New Zealand is home to some of the most unique and world-renowned ingredients that beauty brands have been quick to utilise for all their natural benefits.
With Waitangi Day just around the corner, we’ve collated an alphabetical list of Kiwi beauty brands making a name for themselves both here and overseas, to celebrate what makes them so special.
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Absolute Essential is a New Zealand owned and operated family business that uses certified organic, sustainable, medical quality plant oils throughout their essential oils and formulas for skin, body and hair.
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Inspired by honeybees and the amazing raw ingredients they produce, Bees Brilliance was created by Julene and Matthew Cropp, a fourth-generation beekeeper. With formulas filled with New Zealand botanicals, and nature’s gold – manuka honey – the brand offers a range of cleansers, masks, moisturisers and more.
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Corbin Rd. is a newly launched skincare brand made in New Zealand with an eco-friendly and sustainable ethos. The brand’s cleansing and exfoliating system is all-natural and chemical-free, while being gentle on skin and the planet.
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ECOYA handcrafts its products in Australia but the brand's luxurious candles are designed in Auckland, New Zealand. With a range of classic and unique fragrances, ECOYA's candles are made with soy and 100 per cent cotton wicks. Not to forget the brand's diffusers which provide long lasting fragrance to any room.
Crafted in New Zealand with a strict “plants to products” manufacturing process, Essano utilises a range of superstar ingredients in their products, tapping into trends such as superfood skincare.
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Glow Lab offers supermarket-price skincare, hair care and luxurious body and hand wash formulas. Free from common nasties, the brand caters to women’s need for natural yet effective products.
All about the superfoods, Goodness Superfood Skincare offers skincare solutions for the younger crowd based on the goodness of plants.
Grin Natural Products is transforming the way we think about toothbrushes, providing kiwis with an innovative, sustainable alternative. Among the range is a 100% biodegradable toothbrush made from corn starch and activated charcoal.
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Made in New Zealand, Helena hair care products range from hairsprays to gels to create long lasting and manageable hairstyles.
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Illumina Soy Candles, created by Jennifer Del Bel, are bespoke and luxurious candles hand poured in New Zealand. Last year they collaborated with Downlights, with their candles for change capturing the interest of global media.
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Karen Murrell lipsticks are loaded with natural ingredients such as avocado oil, carnauba wax and cinnamon, filling a gap in the market for environmentally friendly yet functional lip products.
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Linden Leaves products are both effective and kind to skin, made from the best quality natural ingredients. Originally a humble family kitchen operation, the brand is now internationally recognised for its handmade range.
In 1987, Suzanne Hall created Living Nature. She was inspired by the healing properties of New Zealand native plants to remedy her own skin conditions. Living Nature’s active ingredients come from the most potent of the unique, native plants found in New Zealand.
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Discovered at New Zealand’s University of Otago, MitoQ® harnesses the power of mitochondria to slow down the ageing process, supporting the skin from the inside out.
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Infusing silken textures and exotic fragrances of New Zealand native botanicals – such as alpine fern and pohutukawa – NZ SPA embodies the spirit of natural New Zealand.
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Oxygen Skincare uses organic hop extract, grown on a farm in Nelson, in their products for teenage, acne-prone skin – along with a range for adults. With its anti-inflammatory power, this high performance botanical extract targets breakouts without being harsh on the skin.
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Capturing the essence of the country's flora and fauna, Plantae Certified Organic Skincare uses only the purest organic ingredients. Not compromising on efficacy, the natural formulations are handmade on the brand’s premises in Nelson.
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re.skin sources the best natural and active ingredients such as New Zealand Marine Collagen, to promote healthy skin from the inside out using a two-step serum and supplements system.
With an extensive range of natural vitamins, supplements, teas and toothpaste, Red Seal has everything needed for New Zealanders' health and wellbeing.
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Skinsmiths is a skincare range to extend care beyond the clinic doors, providing all that is required for happy and healthy skin.
Snowberry grows and harvests its core ingredients from the brand’s very own Snowberry Gardens, taking advantage of all that the New Zealand landscape has to offer, for natural moisturising and anti-ageing power.
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A pioneer of natural skincare, Trilogy was created by New Zealand sisters Sarah Gibbs and Catherine de Groot when they discovered the powerful benefits of rosehip oil.
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Tapping into the personalisation movement in beauty, Vitally is a New Zealand company that delivers personalised vitamins to your doorstep each month, taking the hard work out of juggling all your supplements.
Volo Skincare is New Zealand made and 100 per cent natural. Taking advantage of ingredients such as anti-fungal manuka oil and purifying tea tree oil, the anti-blemish spray soothes and targets acne naturally and effectively.
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Wild Ferns is a New Zealand family company that uses ingredients from our unique landscape, including Rotorua mud, lanolin oil, kiwifruit seed oil, and more.
Photo: Glow Lab
