I reviewed some products from The Natural Source some time back on my old blog. At the time, I thought some of the products weren’t too bad. I didn’t actually buy into the “natural” hype, despite what their advertising claims, but I have to admit they did really hype it up.
Australia being a country that seems particular about the environment and natural stuff, I naturally thought that this line of products would have passed muster there. I liked the Tropical Sugar Cane Body Whip and I tested their hair products. Everything was fine and dandy initially.
But later, I found that the body whip, although it sank into my skin, didn’t leave it feeling moisturised. My dad who has cracked heels, tried this moisturiser and pronounced it a disaster, for it did nothing for his cracked heels. On the other hand, some cheap brand of body butter did the trick. That got me thinking.
The next thing was my hair. After using the shampoo and conditioner, my hair felt nice. Initially. As I went on, I felt that my hair was feeling drier and drier. I previously used Redken which did not dry out my hair, but my hair was now feeling like straw.
I had also tried the AHA antioxidant cream for the face which was given by a friend. It, unfortunately, did nothing for me. I’m only glad it didn’t break me out.
So, in conclusion, I think this brand has disappointed me overall. It feels nice initially, but after a while, it doesn’t anymore. And someone people who previously commented on my post said their products contain a lot of chemicals which totally undermines the “natural” element. I wouldn’t know, as I’m not familiar with the long words printed under “Ingredients”, but only because I’ve used it and found it didn’t work for me, I’m going to scrap it from my future shopping lists.
Sorry mate!
UPDATE: TNS has responded to this post on 11 May 2008. Read it here.
When Natural Source was first launched years ago, I was excited and bought they said was “moisturizing” to dry skin. But to my disappointment, the product did not deliver its promises and worse still, the smell of the product was so strong. I also bought the shampoo but wasn’t impressed. So like you, I striked out the brand and never bought anything anymore lor. These days, I prefer to use ‘paraben free’ products lah, being an organic and natural freak.
I was a TNS fan last few months.I started using this brand last March 2007.First time I went to the store,I bought their tinted moiturizer,Mayaltha better bottom and Vanilla and Mandarin Body Butter.I was happy and satisfied for the few weeks. All the products worked well for the few weeks. The next month,I bought the Daintree skincare set plus the scrub and masks.My nightmare began as I used them. I don’t know whether it’s because of the tinted moisturizer or the AHA cream that claimed can prevent from oily and acne. My pimples kept popping out rapidly-non stop. I’m prone to acne but not this bad.It was all over my face and got worsen at my jaw area and cheek.
Then I went to see the SA and asked for her advice.She asked me to stop using AHA cream coz she experienced the same before but her skin became better afte she kept cotinuing the products. I still used them though I don’t have the nerve to continue and keep seeing my pimples coming out. However I decided to stop and at the same time I tried to take internal supplement-Etsu,Estime and Nuage..but nothing seems work. Darn…I think I lost thousands just to recover my skin. I’ve suffered with full pimpled face for 3 months. I changed to Nourifusion from Hebalife and though it didn’t work like a miracle but it helped to soothes down my pimples a little. Hopefully I can see good result from it in a few weeks more.
I used to balance AHA cream on my feet but still using the scrubs and mask once in a while. Now I really really regretted my decision to switch my skincare to TNS. I don’t like wearing make up. So just imagine to walk out of the house and to work with the pimples and acne scares sans make up took a lot of courage. I just put my head up and did’t care whether I look bad or not.
I always cautious when buying something for my skin. But I guess my instinct didn’t work well back then..haha.