10 Eco-Friendly Beauty Brands for Your Fall Self-Care Routine
The season of cozy cashmeres, warm soups and pumpkin spice - fall always calls for some extra TLC for the body and soul. Beauty and skincare are an important way of making sure you feel your best. From eco-friendly skincare, beauty tools and body care products — here’s a list of everything you need to welcome the colder months. Together let’s make sure our favourite products are also in favour of the environment.
FACE HALO
Who Are They: Face Halo has made makeup removal non-toxic and environmentally friendly with their reusable makeup removers. It’s HaloTech fibres reach deep into your pores and remove makeup better than any disposable wipes.
Price Range: $
Fun Fact: Consumers can send their used products and packaging back to the brand. Their sustainability and design team have created capsule collections out of pre and post consumer upcycled FaceHalo products.
CAUDALIE
Who Are They: This French skincare brand values effective and clean products with natural active ingredients that respect the environment and your skin. They use patented vine and grape extracts in their product ranges.
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: Caudalie’s Vinothérapie Spas are a unique brand experience that allow you to unwind with special treatments from their leading Vinotherapists.
DIEUX
Who Are They: The Dieux Forever Eye Mask lasts well beyond one use. It is a lightweight, vegan and resuable eye patch that allows you to hold products close to the skin for maximum absorption.
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: The brand believes in price transparency, which allows them to share the cost of formulas, packaging, labor, payment processing and shipping with their buyers.
ANISA BEAUTY
Who Are They: Anisa Beauty’s range of beauty brushes are vegan, cruelty free and responsibly made. They believe that the right brush can transform your makeup and skin care experience.
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: They own their manufacturing facilities so it gives them control over quality, fair wages for artisans while significantly reducing their carbon footprint.
EVERIST
Who Are They: Everist’s line of waterless concentrated shower products use biodegradable ingredients and recyclable packaging. Free-from parabens, sulfates, silicones, dyes, synthetic fragrances and added preservatives, their formulas are vegan and cruelty-free.
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: Their product tubes come in 100ml packaging which are ready for you to pack wherever you go.
MOB BEAUTY
Who Are They: At MOB Labs, the makeup formulas created are clean, sustainable, cruelty-free and vegan. Their packaging is recycled, refillable and reusable.
Price Range: $
Fun Fact: Their makeup palates are customisable. Select your shade, choose what formulas and colours you like and voila! You have your own custom makeup palate.
AVEDA
Who Are They: Aveda’s connect to Ayurveda leads them to consider the effects of their products not only on hair or skin, but on body, mind and emotion. Their formulas are 100% vegan and cruelty-free.
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: Aveda’s hair products have been considered game changing by many expert stylists. Their manufacturing is 100% wind and solar powered.
FLAVEDO & ALBEDO
Who Are They: High performance, vibrant makeup packaged in aluminium, glass and sustainable timber. All of their packaging is plastic-free.
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: Their website has a guide on how each of their product components can be recycled.
SERUMKIND
Who Are They: Serumkind is a K-beauty brand simplifying skincare serums to target specific concerns. They use vegan, clean and safe ingredients.
Price Range: $$$
Fun Fact: Take their skincare quiz to find out which serum combinations are best suited for your skin type.
ECOROOTS
Who Are They: From beauty and health to household products, EcoRoots helps you find sustainable alternatives to everyday essentials. Their products are vegan and handmade in small batches.
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: They have over 50 low-waste products. The brand is a women-owned small-business.
