10 Best Eco-Friendly Skincare Products
Be kind to your skin while you're being kind to the environment.
- Rachel Grumman, BettyConfidential.com
To celebrate Earth Month, this article is the first in a series of six eco-friendly pieces that will run in BettyConfidential.
Sure, you recycle the newspaper and don't leave your computer running all night long, but you can go one step further in helping the environment by using eco-friendly skincare products that will beautify you naturally without hurting the planet. Going green never looked so good. Even celebs like Gisele Bundchen are getting into the act!
1. Exfoliant
Zia Natural Skincare Skin Basics Bamboo Exfoliant ($20.79, drugstore.com). This organic exfoliant gently removes dead skin cells with bamboo extract, soybean oil, and rice bran oil, and has yucca extra to add hydration. The result? Baby smooth skin, naturally. What's more, Zia's packaging is created with windmill power and printed with soy ink.
2. Eye Cream
Jason Ester-C Ultra-C Eye Lift ($16.37, amazon.com). Wake up dull, tired-looking peepers with age-fighting vitamins C and E, aloe vera gel, and rosehips to smooth fine lines and hydrate the delicate skin around your eyes.
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3. Anti- Aging Moisturizer
Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle CoQ10 Replenishing Moisturizing Lotion ($12.95, aubrey-organics.com). The lightweight lotion has CoQ10, which is a powerful anti-aging ingredient that fights free radicals and helps soften fine lines. This moisturizer also contains organic aloe vera and jojoba oil for smooth skin.
4. Mask
Sejaa Mud Mask ($56, sejaa.com). While we can't promise that you'll wake up looking like Gisele Bundchen, her 100 percent natural skincare line's mud mask will help detox your skin using natural clay to draw out impurities and has glycerin to leave skin supple and moisturized. The products are also manufactured using renewable energy and packed in recycled materials.
5. Lip Treatment
Lux Organic Lip Conditioner ($16, vapourbeauty.com). The certified organic jojoba, evening primrose oils, Shea butter and antioxidant-rich green tea ingredients take your lips from dry and chapped to supple and kissable in seconds.
6. Facial Serum
Noah's Naturals Natural Age Repair Firming Gel Serum ($16, walgreens.com). This serum is packed with antioxidants including acai berry, green tea, and pomegranate to soften fine lines as well as vitamins C and A to help boost collagen production.
7. Night-Time Moisturizer
Trilogy Age-Proof Replenishing Night Cream ($50, beautorium.com). The skin-repairing, super-hydrating night cream contains avocado, certified organic rosehip and marula oils as well as hyaluronic acid; all of these ingredients aid your skin in absorbing moisture for healthier, more radiant-looking skin. All of Trilogy products and packaging are biodegradable.
8. Blemish Control
Burt's Bees Natural Acne Solutions Targeted Spot Treatment ($10, burtsbees.com). Whether you're dealing with one pimple or three, you don't want to deal with them for long. This spot treatment contains salicylic acid, Tea Tree Oil, calendula and yarrow. What makes these ingredients so special? Combined they fight redness, soothe the skin and work on gently but effectively ridding you face of any unsightly blemishes quickly.
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9. Body Wash
Kai Body Wash ($33, beautycollection.com). You'll feel good about using this foaming body wash that contains extracts of comfrey, cucumber and ivy. It' also paraben- and sulfate-free - great for sensitive skin and it's packaged in recyclable materials. The fresh gardenia scent is perfect for spring and summer.
10. Body Moisturizer
Alba Unscented Original Body Lotion ($10.95, albabontanica.com). The lightweight body lotion is heavy in moisturizing ingredients like Jojoba, sesame and avocado oils, which penetrate quickly to nourish dry skin.
Rachel Grumman is a freelance health and beauty writer based in New York City.
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