6 Tips To Make Your Beauty Routine More Sustainable
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Beauty is age-old and we have heard the natural beauty routine of Cleopatra. The ancient skin care practices from India are legendary and in use to this day. Nevertheless, we opt for the swanky looking pots, jars, tubes, compacts or quaint vials. Unquestionably, they didn’t have the skincare marvels we have now; spa systems, Botox, and myriad serums and anti-ageing creams. There are numerous ways but I have compiled 6 Tips To Make Your Beauty Routine More Sustainable.
Did you know that an ordinary plastic bottle of moisturiser may take 1000 years to decay? That is a humungous number. Just visualize the billions of jars scattered all over the earth.
What is sustainable beauty, precisely?
Sustainable beauty is not mere talk, it is a crusade that each one of us should take up. It’s about embracing eco-friendly products for our beauty rituals. Furthermore, choosing the right and organic beauty is the mantra for a better future.
Make Your Beauty Regimen Sustainable
The beauty industry is a colossal and lucrative money-making channel. We definitely cannot change it overnight. Just like every drop makes an ocean, if each one of us is environmentally aware and influence those around us, it will be a step towards saving Mother Earth. I have always believed in sustainable beauty and here I share
6 Tips To Make Your Beauty Routine More Sustainable
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Recycle
Though reduce and reuse precedes recycling, when you are finally done with a product just be aware of disposing of your empty pots. Fortunately, a few brands have great schemes fantastic initiatives for advocating recycling with freebies.
M.A.C. has taken up the cause of preserving the environment. Through the Back to M.A.C. program, they accept primary packaging of six used containers and reward you with a free lipstick of your choice. The Enrich Not Exploit Commitment of The Body Shop is to become a global leader of sustainable business.
Other brands joining the environmental band is Forest Essentials, Khadi Natural, McCaffiene and more.
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Share your unused Beauty Products
We all indulge in impulse buying. We end up using a lipstick that doesn’t suit you or a lotion that erupts into a rash. All beauty products have a shelf life. If you are not going to use it then give them away to your family and friends. Surely they would appreciate the windfall. By doing this we can decrease buying and utilizing products.
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Avoid Single-Use Napkins
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is so easy to grab a paper towel and mop up the mess in the kitchen. They make up a major part of landfills and choke drains. All of us reach out for wet wipes to remove makeup and clean babies’ drool or their poop. It is mostly flushed down and it clogs many sewers. They have a domino effect on the environment. It is time to cut back on these useful but polluting household objects. They are all damaging for the earth. It is extra work but spends your money on reusable towels and napkins.
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Scrutinize the Packaging
Plastic is the number one enemy of the environment. It is a global crisis and a global crisis that mankind has to deal with. All beauty products like creams, lotions, oil and shampoo bottles are made of this roguish plastic. Opt for skincare products that come in glass jars. These days a few brands have started marketing in glass packaging so take this easy step towards sustainability. Few brands have gone for bio-degradable materials to lower their carbon footprint.
5 . Avoid Buying Minis
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Most women have a penchant for the dainty looking mini pots of beauty products. They are ideal for travelling as they take little space. No wonder they are we can see why they are a perfect choice. After just a couple of uses, they are trashed. Take the clever option of buying a set of reusable travel packs. It’s an easy transition to make your beauty and these are really the simplest ways to make a beauty regimen eco-friendly.
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Switch to Bamboo Brushes
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In ancient days neem twigs or Babool twigs were used to clean the teeth. The plastic brushes came and eased them out. Bamboo is decomposable and biodegradable. It grows abundantly and is a practical and eco-friendly replacement for the plastic brush. I have switched to a bamboo brush, and you?
6 Tips To Make Your Beauty Routine More Sustainable
A few simple changes are all it takes to preserve the beauty of our planet. If each one of us does our bit we could make a huge difference. Are you going to join me in taking the pledge of sustainability of your beauty and of Mother Earth?
