Key Raw Ingredients
At NSA, we are committed to creating natural Australian skincare products that contain only the most natural, organic and wild-harvested bio-active ingredients from the highest quality plant sources around Australia.
All Natural Skincare Australia products are free from
harmful sulphates, petro-chemicals, parabens, peg-compounds, synthetic fragrances and artificial colours.
Organic Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis)
Source: Australia
Aloe Vera is most beneficial in its natural state - either the clear gel from the plant itself or by using the pure leaf juice - as it retains many of its nutrients. It is a great source of anti-oxidants, anti-inflammatory, hydrates the skin, healing for wounds, burns & many skin conditions.
Aloe Vera creates a barrier against moisture loss & carries nutrients & moisture through the several layers of skin, whereas most skin care products only penetrate two layers.
Unrefined Organic Beeswax
Source: Jardwadjali Victoria, Australia
High quality, pesticide free, ethically harvested. Credited with having anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-bacterial and skin protective & softening benefits.
In cooler climatic conditions, it may create a firmer textured product, which is quite normal – once in contact with the skin it will soften up.
Bamboo Powder (Bambusa Vulgaris)
Source: 100% plant origin
Extracted from the bamboo tabashi stems that are dried and milled to make a very fine powder. Naturally rich in silica (70%), which helps to strengthen the skin and boost collagen production, the protein that gives your cells their youthful plumpness.
Its very fine micro-particles gently aid in the removal of superficial skin cells and bacteria that sits in pores to promote a clearer, smoother complexion.
Beet Sugar Extract (Anhydrous Betaine)
Source: 100% plant origin
Extracted from sugar beets, this is a 100% bio-based amino acid ingredient. A 'Super Cell Hydrator', the unique cellular hydrating sacharides in Beet Sugar help to restore lost hydration and moisture directly at cell level, improving cell function, elasticity and collagen production, whilst maintaining optimum hydration, ultimately protecting the cell from dehydration and damage from environmental stresses like UV rays and
oxidation.
Calendula Cellular Extract (Calendula Officinalis)
Source: Australia
Obtained from the calendula flower (also known as marigold). Its potent phyto-compounds
of antioxidants, anti-inflammatories, rutin and amino acids promote healing and
repair of compromised barrier function, soothes itchy, irritated skin, helps to smooth age lines and deliver a more radiant complexion. Excellent for all skin types, including sensitive and acneic skin.
Canteloupe (Rockmelon) Extract (Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis)
Source: Victoria, Australia
A rich source of Vitamin A, vital to healthy skin, helping regenerate and repair and reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles. Also a good source of antioxidants, making it beneficial for calming and healing acne and blemishes, ageing or sun damage.
Chamomile Flower Extract (Chamomila Recutita)
Source: 100% plant origin
Beneficial for its strong anti-inflammatory and calming properties to soothe dry, angry, allergic, itchy or blemished skin.
Green Coffee Seed Extract (Coffea Arabica)
Source: 100% plant origin
A powerhouse of antioxidants to defend against free radical damage to slow the signs ageing and rejuvenate the skin. Tonic and astringent for oily skin, with smoothing and regenerating effects for mature skin. A brilliant performer for under eye care, as it improves circulation and plumps up the skin, helping reduce the appearance of dark circles plus it also decreases swelling/puffiness by constricting blood vessels just below the skin.
Cocoa Butter (Theobrama Cacao)
Source: Fair Trade/Africa - ACO Certified Organic
Is extracted from the Cacao tree, with a slight chocolate aroma. A solid vegetable fat that melts on contact with the skin, highly emollient and softening to the skin. It is known for its ability to stay on the surface of the skin and help lock in moisture, especially where the skin is dry and chapped. In cooler climatic conditions, it may create a firmer textured product, which is quite normal – once in contact with the skin it will soften up.
Coconut Shell Powder (Cocos Nucifera)
Source: 100% plant origin
A zero waste natural beauty ingredient that is very finely ground from coconut shells and turns into this amazing super gentle exfoliant to buff away dead skin cells and create a smoother skin texture.
Cucumber Extract (Cucumis Sativus)
Source: Queensland, Australia
Obtained from Australian grown cucumber peels which are high in minerals, especially silica and amino acids which help strengthen the skin's acid mantle & connective tissue, enabling the skin to retain and regulate moisture. Refreshing and tightening for tired, stressed skin, balancing for oily skin.
