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About Us
Naturopath-formulated skincare for people who read ingredient lists
Beautiful | Simple | Safe | Healthy Skincare
What Makes Us Different?
We formulate differently.
No emulsifiers. No harsh preservatives. No endocrine-disrupting ingredients. No added fragrance.
Just skincare designed to support your skin barrier and microbiome rather than disrupt them.
I'm Sarah, a naturopath since 1999. I started making skincare because I couldn't find products I trusted - not for myself, not for my children, and not for my clients.
"After years of looking for a clean Australian skincare brand, I'm so glad I found Nubeean Noosa. My skin has never felt more healthy and supple." - Carla
"I'm so grateful for Sarah's incredibly thoughtful, personalised advice." - BlackSeed Kunzea Cleansing Oil Customer
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Why We Formulate Differently
Most skincare is the topical equivalent of processed junk food - designed to feel nice and sit stable on a shelf, not to actually support skin health.
Your skin is your body's largest organ. It deserves the same thoughtful care you give to what you eat and drink.
The best skincare supports what your skin is already trying to do - maintain its barrier, balance its microbiome, protect you from the outside world.
Every product we formulate starts with one question: what does skin actually need?
Not what feels luxurious in the jar.
Not what's trending on social media.
What does the science say about supporting healthy skin barrier function, a balanced skin microbiome, and genuine skin health?
Two realisations shaped our approach:
Preservatives don't stop working when they hit your skin. Conventional preservatives continue disrupting your skin's delicate microbial balance with every application.
Emulsifiers may be damaging your skin barrier. The same emulsifiers that compromise gut barrier integrity in food do similar damage to your skin barrier — washing out the lipids that hold it together.
We believe ingredients matter. How they're formulated matters. And what's left out matters just as much as what's included.
How it Started (yes there were goats!)
In 2015, we decided we wanted a seachange. We moved from Bondi in Sydney to the Noosa Hinterland on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
In 2019, we spent a year overseas - exploring the beaches of Cornwall, eating snow off mountains in Scotland, drinking real ale in traditional English pubs. Starting each day squelching through muddy fields to count sheep and cattle with a steaming mug of tea flipped a switch in our psyche.
While in the UK, Sarah discovered a skincare range based on fermented goat's milk that she loved. By the time we flew home to Australia, she'd made a decision: she was buying goats and making her own.
So she did. Miniature Nubians - a cross between Australian miniatures and Nubian goats. Phil had already started keeping bees with plans to use the honey and wax in the formulations.
Nubian goats + bees + Noosa = Nubeean Noosa.
The goats are still here (they're excellent at controlling lantana), but the fermented goat's milk skincare never happened.
What Sarah discovered during her research changed everything - and led to something better.
When we're not creating skincare, we're outside tending to bees, our miniature Nubian goats, or wildcrafting Centella and other herbs from our property. We're obsessed with microbiomes - of skin, gut, and soil.
The Science Behind Our Formulations
We never stop researching. The ingredient pages on this site exist because we genuinely love diving into the science — from copper peptides to bakuchiol to why squalane works so beautifully for sensitive skin.
If you're the kind of person who reads PubMed abstracts for fun, you're in the right place.
Explore our ingredients:
Squalane - the oil your skin already knows
Bakuchiol - the gentle retinol alternative
Vitamin C - stable, effective, no irritation
Copper Peptides (GHK-Cu) - skin regeneration from within
Niacinamide - barrier support and more
Centella Asiatica - wildcrafted from our property
Clean Formulation Standards
No emulsifiers - ever.
We formulate two types of products: anhydrous (water-free) oil-based products and separate water-based products. Never mixed together. This means no emulsifiers are needed - and your skin barrier stays intact.
No harsh preservatives.
Our water-based products use a probiotic-based preservative system (lactobacillus ferment) combined with finger-free packaging that prevents contamination. A gentler approach that works with your skin microbiome rather than against it.
No endocrine-disrupting ingredients.
We carefully screen every ingredient to ensure nothing interferes with your hormonal system.
No added fragrance.
You'll notice the natural scent of the ingredients themselves - nothing artificial, nothing masking what's really in the bottle.
No compromise.
Small batches, made by hand in the Noosa Hinterland. 100% Australian owned and made.
Your skin gets active ingredients without the daily disruption to your skin barrier and microbiome that conventional products cause.