This Earth Day we launch our two-parter special by highlighting key beauty products which are good for the environment in their sustainable way.
Traditionally, the term ‘home’ represents where one lives or takes shelter whether that be a house, condo, basement, apartment etc., but what many of us tend to forget is that the Earth is also our home and we should care and protect it in the same way we would our ‘homes’.
Each year on April 22, Earth Day is celebrated to promote and highlight efforts to protect the environment and ultimately the planet, which directly effects climate change. Climate change is a change in the average weather patterns — something there has been a negative shift in over the past few years around the world provoked largely by human actions.
However, this past year, the climate has benefited greatly from shutdowns across the globe due to the ongoing pandemic further emphasizing just how much of an impact humans have on it.
So, while climate change has always been an important cause, COVID-19 has really reprioritized our way of thinking when it comes to climate change, which has ignited a passion for sustainability and that is why this Earth Day we are talking about sustainable beauty.
It seems many beauty brands have the same passion and are trying to move towards a more sustainable approach with their products, packaging and or company values — check out some of the options below that are beneficial for you and the planet!
Earth Day 2021: Beautify Your World With These 10 Sustainable Beauty Products: A facial toner that purifies, clarifies and visibly tightens large pores, $37 CAD. Formulated using clean ingredients and clean formulas, packaged in completely recyclable packaging and developed in a facility certified by My Green Lab reducing environmental impact. Photo Credit: Biossance
Earth Day 2021: Beautify Your World With These 10 Sustainable Beauty Products: Lightweight creamy blush that applies smoothly and blends easily, $14.99 CAD. Made with 99.7% natural ingredients, responsibly sourced and recyclable packaging. Photo Credit: Burt’s Bees
Earth Day 2021: Beautify Your World With These 10 Sustainable Beauty Products: Blush and bronzer in one, $33 CAD. Clean ingredients, cruelty-free and vegan. Photo Credit: Bare Minerals
Earth Day 2021: Beautify Your World With These 10 Sustainable Beauty Products: A serum-meets-moisturizer highlight that can be worn under, in and over the face makeup or on the body, $44 CAD. Formulated with clean ingredients including sustainably sourced squalane, vegan and cruelty-free. Photo Credit: Live Tinted
Earth Day 2021: Beautify Your World With These 10 Sustainable Beauty Products: Hair serum to nourish the scalp and control breakage, strengthen and repair dry/damaged hair, $70 CAD. Cruelty Free, vegan and organic with recyclable packaging. Photo Credit: Ranavat
Earth Day 2021: Beautify Your World With These 10 Sustainable Beauty Products: Unscented probiotic deodorant to combat body odour and sweat, $18 CAD. Formulated with clean, cruelty-free and vegan ingredients. Photo Credit: Blume
Earth Day 2021: Beautify Your World With These 10 Sustainable Beauty Products: Dual-purpose cleanser + face mask gently exfoliates, brightens and evens skin tone, $70 USD. Formulated with 100 per cent natural ingredients, vegan and cruelty-free. Photo Credit: Aavrani
Earth Day 2021: Beautify Your World With These 10 Sustainable Beauty Products: Colour corrects and hydrates the skin while helping protect, soothe and reduce the appearance of redness from irritation, $39 USD. Clean, vegan ingredients and cruelty-free. Photo Credit: Journ
Earth Day 2021: Beautify Your World With These 10 Sustainable Beauty Products: Revives stressed and tired skin, reduces appearance of wrinkles and leaves skin smoother, $60 CAD. Vegan, cruelty-free and made from 92 per cent natural ingredients. Photo Credit: Reversa
Earth Day 2021: Beautify Your World With These 10 Sustainable Beauty Products: Solid hair cleanser for normal hair care, $16 CAD. Waste-free, all-natural and cruelty-free. Photo Credit: TANIT
Main Photo Image Credit: Biossance, Blume, Ranavat, Bare Minerals, Live Tinted and TANIT
Sidra Sheikh (@sidra.sheikh_) is a journalist who loves creating fashion, beauty and lifestyle content. She is currently exploring the world of freelance writing and editing. Previously she was the associate editor at SHE Canada Magazine where she initially found her love for magazines and the publi...