MooGoo is searching for a pretty face as "Cow Ambassador." 

We need a pretty and well behaved cow. Hopefully no tantrums from the new face. Unfortunately, no caviar or champagne either. But lots of MooGoo for the winning photographer.

Click on "Photocomp" above to see the current wannabes. Photos can be sent to: supercows@moogoo.com.au

(We have some great new photos this week!).

Cows Don't Need Gimmicks. They Want Healthy Udders!

MooGoo was first made when the founder adapted a cream used in dairy farms to help a family member with a skin problem. The original "Udder Cream" was designed to heal the udders and keep them in good condition for milking. It was full of skin repair ingredients, and no gimmicks. Cows don't care too much about the latest fad in skin care, or even "Organic blends of Horsetail and Bergamot..." They do need healthy skin.

The original cream used in the dairy farms was legendary for its skin healing properties, but was thick and greasy. This cream was modified by the founder to make it light and non-greasy, but kept all of the skin healing properties.

Friends and neighbours started using the creams. It is amazing just how many people came out of the woodwork that had either very sensitive skin, or some sort of problem for which "nothing works". Since then, many other products have been added for people with sensitive skin and MooGoo was born.

Every product we have was made for our own use or for friends or family. We add the full concentration of ingredients we know are needed to help the skin or the scalp. MooGoo does not use gimmick ingredients and marketing, or cheap filling ingredients.

Different Labels...Same Ingredients.

Anyone who looks at the  ingredients in most products marketed for sensitive skin or skin problems will notice they use virtually the same formulas, and so have the same results. Changing brands of skin care will not help a problem if the ingredients are largely unchanged.

The cheapest way to make a moisturising cream is to use Paraffin Oil, also called Mineral Oil, which is derived from petroleum. This oil is used in almost all commercial skin care creams. Paraffin Oil creams include Sorbolene, Aqueous Creams, and most other creams available in pharmacy, including Vitamin E creams and similar products.

Commercial bath oils that claim to be for children and for Eczema are often Paraffin Oil based. This leaves a film of petroleum based oil on the skin after washing.

The link between poorly refined mineral oil and health problems such as eczema is well documented in various peer reviewed studies. For more info click here for a study done by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.  

The following study found that "Analyses of mineral oils used for medicinal and cosmetic purposes reveal the presence of several carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons." Click here for link to the full report.

Why do Many Washing Products Irritate?

...even those labeled  "For Sensitive Skin" or Eczema ?

Why is Sodium Laureth Sulphate used in almost all commercial washing products, despite its irritation potential? This includes most pharmacy products labeled for 'Sensitive Skin' or Eczema.  The answer is because it is the cheapest, and it can be warehoused for years. Just add water and salt (to thicken), design a nice label with a few trendy ingredients on the front, and voilla! A cheap, creamy shampoo or body wash. 

For people with sensitive skin, much more gentle cleansers could be used. In fact, there are cleansers like ours that don't irritate the skin any more than water.  They only cost a few cents more per wash. They are natural too, Capric Glucoside is made from Glucose, not petroleum. Being natural, they are slightly harder to formulate and cannot be kept in storage for years like petroleum ingredients.

When we made our products for our own family's use, we used the mildest cleansers we could find anywhere.  It has been amazing what a difference this has made to everyone's skin here at MooGoo. 

What Does "Dermatologically Tested"  or "Approved by Dermatologists" Mean?

"Active Ingredients". But What About the Other 99% of the Ingredients?

Many products list only the "Active Ingredients".  Active ingredients can be whatever the manufacturer chooses. Usually something that sounds nice such as "Vitamin E" or "Wheat germ" will be claimed as the active, even though there may be only a tiny amount in the overall product. If a "Vitamin E Cream" says: "Active: Vitamin E  - 1mg/g",  there is only 1/1000 Vitamin E in the formula, but this is the only ingredient we will see on the label. 

The remainder is often Mineral Oil and Water, but these will not be on the list of ingredients at all. 

Why should we take a lottery with 99% of the ingredients in some skin care products? For people with allergies, how are they able to identify the ingredients they may react with? We believe that people have a right to know all of the ingredients in their skin care, the same as when purchasing food.

Hello Ladies!

Natural Scare-Mongering. We don't want to be a website that claims everything not natural is dangerous. Sometimes science can concentrate the beneficial effects from natural ingredients. However, we do feel that some skin care products contain ingredients that are not healthy or not good for our skin. These are used because they are cheaper and easier to manufacture than natural ingredients. Often there are much better natural alternatives and that is what we use.

