About us

Natural Beauty Care is based in Scotland in the United Kingdom. We are the official UK distributor for the unique Aloe Ferox range of skincare and wellbeing products, from South Africa. When I say “we” it’s me with a bit of help from my lovely family. I’m the definition a microbusiness. But, I love doing this on the side particularly as my customers rely on the products so much. So, at time of writing it’s been over a decade and long may it continue.

When I first discovered the brand, I did so by accident when visiting my folks in South Africa. Within days people were asking me what I was doing as I was looking so well. For the first time in my life I was getting compliments on my skin. Having had trouble since my teens, and sun damage from growing up in a hot climate, that was a pleasant surprise. The answer was simple – I had changed to a natural skincare product range, Aloe Ferox. Step one I was using the Aloe Ferox Super Aloe Gel as a moisturiser as it was freshening and gave me an instant “lifting effect”. It was tightening and rebuilding my skin at a cellular level. The bonus was that is it is free of oil, parabens and perfume. I’ve learned that fragrance can cause me to have breakouts (even at my age!). But it is impressivly moisturising without creating a shine on my T-zone combination skin. Step two, for extra moisture and a great make-up base I was teaming it with Rejuvenating Essence. To my pleasant surprise, the Rejuvenating Essence also has a natural sunscreen. I put it to the test at a sunny sports day, when my face and neck were unscorched. As for the rest of me? Well, we don’t always get it right, do we?

Now for a little real-life drama

The radiator on my husband’s van blew up. Unfortunately, he was under the hood at the time. If you are squeamish, the less said about the next few hours, the better. After medical intervention that left the two district nurses shaken (they’d never experienced such a severe burn), a strict routine of daily dressings started. After what felt like a short while, it was time for the bandages to come off to aerate the wound. The problem was that, apart from being told to “keep it moisturised” there was no further advice. Happily (always looking for a silver lining) I had not only done my homework about the properties of Alo Ferox, I also knew that it had a reputation for healing burns. Plus, I’d held my nose and jumped, so to speak, having made a big investment in stock. The problem was that they were in transit, and hubby couldn’t wait. I needed the Aloe Ferox Super Aloe Gel which, apart from being a moisturiser, is the go-to for burns. So I did some business with another agent in England.

Initally as the wound was trying to kit, heal and dy out it was driving him “mental” with itchiness and the pain was ever-present. The skin was trying to form a protective scab. After two days, that’s worth repeating, two days, he almost forgot about his injury. A friend of ours is a burns unit nurse and was stressing how, given the extent of the burn, his outcome could have been a whole lot worse. Infection and scarring would have been expected outcomes. Now, only the photos are evidence of his mishap. There was no infection, no scarring and actually the scabs never formed either. As for that van, it went to the scrap yard. He let me record his progress as it was pretty incredible. See the burn case study for yourself.

I was so impressed with the results that I turned my discovery into a little business. To this day the Rejuvenating Essence and Super Aloe Gel are my “hero products”.

Discover something new. You’ll be glad you did.

Michelle, Owner