Australia’s Best Beauty Exports

There is a lot to thank Australia for – flat whites, Margot Robbie, Bluey, and Tim Tams. But nothing deserves our appreciation more than the country’s home-grown beauty brands.

Aussie-born beauty is all about simple but effective formulations, powerful botanical ingredients, pared-back beauty regimes, and expert sun protection.

With so many Australian beauty brands having launched over the last decade, you are spoilt for choice when it comes to which products to introduce to your routine. To help you discover what’s worth investing in, we’ve compiled a list of Australia’s best beauty exports.

Aesop Resurrection Aromatique Hand Wash

Found in just about every boujee bathroom, Aesop’s Resurrection Aromatique Hand Wash is one of the cult brand’s most loved products. Ideal for those with sensitive skin, this kind-to-skin cleanser is formulated with antibacterial mandarin and rosemary extract to efficiently clean hard-working hands. Soothing lavender ensures skin is kept hydrated and soft. Resurrection Aromatique’s beloved woody and herbaceous fragrance also leaves the most gorgeous scent lingering on your palms, long after washing.

Ultra Violette Supreme Screen Hydrating Facial Skinscreen SPF 50+

Ultra Violette’s Supreme Screen is a moisturiser, primer, and high-level SPF in one. This universal crowd-pleaser protects, hydrates, and primes all skin types, thanks to its lightweight, skin-enriching formula. Its key ingredient is Kakadu plum, a vitamin C-rich antioxidant fruit extract that helps protect the skin from free radical damage. Peptide Dragosine is included to hydrate the skin and shield it from UVA, UVB, and blue light exposure. Promising no tell-tale white cast, the Supreme Screen leaves the skin feeling soft and refreshed while perfectly priming the complexion for makeup application.

Alpha-H Skincare Liquid Gold with 5% Glycolic Acid

Liquid Gold combines the benefits of a toner, exfoliator, serum, and moisturiser in one impressive formula. The liquid exfoliant is formulated with 5% glycolic acid, to lift dead skin cells and penetrate deep within pores to eradicate spot-causing bacteria; glycerin, to moisturise the skin; and liquorice root extract to protect against environmental aggressors. The bestselling Liquid Gold also lowers the skin’s pH from 5.5 to around 3, stimulating cellular activity to accelerate the repair and renewal processes. It also boosts the production of elastin and collagen, while its resurfacing properties help to reduce the appearance of post-blemish scars, dark spots, brown patches, delivering a luminous, even toned, and healthy complexion.

Bread Hair-Oil Everyday Gloss

Perfect for 3c to 4a hair, Bread’s multi-purpose, strawberry scented hair oil floods the hair with hydration to deliver soft, dewy curls and coils. It is enriched with a hydrating blend of Australian Kakadu plum, safflower oil, and caprylic/capric triglycerides, which work together to both maintain collagen and elastin levels in your scalp and hair, keeping locks soft and supple, and strengthen your hair follicle, preventing hair from breaking and shedding. Designed to work well with coloured hair and both high and low-porosity hair, this non-greasy, multi-tasking oil can also be used in between washes to boost shine and minimise frizz.

Kora Organics Noni Glow Face Oil

Noni Glow Face Oil is a luxe and lightweight treatment oil from KORA Organics that calms, brightens, and nourishes dry skin. The fast-absorbing formula is infused with a potent blend of antioxidants and fatty acids to soothe, hydrate, and brighten dull complexions for a healthy, radiant glow. It features a lightweight, airy texture that ensures the skin isn’t left feeling greasy or uncomfortable.

Lanolips Original 101 Ointment

Lanolips’ Original 101 Ointment is a 100% natural, more effective alternative to common petroleum-based balms. This multi-award winner is enriched with pure lanolin, which has a unique molecular structure that closely resembles and mimics the skin’s oils, to restore moisture. It delivers extreme hydration to extremely dry and chapped lips, skin patches, cuticles, elbows, and other areas of the body in need of nourishment.

Grown Alchemist Anti-Pollution Primer

This bestselling Anti-Pollution Primer is a lightweight, silicone-free, and detoxifying primer that glides on the skin to instantly blur pores and mattify the look of skin. Reishi mushroom and ashwagandha support the skin barrier, while an anti-pollution shield complex acts as a physical barrier between the skin and blue light, allowing your skin to function normally. A prebiotic-peptide helps to ensure a more balanced surface, supporting the natural epidermal barrier function to protect against external aggressors and reduce the risk of water loss.

