Natural beauty: Going au naturale with sustainable shampoos & toothpastes

In an effort to switch to more natural personal care products, our writer tried some out. Here’s her verdict ...

22 August 2021 - 00:00 By sanet oberholzer

Like many people, I've started looking at my daily unsustainable practices. Beyond trying to reduce single-use plastics in the kitchen and buying earth-friendly and biodegradable cleaning products, I've considered making the switch to natural, more sustainable personal-care products. While shampoo bars, conditioners and natural toothpastes and deodorants aren't new, they're not very mainstream. I gave some products a try, and this is what I found...

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