBERS 5 staff150,000 units hand-poured in the past 12 months59% increase in net profit25% of sales are exported60 cents per unit — cost of packaging66% increase in production year on year The global beauty industry, worth US$532 billion, sees hundreds of new health and toiletry brands...

Something very cool you can do with Basil Seeds is to sprout them into microgreens. Our Aotearoad Basil Seeds are a whole lot cheaper to buy, than sprouting seeds from the supermarket, health food store or specialty grocer and lucky for us, one of easiest herbs to grow is Ocimum basilicum, or sweet basil.Sprouting has gathered popularity recently as microgreens show up on salads...

Winter is upon us and lots of people out there have some serious motivation to maintain summer waistlines and/or loose an inch or two.I think the main thing to keep in mind is - lower your carb intake, make sure you eat breakfast to kickstart your metabolism, avoid sugars, drink at least 2.5 litres of water a day, exercise regularly and don’t starve!If you...

Refreshing late summer drink and the perfect immune booster going into Autumn.Whenever I feel a cold coming on or just a tickle in my throat, I soothe myself with a simple lemon & honey tea.This Basil Seed lemon & honey drink is a great summer alternative, retaining the properties of honey by not heating and then adding our amazing Basil Seed for a healthy...

Bircher-muesli has been a part of my life since birth, I'm a New Zealander born to Swiss parents who would feed this to us every summer for as long as the fruit was in season. It was always considered the summer breakfast and even made it to the table for lunch and even dinner on occassion (not all on the same day of course).It...