Sand & Sky Purifying Pink Clay Mask

Sand & Sky’s Purifying Pink Clay Mask effectively lifts impurities and pollutants from the skin to deliver a radiant, more balanced-looking complexion. Formulated with Australian pink clay, this Sand & Sky bestseller decongests the pores and removes excess sebum. With a blend of mangosteen, pomegranate, and Kakadu plum, the detoxifying mask also brightens and improves the look of the skin tone, while witch hazel delivers a soothing effect to the skin.

Go-To Skincare Face Hero

This lightweight facial oil deeply hydrates, soothes, revitalises, and protects the skin against free radical damage. Formulated with 10 potent plant and nut oils, this supercharged face oil is enriched with essential fatty acids, vitamins, and antioxidants to hydrate, calm, smooth, and brighten the skin. Suitable for all skin types, Face Hero is lightweight enough for compromised or oily skins, and restorative enough for very dry, dehydrated, or mature skin.

Vida Glow Natural Marine Collagen

Vida Glow’s Natural Marine Collagen is a collagen peptide supplement made from sustainably sourced marine collagen. This type of collagen can be absorbed 1.5 times more efficiently than collagen from other sources, thanks to the smaller size of its peptides. When integrated into your daily routine, it has been clinically proven to smooth fine lines and wrinkles, increase skin firmness, and enhance skin elasticity. Beyond skin benefits, it also thickens hair and strengthens nails.

Skinstitut Moisture Defence Normal Skin

Formulated for use on both the face and body, Skinstitut’s Glycolic Scrub 14% is a deep and invigorating cleanser that provides chemical and physical exfoliation. Enriched with glycolic acid, jojoba beads, and tea tree oil, it removes impurities and treat congestion, refine skin texture, and promote healthy cell renewal. Squalane, hyaluronic acid, and Kakadu plum extract are also included to hydrate the skin, replenish moisture, protect from free radical damage, and reduce inflammation. The result is clearer, healthier skin that is hydrated, plump, and better protected against the development of blemishes, acne, and blackheads.

Bondi Sands Self Tanning Foam Dark

Bondi Sands’ famous Self Tanning Foam is the key to a streak-free, sun-kissed tan. Perfect for those with light to medium complexions, this award-winning self-tanner can be left on from one hour all the way up to six, helping you customise your perfect faux glow. A must-have for new and veteran tanners alike, Bondi Sands’ lightweight, salon-quality formula is enriched with aloe vera and an exotic coconut scent, leaving skin glowing and smelling like you’ve spent the week soaking up the sun at Bondi Beach.

Mecca Cosmetica To Save Face SPF50+ Facial Sunscreen

Designed with makeup wearers in mind, the Mecca Cosmetica’s To Save Face SPF50+ Facial Sunscreen is a luxe facial sunscreen with broad spectrum SPF50+ UVA and UVB protection. It is formulated with vitamin E, pycnogenol, sodium PCA, and glycerin to support the skin barrier, protect against free radical damage, hydrate the skin, restore elasticity, and reduce the signs of ageing. The chemical sunscreen delivers a natural matte, non-greasy finish, without any white cast. It’s so effective that one is sold every 60 seconds in Australia and New Zealand.

Frank Original Coffee Scrub

Frank’s Original Coffee Scrub is a must for prepping skin for the summer season. Featuring only natural, vegan, and good-for-you ingredients, the gentle exfoliator effectively buffs away dead skin cells to leave skin super soft with a delicious scent of orange mocha frappuccino. Utilising sea salt and robusta coffee beans, the Original Coffee Scrub stimulates blood flow and encourages collagen production, while also combating flakiness and tackling spots. Cold pressed sweet almond oil replenishes moisture, while vitamin E helps to gradually fade scars and stretch marks over time.

Straand Crown Fix Scalp Serum

This hydrating and protective scalp treatment is designed to relieve scalp stress caused by several factors, which can include braids, cornrows, hot tools, bleaches, and permanent colour treatments, as well as scalp conditions, including dry skin, itchiness, and dandruff. The Crown Fix Scalp Serum boasts a fast-drying formula that features two key active ingredients: Defenscalp and lactic acid. These work together to nourish the scalp microbiome and strengthen the skin barrier, while also clarifying the scalp and leaving roots hydrated, healthy, and protected against heat damage and future scalp stresses.

Ipsum Skin SPA Body Balm

Ipsum Skin’s Body Balm earns its place in spa-worthy skincare, thanks to its uplifting and aromatic melt-into-skin texture. With a blend of pure and organic mango seed butter, shea butter, jojoba oil, safflower oil, and apricot kernel oils, this rich balm delivers deep moisture, while natural vitamin C and gentle AHAs – sourced from Australian Davidson plum – refine and rejuvenate skin texture and tone. A fresh citrus fragrance with notes of vetiver, bergamot, lemon, grapefruit, and Australian sandalwood uplifts the senses and amplifies a general sense of wellbeing.