Organic and ingredient-led
An organic body scrub of eight food-grade ingredients, with no SLS, no synthetic fragrance and nothing you cannot recognise
For anyone who reads ingredient lists, the best body scrub is one with a short, recognisable list of certified-organic ingredients and none of the fillers. Sippo Mint Condition is eight food-grade ingredients, sugar, salt, three plant oils, matcha, cacao and peppermint, with no SLS, no synthetic fragrance and no plastic microbeads. Every one earns its place and we can tell you why. Used two to three times a week, it smooths, hydrates and brightens. It is genuinely clean cosmetic care, not a marketing claim.
Clean is one of the most abused words in skincare, slapped on products with a long tail of synthetic ingredients underneath. The honest version is simple: a short list of real, recognisable ingredients you could read aloud, sourced organic, with the common irritants and fillers left out. Mint Condition is exactly that, eight food-grade ingredients, each chosen for a reason we can defend, and this page walks through all of them.
Written and reviewed by Dan Bartley, co-founder of Sippo · Last reviewed June 2026The pick
matcha mint body scrub
How it compares
| What clean should actually mean | Sippo Mint Condition | Conventional |
|---|---|---|
| Short, recognisable ingredient list | Yes, eight food-grade ingredients | Often long lists with fillers |
| Certified organic | Yes | Sometimes, or only partly |
| SLS and harsh detergents | None | Common, even in 'natural' scrubs |
| Synthetic fragrance | None, scent from real ingredients | Very common |
| Plastic microbeads | Never, sugar and salt instead | Still in many scrubs |
| Vegan and cruelty free | Yes | Variable |
| Made in Australia, small batch | Yes, hand-blended in Sydney | Usually mass-produced offshore |
What's inside, and why
Found in: Mint Condition body scrubWell establishedCamellia sinensis
The antioxidant active. Matcha is a green tea, carrying the catechins like EGCG that are among the most-studied topical skin antioxidants (Katiyar et al., 2001), the kind of active usually found only in face products.
Found in: Mint Condition body scrubWell establishedCocos nucifera
Food-grade and barrier-supporting, with reduced water loss versus mineral oil in a controlled trial (Evangelista et al., 2014). One of three plant oils doing the moisturising, so there is no need for synthetic emollients.
Found in: Mint Condition body scrubWell establishedSimmondsia chinensis
So close to your skin's own sebum it conditions without clogging pores (Pazyar et al., 2013). A clean, single-ingredient oil where many products use a blend of synthetics.
Found in: Mint Condition body scrubWell establishedSaccharum officinarum
Unrefined whole-cane sugar, a natural exfoliant whose molasses carries gentle AHAs (Tang & Yang, 2018), and the reason there are no plastic microbeads in the formula.
How it adapts
| Target | How it solves it | Key ingredient | What you'll notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wanting a list you can read aloud | Eight recognisable food-grade ingredients | The whole formula | Nothing you cannot pronounce |
| Avoiding SLS and detergents | None used, oils cleanse and condition | Three plant oils | No stripping, no irritation |
| Avoiding synthetic fragrance | Scent comes from real ingredients | Peppermint, cacao, matcha | A clean, real scent |
| Avoiding plastic microbeads | Sugar and salt do the exfoliating | Rapadura + pink salt | No plastic down the drain |
| Wanting certified-organic care | Organic, food-grade ingredients | All eight | Clean you can actually verify |
| Caring how it is made | Hand-blended in small batches in Sydney | Made in Australia | Local, not mass-produced offshore |
Routine pairings
If clean ingredients matter on your skin, they matter in your cup too.
mandarin berry hibiscus tea
Good Times is our most ingredient-dense tea: acai, hibiscus, hawthorn, goji, mandarin peel, raspberry leaf and rose petals, all organic, with no added sugar and no added flavours. The same short-list, real-ingredient thinking, in a glass.
See Good TimesPeople also ask
A short, honest list. It is eight food-grade ingredients you would recognise, all certified organic, with no SLS, no synthetic fragrance, no plastic microbeads and no fillers. We can give you a reason for every single one, which is the test most products labelled 'clean' quietly fail.
The ingredients are certified organic and food-grade where it counts. The scent comes from the real peppermint, cacao and matcha in the blend rather than added fragrance, and there is nothing on the label put there purely to bulk it out.
