Sustainable Summer Beauty Trends
Summer is here, a time to be conscious of the products you’re using on your face and skin. It’s also a perfect time to reassess what ingredients are in those products and how they impact you and the environment around you. Considering all of these factors can be overwhelming, but Jejune Magazine has made it easy by selecting a few vegan brands that are conscious of what people and the environment need.
MILK Makeup
Who Are They: MILK Makeup is a sustainable cosmetics brand that’s eco-conscious of the formulas and materials they present to their customers. They are committed to reducing their impact on the environment by removing leaflets from their products, offering refillable products, and using petroleum-free plant-based ink. Their products range from primers to blushes to concealers.
Price Range: $-$$
Fun Fact: Refillable products reduce the use of plastic by 60%.
Highlight Product: Hydro Grip Primer - This primer will help your makeup stick all day thanks to its tacky finish.
Saie Beauty
Who Are They: Saie Beauty is a Climate Neutral Certified cosmetics company that’s committed to create products that positively impact the planet. They are Leaping Bunny Ceritified as they don’t test their products on animals and they use vegan, clean ingredients. Their product cartons are 100% Recycled FSC-certified paper made in a carbon-neutral facility.
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: Donate 1% of their sales to different environmental non-profits.
Highlight Product: Glowy Super Gel - Summer is all about the glow and this product is the perfect base for your makeup to look flawless.
Activist Skinscare
Who Are They: Activist is an eco-friendly skincare brand that offers natural and sustainable skin care products with potent active ingredients. With refillable packaging, they offer a wide range of products including makeup removal cleansers, face oils, serums, etc. Their refillable pouches reduce plastic use by 75%.
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: Members of 1% For The Planet
Highlight Product: Active Hydration Vitamin C + Antioxidant Serum - leaves your skin looking hydrated and radiant, plus it reduces dark spots. Perfect for summer!
Hourglass Cosmetics
Who Are They: Hourglass Cosmetics is a vegan and cruelty-free luxury makeup brand that actively stands against animal testing. They partner with the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), an animal rights organization, and their Unlocked Collection products are a representation of the NhRP’s mission. Hourglass also created the industry’s first vegan replacement for carmine and they also use tin and post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic to craft their palettes and each eyeshadow pan is made from recyclable aluminum.
Price Range: $$-$$$
Fun Fact: 5% of the profits made from the Unlocked Collection are donated to the NhRP.
Highlight Product: Vanish Airbrush Concealer - full coverage concealer that covers dark under eyes, yes, please!
E.L.F Cosmetics
Who Are They: E.L.F. is an affordable makeup brand that’s known for its 100% vegan and cruelty-free products. They are Fair Trade certified and they are the first makeup brand to use a Fair Trade certified factory. Environmentally responsible, E.L.F. offers a variety of products for people with different interests in the makeup world. There’s something for everyone.
Price Range: $-$$
Fun Fact: Project Unicorn, an educational advocacy initiative, has eliminated 2.5 million pounds of excess packaging, reducing E.L.F.’s carbon footprint.
Highlight Product: E.L.F. Halo Glow - can be used alone for no makeup makeup days or as a base for foundation for an extra radiant look
Cocokind
Who Are They: Cocokind is a cruelty-free, sustainable skincare company. This affordable brand uses certified organic and natural ingredients in its products and has a transparency policy regarding its products and the ingredients used in each one. Their packaging is made of recyclable material and they have products for every skin type.
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: The brand is sold at Target
Highlight Product: Silk SPF Hybrid (Chemical + Mineral) Sunscreen - sunscreen is a must, no ifs, ands, or buts people and Cocokind’s sunscreen is lightweight and blends easily into the skin.
RMS Beauty
Who Are They: RMS Beauty is a sustainable beauty brand whose goal from the beginning was to practice eco-friendly policies. Since its launch in 2009, the brand has used recyclable glass jars as the packaging for its products and offers refillable packaging for its ReEvolve Radiance Locking Primer and ReDimension Hydra Bronzer. They plan to continue expanding their refillable packaging to other products and they use vegetable ink for printing.
Price Range: $$-$$$
Fun Fact: RMS Beauty is a member of PACT, a non-profit organization working to solve the beauty industry’s packaging problem, and they use organic ingredients.
Highlight Product: ReDimension Hydra Powder Blush - a luminous blush that gives your skin a healthy glow and blends seamlessly into the skin.
One Love Organics
Who Are They: One Love Organics is an eco-certified beauty brand that uses organic and natural ingredients in their skincare products. They have products for both skin and body care including cleansers, mists, exfoliators, and moisturizers. All of their products are tested by dermatologists and they are cruelty-free.
Price Range: $$$
Fun Fact: One Love Organics specializes in holistic skincare
Highlight Product: Skin Dew Coconut Water Cream - supports the appearance of skin suppleness and firmness
Ethique
Who Are They: Ethique is a biodegradable, plastic-free beauty brand that aims to minimize waste, set new ethical standards, and contribute to improving the planet. They are a Certified B Corp company, cruelty-free, vegan, and palm-oil-free. They offer eco-friendly packaging in an effort to be as environmentally responsible as they can.
Price Range: $
Fun Fact: Donate 2% of sales to charities that share the same values
Highlight Product: Calming Shampoo Bar for Dry Scalps: Heali Kiwi - improves scalp health resulting in a balanced scalp and healthy, hydrated hair.
Earth Harbor
Who Are They: Earth Harbor is an eco-conscious beauty company that’s committed to making a positive impact on sustainability. They believe in transparency and launched a Sustainability Transparency Program where they answer any questions or concerns regarding their sustainability. The products are cruelty-free and vegan, and their packaging is 100% reusable and recyclable.
Price Range: $-$$
Fun Fact: Founder started her brand in her treehouse kitchen
Highlight Product: Mermaid Milk Nutrient Glow Moisturizer - gives a mermaid glow as it hydrates and replenishes skin making it the product of the summer!
