Winter is a tough season for your skin, the largest organ of our bodyThat’s why personal care products make great holiday gifts.
This guide introduces you to green companies with a focus on sustainability and social welfare. Here’s something to help you with every step of your sustainable skin care routine.
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1. Badger balm cuticle care
Badger Balm gives new meaning to sustainable skin care. The New Hampshire-based, family-owned company calls its employees “Badgers.” Production facility powered by solar power.
The balm is one of the company’s best sellers, and it’s in the name. Having said that, cuticle care balm It’s an employee favorite. Based on shea butter and vitamin-rich sea buckthorn CO2 extract, this balm nourishes and protects dry cuticles. It has a light citrus scent thanks to steam-distilled essential oils of geranium, mandarin, lemongrass and ginger.
Badger products meet numerous sustainable certifications. From sleep to beard care, all Badger Balms are USDA certified organic and petroleum-free. Many products are certified fair trade. Cuticle Care is cruelty-free, USDA organic, gluten-free, non-GMO, and is sold in recyclable can packaging.
2. LUSH solid moisturizer
LUSH is a skin care company for animal lovers. All products are cruelty-free and vegetarian (80% are vegan). Additionally, many products are offered “naked”, in other words “proudly without packaging”. This includes their solid shampoo and moisturizer.
Rush’s full of blessings The moisturizer’s number one ingredient is highly moisturizing Murumuru Butter, a newcomer to the cosmetics world. Murumuru butter is harvested from the seeds of the Murumuru palm, which grows along the Amazon River in Brazil, which faces severe threats of deforestation. Local people “wild harvest” the seeds without harming the trees, providing sustainable income and contributing to forest conservation.
In addition to Murumuru Butter’s moisturizing oleic acid, Full of Grace Solid Moisturizer contains skin-protecting antioxidant portobello mushroom extract and rose oil and chamomile oil to soothe sensitivities.
3. Savannah Bee Company Royal Jelly Body Butter
Savannah Bee Company (SBC) is passionate about protecting bees. As of 2020, their education is Bee cause project has provided beehives to four countries around the world, including 330 schools in all 50 states, to help children learn. STEAM skills.
All edible and cosmetic SBC products contain pesticide-free honey. For that, Royal Jelly Body Butter with Tupelo Honey. Produced from the tupelo tree of the southeastern United States, our body butter combines the “treasures of the nest.” [with] Butter and essential oils to moisturize your skin. ” Its deep moisturizing power and rich tupelo honey scent will “keep you looking and feeling like a queen (or king).”
This body butter is gluten-free, paraben-free, phthalate-free, cruelty-free, and sold in a recyclable glass bottle.
SBC is available in stores across the U.S. and is expanding. Find a store near you.
4. Shea Moisture Raw Shea & Cupuaçu Line
SheaMoisture is well known for its accessibility and wide range of care. The brand’s origins date back to Sierra Leone in 1912, when founder Sophie Tucker, a “pioneering mother of four and entrepreneur,” began selling shea butter, black African soap, and homemade beauty products. It goes back to
Now, your purchases are reinvested into a community of African women who handcraft the company’s trademark fair trade raw shea butter. of the company spontaneous initiative Support and empower Black women entrepreneurs.
divine scent Raw Shea & Cupuaçu Hair & Skin Care Line Contains a shampoo, conditioner, and daily defense soap to soothe stressed skin, combining sustainable cupuaçu and shea butter with passionflower extract and pistachio seed oil. Similar to murumuru, cupuaçu trees are native to the Amazon basin, where local communities collect naturally fallen seeds and process them into butter, which is a great vegan alternative to lanolin.
In fact, shea moisture Robust glossary Information on raw materials and their fair trade sources. Before you buy, you can learn about the origins and benefits of its ingredients. However, there is still room for improvement. Currently, most products are packaged in plastic.
5. Andalou Brightening Pumpkin Honey Glycolic Mask
Andalou Natural skin care company founder Stacey Kelly Egide’s goal was “to create an empowerment brand with a mission to influence the industry for the better.”
That’s true. The brand promotes ethical personal care products that are 98% naturally derived, non-GMO Project Verified, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and vegetarian (with many vegan products).
of Brightening Pumpkin Honey Glycolic Mask A blend of fruit stem cells, vitamin C, and glycolic acid AHA with manuka honey and organic pumpkin. This mask removes dull, dry surface cells for brighter skin during regular 10-minute treatments.
Do you know someone who wishes pumpkin spice season lasted all year long? The mask contains certified organic and fair trade cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. These, like AHAs, cause a slight tingling sensation when applied, so consider a gentler method. lemon sugar facial scrub For those with sensitive skin.
Like SheaMoisture, Andalou products are primarily packaged in plastic.
DIY skin care gifts
Want to make your own sustainable skin care products without using plastic? You can easily create your own cosmetic gifts using natural ingredients, such as face scrubs, bath salts, and moisturizers. Tip: Save reusable metal cans and glass bottles for packaging your homemade products.
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on December 3, 2020 and updated in December 2024.
