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Uptown Music’s Free Restring/Recycling Event Sponsored by D’Addario and TerraCycle

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Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at Uptown Music in Salem, OR on Thursday, February 21, 2019 from 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Sponsored by D’Addario and TerraCycle, musicians can bring any old instrument strings for recycling and get their electric or acoustic guitars restrung with D’Addario NYXL or Nickel Bronze Acoustic strings. Old strings collected during the event will be recycled through Playback, D’Addario’s free, national recycling program.
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Can Loop’s 21st century milkman fix plastic plague?

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TerraCycle's new circular shopping platform rescues big packaged brands from PR crisis Remember the sea turtle with a straw fused up its nose? The viral image that broke your heart and made you swear off straws? There’s more. On February 4, the UK’s RSPCA released the latest round of disturbing photos of wildlife – maimed seals, ducks, deer, even cats – ensnared in plastic bags, bottles and other snaggy remnants of our disposable economy. A flurry of British media headlines cut to the chase: record numbers of animals are killed or injured by plastic. It doesn’t take a PR insider to tell you that new reports of wildlife injured by plastic litter are sure to get packaged goods makers biting their nails and bracing for impact. With public outrage over disposable plastics growing steadily, major international brands have been under heavy pressure to rethink their packaging models. Over the last few months, the world’s largest consumer goods makers and sellers responded by announcing some surprisingly aggressive waste reduction targets. With some cajoling from the UK-based Ellen MacArthur Foundation, roughly 300 major corporations responsible for 20 per cent of the planet’s plastic packaging, including Unilever, Colgate, SC Johnson, H&M, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, signed onto a “new plastics economy” commitment. They’ve vowed to make sure all their plastic packaging is either recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2025. The targets are impressive. They’re also, as shareholder advocacy group As You Sow noted, aspirational. Making your plastic packaging recyclable is one thing. Making sure it all gets recycled is another, particularly with global recycling infrastructure in a free fall, as China and now Malaysia and soon Vietnam shut their doors to the planet’s less desirable recycling scraps. (Not to mention that 90 per cent of plastic is never shipped off to be recycled to begin with, regardless of whether it’s technically recyclable). Compostable packaging targets get messy, too, when you consider that many cities with curbside composting, such as Toronto, reject most certified compostable packaging (like, say, compostable coffee pods) in their green bins because they’re, in a nutshell, not compatible with their systems. That leaves the most meaningful option – and the gateway to a truly circular economy – behind door number three: reusable. Deposit return systems on refillable drink containers, including beer or milk bottles, have been the golden child of the circular economy since, well, the golden era of the milkman. Other circular economy darlings have usually been limited to companies that make products that can be taken back and/or and refurbished, like an old Patagonia coat. The idea has never really gained traction with the make ‘n toss packaged good set – until now. https://www.corporateknights.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/loop-video-shot-1.png Enter Loop’s new “circular shopping platform” – heralded as the 21st century milkman. But instead of a milk truck, your friendly neighbourhood UPS driver will be tasked with dropping off (and picking up) a leak-proof reusable LOOP box filled with an array of popular brands like Pantene, Tide, Seventh Generation, Dove, Tropicana, Nature’s Path, Body Shop and more so people can get everything from mayonnaise to deodorant in branded stainless steel, glass and refillable plastic containers – all within 48 hours of ordering. Once you’re done, call UPS for pick-up and the containers will be returned to Loop for sanitation then to manufacturers for refill. It’s a conscious consumer’s dream. It also sounds like a lot of greenhouse gas-intensive shipping. TerraCycle, the company behind Loop has said it’s calculated the total impact of its shopping platform and says that, overall, Loop products are 50 to 75 per cent better for the environment than conventional alternatives. Usman Valiante has his doubts. The senior policy analyst with Corporate Policy Group LLP has been involved in rolling out producer take-back initiatives in B.C. and Ontario and cautions that early carbon footprint estimates often miss the mark: “If you look at the greenhouse gas footprint of Amazon, online shop was supposed to reduce the amount of truck trips, when it’s actually done the opposite.” It would be “fine, if the entire transportation system