Ingredients
Are your products made with 100% Australian Ingredients?
We're a small Aussie business based in Newcastle NSW and we make all of our products here. In the cosmetics world, it's almost impossible to use 100% Australian ingredients as we don't have many ingredient manufacturers here in Australia. That said,
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Does bicarb soda contain aluminium?
No - bicarb soda (or sodium bicarbonate) contains no aluminium, and there are no aluminium salts in any of our formulas. Bicarb is in five of our deodorant scents, in both the stick and the paste: Surf, Urban, Wild, Tux and Pop. There's more on what
Does the zinc in Woohoo deodorant contain nanoparticles?
No. The zinc oxide we use is non-nano, which means the particles are micron-sized rather than nano-sized. Zinc oxide is in every one of our deodorants, stick and paste, where it eliminates odour-causing bacteria. Some scents also contain zinc ricinol
How do we choose our ingredients?
Every ingredient has to earn its place. Before one goes into a formula it has to be proven to work on real skin rather than on test tube cells, be suitable for sensitive skin, be checked for safety, be natural, naturally derived or nature identical,
Which Woohoo products contain Silica?
Silica is in five of our deodorant sticks: Surf, Urban, Wild, Tux and Pop. It's there to help with texture and to absorb moisture. The type we use is amorphous silica, which is one of the most widely used ingredients in cosmetics. It appears as "Sili
What does Bicarb do in our deodorants?
Bicarb soda neutralises odour, and it's been doing that job in natural deodorant for decades. We use it in five of our scents, in both the stick and the paste: Surf, Urban, Wild, Tux and Pop. Skin varies a lot in how it gets on with bicarb. If you'd
What is Cetearyl Alcohol?
Cetearyl Alcohol is a plant-derived fatty alcohol. It thickens and stabilises a formula and works as a conditioning emollient, which is what gives a cream its texture and a deodorant stick its glide. It's not the kind of alcohol that dries skin out -
Do we use Ethically & Responsibly sourced ingredients?
Yes, and it's one of the tests an ingredient has to pass before it goes into a formula. Alongside working on real skin and being suitable for sensitive skin, every ingredient has to be sustainable, ethical, vegan and cruelty free. Every product we ma
What is the Natural Fragrance in your Deodorant ingredient list?
Natural Fragrance is how we scent three of our deodorants: Surf, Wild, and Drift. We also use it in our occasional limited edition scents. It's a blend of isolated compounds from plant sources like fruits, essential oils, gums and resins, and not a s
What is Triethyl Citrate?
Triethyl Citrate is a deodorising ingredient made from citric acid. It works by stopping the bacteria on your skin from breaking sweat down into the compounds that cause odour. It's in all of our natural deodorants (sticks and pastes) and has been ev