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Thirty years ago, Natio launched with an offering of natural haircare products featuring botanical essences. To celebrate our anniversary, we are returning to our roots (and your hair roots) with a new offering of new 1 litre hair and body care products, providing value and quality care for the entire family.
Our new range features three must-haves for the whole family to nourish, condition and care for skin and hair. Available in generous 1 litre volumes, all products feature beneficial hair and skincare ingredients, including Green Tea, Jojoba, Aloe and Shea Butter. Our signature Natio Essential oil blend will take you on an awakening journey each day.
Daily Invigorating Body Wash
Cleanse your skin and wake up your sense with this fresh, foaming body wash, infused with the nourishing benefits and uplifting aroma of Lime and Bergamot. Cleanses and softens skin to start the day with a smile.
Extra Gentle Every Day Shampoo
Enjoy soft, shiny, fresh-feeling hair with this daily nourishing and cleansing shampoo, enriched with the relaxing scents of Orange, Ylang Ylang and Rosewood. The extra gentle formula efficiently removes excess oil from the hair and scalp.
Tip: If your hair tends to become oily over time, we recommend taking the time to double shampoo. The first shampoo is to cleanse and remove impurities from the scalp. The second shampoo improves shine and clarity of your hair lengths.
Deeply Nourishing Botanical Conditioner
Treat your tresses to some replenishing repair with this shine boosting, strengthening conditioner. Nourishing Shea Butter and Aloe Vera promote softness and healthy growth. A heavenly infusion of aromatic essential oils help create a moment of blissful relaxation. Suitable for all hair types. Take a break, breathe deep and pamper yourself with the relaxing scents of Orange, Ylang Ylang and Rosewood.
Our Aromatherapy 1 litre products are made in Australia, cruelty free and are expertly formulated from a synergistic blend of antioxidants, plant extracts and essential oils.
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A few other benefits include (but are not limited to):
- Oil regulation
- Minimising the appearance of pores
- Treating hyperpigmentation
- Treating acne
- Building keratin to keep skin firm and healthy
How do I use Niacinamide?
Unlike its close acid-based friends, this water-based vitamin is suitable for all skin types and most skincare routines. It is often considered a gentler active for targeted skincare solutions and many look to this ingredient above more harsh acids, as it is less prone to causing skin sensitivity and irritation.
Niacinamide is less temperamental than other actives and can be combined with most other serums and creams, including those with retinol, Hyaluronate, Vitamin C and AHAs – so don’t be afraid to give it a try!
Want to get in on all that bright skin action? At Natio, we have two key products that contain Niacinamide, both of which slip easily into your existing skincare routine.
Serum or cream?
For a lightweight formula that can be added to either your morning or nightly routine (or even both!), our Ageless Luminous Perfecting Serum provides an intensive moisture boost with the added benefits of Rosehip Oil and Vitamin C.
Studies have shown that Niacinamide can also reduce the depth of wrinkles, so this is antioxidant-rich formula is the perfect next step for that glowing, fresh complexion. Simply apply 2-3 drops to cleansed skin and massage until absorbed. This milky formula is best applied before heavier oil-based serums and prior to moisturising for optimum absorption.
Alternatively, our Treatments range contains a Skin Renewal Ceramide Line & Wrinkle Cream packed with ceramides and skin-firming fatty acids. Combining Omega 3, 6 and 9, this cream offers a gentle yet effective anti-ageing treatment. If you feel your current moisturiser isn’t quite hitting the mark, try replacing it with this plumping and smoothing solution. This product is a customer favourite with positive reviews testifying to its efficacy:
Like many things in life, the key to success is consistency. The benefits of Niacinamide are not instant, and changes to skin usually result after 2 to 4 weeks of use, if used twice daily. For noticeable results, be patient and consistent when using this in your routine.
For your customised skincare routine, try our Skincare Finder. By taking a short quiz, we can provide you with a personalised morning and evening routine based on your skin’s needs.
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While many customers know they just love our new Ageless range and how it makes their skin feel, there are a number of powerful ingredients that supercharge these products that often get overlooked.
So, we wanted to share a little about three of our favourite ingredients to help you better understand what exactly they are, and importantly, what roles they play in helping you achieve your 'best skin' at any age.
Niacinamide
What does Niacinamide do for skin? –Niacinamide is commonly known as B3, it is a water-soluble vitamin that works with your skin to help visibly minimise pores, improve uneven skin tone, soften lines and wrinkles, and diminish dullness. Niacinamide works to reduce the environmental damage because of its ability to improve skins barrier and also play a role in helping skin to repair signs of past damage. Niacinamide is a wonder ingredient as it helps renew and restore the surface of skin against moisture loss and dehydration. When ceramides become depleted over time, skin is left vulnerable to all sorts of problems, from persistent patches of dry, flaky skin to increasingly becoming extra-sensitive. Try the Ageless luminous perfecting serum to brighten and enhance your skin moisture barrier.