Using the internet, virtually everything can be found to "cause cancer" or cause harm without any proper research shown in support. Every claim such as "Ingredient -  Linked to Cancer" should reference at least one proper unbiased scientific study. One way to find legitimate studies is to use www.scholar.google.com. Whenever the phrase "well known to cause...[insert bad effect here]" is used, it is worth being skeptical and look for the research papers to support the claim.

When you pay extra for organic products, how can you be sure they’re genuinely organic?

Water is a "Certified Organic" ingredient under most schemes. If 75% of the formulation is water, then a "Certified Organic" product is not hard to achieve and means little. Organically grown ingredients are a very small percentage of the total formulation and not enough to make a difference, except to price. Recent surveys have found only a few products have genuine independent organic accreditation.

There are some good organic products, but we urge people to do some research before taking the label on face value.

Anonymous "Organic" Shampoo.

 Ingredients:  Purified Water, Sea Salt, Suttocide (sugar cane derived), Vegetable Glycerine, Lavender Oil, Aloe Vera Gel, Sodium Salt of Laureth2 (coconut/palm derivative), Coco Betaine (coconut derivative),Coco Diethanolamine (coconut oil derivative), Jojoba Oil, Vitamin E, Grape Seed Extract, Organic Blend of Herbs: Nettle, Chamomile, Burdock, Rose Hip, Horsetail, Lavender Extract.

The two major ingredients by weight in this shampoo are likely to be Water and Sodium Laureth Sulphate (Coconut Oil blended with an extract distilled from Crude Oil). This information can be found using any formulation guide. The more "natural" looking ingredients are added to the start and end of the label.  Any oil and Aloe Gel added to a shampoo will kill the foam, so this implies these are added at token amounts at best. This is a supermarket style shampoo formula rebranded as "Organic".

 Australian Cosmetic Labelling Guidelines state that ingredients should be listed in order of concentration but this is difficult to enforce.

Example : One of the Largest Selling 'Natural" Shampoos in Australia

HAIR & BODY CLEANSER 500ml

Ingredients: Coconut & Olive Oil, Vegetable Glycerin. Unique blend of herbals & wildflowers including chamomile, rosemary & sandalwood fragrances, chlorophyll.

This should be an oil, yet it somehow forms a shampoo. A miracle? Why don't we go to the kitchen and wash our hair in olive oil and flowers? Because our hair would be an oily mess. Glycerin is only a clear and sticky non foaming humecant.

How to Spot Missing Ingredients.

1. If the first ingredients listed sound like an elfin herb garden, chances are the real ingredients are being hidden from you further down.

2. When water and oils are combined in skin care products, ingredients are needed to keep them fresh. If there are no preservation ingredients shown on the label, then the product will become contaminated wth bacteria very quickly. The bacteria cannot be seen or smelt. A poorly preserved cream can cause serious skin infection and eye damage if used on the face.

Note: MooGoo creams have been independently tested to ensure they remain pure and uncontaminated for at least two years. when stored below 30 Degrees Celsius.This is a called a "Challenge Test. It is not a compulsory test in Australia.

At MooGoo we list our ingredients in order of weight. We use all of our products on our own bodies.

Natural Ingredients and Allergies - Patch Test Your Products!

Many people are allergic to fruits, nuts, milk and other natural ingredients. Virtually nobody is allergic to Cola. This does not mean that Cola is good for our health and fruit is bad. The reason is that our bodies have not had the time to develop the wrong immune response (develop an allergy) to synthetic ingredients.

If you are prone to allergies, patch test all natural products on a small area of skin first. Once this is done, natural products like ours are generally much better for our health.

MooGoo is natural and does not need to be tested on any animals.

Does High Price = Quality

"I Simply Won't Buy a Cream For Less Than $50" : It is tempting to believe that when spending more on skincare products, we are taking "better care" of our skin. To some extent this is true. There are many cheap creams that are of very poor quality. However, there is also a marketing strategy of pricing creams expensively for no reason other than to increase sales to the high end market. For example a "restoration" cream priced at $US155.00 for 250ml (yes - we find that hard to believe as well! ). The major ingredients are :Water, Squalene, Glycerin (present in natural soap), Glyceryl Stearate (emollient), Avocado Oil (good and relatively cheap), Cyclomethicone (helps the feel of the cream) and Petrolatum (petroleum biproduct). Other ingredients are in minor quantities. This cream is around 75% water and not terribly expensive to make. However, if people want to spend that much, there will be plenty of companies happy to take the money.

The ingredients in our creams are some of the most expensive available, and we use them in high concentrations. However, we are still able to cover costs while keeping the price affordable for everyday use.

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We usually post orders within 24 hours for only $6.90 anywhere in Australia.

At the completion of choosing your products, you can choose to pay by credit card, Paypal, or Direct Deposit using Internet banking.  

Due to the cost of air-freight we are not doing over-seas orders at this time.