Earth Day serves as a reminder to all of us to contribute our time, resources and spirit bringing together millions of people addressing climate change and other environmental challenges. Here are some of our beloved eco-friendly products to help you make a cleaner choice and nurture nature.
Sally Hansen Good. Kind. Pure. (RRP €11.99/£9.99 each)
Good.kind.pure. nail colour and care from Sally Hansen, nail products formulated with plant-based, 100% vegan ingredients. With 9 nature-inspired shades with earthy tones and along with a clear top coat, good. kind. pure. offers beautiful colour and shine without compromise.
The revolutionary new line of nail products is formulated with plant-based, 100% vegan ingredients including marine algae and sustainable bamboo, as well as a plant-based brush which is optimised to work with the new formula.
The range includes a wide assortment of shades – with something for everyone and every skin tone. From Pink Clay, a neutral staple for every season; to playful, fruity crèmes like Fruity Papaya; there are pale sheers like Rose Petal; classic, every day reds like Cherry Amore; and glittery hues like Pink Sapphire
Jordan Oral Care.
Continuing its success story after launching the Green Clean line 2 years ago, has launched a unique innovative product under the name Jordan Change Green Clean (RRP €3.49). This is a one-of-a-kind toothbrush of Scandinavian perfection, designed for all of us who seek to adopt a greener lifestyle.
The new Jordan Change Green Clean is not an ordinary toothbrush. It has a replaceable head – saving 82% plastic waste every time you just change the head and it comes with 4 replacement heads of medium size.
Dermalogica
The choices we make every day are directly linked to our planet’s health. As a global brand, Dermalogica are acutely aware of the impact that our actions can have on the environment, and so we are committed to an ambitious new Healthy Skin, Healthy Planet initiative.
Daily Microfoliant Refill €63/£55
Achieve brighter, smoother skin every day with this iconic exfoliating powder. Rice-based powder activates upon contact with water, releasing Papain, Salicylic Acid and Rice Enzymes to polish skin to perfection. A Skin Brightening Complex of Phytic Acid from Rice Bran, White Tea and Licorice helps balance uneven skin tone while a super-soothing blend of Colloidal Oatmeal and Allantoin helps calm skin. Gentle enough for daily use.
Skingredients
Skingredients is on a mission to reduce their plastic waste output in a bid to do better for the planet. Skingredients’ brand-new refillable + recyclable packaging is now available across the entire range and means each product is now better value in new jumbo sizing. The refillable inner tubes, aka “refills”, are made from a blend of polypropylene (aka PP) and polyethylene (aka PE), which are widely (and easily!) recyclable everywhere. Skingredients® is entirely fragrance-free and does not contain synthetic scents or essential oils because smells don’t change cells®. Skingredients® products are vegan-friendly, too.
The Skingredients Key 4 is the basis of any Skingredients skincare recipe, with a cleanser (Preprobiotic Cleanse Hydrating Cleanser, Primary Pack €29 / Refill €26), pre-serum (Skin Veg Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum, Primary Pack €55 / Refill €49), serum (Skin Protein Anti-Ageing Retinoid Serum Primary Pack €55 / Refill €49) and SPF (Skin Shield Moisturising + Priming SPF50 Pa+++, Primary Pack €57 / Refill €52) filled with vitamins, fats, and fruit, veg and botanical extracts for healthy skin. It’s food for your face!
Rimmel, Kind & Free
Kind & Free™ Moisturising Skin Tint, €12.49 / £10.99
When you want a casual ‘no make-up’ look, you need Kind & Free™ Moisturising Skin Tint. The lightweight, sheer formula evens skin-tone and blurs away any unwanted imperfections while giving your skin the instant and lasting hydration it needs. Ingredients: Formulated with 77% ingredients of natural origin, infused with an antioxidant Vitamin complex (E and B5) and calming Aloe Vera, this nourishing tint delivers a fresh glow and a natural, healthy-looking finish.
Shades: Available in twelve shades.
