Do Eco-Friendly & Clean Foundations Exist?

Sure, there are a few great natural beauty brands out on the market today with clean foundations, but are they eco-friendly?

Dirty Hippie Cosmetics Raw Cacao BB Creams $15 (with shipping)

Dirty Hippie Cosmetics is an Australian based cosmetics brand dedicated to zero waste. And, with ingredients like natural oils and minerals, they’re dedicated to clean makeup too. Their products and styling remind you of the flapper era when labels were lelaborate crests instead of the minimalist styling of today. Dirty Hippie ships internationally. So, if you’re not based in Australia, you can find them on Etsy.

Honest Ingredients: Mango and olive butter, shea and hemp see oil are whipped into a moisturizing blend of fatty acids and Vitamins A, C, and E that will nourish and lock in moisture. Zinc Oxide provides SPF 20. Raw cacao powder and mica are blended to brighten dark circles, cover blemishes and smooth out pigmentation.

Environmental Impact: Plastic containers can take 450- 1,000 years to decompose. Instead of leaving all of that dirtiness behind, Dirty Hippie uses glass and tin containers. Recycled glass can be melted into new shapes and forms. Aluminum tins can be recycled. The brand’s signature old-school style labels are printed using refillable vegetable ink. And, all packages are shipped using recyclable packaging. Just to go the extra green mile, Dirty Hippie is outfitting their new headquarters with solar panels for clean energy.  

Buy their natural BB creams Here

Dab Herb Makeup Organic Petal Concealer $18.50

Dab Herb is another eco-friendly brand. All of their products are vegan and cruelty-free. This L.A brand’s philosophy is that beauty and self-care are inseparable from sustainability and transparency. They use certified organic raw materials and ingredients in all of their products.

Honest Ingredients: All of the ingredients used are organic. Grapeseed and sunflower oils are whipped with nilotica seed butter for a refreshing dose of moisture. If you’re unfamiliar with the term “nilotica” it refers to a region along the Nile River in Africa where the rarest and best quality shea butter seeds are said to come from. Feenugreek seeds are grounded for glowing skin and foti root is added to fight inflammation.

Environmental Impact: Dab Herb has a zero-waste policy where they reuse their own supplier’s raw materials for larger orders. Tin and glass containers are used instead of plastic. And paper products (like their labels) are made from recycled paper products.

Try their organic concealers Here 

Elate Beauty Refresh Foundation $32

Elate Beauty focusses on producing makeup that doesn’t harm humans, animals, or the planet we inhabit. They’ve even been certified by PETA. Their ingredients are 90% organic, but its clean foundations are on their way to becoming 100% organic ingredients and raw materials.

Honest Ingredients: This hyper-moisturizing formula is a blend of argan (praised for its high fatty acid and Vitamin E content) and hyaluronic acid to help skin retain its moisture levels. Other natural star ingredients include nutrient–rich lycii extract and skin-healing bamboo.

Environmental Impact: There is a tiny bit of plastic used in their sleek bottles. It turns out that the pump is plastic, but the bottle itself is glass. Also, the wood bit that you see is bamboo which can be crushed and composted.

Get their clean foundations Here