ran on renewable energy,” says Valiante. “But it’s not.” Loop has argued that while it might add more delivery trucks to the road, it’s system will ultimately involve fewer garbage trucks. It also plans to break into brick-and-mortar retail outlets in the future. Loop’s real world GHG numbers will be crunched further during its trial run in New York and Paris starting this May. If all goes well, Loop trials will be coming to Toronto, Tokyo, San Fran and London next to much fanfare. Many of Loop’s early brand partners could no doubt use some good press. Coco-Cola, Proctor & Gamble, Unilever, Nestle, Mars, Clorox, Mondelēz have all been slammed by Greenpeace as the world’s largest contributors to the ocean plastic crisis. Their branded packaging has been turning up in Greenpeace ocean trash audits from Asia to Canada. It’s actually why Loop’s creator, Toronto-raised and Jersey-headquartered Tom Szaky reportedly pitched those brands first. https://www.corporateknights.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ice-cream-loop.png Partnering with Loop doesn’t just save them from a PR crisis and position them as innovators. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has also been drawing corporate players to the circular economy table with the promise of boosted brand loyalty and deeper data dives on consumers. As Institute for Smart Prosperity’s Stephanie Cairns points out to, when people sign up to have weekly deliveries of Haagen-Dazs [the only ice cream brand in the Loop store so far], Nestle doesn’t just get brand loyalty, it starts amassing specific data about exactly who’s eating its ice cream and when. “For a lot of brands, this a very attractive idea,” says Cairns. TerraCycle (founded in 2001) has always known the power of flipping the script on branded packaged goods. One of the recycling company’s earliest upcycled products involved transforming old branded juice pouches into new branded tote bags. Okay, so not everyone wants to sling a Luna-wrapper-turned-messenger bag over their shoulder. But with TerraCycle’s new Loop initiative, they’ve figured out a classier way to close the loop on disposables, working with consumer good companies to develop sleek, branded reusable containers, on which deposits will be paid. https://www.corporateknights.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Axe-Loop-1.png The concept should test well with well-heeled, urban Aspirationals – the 40 per cent of people who, according to BBMG, wan­­t to buy from companies that do good. Particularly those Aspirationals already doing a lot of online shopping and feeling guilty about their packaging trail. But not every consumer will want to or can afford to fork out $20 for shipping and up to $10 per container on a deposit, which throws a bit of a wrench in the reach and scaleability of the model. For others, no amount of shiny reusable packaging will scrub the tarnish from the Coca-Colas and Nestles of the world. Emily Charles-Donelson works with Toronto Tool Library and Sharing Depot, where customers can borrow items and refill their own soap containers. She’s worried that Mondelēz, Clorox and friends will be selling Millennials more of the same old problematic products in feel-good packaging. “Loop’s reusable container program has the potential to significantly amplify the growing culture of reuse, moving us away from the erroneous notion that recycling is a viable solution to the waste crisis,” says Charles-Donelson. “Zooming out, however, LOOP is a halfway solution dreamed up within the parameters of the same broken corporate narrative that fueled the environmental crisis in the first place.” https://www.corporateknights.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Loop-Wipe-e1549596439683-2.jpg Can we buy our way out of this mess? Probably not, especially if we’re buying disposable paper towels and sewer-clogging antibacterial wipes in refillable containers. But at least we’re starting to come to terms with the glaring reality that we can’t recycle our way out. Until we’ve figured out a new green economy that isn’t so deeply hinged on ever more consumption, the world needs Loop and others like it to catch on, do well, scale up beyond the 20,000 stainless steel tubs of Häagen-Dazs being piloted (humans, after all, buy 13 billion litres of ice cream every year) and to thrive as one of many circular economy solutions around the globe. Maybe more than anything, we need the Loops, Tool Libraries and Sharing Depots of the world to be supported by ambitious and binding circular economy regulations, along the lines of what we’re seeing in Europe and the UK (we’re waiting on you, Canada).  At the moment, Cairns says, “We [in Canada] don’t have a public policy framework that’s going to easily enable a [refillable] product to come into the market and be collected through regular waste pick-up streams and recirculated back to suppliers.” “The Loop model really highlights the defects in Canada’s current system,” says Cairns, but she points out it also shows the potential that’s out there “if we unleash creative thinking out-of-the-box thinking.”s  
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Are Your Beloved Sheet Masks Killing The Planet?

