Smoothies and skincare
Home » Blog » Sarah Marquet » Smoothies and skincareArano smoothies are deliciously New Zealand made. There are some equally delicious New Zealand-made skincare products—but some are not so nice.
As I write, I'm swigging back a bottle of Arano Vanilla Bean and Honey Goodness Smoothie. It has to be the best smoothie I have had in a long time. At $3.90 for 375ml it was almost passed over, especially as the Simply Squeezed range was on special at $1.99, but I thought I may as well splash out and treat myself. I'm so glad I did, it's delicious! They had other flavours too, most notably carrot (juice, not smoothie).
Since running out of the only, sadly French-made nail polish that kept my nails in an acceptable state, I've been searching for a NZ-made solution. I've had lots of great suggestions; one of which was Trilogy's Everything Balm (thanks Annabel!). It is made in New Zealand, but it's not a product of New Zealand. I happened to have some already, so I'm using it as a hand cream each night and my nails have been all good!
This prompted me to search for other moisturisers and the like. Skinfood (www.skinfood.co.nz) definitely came out on top for accessibility and price. The range costs about half that of the equivalents, and I found it on the shelf at the local supermarket.
Mossops (www.mossopshoney.co.nz); Emotional Rescue Skincare (www.emotionalrescue.co.nz) and Manig Olies (www.manigolies.co.nz) were all similarly priced. They're all made from natural ingredients too. Manig Olies is even made in Christchurch!
Two others came up in my search but I’m not so sure about them: Geo Skincare and Oasis. Geo Skincare doesn’t actually say ‘made in New Zealand’. Oasis turned me off when my eye stumbled onto the product information page, which seemed to be a list of warnings. It warned of temporary tingling and other discomfort due to a high amount of active ingredients. It also said it includes natural ingredients, where the others said 100 percent natural ingredients.
For now I'm using up the last dregs of what I was using before I began this experiment. When that’s all gone I'll check out the Skinfood range. Maybe later, when I have a bit more cash to throw around, I will give Mossops, Emotional rescue or Manig Olies a go!