Gumbi Gumbi (Pittosporum Angustifolium) Dried Leaf Powder
Source: Nth Queensland, Australia
Organically and sustainably grown and harvested, this little known ancient native superfood exhibits a powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal action, enabling the skin to be gently cleansed, purified and nourished, resulting in a clearer, healthy looking complexion.
Hibiscus Flower Extract (Hibiscus Sabdariffa)
Source: 100% plant origin
Commonly dubbed the ‘botox plant’, as it contains powerful antioxidant benefits to help maintain the skin's suppleness and tone. Hibiscus is dubbed the 'botox plant' - its natural AHA's break down dead skin to promote a fresher, smoother complexion. Credited with highly moisturising, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, refreshing & astringent properties.
Lemon Myrtle Dried Leaf (Backhousia Citriodora)
Source: Byron Bay Hinterland NSW
Organically and sustainably grown and harvested, the fresh aroma of native Lemon Myrtle is distinctly Australian, with uplifting notes of lemon, lime and lemongrass. Brimming with antioxidants, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, this beautiful native is a powerful and revitalising skin cleanser and amazing exfoliant, with potent anti-microbial and anti-ageing benefits.
Mango Butter (Mangifera Indica)
Source: Africa - ACO Certified organic Fair Trade
obtained from the mango seed. This is a beautiful soft and luxurious long lasting emollient that nourishes skin with essential fatty acids, Vitamins A, C and E and antioxidants. It locks in moisture, rejuvenates dry skin and boosts suppleness and elasticity.
Purified Water (Aqua)
Source: Australia
Ultra pure water, naturally purified to be totally free of chemicals, salt and bacteria. Water is an essential component of many formulas so it must be absolutely pure and free of contamination to be skin friendly.
Sodium Hyaluronate - (Hyaluronic Acid)
Source: 100% plant origin, from glucose and corn
Hyaluronic acid is a major component of skin, naturally found in the extracellular matrix of human tissue and needed for tissue repair. Topically applied, it creates instant radiance to the skin surface, to deliver plumping, smoothing and hydrating benefits. It is an amazing humectant, binding water to cells and drawing moisture to the surface of the skin, enabling greater elasticity and resilience to give a more youthful appearance.
Tasmanian Spring Water
Source: Tasmania, Australia
Tasmania is rated as having some of the cleanest air in the world, so when it rains, the purity of this water fills lakes and streams and falls deep into the Karst System of Limestone caves, where nature adds mineral goodness, before being collected from a natural single source spring flowing to the surface at an amazing 33 million litres every day, providing a consistent and balanced source of Calcium, Magnesium and essential trace minerals that strengthen and hydrate the skin.
Moringa Dried Leaf (Moringa Oleifera)
Source: Cairns, Queensland
Organically and sustainably grown and harvested impressive superfood, extremely rich in skin loving nutrients of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants to rejuvenate, brighten, hydrate and repair. The leaves are very finely ground, creating an effective micro, cleansing exfoliant. They are very high in anti-ageing compounds that help to calm and heal and clear the skin.
Sea Minerals
Source: Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Improves the bio-availability uptake of active ingredients for maximum cell nourishment and assists with absorbing toxins, calming inflammation and promotes skin softness, balance and healing.
Note: The salt content in Sea Minerals can occasionally initiate a slight sting on broken skin (just like seawater), but at the same time stimulates a healing and antiseptic effect. To ensure skin compatibility, always patch test first if needed.
Oatmeal – Colloidal (Avena Sativa)
Source: Australia
Delivers significant skin-deep benefits forming a thin protective moisture film, boosting elasticity, sustained hydration and stimulates collagen synthesis to effectively reduce the signs of ageing. Strong anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and healing support for the skin, particularly on dry, sensitive, inflamed skin.
MSM Biological Sulphur (Methyl Sulfonyl Methane)
Source: Australia
A natural plant source of biological sulphur that occurs naturally in the body in small amounts. This mineral has excellent detoxifying properties and also plays an important role in collagen synthesis. It also increases oxygen absorption into the tissues, thereby accelerating healing processes. In skincare it is particularly beneficial for scar tissue, acne, pigmentation and general healing of inflamed skin conditions.
