About Nature IS Health
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We are a Canadian company offering "hair2toe" all-natural products handcrafted by co-owners Brian & Samantha.
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Along with our product line, Nature IS Health aims to inspire. "Our Guide to a Sustainable Home."​​
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We prioritize Canadian ingredients, support local farms and small producers. Imported ingredients are fair-trade and likely organic.
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Our goal is to connect our customers with the Southern Ontario environment by growing and wildcrafting as many herbal ingredients as possible.
NIH product packaging is recycleable and likely re-useable. We ship using kraft boxes, kraft tape and up-cycled packing materials. ​
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How we started making soap...
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Were you aware that soap-making was a typical activity among homesteaders? Rather than relying on exotic oils brought from far-off lands, a surplus of fat from animal resources produced candles, soaps, and balms.
When I first met Brian, he had just started working at our local farm and butcher shop. One day, he asked how we could repurpose extra fat to minimize waste. Aside from making homemade lard and tallow for cooking, I remembered a handbook I had in my travel bag. It explained how to create homemade soap using rendered tallow and lard. At the time, finding this book was surprising to me, as I had previously been vegan and vegetarian for several years... nevertheless, I thought it was interesting, so had tucked it away.
No traditional civilization survives by wasting their resources; every part of animals, plants, and the Earth is utilized or we do not deserve to harvest it in the first place.
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Hair2toe
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We began making soap. So much soap! We were getting in touch with the reality of the circle of life, reducing waste, and best of all, this soap glided over my skin, disappeared my scars, moisturized, cleared my acne, and for the first time in my life, I didn't need lotions.
Another bonus, I didn't need a product for each specific part of my body. Our soap and product line quickly gained the slogan "HAIR2TOE," because our products are multiuse!
Nature IS Health is now available in local stores, on this website, and in our Etsy online shop. We provide product blends that get you in touch with the Canadian environment by prioritizing locally grown plants. We are dedicated to supporting organic, fair-trade, and wholehearted businesses.
If you have any inquiries or are interested in collaborating, we would be delighted to hear from you!
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