In case you missed the freezing cold morning’s memo, it’s winter in WA.
Days are getting cooler, half the office (or the household) is starting to sound suspiciously congested, and suddenly you’re breathing through your mouth reaching for whatever’s in the medicine cabinet.
For a lot of us, nasal inhalers and chest rubs are products we’ve grown up with. But while more people are reading labels and swapping synthetic ingredients out of their skincare, food and household products, the same scrutiny rarely extends to what we reach for when we’re feeling run down. The vapour rub sitting in most medicine cabinets has barely changed in decades, and most of us have never questioned what’s actually in it.
Enter Etto: a WA-based natural protection brand built around the idea that staying closer to nature’s original potency produces better results. Their formulations are evidence-informed and built on nature’s most active compounds – so what’s on the label is exactly what’s inside.
“There was something seriously wrong with one of Australia’s most popular products,” says founder Andrea Horwood. “Etto felt compelled to fix it.”
Forest Lungs is Etto’s petroleum-free, plant-based respiratory range, designed for those moments when winter catches up with you. The hero product is the just-launched Vapour Stick – a natural reimagining of the classic chest rub, free from petroleum and powered by ETTO’s superior cineole rich eucalyptus, grown and steam extracted in WA. It’s been reimagined into a go-anywhere stick designed for travel.
Also in the Forest Lungs range, the Forest Lungs Nasal Inhaler takes the same approach to congestion relief – built around pure botanical ingredients including Blue Mallee Eucalyptus, sustainably grown on Wajarri Country and steam-distilled to preserve the potency of 1,8-Cineole, the naturally occurring compound that gives eucalyptus its unmistakable character.
Both products are available at ettoaustralia.com, and the safe travel Jet Set Kit brings them all together if you’d like the full range on hand before the worst of winter arrives.
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