2013

Keeping a blog is not something we do that consistently... It is a new year again, and we think about our past and plan our present. There are many changes due with Nothing Nasty soon. We are moving to a new and better website, we are changing our warehousing solution, we are introducing a few new products and even considering changing our labels. If there are any changes you would like to see, please get in touch. We thrive on customer feedback, and are actually small enough that we do pay attention to what you have to say! We wish you all a wonderful 2013!

Air Fresheners or Air Poisoners

Our sense of smell is the most direct of all our senses! The scent of freshly mown grass, the streets just after it has rained, the woods, freshly baked bread, the ocean, a rose garden—we all have our favourite, and we react very positively to these smells.

We are constantly bombarded by smells, and increasingly big business tries to make money out of our very basic sense. Pumping fake fresh bread smells into supermarkets, selling home deodorants designed to mask odours and introduce perfume. Fabric conditioners and washing liquids add strong perfume to clothes, and then there are cleaning products, candles, scented drawer liners, moisturisers, perfumes, deodorants, makeup... All loaded with a whole host of ingredients hiding under one word - perfume!

Nice as it seems, many of these smells are not at all innocuous. One of the most problematic chemical products of our times is perfume, in its varying disguises. Perfumes contain a long list of chemicals, and may even include the very carcinogenic ingredient formaldehyde! What is also problematic is that manufacturers are not required to declare the ingredients of a perfume, so you have no way of checking this out!

We do not NEED any of these smells. The nicest smelling clothes are those that have been dried outside. If your house smells stale, let some air in!

However - should you want to add some nice smells to your rooms (I know I do sometimes), then we do have totally natural room sprays that will not add anything toxic to your home! Which is as it should be!

See our range of lovely Natural Skin Care Products.

GOING SLOW

We live by the principles of the Slow Movement. This started in Rome, where protesters camped outside, protesting against the opening of their latest restaurant. Since then the movement has gained momentum and now cover all areas of our lives, from slow food to slow cities! Our culture has become obsessed with speed, and the Slow Movement attempts to remind us that we all have the same basic needs, and they should be attended to. We all need a little loving - some nature - and some time for each other! Life is rushing by—sometimes without us being consciously present! We think we can do things better!

Here at Nothing Nasty, we think life should be about more than going through the motions! For us, living by the slow principles means making things properly: We buy fairly traded and organic ingredients whenever possible. We make natural skin care products with ingredients that are added for their quality and properties, not because they are cheap. We use butters and oils extracted by cold pressing, the good old fashioned way! Our processes ensure that most of the vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, enzymes and minerals in our ingredients are retained! We mix our products by hand, stirring the creams and oils together while we enjoy the lovely smells.

We do work long hours sometimes, but we make sure we remember to take time out to enjoy life and our loved ones. We make products for other people, not because they are awfully difficult to make, but because we know they want to spend their time doing something else.

We believe that by making conscious choices every day, we can change the world.

As consumers we are powerful, and we welcome the opportunity to do our share. We hope you join us!