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Kakadu Plum: Australia's Best-Kept Secret Botanical For Skincare
A native Australian jewel, Kakadu Plum has been used for many hundreds of years as part of indigenous healing rituals, thanks to its potent restorative properties. A small, unassuming green fruit f...

Kakadu Plum: Australia's Best-Kept Secret Botanical For Skincare
A native Australian jewel, Kakadu Plum has been used for many hundreds of years as part of indigenous healing rituals, thanks to its potent restorative properties. A small, unassuming green fruit f...

New Year Skin Rituals for 2023
Whether you partake in New Year's resolutions or not, the sense of renewal and fresh motivation that January brings is always the perfect time to introduce positive new habits. Let your skincare re...

Transitioning Your Skincare for Summer
Is it a fact or a myth that we need to adjust our skincare routine for each season? Unfortunately, the answer is not quite as simple as yes or no. As each individual’s skin behaves vastly different...

5 Benefits of Pumpkin for the Skin
Our skin is almost always a reflection of our internal health, and so our diets can have a great impact on how the skin looks on the surface. When we feed our bodies, not only do we obtain energy a...

The 8 Benefits of Skin Needling
For those who are yet to try it for themselves, skin needling; or microneedling, may sound like an incredibly daunting and painful skin treatment option. However, it's much less scary than you thin...

How To Achieve Deeply Hydrated Skin
If you feel as though you already drink more than the daily recommended quantity of water and still experience dehydrated skin, this quick guide is for you. Adequately hydrated skin is about much m...

What Are Ceramides In Skincare?
Ceramides are an undeniable buzzword in the current world of skincare. While they're anything but new or an innovative breakthrough in ingredient technology, it is certainly a positive that they ar...

3 Steps to Soothe and Calm – Redness, Rosacea and Sensitive Skin
There are many contributing factors that can cause stress to your skin. Interestingly, when asked what their skin type is, most women classify themselves as sensitive and in some countries, this f...

Olive oil has been the feature of countless beauty headlines of late, touted by certain celebrities as their primary secret to youthful skin. While we know that olive oil on its own cannot be used ...

Is My Skin Barrier Damaged? How to Self-diagnose.
While actives such as retinols and exfoliating acids have their place in beauty routines, overzealous use of them can lead to sensitised skin and a compromised skin barrier. The latest emergence is...

Hydration Hack: Why You Need a Facial Mist
It’s not without good reason that in recent times facial mists have become skincare staples. A well-formulated face mist is a multi-tasking must have. It should boost hydration, prep your skin for ...

The Ultimate Sustainable Gifts for this Holiday Season
In line with our sustainability initiative we’ve curated a range of kits to address every skin type and skin concern, making it easier than ever before to find what you need. Products are housed in...

How to Gracefully Navigate Peri-menopause to Menopause
By Ema Taylor Menopause marks the end of a womans reproductive life cycle and is diagnosed retrospectively following 12 months or more without a period. The normal age of menopause is between 45-55...

Meet the Queen of Antioxidants
If you are a current Mukti skincare lover, and/or one of our regular blog readers, you might already know that we are complete devotees of botanical antioxidants. This is why we are incredibly exc...

Ceramides: What are they? What do they do?
Ceramides naturally exist in your body and are credited for maintaining a healthy skin barrier in fact, they make up half of your lipid skin barrier. There are three main classes of lipids found i...

What is Vitamin B and Niacinamide?
There is an infinite abundance of skincare ingredients to choose from, all of which perform different roles. Outside of the treatment of specific skin concerns, there are several key ingredients th...

What does toner do for the skin?
Once an essential component of any skin routine, toners have slowly been declining in popularity in recent years. The booming skincare industry and the growing amount of knowledge and education has...