Oatmeal Cellular Extract – (Avena Sativa)
Source: Australia
A super emollient and redness reducer. High in natural polysaccharides (sugars) that attract moisture to the skin’s surface and lock it in, delivering valuable hydration deep into the cells. A rich source of Beta Glucan helps to reduce skin inflammation and calm reactive skin whilst its Amino acid proteins strengthen and repair the skin’s barrier function, that is often compromised where the skin is irritated, inflamed, dry and broken. A deeply moisturising, anti-inflammatory, anti-itch, barrier repair wonder ingredient.
Shea Butter (Butyrospermum Parkii)
Source: Africa / ACO Certified - Organic - Fair Trade
A natural vegetable fat obtained from the fruit of the Karite tree. Generally solid at room temperature, it melts on contact with the skin and provides wonderful emollient, skin softening and healing properties. Amazing for dry or mature skin conditions & has a slight sunscreen effect. In cooler climatic conditions, it may create a firmer textured product, which is quite normal – once in contact with the skin it will soften up.
Squalane
Source: 100% plant based
Our squalene is sustainably sourced from either Olive Oil or Sugar Cane and is a high performance bio-compatible ingredient to lock in weightless, long lasting moisture, calm and balance oil production without clogging pores. This plant active has a similar molecular structure to our skin, allows for deep penetration into the skin to hydrate and rejuvenate to leave it exceptionally soft.
Vitamin E (D-alpha-tocopherol acetate)
Source: 100% plant origin
A natural oil soluble vitamin, used widely in topical use for its high antioxidant effects, (protects cell membranes from free radical damage) and general skin protective and deep epidermal moisturising benefits, as it slows water loss from the skin.
Orange Stem (Water, Glycerin, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Callus Culture Extract, Xanthan Gum)
Source: Spain (from natural renewable sources)
An anti-ageing active that imparts a remarkable increase in skin elasticity and smoothness, skin radiance, firmness and enhanced structure of the dermis. Packed with the ability to transform skin with a renewed smoothness, elasticity, firmness and a softer, younger looking complexion, being a rich source of amino acids, proteins and peptides. Also provides excellent antioxidant protection and anti-inflammatory benefits.
Silica Minerals (Colloidal Silica)
Source: 100% plant origin
Known as the ‘beauty mineral’, it is an important bioavailable trace mineral that provides strength and flexibility to connective tissues and essential in the formation of collagen. Its ability to improve the elasticity, texture and hydration of the skin is amazing as it helps oxygenate the skin for a visibly increased fullness, glow and suppleness.
Siberian Ginseng Extract (Panax Ginseng)
Source: 100% plant origin
This root extract is known for its skin rejuvenating effects, increasing blood supply, suppleness and elasticity, helping to reduce and minimise the appearance of lines & wrinkles. Assists in reducing the appearance of under eye dark circles, improving micro circulation and decreasing swelling/puffiness by constricting blood vessels just below the skin.
Sandalwood Powder (Santalum Spicata)
Source: Western Australia
A sustainably sourced zero waste beauty ingredient from fallen wood. A 100% biodegradable very fine powder that lifts away dead skin cells, stimulates circulation, cleanses and purifies pores. Noted for its exceptional calming anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-ageing benefits.
Willow Bark (Salix Alba)
Source: 100% plant origin
Particularly useful for soothing acne prone skin, its strong antimicrobial properties have been shown to be active against the two main forms of skin flora that are found in the formation of acne. It is also antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and gently exfoliates helping to increase cell renewal, thereby clearing out pores and speeding up healing of the skin. The extract contains salicin, a natural form of salicylic acid, but far milder and non irritating than the chemical form, commonly used in commercial acne products.
Vanilla Bean (Vanilla Planifolia) infused in Jojoba Oil (Simmondsia Chinensis)
Source: North Queensland, Australia
Our Vanilla is sustainably grown and harvested, then left to infuse in Australian Jojoba Oil. It imparts a gentle sweet aroma of fresh Vanilla bean, which is very rejuvenating to the skin, rich in antioxidants to help slow the signs of ageing and environmental damage, with anti-inflammatory properties to soothe and calm the skin. Vanilla is a wonderful source of B Vitamins to help support skin health.