Real McArthur is a small Australian family business. Every product we make starts the same way: real Australian fruit, real organic ingredients, and no petroleum jelly, ever. Cruelty-free, inspired by nature, and made with nourishing ingredients — this page brings together our whole natural skincare range in one place.
Looking for organic skincare? Ours is made with certified organic paw paw and certified organic aloe vera juice as ingredients.
From Tom to Darren: one family, one set of ingredients
Darren McArthur is the son of Tom McArthur, known to thousands across Australia as the Paw Paw Man. Tom’s original paw paw formulations were featured on Today Tonight, and Darren continues them today, made with Tom’s blessing, from the family’s farm in the Northern Territory. Nothing about the family recipes has been outsourced or watered down — the same organic paw paw, the same honesty about what’s actually in the bottle, inspired by nature rather than a laboratory.
It took Darren over twenty years to get the McArthur Natural Products name back — his father held it first, and when the registration lapsed, Darren claimed it back for the family, to carry on and pass down.
Paw Paw Hand Cream & Magnesium Body Cream
A luxurious, everyday moisturiser for dry skin, hands, elbows, heels and feet — the whole family in one 200ml pump. The base is 60% organic paw paw extract and skin-loving magnesium chloride, on certified organic aloe vera juice instead of water. Blended through it: organic coconut oil, organic shea butter, organic cocoa butter, native quandong extract, Davidson plum, natural vitamin E, macadamia oil and organic camellia oil — nourishing ingredients found in nature, not a factory. Vegan and cruelty-free: no beeswax, no lanolin, no animal ingredients, never tested on animals, and never petroleum jelly.
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Paw Paw Face Cream with Hyaluronic Acid
A lighter face moisturiser built for the same honesty: 30% organic paw paw extract with hyaluronic acid, on a certified organic aloe vera base. It also carries organic Kakadu plum extract — one of the richest natural sources of vitamin C of any fruit on earth. Organic shea and cocoa butter add richness, with lavender, chamomile, ylang ylang and rose geranium for a natural aromatic finish. Cruelty-free and vegan, including plant-based hyaluronic acid — many brands use an animal-derived version, ours never does.
Kakadu Plum Capsules
140 capsules, Australian-grown, freeze-dried whole fruit — not a powder from overseas. Lab tested at 12.1% natural vitamin C, that’s 60mg of natural vitamin C in every 500mg capsule, more than an adult’s entire daily need of 45mg. Vitamin C contributes to normal immune system function, contributes to iron absorption from food, contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue, is necessary for normal blood vessel structure and function, and contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
Natural Unscented Paw Paw Soap
Handmade, vegan and cruelty-free, and the one product in our range we can call organic outright — not just the ingredients, the soap itself. A gentle, nourishing, everyday bar for the whole family.
Moringa Leaf Capsules
Grown on our own family farm in the Northern Territory, dried and encapsulated in Australia. Out of stock at the moment — back soon.
Why natural, not petroleum
Most well-known paw paw products on Australian shelves are built on a petroleum jelly base — they sit on the skin as a seal rather than sinking in. Every Real McArthur cream is built on certified organic aloe vera juice instead of water, with real fruit extract and nourishing plant oils doing the work, not petrolatum, paraffin or mineral oil. That’s a genuine, checkable difference in what’s on the ingredients label — inspired by nature, not a refinery.
Certified organic, cruelty-free, made in Australia
Like the leading Australian natural skincare brands, we lead with what’s actually true: certified organic ingredients, cruelty-free and vegan across the whole range, and every product made in Australia by our own family, in small batches, not mass-produced overseas.
Looking to invest in an Australian-made natural skincare business? Real McArthur is looking for investors to help us scale up production and reach more of Australia. Get in touch: [email protected]
Frequently Asked Questions
What natural skincare products does Real McArthur make?
A paw paw hand and body cream, a hyaluronic acid face cream, Kakadu plum vitamin C capsules, and an organic paw paw soap — all made in Australia.
