Have you heard of Kakadu Plum? Finger Lime and Lemon Myrtle? 
Australian botanical ingredients are popping up all over beauty land. So what do they actually do for our skin and should we be using them? 
On today's episode of Ask An Expert Shazzy sits down with Dr Niyati Sharma to talk through five native ingredients that you've probably seen in your moisturisers, serum and mists.  
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CREDITS:
Host: Sharron Hunt
With Thanks To: Dr Niyati Sharma
Producer: Mikayla Floriano
Audio Production: Leah Porges 
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