Our Story

+ Our Story

Our story opens several years ago, when our founder was learning to talk. “Angelique” is a bit of a mouthful for a toddler, so she came up with “Neek”. She didn’t know it at the time, but Neek wasn’t just coining her nickname – she was also creating the name of an Australian natural skincare company.

BODY AND SOUL

At NEEK Skin Organics, ethics, and an awareness of our responsibility to our animal friends and to the planet, play a central role in all our business decisions. In many ways, they’re our raison d'etre (a fancy-pants way of saying they’re the most important reason for our existence) 

That’s why NEEK is proudly all-vegan, all-natural, and cruelty-free. We want to empower you to make ethical choices around purchasing and consuming, so you can do your part to look after the planet and our furred and feathered co-habitants. As an added bonus, you’ll also enjoy products that are great for your skin – and that actually work!

NEEK IS TESTED ON SISTERS, NOT ANIMALS

Like you, at NEEK we’re against animal testing. So growing up, our founder Angelique smothered her two sisters (never her brother ?) in natural oils and foodstuffs as she experimented with different combinations.

Nowadays, we take a rather more scientific approach to testing. But we still test our natural makeup and skincare range on people’s sisters, and not on our animal friends.

CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT?  HERE’S HOW WE’RE DOING OUR PART…

You’ll be pleased to learn that our preference for natural and vegan products means that a nature-friendly approach comes naturally to NEEK. Not only do we avoid nasty, synthetic chemicals – we also use sustainable, recycled and recyclable packaging, and keep outer packaging to a minimum to reduce waste. We also send our orders out in plastic-free compostable satchels - so you can enjoy guilt-free beauty products that work.

HAVE SENSITIVE SKIN? YOU’LL LOVE NEEK…

NEEK founder Angelique only had to think about parabens for her face to blow up, so she quickly learned which ingredients to avoid, and experimented with creating her own cleansers, moisturisers, and more.

It soon became apparent that what your skin needs is simple, so simple, it can be found in nature without harming bees, sheep or bunnies?  While the folk in white lab coats still play an essential role at NEEK, they’re not busy inventing more things for you to be allergic to. Instead, we create makeup and skincare products from natural, active ingredients. These scientifically-proven ingredients are so natural, you could spread them on your toast in the morning (though we don’t claim they’d be delicious). But even better, the ingredients we use are essential for skin health, and help slow your skin’s aging process.

NATURAL PRODUCTS THAT DON’T SMELL LIKE PORRIDGE

NEEK’s product range is made from truly natural, vegan ingredients. And while they may be natural, NEEK products aren’t brown, and they don’t smell like porridge. Instead, our range is full of beautiful shades and scents, presented in pretty eco packaging that we hope you’ll love as much as we do.

We currently have a range of natural vegan lipsticks and the first products of our skincare range.  Stay tuned though as we have loads in the pipeline. 

DISCOVER PRODUCTS THAT NURTURE YOUR BODY, AND KEEP YOU BEAUTIFUL

Want to enjoy guilt-free beauty products, and look after your skin and the environment? At NEEK, that’s what we’re all about.

WE'VE GOT CREDENTIALS!

NEEK are very focused on making products that are not only kind to us, but to animals and the environment. Our products are formulated with organic chemists and made to Eco-cert standards and are accredited as VEGAN and CRUELTY-FREE BY CCF.   We are conscious of choosing recyclable and sustainable options in everything that we do. We limit the use of plastic and over packaging and waste, as much as possible, within the standard retail regulations.  We use compostable courier satchels for sending orders and operate as a paper-free organisation.

Mission Statement

As the founder of NEEK, we’ve been on a mission for the past five years to make it an easy-peasy-no-brainer for people to adopt a cleaner, greener and more effective beauty regime.

This transition has more and more of us now replacing:

  • toxic products with plant-based, human-friendly ones
  • skin-damaging ingredients with skin lovin’ ones
  • animal cruelty testing with animal-friendly ones
  • non-eco practices with environmentally sustainable ones
  • ineffective beauty regimes with ones that work!
+ Our Mission

 

As the founder of NEEK, I’ve been on a mission for the past five years to make it an easy-peasy-no-brainer for people to adopt a cleaner, greener and more effective beauty regime.

This transition has more and more of us now replacing:

  • toxic products with plant-based, human-friendly ones
  • skin-damaging ingredients with skin lovin’ ones
  • ineffective beauty regimes with ones that work
  • animal cruelty testing with animal-friendly ones
  • products from miles away to locally made ones
  • fluffy claims and complex labels to transparent simple ones
  • non-eco practices with environmentally sustainable ones
  • ineffective beauty regimes with ones that work

Angelique

 

NEEK’s goal is to inspire and show people how simple and fulfilling it is to look after your skin and wellbeing with products that are kind to you, our animals, and the planet.

We also want to educate people about clean beauty and how it can be just as sexy and effective (often better) than some of the most notable luxury cosmetic brands we covet.

We create long-term value through sustainability

Sustainability is a priority for NEEK and our product strategy is guided by the following key-decision making factors:

  • the environmental impact of production
  • product effectiveness
  • how our products look and feel
  • product durability
  • how our products will be recycled, reused and upcycled

When it comes to waste reduction, we walk the talk

NEEK is committed to reducing waste, regenerative sourcing, reuse and upcycling. Implementing our waste reduction strategy into our everyday practices, we’ve:

  • developed multi-purpose products to help you buy and waste less
  • designed refillable high-quality bamboo packaging for our cosmetic products
  • helped to increase our rate of recycling (while also rewarding our customers) by offering a discount upon return of NEEK packaging.

More on our eco-approach

We are laser-focused on making products that are kind to the environment. We’re also conscious about choosing recyclable and sustainable options in everything that we do, both personally and as a business.

Our products are vegan and are accredited by CCF. We limit the use of plastic, over-packaging and waste as much as possible, within the standard retail regulations. Operating to our fullest extent as a paperfree organisation, all NEEK courier satchels are also compostable.

Each of our lipstick tube outers is made from 100% bamboo and we use aluminium rather than plastic for the inner refillable bullet. The inner claw, weighing less than a gram, is made from recycled plastic.