Ecostore

Going to the Ecostore reminds me just how many chemical-​laden products we use everyday. I am not exactly an eco-​warrior but it can’t be good for us (or the environment) to clean everything we wear, eat off, & sleep in with that stuff. Plus, if we’re going to embrace this whole «clean eating» thing we probably shouldn’t ingest the stuff off our fork or through our pores.
Ok. Rant over.
What’s great about the Ecostore is that, they actually work. Not like some of that other hippy-​loving stuff. We’ve been using their dishwashing liquid, powder and body wash in our house for a couple of years now and everything always comes out squeaky clean. I don’t know if I’ll be giving up my heavy duty chemical oven cleaner or bathroom cleaner anytime soon, but it’s a start.
Yes, you can get a limited range of their products from the supermarket but their store is wonderful. They have a much wider range (including a great range for bubs) and other brands too. You can also refill your containers for a cheaper price!
For me, these guys have not only made being eco-​friendly a breeze but cost-​effective too. Noiice work, Ecostore!

If you’re wondering exactly what that delicious clean smell is when you enter the shop, just head towards their homemade soap section. It’s inevitably the lemongrass bar. And trust me, it smells just as delicious when you lather it up in the shower in the morning. It also wakes you up a treat.
This place is great for eco-​warriors as they have all of the Eco Store products under one roof. They sell these products in Countdown but on nowhere near this sort of scale. I didn’t even know they made the majority of these things: everything from shampoo and conditioner to baby products to washing up liquid and laundry powder. The list is endless. I also love that they have a vast range of natural make-​up, which you never usually see in stores like this. It really is a great little place for people that want to be environmentally friendly but either don’t have the time or the patience to shop in a whole load of places for all of it. It’s all conveniently here under one roof.

I have slightly mixed feelings about Ecostore: on one hand, yes, great they are making cleaning products that have significantly less impact on the environment than most other products; on the other hand, almost everything is still packaged in plastic bottles (although they’re trying out ways to include recycled plastic in these). You can also bring some of your bottles in for re-​filling here, although I suppose if you’re driving here to get one bottle refilled the environmental benefits of doing so are probably not great.
The store here also sells a whole lot of other eco-​friendly house products, including Bokashi bins, which are great if you only have a small space for composting.

EcoStore is a shop where they mostly sell their own cleaning products, but also sell random ‘eco-​stuff’. eg: scrubbers, drink bottles, little wooden bike things, excellent/​probably boring books, candles, notebooks, garden stuff.
I like EcoStore based almost entirely on my moral principals.
It’s pretty much exactly how you would expect it to be. The kinda place designed and run by counter-​culture capitalists and as such features wooden floors and wooden everything else and a gentle, wilting, ambiance.
I really like the smell of the place. Smells extremely clean.
It’s also great how you can bring in your bucket/​empty cleaning product bottle and get it refilled.
I dunno, it’s hard to write a lot about a place that sells cleaning products. It is what it is. It’s good.

This is a really nice store, very natural like the products Eco Store sell. Come here to stock up on not just your Eco Store favourites but other natural skin care brands too. They also sell Ecoya candles. There is a great range of soaps here which are so much better for you skin as they are plant and mineral based.
You can also buy wooden natural things for your home and garden. I was also able to get my little dog some natural dog bones from here (he needs to be healthy too) and you can pick up biodegradable poop bags for your hound too. Eco Store is a nice store with nice products and staff, nice all round.