Ceramides
Ceramides are lipids (fats) that are found naturally in high concentrations in the layers or our skin. They play a vital role in how your skin looks as well as helping to retain moisture, improve the protective barrier and keep skins appearance firm and plump. Two ceramide precursors—phytosphingosine and sphingolipids—have been found to help skin make more ceramides. Ceramides fall under the category of “skin-replenishing” (aka skin-identical) ingredients. Because they’re naturally a part of your skin, ceramides are ideal for all skin types—even the most sensitive, breakout-prone, or oily skin. The Ageless Radiance Day Lotion and the Ageless Plumping Renewal Serum both feature ceramides and cholesterol to help hydrate the skin, smooth the outer layer, perfect the epidermis' protective barrier, and improve elasticity.
Plant Peptides
Amino acids or Plant Peptides are essentially fragments of proteins. Peptides essentially help reduce the loss of firmness, appearance or wrinkles, and texture changes. It helps skin bounce back as it once did, appearing more supple and bouncy. When Peptides are matched with Hyaluronate this powerhouse duo help to restore skin natural moisture. The Ageless Extra Firming Night Cream features this top-notch combination.
So, now you know a little more about just what goes into these powerful products. For more information on ingredients and how they work, be sure to jump online where we have information about all our products and how what we put into them to help you look and feel your best.
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Sure, nothing beats the feeling of skin that’s been freshly massaged with our Ageless Antioxidant Rosehip Oil, but here at Natio we believe that beauty is more than skin deep.
It’s spending time with friends and family earning those well deserved smile lines. It’s creating a home that you love coming home to and taking good care of your body. It’s taking a moment to meditate when life gets too much and reaching out for a chat when you need it.
To us, taking care of your insides is just as important as taking care of your outsides, so here are some quick tips to create a home and environment that’s happy and trust us your skin will thank you.
Get your beauty sleep.
It turns out that getting your beauty sleep isn't just reserved for Disney Princesses. It's a must do for your body, mind, spirit – and skin. Adequate sleep has been linked to improving blood sugar, regulating cortisol and helping your body repair itself on a cellular level. Not to mention linked to having a brighter, more glowing complexion.
So how can you create a home atmosphere that makes catching those Z’s easy?
- Reduce screen time 2 hours before bed. Around dinner time you can start to turn your electronics off and have dinner with family or friends and catch up.
- Invest in quality bed linen and a mattress that supports your back.
- Indulge in heavenly, relaxing scents from our Home Happiness range of oils and diffusers to calm your mind and get your body ready for bed
Actively manage your stress.
After living through a once in a lifetime pandemic, it’s safe to say that most of us reading this can relate to feeling stressed! Whila a little bit of stress in life is unavoidable, we can do little things to destress throughout the day and take dedicated self care time to make sure we’re bringing the best we can to every day.
Plus, when we feel stressed, we’re more likely to opt for sugary or oily food that causes breakouts, skip our skincare routines or suffer from insomnia. Here are some of our favourite ways to bring peace back into our days and create more balance.
- Set 10 minutes aside to breathe deeply before you start work. This helps to refocus your mindset and clear any annoying thoughts.
- Try to make lunch 2-3 times a week if you’re notorious for being the office UberEats instigator. This will help to ensure you’re being mindful about what you eat, but still giving yourself the opportunity to treat yourself!
- Apply some of our focus on wellbeing range to your wrists to bring your focus back to the present on particularly busy days. Our "focus on stress" roll on is our favourite!
Create your own ritual.
Whether it’s a cooking ritual or a skincare one, finding your own routine is key to bring happiness into your day. Having something to look forward to can do wonders in improving your mood, grounding you and also helping to soothe your mind and body. While there’s no right or wrong way to create a ritual, it’s important that it’s something that brings you joy and relaxes you. You can share it with someone else, such as a weekly group yoga class, or go solo such as nightly bath.
Here are some of our suggestions if you’d like to create your own ritual at home.
- Create a skincare routine to fake your glow on the weeks that are just harder than others! Start with a face wash and toner to cleanse your skin, before infusing it with natural plant based serums to rehydrate and brighten, before sealing it all with a nourishing night cream. Try our skincare finder to create your perfect routine
- Why not get family or friends involved in a weekly cooking extravaganza!? Each week, choose a recipe that’s simple but tasty and have everyone involved in some way; from chopping to frying to plating. It’s a great way to spend some time offline and connecting with your loved ones.
