April 22nd, 2024 will mark the celebration of World Earth Day, spotlighting the theme ‘Planet vs. Plastics’. This year will emphasise the imperative to halt plastic usage for the well-being of both humanity and our planet. The call by earday.org (the world’s largest environmental movement) is for a 60% decrease in plastic production by 2040, with a visionary aim to forge a plastic-free future for the prosperity of future generations.
Here is a round-up of some of the best planet-friendly beauty brands already making a difference; switch up your beauty regime with the following reduced plastic and planet-friendly beauty buys, to be part of the wider change this World Earth Day:
Ahead of the sustainability curve since the very beginning, a pioneer in clean, green beauty for 47 years; Faith In Nature is the 99% natural range that believes in harnessing the power of nature without harming it in the process. Swap the bottle for the bar for a zero-plastic hair regime. By swapping from a bottle to a zero-plastic bar, giving you the same number of washes, you are reducing your plastic consumption completely, and to top it off use a Faith in Nature Conditioner Bar for a completely plastic-free haircare routine.
Shop: Faith In Nature Shampoo Bars – £7.00 eachto be kind to the planet and your hair. Available from www.faithinnature.co.uk
Faace
Faace is a hormonal skincare brand, that creates products for all life moments from periods and menopause to stress and tiredness. With face masks, cleansers, moisturisers and a face and body bar that are completely vegan and cruelty-free. The Faace collection is housed in fully recyclable packaging and they use tubes made from 60-70% PCR (post-consumer recycled) plastic. On a mission to save plastic waste, Faace has teamed up with Müll Club, turning discarded Quality Street tubs into a stylish soap dish, creating the perfect home for their Filthy Faace Bar. Each soap dish saves around 64g of plastic from entering a flawed recycling system, incineration or landfill. Faace is committed to considering people and the planet, which is why with every sale of Period, Tired, Sweaty 100ml masks, Stress faace moisturiser and Müll Club soap dish, they provide a pack of sanitary products to someone in need. In partnership with social enterprise Hey Girls, Faace operates a buy one, give one initiative, and has done so since their launch in 2020.
Shop: Müll Club X Filthy Faace Face & Body Bar- £22.00 – a multi-tasking cleansing bar and matching soap dish, means less plastic & less water but more space in your cabinets. Available from www.wearefaace.com
Tisserand Aromatherapy
Tisserand Aromatherapy has dedicated years of work to perfecting the art of wellness. Tisserand always uses PCR (post-consumer recycled plastic), to ensure they are using up some of the plastic that exists on the planet already. Not only this, all of the paper-based packaging is fully recyclable, making it easier for you to recycle your packaging in the right way.
Shop: Tisserand Aromatherapy Total De-Stress Pulse Point Roller Ball – £9.00 featuring a comforting blend that combines 100% natural pure essential oils of sweet Orange, balancing Geranium and warming Nutmeg to help reduce feelings of anxiety and bring a sense of calm. Available from www.tisserand.com
FFØR
Aiming to leave only a positive impact, FFØR are as serious about protecting the planet as they are about hair. That is why FFØR is PETA-certified, vegan and cruelty-free, and only ever sustainably sources ingredients for their innovative product formulations. The brand also uses post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics in all their recyclable bottles and jars to minimise waste.
Shop: The Liquid Natural Conditioning Water – £24.00 (250ml) This water-based rinse-out treatment will nourish and hydrate dry or damaged hair resulting in noticeably softer and more manageable hair. Available fromwww.fforhair.com
Boop
An online platform saving perfectly imperfect beauty products from landfill, by giving a much-needed second chance to beauty & wellness products – whether brands made too much, changed their packaging, discontinued lines or if the products are a little imperfect on the outside. Boop sources directly from brands and then sells them to customers at up to 70% off to save them from landfill – making the ‘undesirable’, desirable. Visit www.boopbeauty.co.uk true to discover some great offers.
Green People
Ethical responsibility is at the heart of what Green People do. They are proud to present their products in fully recyclable, renewable sugar cane tubes with a favourable carbon emissions profile. For every 1 kilo of sugar cane plastic produced, 3 kilos of C02 is removed from our atmosphere. This exchange can be described as being climate-positive.
Shop: One Balm – £15.00 (30ml) the ultimate multi-tasking balm and a beauty industry first. This zero-waste botanical balm is presented in a compact wood dust pot that degrades in the soil after use, leaving no trace of microplastics behind. Available from www.greenpeople.co.uk.
