Born and bred in Newcastle Australia, Love Beauty Foods makes it easy to live more consciously by offering safe, natural and organic essentials that have minimal impact on the planet. We chat to the brains trust Gabby and Will about their philosophy and the future vision for LBF.

Tell us about the origins of Love Beauty Foods and why you do what you do.

Love Beauty Foods was created by us (Gabby and Will) in the home beach town where we grew up – Newcastle, Australia.

In our early adulthood, experienced separately, we both lived in big cities. With high-pressure jobs and chaotic social obligations we each felt overwhelmed and exhausted by the city hustle. Burnt-out, our lives paralleled as we each sought more balance and found our way back to our shared coastal hometown, Newcastle. This is when we met and connected over a shared deep love for the raw natural world. With more time off-grid, and practices that helped to ground us, we slowly began transforming our lives and started mixing natural beauty concoctions in our tiny flat by the beach.

Our purpose is really to help communities live more consciously by offering safe, natural and organic essentials that have minimal impact on the planet. It is also extremely important to us to give back to our earth that we love so much, which is why we are proud to be partnered with 1% for the Planet, with each sale contributing to the protection and conservation of our natural world and its wildlife.

Our products are made with the purest, nutrient-dense ingredients carefully sourced from local and organic growers and lovingly packaged in recycled materials. Every product is packaged in glass or aluminium and is zero waste, with an emphasis on upcycling.

You make everything in Australia, tell us a little more about that process?

We manufacture everything from our warehouse in the beachside town of Redhead (20 mins from Newcastle) Australia! We are proud to have an intimate connection with the entire process of bringing our products to life, from the growers who we source ingredients from all the way to how we formulate and package our products to retain nutrients and optimise efficacy. We feel really connected to our products and can put all our efforts into ensuring they are lovingly made to the highest quality.

What is involved in LBF’s 1% for the Planet Initiative?

We are so proud to be a part of the 1% for the Planet initiative. One percent of all our sales go to the preservation and restoration of the natural environment as well as providing support for projects working with Indigenous ranger groups. We know everything we make has an impact on the planet and we want to protect and reinforce it to be enjoyed by many future generations. We have elected to support three conservation efforts through our 1% For the Planet alliance: Australian Marine Conservation Society, Karrkad Kanjdji Trust & Greenfleet.

You love the outdoors – what’s your favourite place to set up camp?

That’s a hard one, we have so many. We love Treachery at Seal Rocks as it’s only an hour and half north from where we live and work so we can leave on a Friday afternoon and be there by early evening. It’s a nice remote spot with lots of native bushland, animals and incredible beaches.