Are Real McArthur products organic?
Key ingredients are certified organic — paw paw, aloe vera, coconut oil, shea butter, cocoa butter and Kakadu plum — and the soap can be called organic outright. Other ingredients, like the aromatic oils and vitamin E, are natural but not certified organic.
Is the range cruelty-free and vegan?
Yes — no beeswax, no lanolin, no animal ingredients, and never tested on animals across every product.
Does any product contain petroleum?
None. No petrolatum, no paraffin, no mineral oil, in any product in the range.
Where are the products made?
Made in Australia, by the McArthur family, from a farm in the Northern Territory, in small batches.
Which product is best for dry skin on the body?
The Paw Paw Hand Cream & Magnesium Body Cream — it’s built for hands, elbows, heels and feet, and doubles as an everyday hand cream.
Which product is best for the face?
The Paw Paw Face Cream with Hyaluronic Acid — lighter than the body cream, with hyaluronic acid and organic Kakadu plum for vitamin C.
How much vitamin C is in the Kakadu Plum Capsules?
60mg of natural vitamin C per 500mg capsule, lab tested at 12.1%, in 140 capsules per bottle — more than an adult’s full daily need in a single capsule.
Why We Built Our Natural Skincare Range on Organic Paw Paw
This section was its own article until 9 October 2026. It now lives here, in full.
When we started making skincare, we made one decision that shaped everything after it: the paw paw would be real, Australian, and from organic growers — or we wouldn’t make it at all.
Australia’s skincare fruit
Paw paw — known in many places as papaya — is a tropical fruit with soft golden flesh and a naturally nourishing reputation. For generations it has been part of Australia’s skincare story, in balms, creams and everyday care products. Organic paw paw is naturally rich in skin-loving compounds, including vitamins and antioxidants found in the fruit, and it’s valued in skincare for the way it helps support soft, smooth and comfortable-feeling skin. That’s why it has become such a trusted botanical ingredient in natural skincare — and why we built our whole range on it.
Real fruit, organic growers
The heart of every product we make is real Australian paw paw extract (also spelled pawpaw or papaw, and known as papaya, popo, or botanically Carica papaya) — not a powder shipped in from overseas, but fruit from Australian organic growers. That single choice is why the word “organic” means something on our labels instead of being decoration.
Where the organic ingredients show up
Look down our ingredients page and you’ll see it through the whole range:
- Certified organic aloe vera juice — used in place of the plain water most creams start with
- Certified organic paw paw (papaya) extract — the star of the show
- Certified organic coconut oil, organic camellia oil, certified organic cocoa and shea butters — the skin-loving support cast
- Native quandong extract — a uniquely Australian touch
And the whole formula carries less than 1% preservative — genuinely rare on today’s market.
What “natural skincare” means in practice
For us it’s simple tests, applied to every product: Is the base plant-derived, not petroleum? Is it vegan and cruelty-free — no beeswax, no honey, no animal ingredients? Are the ingredients listed openly, in full? Would we put it on our own family’s skin every day? If a product can’t pass all four, we don’t make it.
One philosophy, four products
- Paw Paw Magnesium Body Cream 200ml — our most popular product: organic-grower paw paw with magnesium and aloe, for everyday all-over moisturising
- Paw Paw Face Cream with Hyaluronic Acid 125ml — the facial specialist
- Natural Unscented Paw Paw Soap (Handmade 3-pack) — plant-based soap with no added fragrance
- Kakadu Plum Capsules — farm-grown Australian Kakadu plum powder in a capsule you can twist open and stir into a smoothie
Quick answers
Yes — our paw paw extract is certified organic, from Australian organic growers, alongside certified organic aloe vera juice and certified organic coconut oil — all listed openly.
“Natural” speaks to where ingredients come from (plants, not petroleum). “Organic” speaks to how they were grown. We aim for both, and we show our working on the ingredients page.
Yes — vegan and cruelty-free across the range: no animal ingredients at all.
In Australia.
Organic paw paw. Open labels. Australian made.
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