Sustainable beauty products
Every little bit helps, even when it comes to the environment. That something has to be done is a fact. You yourself can contribute to a better environment by using sustainable products. Maybe eat vegetarian food more often, throw away food less quickly and separate waste. But did you know that sustainability can go hand in hand with your beauty routine? We have tips for you!
Sustainable beauty products for your hair
Everyone knows that plastic products are not good for the environment. Yet many beauty products still come in plastic packaging, such as shampoo. A sustainable solution for this are the so-called shampoo bars. For example, take a look at the website of Shampoo Bars. Here they sell all kinds and scents. You can use the bars multiple times. Besides care products for your hair, they also have body bars. Happy Soaps is a Dutch company that also sells shampoo bars. The bars are handmade in the Netherlands and are palm oil free. Extra sustainable! Would you rather get them in the store? Holland & Barret also has them in their assortment. Etos and Lush also offer these sustainable beauty products. Also good to know: shampoo bars are vegan and animal free.
Less plastic for your body care
What can be done for your hair can also be done for your body. As you could read above, there are body bars. Instead of a shower gel in a plastic bottle, you use a kind of soap, but a little differently. Body bars are also offered in abundance. By Beesha for example. Here you can choose from more than 25 scents! Beesha’s body bars consist of three types of butter that provide optimal care for your body. At Paper & Boo you can also choose a combination. So a body bar with a matching shampoo bar. Handy! Blokzeep also has wonderfully scented body bars for you. They also give tips on how to get the most out of your body bar. This way you can use it longer than an ordinary bottle of shower gel. Etos, Lush, Holland & Barret and even HEMA sell body bars. Just give them a try!
Less plastic in the bathroom
While you’re at it, you might want to take a critical look at the other products in your bathroom. Your toothbrush, for example! These days you can get them in sustainable bamboo. Bamboo is 100% biodegradable, which means one less piece of plastic in the environment. You can find bamboo toothbrushes at Bamboo Toothbrushes. Another provider of these sustainable beuaty products is Ecomondo. Eco department store Greenjump also sells them. And don’t forget to take a look at Eco-Logical’s website. You can even buy electric bamboo toothbrushes at Bamboodsociety. Prefer to go to the store? Holland & Barret, HEMA and Douglas also carry them.
Other sustainable beauty products
Have you ever thought about how many cotton pads you use and throw away per year? Well, that’s quite a lot! There is a very sustainable solution to this nowadays, namely washable cotton pads. They sell them at Bamboozy, Douglas, Holland & Barret, LanaLuna and ZoZero, among others. Cotton pads can also be much more sustainable. In fact, you also have a reusable version of these. These are available at BigGreenSmile, Douglas, Bol.com, MyFoodWays and Pieter Pot, among others. And of course, if you want to be sustainable, stop using disposable facial tissues immediately. This is because they contain traces of plastic so are very difficult to break down in the environment. Just clean the way you used to!
Sustainable menstrual products
Okay, this is a threshold you may have to cross. We did, but in the context of sustainability, this belongs in the list. Sanitary napkins and, to a lesser extent, tampons are harmful to the environment. There are alternatives to deal with this more sustainably. Using a menstrual cup is a sustainable alternative. These are available from Grace is Green, Beppy.com and Bamboozy, among others. You also have washable menstrual products and even menstrual underwear. Again, you’ve come to the right place for these at Grace is Green and Bamboozy, but they are also available at Libresse, LottiesPeriod and Nappy’s. We imagine this alternative might only be an option during milder periods and lighter days. But maybe that’s just a matter of getting used too?
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