Conscious Collection: April 2023
Hop into the best sustainable beauty this month.
This year is off to a raring start, the Easter break has been and gone, it’s World Earth Day on April 22 and we’re seeing more and more amazing sustainable innovation coming from brands. It’s all pretty win, win! So, here’s everything you need to know about sustainable beauty this month.
With interest rates hiking and budgets tightening, the good news is you don’t need to forgo sustainability. In actual fact, living sustainably is a sure-fire way to save costs and the planet. A couple of principles to live by are:
- Use what you’ve got before purchasing new. It’s so simple but it saves you a ton of money (and can apply to your pantry too!)
- Less is more: pair back your routine to just the essentials (plus this will save you time too!)
- Back to basics: many sustainable swaps are actually far more financially viable. Think soap bars, reusable makeup wipes and refillable products.
NEW
New to Aussie shores from Drunk Elephant is the brand’s award-winning Protini Polypeptide Cream. Packed with—you guessed it—protein and amino acids, it helps plump and revive skin and reduces fine lines, wrinkles and sun damage. This vegan and cruelty-free formula is best used morning and night after your cleanser and serum for dewy, hydrated skin.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream
CC: Cruelty-Free, Vegan
NOTEWORTHY
The inaugural 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies® list has been released, with two beauty brands being named among 135 organisations. The independent framework created by Ethisphere scores organisations across Governance, Ethics & Compliance Practices, Leadership & Reputation, Culture of Ethics and Environmental & Societal Impact. Firstly, Japanese house of brands, Kao (home to Biore, Jengens, Oribe, and Molton Brown), made the list for the 17th time. L’OREAL was named for the 14th time, home to Garnier, It Cosmetics, Redken, Maybelline, Kiehl’s and many more.
TREND ALERT: NATURAL NAILS
While nail art has been around for quite some time, a polish that protects and nourishes your nails has not. Nail polish is among one of the most toxic beauty products, filled with chemicals and nasties you’d rather not have on your body or nails. Thankfully, we’re starting to see a shift towards polishes that are better for the planet. While you’re at it make sure you switch to an acetone-free remover.
Pax Polish Rosa
CC: Locally Made, Vegan, Cruelty-Free
O.P.I Nature Strong Polish
CC: Vegan, Packaging (Recyclable), Cruelty-Free
SUSTAINABLE SWAP
This month my sustainable swap is a little out of left field. What I’d love for you to do is to opt out of some of those pesky emails. Sometimes I’m not even sure how brands sneak into my inbox, their values don’t align to mine anymore or they’re a brand I supported early in the 2000’s. Each email you receive emits 4g of carbon and, if there’s any kind of image in there, it goes up to 5og! It might seem small but think of the number of emails we receive/send every day, it adds up!
My advice; crank Taylor Swift’s All Too Well (10-minute version) and see how many email lists you can unsubscribe from in one sweep. Storing and sending emails does impact your carbon footprint (in the slightest) but unsubscribing from these emails also discourages any impulse purchases, meaning that you shop when you need to shop not when a brand pops in your inbox with tempting deals.
Conscious Collection: April 2023
Hop into the best sustainable beauty this month.
This year is off to a raring start, the Easter break has been and gone, it’s World Earth Day on April 22 and we’re seeing more and more amazing sustainable innovation coming from brands. It’s all pretty win, win! So, here’s everything you need to know about sustainable beauty this month.
With interest rates hiking and budgets tightening, the good news is you don’t need to forgo sustainability. In actual fact, living sustainably is a sure-fire way to save costs and the planet. A couple of principles to live by are:
- Use what you’ve got before purchasing new. It’s so simple but it saves you a ton of money (and can apply to your pantry too!)
- Less is more: pair back your routine to just the essentials (plus this will save you time too!)
- Back to basics: many sustainable swaps are actually far more financially viable. Think soap bars, reusable makeup wipes and refillable products.
NEW
New to Aussie shores from Drunk Elephant is the brand’s award-winning Protini Polypeptide Cream. Packed with—you guessed it—protein and amino acids, it helps plump and revive skin and reduces fine lines, wrinkles and sun damage. This vegan and cruelty-free formula is best used morning and night after your cleanser and serum for dewy, hydrated skin.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream
CC: Cruelty-Free, Vegan
NOTEWORTHY
The inaugural 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies® list has been released, with two beauty brands being named among 135 organisations. The independent framework created by Ethisphere scores organisations across Governance, Ethics & Compliance Practices, Leadership & Reputation, Culture of Ethics and Environmental & Societal Impact. Firstly, Japanese house of brands, Kao (home to Biore, Jengens, Oribe, and Molton Brown), made the list for the 17th time. L’OREAL was named for the 14th time, home to Garnier, It Cosmetics, Redken, Maybelline, Kiehl’s and many more.
TREND ALERT: NATURAL NAILS
While nail art has been around for quite some time, a polish that protects and nourishes your nails has not. Nail polish is among one of the most toxic beauty products, filled with chemicals and nasties you’d rather not have on your body or nails. Thankfully, we’re starting to see a shift towards polishes that are better for the planet. While you’re at it make sure you switch to an acetone-free remover.
Pax Polish Rosa
CC: Locally Made, Vegan, Cruelty-Free
O.P.I Nature Strong Polish
CC: Vegan, Packaging (Recyclable), Cruelty-Free
SUSTAINABLE SWAP
This month my sustainable swap is a little out of left field. What I’d love for you to do is to opt out of some of those pesky emails. Sometimes I’m not even sure how brands sneak into my inbox, their values don’t align to mine anymore or they’re a brand I supported early in the 2000’s. Each email you receive emits 4g of carbon and, if there’s any kind of image in there, it goes up to 5og! It might seem small but think of the number of emails we receive/send every day, it adds up!
My advice; crank Taylor Swift’s All Too Well (10-minute version) and see how many email lists you can unsubscribe from in one sweep. Storing and sending emails does impact your carbon footprint (in the slightest) but unsubscribing from these emails also discourages any impulse purchases, meaning that you shop when you need to shop not when a brand pops in your inbox with tempting deals.
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