Sustainable Beauty Advice You Can Start From Today
From simplifying your skincare routine to looking for sustainable packaging. These are the sustainable beauty tips to embrace every day.
The world is aware of the environment make aims to make our land and water plastic free by using sustainable beauty products. Switching to sustainable beauty choices requires breaking out of old habits and changes in our daily actions, which as a transformative move can feel overwhelming. But the journey begins right when we start becoming more aware of how our consumption, purchases and behaviour influence the state of our planet at an individual level. Our carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by human lifestyles.
What, how and how much we are consuming and discard contributes to the disruption of balance on our planet, threatening its future. The beauty industry generates over 120 billion units of packaging every year. The plastic itself is a primary—most of which remain in landfills. That's just to give you an overview of the multitude of collective carbon impressions caused by humans. I brought an achievable sustainable beaut you can start today to bring that number down
Ask yourself
How will this add value to my life without having a negative impact on my planet?
The first step towards living sustainably is reducing our consumption as possible as we can. The less we consume, the less we waste. The next time you can add to a cart, ask yourself questions like: Why do I need this? Can it be replaced by something I have already? How often am I going to use this? Can I find a sustainable option to replace my current product?
These questions may sound basic but they will save your money and our planet which is disruptive by our terrible behaviour toward the creatures and the planet.
Shop from sources that will help you in your journey
E-commerce and retail stores are following practices to promote a greener future. Attractive discounts aside, look instead for those who follow principles to house eco-conscious brands, are dialling back on plastic packaging for delivery and encouraging programs to send your empties back.
Beauty e-retailer Kindlife. uses 100% recyclable packaging that is free of plastic, and has an Empties program to recycle and upcycle empties. The Body Shop launched its first flagship sustainable activist workshop store in Mumbai, with a Return Recycle Repeat program, through which the brand pledges to drive up its recycling goals to at least 1 million plastic bottles by 2024.
Simplify your skincare routine
Just keep it simple.
A lot of people are using multiple skincare mostly recommended by others that harm their natural skin. Their routine could be stripped back to essentials. Go with the basics for example, basic moisturise, sunscreen, serum, retinoid. Practice a slower approach to your skincare where everything you do from purchasing an eco-friendly product with toxic-free elements to prioritising holistic wellness. Embrace slow, conscious living.
Look for plastic-free packaging
Plastic is the most abundant form of debris found in the ocean, with at least 14 million tons of it ending up in the sea every year. Look for brands consciously creating sustainable or plastic-free packaging that is easier to recycle, like glass or aluminium. The Tribe Concept’s products that are only made in powder and cold-pressed oil form come in aluminium tins and bottles. Same with most products at Vilvah, including body wash and shampoos.
Reuse, repurpose, refill
Turn your empty glass and candle jars into holders for things like brushes, keys or flowers. Use your old cotton T-shirts as head towels after a shower instead, which is gentler on wet hair.
Since its mainstream infiltration in the 1950s, only 9% of plastic has been recycled. Switching to refillable will help reduce wastage. Refill pouches for their shampoo, conditioner and hair mask use at least 80% less plastic per ml compared to a plastic shampoo bottle. At Beauty, you can find refills for your lipsticks, concealer and more.
Switch to zero-waste products
Zero waste products are the process of eliminating the volume and toxicity of waste and material, conserving and recovering all resources to reuse and bury them.
You don't need any discard like shampoo and soap bars. These are simple products. Try brands like The Switch Fix for shampoo and conditioner bars, or Bare Necessities whose every product thinks handwash and tooth powers to natural loofahs and reusable wipes are based on a zero-waste philosophy.
Pay attention to your water consumption
There are many beauty products connected to how much water we use with it. Every little drop or change in your action counts, like not leaving your tap running while you soap your hand or brush your teeth. We are wasting water while cleanness, washing utensils, or such work we use water. Try shampoo and soap bars like those from Earth Rhythm or Fiducia Botanicals instead of liquid ones in plastic bottles. We should consciously reduce the amount of time we spend in the shower.
Using cleansing product? Reduce it
The beauty of our skin is that it has the ability to heal itself. You don’t need a lot of products or too often to keep it clean and nourished. We equate overuse to effectiveness, which is often not the case. For example, a coin-sized amount of cleansers (shampoo, face wash) are enough, emulsify it in your hand before you begin cleaning.
You don’t need single-use wipes
We don't realise how many single-use products occupy our shelf spaces. like the convenient makeup remover and cotton wipes, we instinctively reach for to clean our face, in turn of polluted the planet (globally 1 million wipes are discarded every year which can take up to 100 years to biodegrade). Instead of using napkins and cotton wipes use cleansing balms, bars or oils that will really take the dirt out from your face or soft, antibacterial makeup remover towels such as Earthiest Bamboo Reusable which you can use for more than 10 years.
Our next step is reducing wipes and using organic products which not just save the planet but can take benefits for years.
Replace plastic tools
Everything from our loofah and reusable cotton buds to toothbrushes and combs can be made from eco-friendly materials. Look for anything other than plastic from zero-waste brands and retailers like Brown Living, Beco, Ecobaato and Ethico.
Read up on recycling programs from brands
Brands are making efforts to inculcate eco-conscious practices and philosophies—notice them, support them. Many like Plum, Juicy Chemistry, The Body Shop, and Forest Essentials accept empty containers with rewards and redeemable points under their recycling programme.
Shop locally, physically
We are living in a digital world where you can get anything from anywhere ordering online. If you can get it at your local store, avoid ordering it online. A lot of shipping material goes into bringing a product to your doorstep—shipping containers, labels, tapes, packing paper, and the fossil fuels burned to transport them to you. Stores also have refill and recycle programs where you could take your old container or drop off your empties to get them recycled and receive rewards for your action.