- With so many resources on the internet, it’s a great time to learn a new skill or hobby! As the weather gets colder, we have been loving experimenting with our own essential oil blends. If you’d like to try, we have put together our best tips here.
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One of our much-loved skincare ranges has recently undergone a refresh. Natio Ageless has been reformulated to empower women to actively maintain, improve and love the skin they have.
The new Natio Ageless range has been designed and developed to restore comfort to the complexion, promote luminosity and actively nourish skin to look and feel smooth, plump and radiant. By combining key natural and active ingredients the range offers products that harnesses the multiple benefits of Rosehip Oil. Rich in Antioxidant Vitamin C and A, Rosehip supports skin cell regeneration and helps to repair and moisturise the skin, reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. This wonder cold pressed oil has been partnered with Peptides, broad spectrum sun protection SPF 50+, and Vitamin C, to aid in protecting the skin from free radical damage. Plant Collagen, Hyaluronate and Ceramides combine to help improve overall vital elasticity.
Trust is important to us here at Natio and whilst we have grown trust with you over close to 30 years, we acknowledge that you need to hear more from independent sources to help you make skincare decisions, particularly when trying something new.
This has been the main catalyst for key products within the Ageless range to be clinically and dermatologically tested providing proven results. We have worked with one of the most trusted global clinical testing labs to ensure that the results we provide offer the best opportunity to make informed choices regarding the skincare option that is right for you.
Here’s a quick introduction into some of our favourite new and improved products as well as new products to complement existing favourites to build the best skincare routine to care for your skin.
Ageless Extra Firming Night Cream
Replenish and re-energise skin while you sleep with this restorative night cream. Antioxidant Rosehip and Vitamin C combine with vitamin, mineral and omega-rich plant oils and butters to support and maximise the complexion’s overnight skin renewal. On waking, skin feels nourished and uplifted. 94% of testers agree, skin looks younger*
Ageless Radiance Day Lotion
This lightweight yet deeply revitalising lotion offers skin a daily dose of vital antioxidants and plant actives to boost brightness and bounce. A powerful combination of antioxidant and vitamin-rich Rosehip, replenishing and barrier strengthening Ceramides and firming Marine Collagen help to promote plumpness and elasticity for a complexion that feels nourished, firm, and glowing. 83% of testers agree, wrinkles are less visible*
Ageless Hydrating Face Fluid SPF 50+
Enjoy ultra-lightweight, invisible nourishment and sun protection with this comfortable facial fluid. Formulated with very high SPF 50+ UVA/UVB broad spectrum protection plus antioxidant and omega-rich Rosehip and Ceramides, this clever formulation actively defends against skin-ageing for a complexion which looks and feels healthy and protected. Dermatologically Tested and perfect for combination and oily skin types.
Ageless Brightening Eye Cream
Revive and illuminate the delicate skin around your eyes with this light, nurturing moisture rich cream. Generously enriched with rejuvenating Rosehip, essential fatty acids and antioxidants help to plump fine lines, promote improved elasticity, replenish, and enliven skin. Clinically Tested.
Ageless Replenishing Cream Cleanser
Gently remove makeup and impurities with this creamy, replenishing cleanser. Protective and nourishing, antioxidant Rosehip and nurturing Shea Butter combine with stable Vitamin C to purify skin without depleting its moisture barrier. Gently cleansed, the complexion is left feeling comfortably soft, moist, and supple. Boosts moisture by up to 78%+.
How we treat our skin is part of living a healthy life. The skin we love is our largest body organ and now more than ever it is very important to protect from elements that can cause harm- like the sun’s rays, and environmental factors.
The best skincare routine is one that listens to the changing needs of our skin. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle, adequate sleep, hydration, and healthy eating are all equally important to achieve your best skin.
Natio Ageless products are made in Australia and always cruelty free.
*Based on independent user study of 32 female subjects (aged 38-60) with self-perceived ageing skin after using the product for 42 days under dermatological control, January 2022.
+ Tested by 16 female subjects (aged 30+) with self-perceived ageing skin. Product applied to the volar forearm and measured using the Moisture Meter SC to identify the stratum corneum mean skin moisture improvement post topical application, September 2021.
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Australia is known the world over for its laidback and easygoing lifestyle. These characteristics have also been the source of inspiration for Natio, from the very beginning.
Launched in Melbourne more than 25 years ago, Natio’s mission was to create skincare and beauty products that were uncomplicated, fuss-free and refreshingly real - a reflection of Australians themselves. This same mission holds true today.
By staying true to this philosophy, Natio’s product lineup has stood the test of time, remaining relevant and embraced on our own shores, and providing customers around the world a slice of the Australian way.
Natio skincare formations have been designed for simplicity of use, enjoyment of application and efficacy in providing heathy, happy skin results.
