Don’t you just love practicing your beauty regime? From skin care to treats for your hair, and experimenting with makeup styles. But how eco-friendly is your beauty regime? If you’re not sure, you might like to consider using these five tips.
1 . DIY face masks
One of the best ways to create an earth-kind beauty regime is to make a few of your own products. It doesn’t have to be difficult, there are plenty of natural ingredients that you can use to make facemasks. To get started try making a coconut oil and avocado face mask. Simply mash up one avocado and add 3 tablespoons of coconut oil. Stir until the ingredients combine, and then apply to your face.
You can leave the facemask on for about fifteen minutes before rinsing off. Coconut oil is loaded with fatty acids and minerals to keep the skin youthful and hydrated. Avocado is the perfect ingredient to get smooth skin and boost collagen production. With DIY tips like these it’s easy to improve your skin care regime.
2. Choose the right brands
There are so many beauty brands out there, and not all of them are eco-friendly and cruelty free. To support the sustainable beauty industry, it’s important that you choose the right brands. Purchasing earth-kind beauty products can help to drive demand, and encourage non-green brands to jump on board! There are plenty of Australian makeup brands that are vegan and cruelty free, for instance Mirenesse. The brand is both Peta certified and 100% vegan, plus they use lots of clean ingredients.
3. Zero waste & recycling
When you’re creating your beauty regime, try to recycle everything possible, and choose biodegradable packaging. Remove single-use items from your beauty routine, including disposable razors and face wipes. Go for liquid based makeup removers that you can use with a reusable cloth, and a purchase reusable razor. Even small changes make such a huge difference in cleaning up your health and beauty regime.
4. Donate what you don’t use
Perhaps you’ve got lots of beauty products that you never use? Maybe you tend to receive unwanted cosmetics gifts for Christmas? Sometimes the products that other people buy us just aren’t our style, or our preferred colour. If you’ve got spare beauty products there are plenty of places that you can donate these.
Take a look at the Project Beauty Share program, here you can donate unwanted beauty items, and personal hygiene products. The project works with nonprofits, donating these items to women who are overcoming poverty, homelessness and addiction issues.
5. A little extra homework
To clean up your regime, sometimes you’ve got to do a bit of extra homework. Luckily, the Think Dirty app makes it super easy. Got a brand that you love? Not sure how eco-friendly it is? Simply type the name into the app and you can learn about the ethics, the ingredients, and how green this product is.
With ideas like these it’s simple to make your beauty regime work for you and the planet. There are plenty of ways that we can be kinder to the earth. When you’re mindful of the beauty products you buy, this can make a big difference.
