Journal

Whether you are new to the concept of plastic free living or its something you have been working on for awhile it's always great to have some additional tips and tricks to make it easier.

I spent five minutes with Barbara Dawson a Naturopath and Medical Herbalist to get an insight into her must have ingredients to ward off the flu, find out the best and worst bits of her job and see what's on her kitchen table for dinner tonight. 

Gelatine & collagen are nature's true superfood. Hailing from the Greek word kólla, meaning glue, collagen is one of the key building blocks of our body and the most abundant protein we are made up of! Collagen is naturally produced in us all, unfortunately, that production hits a downward trend come your 25^th birthday.  By the time you hit 40 your body is losing collagen faster than it can be produced.

Why Take Collagen at all?

Our skin is made up of over 75% collagen, which begins to degenerate in our mid 20’s (crying face emoji), when we begin to show signs of aging, and is accelerated by other lifestyle and environmental factors.

Winter is almost upon us, and while it’s the perfect season to snuggle up, get cosy and drink some tea, it’s also when people are focusing the most on preventing sicknesses, such as cold and flu.

The process behind creating the best organic handmade chocolate available. Pana Chocolate was developed with the intention of creating the most natural, organic chocolate possible. Doing so we maintain the best taste and experience, as well as naturally occurring nutritional benefits!

Here at Natural Things, we have the privilege of working with a group of fantastic individuals who make up the lifeblood that is each and every one of the brands we represent.

Lets ‘Face’ it! Beauty trends come and go, and to be honest many of them shouldn’t have shown up in the first place! Hyaluronic acid is NOT one of those ingredients.

After posting a few rather bizzare snaps of a not-so-good looking mug of broth perched on my desk – I got an abundance of messages come through with a similar theme: ‘why the f*** are you drinking that?’.