Down To Earth was founded in 1997 by Dr Rees, a qualified medical herbalist, as a environmentally conscious company using botanical raw ingredients, like the indigenous African Potato from the rolling fields of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa, to prepare high quality health products.
Why our customer love our products

Founded in France in 1991 and based in Europe. Conducts inspections in over 80 countries, making it one of the largest organic certification organizations in the world. Ensures products contain no health risks or harmful ingredients such as petrochemicals, parabens or synthetic fragrances.

Our products contain only the most pure and potent ingredients, both natural and certified organic. The herb, plant and oil extracts in our formulations provide an array of nutrients to feed the skin and healing properties to actively treat people with muscle and joint pain and skin conditions.

Effective natural remedies using powerful indigenous African plants and herbs that survive the harsh African conditions to deliver concentrated and potent healing abilities.

Peace of mind because our products are safe for young and old even for use during pregnancy. They are pH balanced, preservative free and the essential oils used are diluted below 5%.
What our users say

What’s so special about African Potato Products?
The African Potato has been used widely for centuries as a traditional medicine, or “muthi,” in the southern regions of Africa. Phytosterols or plant-sterols, which are natural compounds found in plants, fruits and vegetables is highly concentrated in the African Potato extract. The African Potato phytosterols help balance the body’s immune response while constraining the activity of those that may cause inflammation. Research shows that phytosterols have anti-inflammatory abilities similar to artificial steroid medicine cortisone, but without the negative side-effects.

How Down To Earth African Potato Cream Can Help You?
Muscle & joint pain
Swelling & stiffness
Sprains & strains
Sunburn & minor burns
Eczema, acne, rashes & psoriasis
Bed sores, warts & scars
Stretch marks & dry skin
Varicose veins
Tennis elbow
Arthritis & Gout

Why should I use Down To Earth Products?
Down to Earth’s products are manufactured by specialists in organic and natural skincare under clinical conditions with certified quality assurance audited as part of the ECOCERT accreditation process. ECOCERT is the largest organic certification organisation in the world.
Our products are vegan-friendly (except limited use of beeswax in our African Potato Cream) and listed on the Vegan South Africa directory and comply with their strict listing criteria.
Down to Earth products are listed and endorsed on the humane guide of the Beauty Without Cruelty (BWC), an animal rights organisation that endorses products that are not tested on animals.
How are Down To Earth Products derived?
Our manufacturing facility is one of few facilities in South Africa that has been audited under the ECOCERT accreditation. To ensure the highest quality of products, every ingredient used in is certified organic. Moreover, we avoid using ingredients prohibited by ECOCERT:
• Petrochemicals eg. PEG, petrolatum, mineral oil, petroleum jelly and paraffin wax
• Ethanolamines eg. DEA, TEA, MEA
• Sulphated surfactants eg. SLS, SLES
• Parabens
• Phthalathes in “parfum” or “fragrance”
• Artificial colours or dyes