Savant Apothecary

For drier limbs. For when your hot shower has melted your natural oils away. A Body Wash that’s a soft emulsion and not a foaming gel. We know Milk Cleansers for the face but for the body most of us use soaps even though the skin on our arms and legs can be the driest of all. This soft creamy wash cleans and rinses while laying down a clean fresh amount of oils to keep hydration in the skin steady. It feels soft and velvety in your fingers and smells of the Australian bush. A missing link for many of us perhaps?

Luminous 15% our vitamin face cream we are so well known for. The face cream that surprises people. The face cream you don’t get tired of using. It’s your daily helpful companion giving you that “great skin day” everyday. A moisturizer you’ll really love. How long since you’ve really loved your face cream?

Wintering. I’m a believer in this concept. When I lived in southern WA winter was a big distinct change. We went out into allocated firewood forests and collected wood. A big day where a picnic was packed and everyone worked hard. We did winter things like keeping the fireplace going, chopping wood, harvesting Broccoli and cauliflower (full of moths 😁). On Sundays we might light the open fire. The fireplace kept my morning tea warm while I did morning chores and we managed kids, hot water consumption and leaking roofs when it really poured. Winter had a distinct busy life. But here in a more urban setting it’s harder to make it distinct. So wintering here becomes a determined attitude. Today I served more than a few people who were feeling a little defeated and perhaps this last week I have been feeling that too. So let’s get wintering. What does that look like for me? Firstly I go for a walk to find my nearest gumtree and cut off a big bunch of branches. I fill a big vase with them and put them in my living room. I’ve bought some fresh greenery inside. Next I replace my plain candles and light them. I put The Woods on (it’s my favorite). I organize a games night with the family. Buy ingredients for two wintery meals ahead of time. Go to some food markets, put gum boots on. Make an apple pie. Go for a night time walk in my local neighborhood. Buy my favorite port, take some on my walk. Go to bed early and read a book. Take a bath, get all the goods out to use in there. Use something like Resplendent that brings me joy but I don’t like using in summer. Call a friend instead of watching Netflix and have a long talk. Just doing a few of these a week makes winter the unique cozy season it is. Simple everyday things. Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Why do we use Bicarb in deodorants? The bacteria that live under your arms eat your perspiration. When they do the waste from metabolizing it changes the pH of the area to be more acidic. The odour we all want to avoid occurs when this acidic environment happens. Bicarb prevents this pH shift and so prevents the environment that causes the odour. We tackle the problem from 3 other approaches also but this is the role of the Bicarb.

This was waiting for me when I arrived to open the store this morning. Somebody decided today to contribute to something good, something that makes the world a better place. A person who I didn’t see but was here, caring. We receive many of our bottles back every week. They are cleaned, sterilized and put into our glass storage area for our reuse. It’s a costly and time consuming exercise and at times I’ve thought it’s easier to not do this at all. But, it’s bigger than me having a day full of hard things. In the whole scheme of things it’s really quite easy and if you’ve been a customer with us for some time you’ve likely had a returned bottle. A bottle that didn’t have to travel to be crushed and melted, transported to a factory only to be made into the exact same bottle it was and transported back to me at enormous, huge cost and yet I buy it back for $5 from the factory. It just doesn’t add up. The economic cost is so much lower than the ecological cost. These two bottles though will travel with me 5km and will in a couple of months be in the store again all sparkling and clean. So thankyou whoever this was this morning. We”ll get these ready for re use.