The Sunday Telegraph

Banalasta Eucalyptus Soap ($4.50) is, they tell us, infused with eucalyptus radiata, macadamia nut oil and lavender oil. Koalas should love you. Then there’s the Tea Tree Ointment ($8.50) for cuts, bites and stings. Which is nice too. From Seventh Sense, call (02) 9211 7840.

Good Medicine

If you love all things Australian, then give yourself a treat with a range of face and body products that contain unique eucalyptus oil from Australia’s Banalasta Oil Plantation.

Banalasta is the world’s largest plantation of Eucalyptus Radiata Australiana with more than one million trees. It produces one of the world’s finest and most aromatic eucalyptus oils, considered to be the highest quality for aromatherapy treatments.

Soothing Relief

Banalasta’s new scratch ‘n bite is a natural, gentle and effective way to sooth and heal those everyday cuts, abrasions, insect bites and stings. Specially formulated in Australia for its excellent anti-microbial and anti-fungal properties, scratch ‘n bite contains Banalasta’s tee-tree and eucalyptus oils, plus Australian rosalina oil (lavender scented tea-tree oil) and chamomile oil.

This special formula, which has a pleasant and refreshing fragrance, has been researched extensively and shown to have excellent healing properties to provide systematic relief from minor cuts, abrasions, insect bites and stings, mild acne and athletes foot.

In a no-waste, dropper bottle that controls the flow of the oil for direct application to the affected site, scratch ‘n bite is available at Woolworths for about $5.95.

Moisture Plus

Discover Banalasta’s luxurious moisturising creams: Natural Hydrating Day Cream, $27.50, and Natural Hydrating Night Cream, $19.95.

Banalasta products are guaranteed to be free of petrochemicals and mineral oil based ingredients, artificial colours and preservatives. Also, products are not tested on animals.

Come Clean

If you have sensitive skin, choose Banalasta’s Natural Eucalyptus soap with crushed eucalyptus leaf, $4.50. This aromatic soap also contains macadamia-nut and lavender oils, to produce a rich lathering soap providing deep cleansing.

Breathe Easy

For the gentle relief of the systems of cold and flu, such as congestions, blocked noses, coughs and wheezing, Banalasta’s Natural Eucalyptus chest rub, $9.95, is very effective with no overpowering vapours.