Ingredients are sourced from nature and used for their ability to help achieve healthy, glowing skin. Botanical extracts and essential oils are used throughout the range, including native ingredients such as Lemon Ironbark, Kakadu Plum, Muntrie, Tea Tree and Desert Lime (see Natio Spirit range).
Natio’s beloved island home is also renowned for its diverse, resilient and truly unique landscape - also a primary source of inspiration for Natio, specifically in its colour cosmetic offering. Natio’s makeup range proudly reflects the beautiful palettes of Australia’s natural landscapes and vibrant flora. You’ll find this in the shimmering sea, sand and shell tones of Natio eyeshadows, radiant sunlit bronzing powders, petal pink lip colour shades and the colours of a dazzling west coast sunset bottled to brighten nails. Australia offers no shortage of natural beauty.
Natio supports local industry. All skincare is made in Australia, alongside the majority of the business’ cosmetics offering. The entire spectrum of Natio products is 100% designed in Australia and Australian owned. Wherever possible, the business works with Australian owned and operated manufacturers and suppliers as a priority.
Even Natio’s leafy ‘home amongst the gum trees’, surrounded by wattle and gum in Melbourne, provides a connection to nature and another nod to its ‘Australian-ness’.
Australian through and through, Natio loves its home, cherishes its uniqueness and invites you to share in that joy by supporting your favourite Aussie brands and makers - today and into the future.
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Did you know that your skin is actually your body’s largest organ? It also acts as a shield against the myriad of environmental elements we encounter in our daily lives, therefore taking care of your skin health is extremely important. Whilst using a variety of products can improve skin texture, tone, brightness and bounce – it could also impair our delicate skin barrier and leave us with sensitized, red, irritated skin, that needs a simplified, gentle routine and a little TLC.
Cue natural ingredients. Nourishing Omegas, calming Chamomile and skin boosting Vitamins, absorb into the skin can increase our levels of collagen, oxygen and blood flow, thus repairing free radical damage and nourishing our skin, think of it as skin food.
Natural ingredients have been used in skincare and medicine for thousands of years. Cleopatra is said to have used Rosewater for its healing and beautifying purposes, while in Ancient Greece, dried herbs and flowers were added to baths to cleanse and detoxify the skin.
Honey, Milk, Olive or Safflower Oils, Pomegranate and Green Tea can also be found in countless ancient beauty treatments, used across the world for a variety of benefits.
In modern skincare, natural ingredients are sought for their effectiveness, while also being gentle on the skin. They can be used to fragrance products or as the base of a formula - such as Shea or Almond Oil, which are universally sought out for their nourishing skin benefits.
Natio’s approach is to combine the best of nature and science to make formulations that are safe, stable, and achieve results. Botanical plant and flower essences, pure essential oils and cold-pressed oils are used throughout the range, ensuring all skin types, conditions and ages are catered for.
Some of the favourites include:
Rosewater: Mother Nature’s remarkably multi-tasking skincare elixir, Rosewater has been used for centuries to remedy almost all skincare concerns. It can balance surface oils, hydrate and gives skin a hypercharged nutrient boost.
Found in: Natio Rosewater Hydration range (Or specific product: https://www.natio.com.au/rosewater-hydration-antioxidant-serum)
Rosehip: Extremely rich in Vitamin C, Rosehip OIl helps to improve skin cell structure and promote natural lift. This multi-tasking ingredient moisturises, brightens, is antibacterial and can also help to even out skin tone.
Found in: Natio Ageless Range (Or hero product: https://www.natio.com.au/ageless-hydrating-mask)
Evening Primrose Oil: Extracted from the Evening Primrose flower, Evening Primrose Oil is used widely in skincare and medicine as a natural cure for many complaints. In the skin, it is linked to improvements in moisture levels, elasticity and firmness, and the way skin responds to stresses. The oil is rich in antioxidants and essential fatty acids, and can help in acne control and cell regeneration, making this ingredient a real skin-saviour.
Found in: Natio Evening Primrose Moisturisng Face Lotion, Ageless Firming Night Cream
Pomegranate: High in antioxidants, Pomegranate has multiple benefits for the skin - including helping to fight free radicals. This term is used to describe atoms in the environment (which can be caused by pollution or the sun) that attach themselves to the skin, causing damage such as collagen loss or wrinkles. Skincare containing natural antioxidants and vitamins, like Pomegranate, can help to defend against free radical damage, thus protecting the complexion.
Found in: Natio Wellness Range (Or hero product: https://www.natio.com.au/wellness-body-scrub )
With a range of benefits, why not embrace skincare that uses natural ingredients in its formulations, and treat your skin from the inside out.
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