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Skin Food [Original]

  • straål-out
  • skincare

R220,00R350,00 incl VAT

30ml, 75ml

The OG iconic Skin Food face cream. Green tube of magic.

A beloved cult classic skin cream that is a must-have for any skincare lover. Combining rich fatty acids with emollients and plant extracts to create an intensely nourishing cream.

Celebrate Weleda’s 100th year of existence by welcoming the brand to South Africa in 2022, we’re proud to be one of their first official partners in the region.

Celebrate your skin.

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Skin Food is a deeply nourishing facial cream. The Skin Food range is a unique blend of pure plant oils, protective waxes and organic plant extracts. This includes healing Calendula, soothing Chamomile, and smoothing Viola Tricolor. This combination makes it a great all-rounder and delivers healthy, hydrated, glowy skin while smoothing over and healing any dry patches, soothing sensitive skins, hydrating dry to very dry skins all while restoring the skin barrier.

Weleda is Certified by NATRUE. This certification refers to a Brussels-based nonprofit committed to promoting and protecting natural and organic cosmetics worldwide. NATRUE is the first internationally recognised quality seal for organic and natural cosmetics. Any products featuring the label of NATRUE guarantee the highest standards.

These products are free-from: Synthetic Fragrances, Colourants, Common Preservatives, Silicones, GMOs, Microplastics, Mineral Oils.
Use as you wish like any normal face cream! Best to use on dry skin [not damp]. Can be used anywhere on the body, as you like–hands, nails, feet etc. Makeup artists often use Skin Food to tap over makeup for a glowy finish, try it!
  • Glycerin, Lanolin, Sunflower & Sweet Almond Seed Oil
  • Viola Tricolor Extract
  • Arginine [amino acid]
  • Marigold & Chamomile Extract
  • Zinc Sulfate
  • Contains beeswax [great for formulations but not for our vegan friends]
  • Contains lanolin [nourishing for skin but not for our vegan friends]
  • Contains essential oils, for those sensitive to it
  • Contains alcohol
  • Weleda is Certified by NATRUE. Natrue is a Brussels-based nonprofit, committed to promoting and protecting natural and organic cosmetics worldwide. NATRUE is the first internationally recognised quality seal for organic and natural cosmetics. Any products featuring the label of NATRUE guarantee the highest standards. Weleda is also B-Corp Certified.
Weleda Skin Food has a distinctive smell that is immediately recognisable. It’s citrussy and fresh.
Water (Aqua), Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil**, Lanolin, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Beeswax (Cera Alba), Alcohol**, Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate, Glycerin, Limonene*, Viola Tricolor Extract, Hydrolyzed Beeswax, Sorbitan Olivate, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract**, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract**, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract**, Arginine, Zinc Sulfate, Fragrance (Parfum)*, Linalool*, Geraniol*, Citral*, Coumarin*

* From Natural Essential Oils And/Or Plant Extracts + **Organic Ingredients.

Please note that ingredient lists are sometimes subject to change from the manufacturer (especially when brands are making improvements!). We do our best at straål to keep the lists current. We cannot be held liable for changes between batches or changes without notice. For this product, Skin Food is 100 years old and have kept the same formulation for the most part. Also note, as with many international brands, there can be formulation differences among geographic batches (there are many brands like this and is common practise); hence always important to check your packaging–at straål we generally verify per the packaging as well.
If we could, we would add 10 of our CULT badges to this cream! Skin Food is our ultimate, never-fail go-to. Beloved all over the world by celebs and models for decades (and for good reason). Thanks to team Weleda SA for bringing the ultimate cream to our vanity, our handbags and even our bedside table.
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Weight 0,96 kg
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30ML, 75ML

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Glycerin

Also called Glycerol. It is a skin-identical ingredient used as a humectant. 

An organic compound used as a hair and skin humectant (draws in moisture), as a skin protectant, as a denaturant (removes alcohol from alcohol), as a skin and hair emollient (retains moisture), as a solvent (helps other ingredients dissolve in a solution), for oral care, and to decrease viscosity (thickness).
 
Benefits: Denaturant, Hair conditioning, Humectant, Oral care agent, Skin conditioning, Skin protectant, Solvent, Viscosity agent

Frequency: This ingredient is used frequently in cosmetics.

CATEGORY: HUMECTANT

CATEGORY:

OTHER

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LEBON SWEET MINT AND STRONG MINT

R2 per ML (size is 80ML)

Certified Organic Ingredients by Ecocert.

Vegan-friendly

Aluminium tube

Contains Calcium Carbonate as colourant.

LEBON is a fluoride-free oral care range (for those who prefer to shop fluoride-free).

LEBON is sulphate (SLS)-, triclosan-, plastic- and titanium dioxide free (for those who prefer to shop these characteristics).

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CURAPROX BE YOU [most flavours]

R3.75 per ML (based on 60ML at R225)

No certified Organic ingredients

Vegan-friendly

Plastic tube

Contains colourants that are not Calcium/mineral based such as Reds and Yellows.

Contains Sodium Chloride (good for oral health)

Contains MICA (controversial unless sourcing disclosed) & Titanium Dioxide.

Has a texture from beads (noted as not plastic)

Both LEBON and Curaprox contain essential oils for aroma, including D-Limonene.

Curaprox contains 5 sweeteners; LEBON contains 1.

Both are free-from SLS, triclosan and plastic.

☑️ Good toothpaste albeit very sweet; more expensive than straål.

Dr. Hauschka Med Fortifying Mint Toothpaste

R2.2 per ML (based on 75ML for R165)

Not Certified Organic but both LEBON and Dr. Hauschka has similar ethos.

Not Vegan-friendly due to Propolis

Plastic or aluminium tube

Contains colour pigments from Titanium and Copper.

Contains Titanium Dioxide [disputed ingredient] although from illmenite.

Contains Alcohol (LEBON is alcohol-free).

Both LEBON and Dr. Hauschka contain essential oils, although the latter contains 4 EU allergens.

Both Dr. Hauschka and LEBON are fluoride-free. Plus other free-froms in LEBON and this are similar.

☑️ Great ingredients and similar price to LEBON albeit not appropriate for Vegans while containing Titanium Dioxide. We were unable to verify whether the tube is plastic or aluminium.

Aēsop Toothpaste

R5.16 per ML (based on 60ML for R310)

Not Certified Organic

Both Aēsop and LEBON focus on ingredients with proven safety, efficacy and sustainability.

Vegan-friendly.

Aluminium tube

Contains Calcium Carbonate as Colourant, like LEBON.

Contains Sodium Chloride (good for oral health)

Both LEBON and Aēsop contain essential oils, although Aēsop has 3 EU allergens.

Both LEBON and Aēsop specialize in exquisite ‘natural’ aromas in their toothpastes.

Both Aēsop and LEBON are fluoride-free, titanium dioxide-free, triclosan-free and SLS-free. 

☑️ Great ingredients and aroma. If high-end toothpastes with sophisticated and unique scents are your thing, try LEBON for a more affordable option. 

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