Let’s be honest: Earth Day may have come and gone, but we should live cleaner and greener every day. Be nicer to yourself, as well as the earth, with natural, organic or eco-friendly beauty that’s one less thing to worry about.
Story by Anna M. Park
- Treat: A serious anti-aging treatment featuring organically farmed plant oils and extracts. Tata Harper Rejuvenating Serum, $98, tataharper.com
- Protect: With natural, organic ingredients, this vegan mineral sunscreen features a whopping 18% of derm-recommended zinc oxide. Peter Lamas Sheer Zinc Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30, $44, peterlamas.com
- Acne: From an organic skin care line dedicated to green practices (they even plant a tree for every product sold), this acne treatment showed a 42% reduction in oil production in a clinical study. Eminence Clear Skin Targeted Treatment, $65, buynaturalskincare.com
- Cleanse: Certified Ecocert, this micellar cleansing water nourishes with oat amino acids and cucumber extracts. Jane Iredale BeautyPrep Face Cleanser, $28, janeiredale.com
- Moisturize: Pure plant oils absorb better than synthetics, and calendula is a natural anti-inflammatory. Beauty Counter Lustro Face Oil 1 in Calendula, $68, beautycounter.com
- Mask: A unique compression lace mask, perfect for lifting and tightening the chin and jawline, that’s also naturally antimicrobial, reusable and biodegradable. Dermovia lace mask, $15, dermovia.com
- Color: A truly all-natural makeup line that features antioxidant-rich superfruits, nourishing oils, and fruit and vegetable pigments for real color payoff. Han Skin Care Cosmetics Moisturizing Lip Gloss, $14, hanscc.com
- Scent: Lurk’s perfume oils are 100% natural (even the packaging is recycled), handmade in small batches, and offer longer lasting scents like jasmine and rose intertwined with bitter orange essential oils. Lurk PRJ V1, $55, lurkmade.com
- Eyes: A natural, antioxidant-rich eye cream from a brand dedicated to “the healing of humanity and the earth” through organic ingredients, sourcing and fair trade. Dr. Hauschka Regenerating Eye Cream, $75, drhauschka.com
- Lips: An Ecocert organic lip treatment with hyper-moisturizing shea butter harvested in fair trade from West Africa. L’Occitane Shea Butter Ultra Rich Lip Balm, $12, usaloccitane.com
For more earth-friendly beauty, check out: Composuremagazine.com/earthdaybeauty
