August 20, 2020
95 per cent of surf wax contains harmful petrochemicals. So, while surf wax might smell good enough to eat, the reality is that most surf waxes are the last thing we want near our bodies — or our oceans. The good news is that we don’t need to stop using surf wax altogether: there are eco-friendly alternatives that work just as well!
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August 07, 2020
If you’ve practiced yoga before, you’ve probably come across this ancient practice. In Sanskrit, “prana” means “life force”, or in simple terms, “energy” (similar to the Chinese concept of “qi”). “Aayama” means “expansion”. So the word “pranayama” literally means to expand one’s life force, though often it’s translated simply as “breath control”. In yoga, your prana is said to flow through energetic pathways called nadis. Pranayama is about clearing blockages in these pathways.
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July 24, 2020
Shopping local might be something that some of us were doing, some of the time, before the pandemic swept across the world. Now, more people are starting to realise how important it is to support local businesses — but shopping local has a long list of other benefits, too.
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July 10, 2020
Microfibers are the teeny, tiny fibres that are released by synthetic fabrics. When clothing items are being washed, these fibres escape into the waterways. In fact, microfibers from synthetic clothes represent 35 per cent of microplastics found in the ocean.
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July 10, 2020
To celebrate Plastic Free July, we've pulled together some of our favourite brands and plastic-free products to help you swap out your plastic items for more sustainable alternatives.
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June 30, 2020
Our plastic-free journey began before SunButter was even born. As ocean lovers working, playing and relaxing on coastlines, we watched the tide of plastic slowly creep into the ocean both from street litter and from far-away places.
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June 19, 2020
AGL is a gas and electricity company. The issue is that AGL has proposed to build a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) at Crib Point, which would pose all kinds of threats to our precious local environment — including our birds, marine life and pristine bay.
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June 02, 2020
We absolutely lurrrve this face scrub. Made with oats, almond oil and spices, it will leave your skin looking, smelling and feeling utterly delicious. And the best thing about it is that it's homemade using ingredients you probably already have lying around (meaning a lower carbon footprint, less packaging and fewer nasty chemicals).
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June 02, 2020
In the colder weather, the combination of wind, cold weather and indoor heating can leave your skin dry and chapped. And even though you might not be showing so much skin in the cooler months, it still deserves love!
In our experience, the best way to create a new habit is to make it feel a little luxe. Here are our favourite rituals to care for your skin (and yourself!) in the wintertime.
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May 21, 2020
If you've got a kid, you know how much time outside they need. You're also probably concerned about protecting their delicate skin from both the sun and chemicals. Here's a guide on sun protection for kids.
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May 21, 2020
Most of us know that we should be wearing sunscreen on our faces every day, but we don’t necessarily know why this is important, or how to work it into our skin and beauty routine. Clean beauty expert Micaela Hone answers all of our questions — including how to wear sunscreen with your make up.
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May 01, 2020
Believe it or not, sunscreen is actually a relatively new invention. Which seems strange considering the sun has been around for like, forever. What did people do before sunscreen? History tells us that ancient cultures used anything from mud, to rice bran, to olive oil, to zinc oxide. That’s right: the active ingredient used in physical sunscreens (like SunButter!) has been used as sunblock for thousands of years.
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