Living in this fast-paced world can be really hard at times. Our lives are occupied with so many things such as work and school. We have so many things going on in our lives that we forget about the environment. It is also our responsibility to protect it by making good choices.
Skincare is of the things are contributes to my daily routine. I find it important to ensure that my skin is healthy. However, making the right choices when selecting skincare products is just as important. We should all work towards protecting our environment by opting for sustainable skincare products instead. Let’s look at some skincare brands that have contributed to sustaining the environment.
Glow Recipe
With its mission to reduce their impact on the environment and challenged themselves to be more eco-conscious, Glow Recipe is always practising ways to minimise their environmental footprint via three ways!
The skincare brand is using eco-conscious packaging for their products. They are constantly looking for ways to cut down on their packaging and using more sustainable materials instead. Now, their jars use 20% recycled glass and their cartons are 100% recyclable – made with PEFC-certified recycled paper, free of acid and heavy metals and printed with soy-based ink.
Apart from their packaging, their products are also made using clean ingredients. Furthermore, they source these ingredients responsibly to ensure low impact on our environment. Finally, Glow Recipe is also working with Climate Neutral in hopes to be Climate Neutral Certified by next year! You can purchase their products from Sephora stores (physical and online).
BYbi Beauty
Short for By Beauty Insiders, BYbi Beauty believes that great skincare products should not come at a cost to our planet,and it is our duty to raise-awareness about climate conscious products. BYbi Beauty ensures that their products use ingredients that strikes a balance between providing benefits to our skin and sustaining the environment.
Their products are manufactured in-house with their lab entirely powered by green energy. This then helps reduce their carbon footprint. As they work with other partners, they made sure that they are only working with partners who run only on green energy.
In terms of packaging, Bybi Beauty uses upcycled materials. Their packaging includes sugarcane Polyethylene that is used for their tubes. Recycled glass is used for other products and printing goes directly onto the glass using biodegradable plant-based ink. Orders are packaged in grasspaper boxes, which is made from the pulp of grass instead of wood. Bybi Beauty products are available for purchase at Sephora stores (physical and online).
Herbivore Botanicals
Herbivore Botanicals is another sustainable skincare brand that makes makes their products, ingredients and packaging as gentle on the Earth as they are on the skin. Their products are made without the use of fragrances and synthetic ingredients. They source for raw natural materials on Earth such as French pink clay, and Brazilian gemstones.
Their packaging is made from recycled paper and glass, only using recycled plastic when necessary. This really helps reduce their environmental footprint. Furthermore, their products are vegan. This means that their products are tested on themselves instead of animals. This is a plus point for Herbivore Botanicals as animal-cruelty is extremely wrong. Get your hands on their products as they are available for purchase at Sephora stores (physical and online).
Biossance
From ingredients to packaging, Biossance products are truly environmentally friendly. One of their star ingredient is sqaulane, as sugarcane alternative to squalene (harvested from shark liver). The use of squalane in their products have been able to save millions of sharks every year.
Apart from this star ingredient, their products are packaged using recyclable tubes and bottles. Their cartons are made from renewable sugarcane paper without the use of inks and dyes as this may affect the recyclability of their packaging.
Their products are made using clean ingredients that are non-toxic. All ingredients are ethically and sustainably sourced, approved by several organisations such as Environmental Working Group (EWG), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and Leaping Bunny. Treat yourself to their products and purchase them via Sephora stores (physical and online).
Let us all work together to protect our environment. This can be your start! Opt for these sustainable skincare brands instead and you are on the way to contribute and sustain our environment. Share this with your loved ones and we can all work hand in hand to reduce our environmental footprint.