VeganTan Self-Tan Range
VeganTan bottles may look like normal single use plastic, but they’re made from sugar polymer & reclaimed plastic from the ocean – talk about sweet sunshine! VeganTan are passionate about Plastic Neutral Programs. This means that for every VeganTan product sold, they remove and recycle 1lb of plastic from the ocean in Goa, India. Essentially, it only takes one VeganTan purchase to remove 8 plastic tan bottles from the environment!
The VeganTan range includes Self-Tan Mousse 150ml (RRP: €12.99/ £12.99) enriched with skin-loving aloe vera, citrus scented Self-Tan Mist (RRP: €12.99/ £12.99) with a lightweight formula that mists effortlessly across your skin, absorbing quickly and developing into a beautifully sun-kissed glow, and Tan Eraser Mousse (RRP: €12.99/ £12.99) which is packed with gentle exfoliating ingredients which quickly break down and melt away old colour.
NOTE Cosmetics
If there’s one thing we love even more than makeup it’s Cruelty Free Makeup which is why we’re so proud that every single NOTE Cosmetics product is Cruelty Free as certified by PETA! Neither our products nor their ingredients are ever tested on animals!
Furthermore, NOTE Products are also 100% Vegan Friendly meaning they contain zero animal produce. If Cruelty Free beauty is as important to you as it is us, you can rest assured that NOTE has you covered from flawless foundations to luscious lips!
NOTE Full Bloom Lash Mascara, RRP: €11.95 / £9.95
A light, soft and pleasant texture of Note Full Bloom Mascara covers the lashes coat by coat to thicken lashes without clumping and flaking. Its classic conical shaped fiber brush enables perfect separation of each single lash for a fantastic fanned-out look. Formulated with 90% naturally derived ingredients. A combination of carnauba, sunflower, rice bran, wild chamomile, rose flower and myrica fruit waxes creates a smooth film and captures all lashes to impart instant lash thickness leaving lashes full, yet flexible.
Wet n’ Wild
Today on this beautiful planet, start off your makeup routine with some vegan hues! The wet n wild® 5-Pan Shadow Palette Walking On Eggshells (€5.49/£4.99) This buttery-smooth formula. Including matte, satin, shimmer, and glitter finishes, you have it all. This compact palette offers essential transitions to high-impact glitters and everything in between
This Works
This Works in the updated line is now over 97% natural and contains a higher volume of products with less packaging (we have reduced our packaging by 40% by weight). All packaging is fully recyclable and made from minimum 30% PCR.
Need a daytime boost & overnight recovery? My Wrinkles extreme moisturiser & my wrinkles midnight moisture duo. All you need in one powerful duo. Hardworking, multi-tasking skincare, clinically proven to protect and renew your skin day and night. My Wrinkles range, our youth-boosting line for natural age management, we have improved the sustainability of our packaging for a best-in-class skin management system that remains affordable for eco-responsible and results-driven.
The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%
(30ml €6 / £5, 60ml €10.80 / £9)
Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1% is The Ordinary’s best-selling product selling 1 sold every 2 seconds, globally. Originally targeted towards blemish prone skin due to its ability to help regulate sebum production, The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1% has now been proven to address multi[ple concerns including significantly reinforcing skin barrier function, improving skin smoothness, and increasing skin radiance over time.
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Hydrating lightweight serum that visibly improves skin radiance and luminosity
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Hydrates skin by reinforcing the skin barrier in as little as 7 days
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Achieve smoother skin after 8 weeks
The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5
(30ml €9 /£7.90, 60ml €15.80 /£13.90 )
For those familiar with The Ordinary and their formulations it can safely be assumed that they’ve become acquainted with Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5. This ‘hard-to-keep-on-shelves’ serum is formulated to combine low, medium, and high molecular weights of Hyaluronic Acid for multi-depth hydration. Thanks to studies on its next-generation HA crosspolymer, The Ordinary can confirm it targets signs of aging as well as skin barrier support.
- Smoothing serum that offers short and long-term hydration.
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Strengthens skin barrier after 4 weeks.
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Noticeably smoother and more supple skin after 4 weeks.
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Visibly reduced fine lines and wrinkles after 4 weeks