Because they are unnecessary and they pollute waterways. Plenty of scrubs still use polyethylene beads to exfoliate; we use unrefined sugar and pink salt, which work just as well, dissolve harmlessly and are food-grade. It is a small choice that keeps plastic out of the water.
What 'clean' should mean, in depth
Neither word is regulated in cosmetics, so they get used freely, often on products whose ingredient lists tell a different story underneath the front-of-pack claim. A scrub can say natural and still contain SLS, synthetic fragrance, synthetic emollients and plastic microbeads. The only reliable test is the ingredient list itself: how short is it, how many of the names do you recognise, and can the brand explain why each one is there. A genuinely clean product welcomes that scrutiny.
Mint Condition is built to pass that test with eight food-grade ingredients. Rapadura sugar and pink salt exfoliate, replacing plastic microbeads, with the sugar's natural AHAs giving a gentle chemical assist (Tang & Yang, 2018). Coconut, jojoba and almond oils moisturise instead of synthetic emollients, with coconut shown to support the barrier (Evangelista et al., 2014) and jojoba conditioning like your own sebum (Pazyar et al., 2013). Matcha and cacao bring real antioxidants, the catechins in green tea being well studied on skin (Katiyar et al., 2001). And peppermint oil gives the cooling finish and clean scent, so there is no synthetic fragrance. Eight ingredients, four jobs, nothing for filler.
Clean is also about what happens after it goes down the drain. Plastic microbeads, still used in many scrubs, wash into waterways and do not break down, which is why they have been banned in several countries. Using unrefined sugar and pink salt instead means the exfoliant dissolves harmlessly. Add the small-batch, made-in-Sydney production, the vegan and cruelty-free status, and the absence of SLS and synthetic fragrance, and clean stops being a front-of-pack word and becomes something you can actually verify, line by line.
Katiyar, S. K., Afaq, F., Perez, A., & Mukhtar, H. (2001). Green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate treatment of human skin inhibits ultraviolet radiation-induced oxidative stress. Carcinogenesis, 22(2), 287-294. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/22.2.287
Direct evidence that topical EGCG reduces UV-induced oxidative stress in human skin. Used a purified EGCG preparation, not a sugar scrub; cited for the antioxidant mechanism.
Evangelista, M. T. P., Abad-Casintahan, F., & Lopez-Villafuerte, L. (2014). The effect of topical virgin coconut oil on SCORAD index, transepidermal water loss, and skin capacitance in mild to moderate pediatric atopic dermatitis. International Journal of Dermatology, 53(1), 100-108. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.12339
Topical virgin coconut oil reduced transepidermal water loss and improved skin hydration versus mineral oil (mean SCORAD reduction 68% vs 38%). Population was paediatric atopic dermatitis, not the general body-skin user; cited for the barrier and hydration mechanism.
Pazyar, N., Yaghoobi, R., Ghassemi, M. R., Kazerouni, A., Rafeie, E., & Jamshydian, N. (2013). Jojoba in dermatology: A succinct review. Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia, 148(6), 687-691.
Reviews jojoba's close similarity to human sebum, its non-comedogenic conditioning, and anti-inflammatory action. Review-level evidence, not a single large trial.
Tang, S.-C., & Yang, J.-H. (2018). Dual effects of alpha-hydroxy acids on the skin. Molecules, 23(4), 863. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23040863
Supports the AHA exfoliation mechanism. Discusses AHAs at formulation strengths above what raw rapadura sugar delivers, so the page applies the mechanism, not the magnitude.
Keep exploring
Eight organic ingredients, zero filler, nothing to hide. Try it for 30 days, on us if you're not convinced.
Shop the range
Join the ritual
Your code is on its way, along with the small daily moments worth keeping.
A little welcome gift
Give the wheel a spin to reveal your welcome offer. Works on your first subscription order, tea or scrub.
For fun, every spin lands on our 45% welcome offer, so you cannot lose.
You won 45% off
Pop your details in and your code appears on the next step, ready to use today.
Please add your first name and a valid email.
Applies to your first subscription order. No noise, just good things, unsubscribe any time.
Here's 45% off your first subscription order. We've emailed it too.
SIPPO45
Start shopping