This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’ hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawl in collaboration with RRE Studios.‘
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Loved the ideas. I am also an earth-loving citizen and try my best to reduce and recycle by switching to the cup years ago and also by switching to glass jars and biodegradable products.
Very small changes in lifestyle can take us to sustainable living. Nice post
Really nice tips you have shared. I buy the huge bottles of products I regularly use like my shampoo, conditioner, hair oil, moisturiser etc. Also have long ditched face wipes and cotton pads, a nice napkin does the trick beautifully
Such an eye opener this one too… thank you for the suggestions… if not all at once, I’m sure we can change our choices one at a time and make a difference.
I give away loads of my products to friends and family. I do use minis for their convenience but can avoid that. This is a good post on sustainability, Harjeet. Easily doable points.
Making beauty product sustainable is such a noble initiative which can be done but never even came across my mind. I am surely going to follow all of these tips given by you. Such an important post.
Makes so much sense Harjeet. I try avoiding paper towels and don’t use much make up. in turn land up buying fewer products, but I’ve been considering reducing my purchase of lotion and shampoo bottles as well.
This is amazing. I too switched too bamboo tooth brush and trying to get more changes into my life. but a good imitative and awareness blog
I love this post, it has so mucb if valuable information.
Super informative post! I’ve been working on making this switch not just with the environment in mind but also because a lot of these sustainability measures, especially in beauty, are so easy on the pocket too.
A very important post. People don’t realize how much beauty products and how we use them pollute the environment. These are easy tips that we can all implement.
This a very informative post on sustainability and these are products we use in day to day beauty care. I loved the idea of bamboo toothbrushes.
These are excellent tips. And quite easy to switch over to. We often use beauty products daily and don’t realize that something we consider mundane is actually running the environment.
These are very useful tips. I avoid using mini beauty products. Using bamaboo toothbrush is a great idea too.
Very nicely put tips. I do some of these like the cloth napkins and giving away cosmetics that I have in excess. Yet to switch to bamboo brushes – that is in the pipeline. I also try to use cosmetics that are cruelty-free cosmetics, though many brands are still not clear about if there are completely cruelty free or if only in some countries.
Sustainable beauty is not an unachievable target. If we all make conscious choices the day is not far. Nice tips
This is a super helpful post- I have invested in a bamboo toothbrush myself but I love knowing that MAC recycles products/helps one- will def try
I’m a firm believer in staying off mini products in any form, not just make up. It reduces waste, greatly. Also, glad to see big brands take the initiative to encourage recycling, even if it mean using incentives.
All the tips I follow except the minis. I actually first try out minis then go for the bigger product. But the point you had provided is good.
Nice post. We can change our life by changing those habits which harms our behavior and environment too.
I will follow your tips to the betterment of everything.
These are such helpful and practical tips. I personally share my beauty products with my relatives and close friends as I get a lot as PR packages, most of which remain unused. MAC and sometimes The Body Shop follow these recycle policy.
Beautiful and informative post. I am doing all these including some more – using bamboo tongue cleaner too, make my own floor cleaner and soap for myself, carry our own cutlery and steel bottle when we go out, using Cloth pads and Menstrual cups since 2014, kids used cloth diapers instead of plastic diaper, we buy either books or wooden/metal toys, not plastic toys. lets all unite to make this world a better place to live for the net generation.
These hacks are going to make my life easier and save money. Thank you
Beautiful thot and intense as well.
With the new evidence showing presence of microplastics in human bodies too , we really have to make pronounced efforts to cut down on single use plastics and practice more adopting sustainable alternatives. Great post , quite useful I must add !
All of these tips are so great. Thanks for sharing this as it’s important for us to maintain a good and hygienic beauty routine.
I try to send the plastic packaging of the products for degrading myself after every 2 months. We really need to practice all these sustainable tips more in our day to day life.
As a beauty junkie myself I am aware of the negative consequences of buying too many beauty products. I do try and recycle my used bottles but I will also pick up some of the other tips shared by you here.
Great tips that are easy to follow too!