Nature’s Boutique
June 11, 2010
Nature’s Boutique is an online shop full of green but glamorous goodies.
“We believe that you can still be green and glam at the same time. We offer natural organic skincare, cosmetics, bodycare, haircare, suncare, babycare, mens products, eco fashion accessories, (designer vegan handbags from Matt and Nat), personal care items, natural fragrances, candles, jewellery, luxury gifts and much more. Our products don’t contain excess chemicals and preservatives”.
What do we love about Nature’s Boutique?
Our gorgeous gift boxes are 75% recycled content and our packing materials are 70% recycled and 100% recyclable.
There are alot of online natural retailers that stock the bathroom cabinet staples, but we love that Nature’s Boutique also presents lots of unusual (French Letter Condoms) and indulgent products too! These include hampers and ethical fashion accessories such as bags and jewellery.
One of the features on this website I really like is ability to compare products. I was recently looking for hair products on another online shop and there were about 4 pages of results. So I opened up all the products I liked the look of in a separate browser tab so I could go back and compare price, ingredients etc before I decided which to buy. But…Nature’s Boutique allow you compare products side by side. All you have to do is check a checkbox next to the products you like and click ‘Compare Selected’ when you reach the bottom of the page. Then you can easily compare all of the products you liked the look of.
Made in the UK
For those who are UK based, you can reduce your carbon footprint and support UK trade by buying products from the Made in the UK section. UK brands include Trevano, Rawganic and Peachykeen.
A few words from Carrina Rowe, founder
“It all started from when I was a little girl with my passion for animals and nature which was passed on to me by my mother (she used to be a veterinary nurse). She rescued many animals over the years and when I left home I did exactly the same. I don’t believe that any animal should have to suffer for the sake of our beauty so I began my search for Cruelty free make-up and skincare products that were also natural, being kinder to the environment, kinder to animals and kinder to my skin. I started Nature’s Boutique because I wanted to create a one stop shop for 100% cruelty free, luxury products. I don’t believe you have to suffer to be beautiful – and animals shouldn’t have to suffer either. Most high-street cosmetics and beauty products are tested on animals or contain ingredients harvested from animals. We pledge to keep our products cruelty-free. They’re not tested on animals, and the brands we stock don’t pay third parties to do animal testing for them”.
“While searching, I found that although some products said they were cruelty free this was not always the case so I created Nature’s Boutique to offer a place to shop in confidence where the products are what they say they are, and to save you having to go through the complicated and time consuming searches that I did. I am a vegan so all our skincare products, cosmetics and eco fashion items are too, which means there are no animal derivatives and no animal ingredients. Many of our products are certified by the BDIH, Soil Association or the Vegan Society, giving clear proof no animals suffered to keep you in face cream”.