Mindful consumption could help reduce beauty waste more than changing out your products.
Zero-waste beauty products offer refillable options or feature packaging that is biodegradable.
But are more options really the answer?
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Or could this eco-friendly trend just be another way to green-wash the beauty industry?
What Is Zero-Waste Beauty?
It would be presumptuous to assume that those products are not as good as more traditional products.
Zero-waste beauty comes in response to recent backlash against major beauty brands for their pollution-promoting practices.
It creates a vicious circle that generates incomprehensible amounts of waste.
So what can one do to be more mindful about their beauty consumption?
Blunder urges everyone to set resolutions to be more intentional about their beauty purchases.
Buy less, buy more intentionally, and completely use up the things you have.
Patinkin says Kate McLeod and Axiology are good starting points.
I really like the Kate McLeod Daily Stone.
It’s a very innovative skincare product.
And Axiology lipsticks are very clever because they can also double as blush.
More than anything else, take a stab at only purchase beauty products that you will use in full.
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