Buy Australian Made from Small Businesses That Care About You and the Planet.

You know it sounds like an old slogan, but here is the thing, Australia has seen many manufacturing jobs go over the last few decades, clothes, cars etc.  However small and micro craft business like Nature Deva are trying to keep manufacturing alive and well in Australia.  We are making our products here in Australia, using where possible local ingredients. This means we are supporting other Australians in growing, harvesting, and distilling ingredients, and employing myself and a few friends, in making and selling products and hopefully, helping boost small independently owned shops by providing them with an affordable and fresh organic skincare/ hair care range for their customers.

It might be cheaper to buy imported mass produced cosmetics, they might even have a neon eye catching label, or a false claim on the front, but as well as them not being fresh and instead full of chemicals preservatives, palm oil or cheap petrochemicals.  This means cheap imports only add to deforestation for palm oil and sweat shops for labour.

There are other issues with cheaper imports too, In countries such as China if they are making or exporting or importing cosmetics, they HAVE to be tested on animals, it is part of China’s cosmetic manufacture legislation. This is why Nature Deva doesn’t export products to China, unlike Jurlique, or Sukin (who only ever have 1% organic ingredients in their products read the labels carefully, and next months letter will be about Greenwashing… companies pretending to be greener than they are). Nature Deva refuses to export to China because we don’t want our shampoos rubbed in the eyes of rabbits. See this link for more info Animal Testing in China How China Tests Cosmetics on Animals and how all Aussie made products exporting to China, have to have their products tested on animals in China before they can be sold.

This cruelty to animals is just not deemed necessary or acceptable to in most Australians.  After all many essential oils have been around for thousands of years, and many of our ingredients are edible so it just isn’t necessary. Cosmetic manufacture and Nature Deva has never been a part of animal testing. None or our ingredients are tested on animals, our end products are tested on willing friends, family and willing customers.  Our only animal product is beeswax collecting from local beekeepers who love their bees.

So next time you find yourself in a large department stall looking to grab a cheap import, just stop and think about what is it really costing? Some Australian ‘s job? If Australia loses it’s skills to make this decade what will we pass on to our children? Or is that cheap Sukin product costing an animal to be tortured in China?

Every purchase you make is helping to look after your fellow Aussies and the planet, or it is supporting cheap labour, chemicals, and more carbon emissions.   It can feel hard to make these choices every day with every purchase.  It is hard to read the labels all the time and be aware of how the product was made and how much it is really costing, but Nature Deva try and make it clear.  We are here, we value products being made in Australia,  we value organic ingredients and producers, we value looking after nature and looking after our bodies, minds and soul, we value the planet and all the species we share it with  and we really value YOU our lovely customers, for without you there would be no Nature Deva products in existence. If you share our values, please help us to keep going and make a purchase from us this coming month. Covid restrictions  killed our outdoor market business, now in order to keep going we need your support.  Thanks for your attention lovely customers Penny xxx