Want more beauty but less waste? We hear you, which is why refillable beauty is the future. Editor Trudi Brewer shares eco-conscious swaps to help you feel good when shopping for your favourite beauty brands.
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The only thing better than finding a product you love is one you can replace sustainably. Along with the drive for clean beauty formulations, beauty brands are making more of an effort to create more sustainable packaging. They’re shifting towards refillable and reusable, upcycled glass bottles, jars, and compacts that can be repurposed. It's a giant step in the right direction to help reduce plastic waste or single-use plastic products. Still, just as certain materials can be recycled, specific packaging designs cannot be refilled and will end up in landfills. Under increasing pressure to consider its vast environmental footprint and contribution to global plastic waste, stats from the British Beauty Council say 95 per cent of cosmetic packaging is discarded, and of the 14 per cent of beauty products we recycle, only about nine per cent can be repurposed at recycling centres. The rest end up in landfills, taking up to 450 years to break down. So, if planet-saving isn't enough of a draw card for you, consider the financial gains of refillables and how they can save you money. Finally, while not all beauty products are refillable, top sellers are taking the lead, with new launches all offering refillable sustainable packaging. Here are some who are leading the charge.
Skincare
Drunk Elephant Lala Retro Whipped Cream Refill 50ml, $103. Shiseido Ultimune Power Infusing Serum Refill 50ml, $169. Kora Organics Turmeric Glow Moisturizer Refill Pod, 50ml, $66. Jeuneora GoNightly Overnight Repair Cream Refiil 50ml, $84.
Makeup
Jane Iredale PurePressed Base Mineral Foundation REFILL SPF 20, $89. NARS Blush Refill, $45. Eye Of Horus Eyeshadow Compact Refill in Flare, $19. HERMÈS Rouge Hermès, Satin lipstick refill in Orange Boite, $80.
body care
Givenchy L'Interdit EDP Refill, $287. Narciso Rodriguez All of Me EDP Refill 150ml, $265. Marc Jacobs Daisy Wild EDP Refill 150mL, $205. MAISON MARGIELA Lazy Sunday Morning EDT Refill Set 100ml + 30ml, $248.
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