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We love sheet masks just as much as the next person. But when you throw your used mask in the trash, have you ever stopped to wonder how wasteful it actually is?
While those beloved facial products might work wonders on your skin, hydrating it and leaving it with a dewy glow, they aren’t so kind to the environment. For one thing, they generate a lot of waste ― there’s a pouch, the mask itself and sometimes a plastic sheet wrapped up in the mask ― not all of which can be easily recycled or composted, so we toss them into the garbage. That means more waste ends up in our landfills. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, containers and packaging are a huge portion of solid waste in the United States; 77.9 million tons of packaging waste was generated in 2015 alone.
Sure, your sheet masks aren’t the only things responsible for that waste, but they aren’t helping the issue, either. We spoke to some experts who broke down just how harmful those sheet masks are to the environment.

Let’s look at the materials and ingredients that go into a mask

Sheet masks are almost always meant to be single-use products. That means each time you use one, you’re generating some sort of waste.
The pouches that hold sheet masks are often made of a combination of aluminum and plastic, which according to Darby Hoover, senior resource specialist of food and agriculture at the Natural Resources Defense Council, “cannot be recycled in typical municipal recycling systems.” It’s likely, then, that these pouches just get tossed in the trash and end up in our landfills. It’s known that plastic can take hundreds of years to decompose, if at all, and billions of pounds of plastic waste enter the world’s oceans every year, harming our wildlife, according to National Geographic.
In Hoover’s opinion, anything that reduces the amount of packaging, makes the packaging more recyclable or uses recycled materials in production is going to help reduce the ecological footprint. Selling sheet masks in bulk ― similar to a container of salicylic acid pads, which aren’t individually wrapped ― would also help reduce waste.
Then there are the actual masks. Sometimes they’re made from 100 percent cotton, which you might think is easily compostable, and in turn, more eco-friendly. But as Hoover points out, that’s not always the case because average consumers might not be able to decipher that some beauty ingredients in the masks could contain sneaky plastic ingredients that make the mask impossible to compost.
Ashlee Piper, eco-lifestyle expert and author of Give a Sh*t: Do Good. Live Better. Save the Planet, expanded on Hoover’s point, noting that a mask’s compostability is highly dependent on what’s in it. In her own research, she’s seen masks made of cotton, jute and/or bamboo, which on their own would be fine to compost. The only caveat is that if they’re soaked in non-organic, non-biodegradable ingredients, composting might not be an option.
Additionally, she said, if a sheet mask is “a synthetic material like nylon or the like, it cannot be composted and must go in the garbage.” Other non-compostable materials would include microfiber, a synthetic fabric typically made from petrochemicals.

What exactly happens when we put sheet masks in landfills?

While sheet masks aren’t going to single-handedly destroy the planet, they do generate a lot of waste, much of which likely ends up in our landfills.
As Hoover pointed out, landfills are a significant source of methane emissions and methane emissions contribute to global warming. If there are products in our landfills that contain biological or plant-based components (i.e., sheet masks), they will eventually break down and produce methane, she added, “so we want to try to not put organic products in the landfills when we can avoid it.”
That’s the tricky thing with sheet masks ― while some might contain organic or plant-based materials and ingredients, they can’t necessarily be composted, and thus they end up in landfills.
The manufacturing processes involved in producing sheet masks are also something to consider, especially if you’re trying to be a more responsible and eco-conscious consumer. In Hoover’s opinion, this aspect has a bigger ecological impact than the packaging alone.
“We’ve talked about all the ways these products likely include some type of plastic. [With] that alone, we’re taking nonrenewable fossil fuels out of the ground, turning them into plastic and creating packaging and a product that is used once and thrown away,” she said. “That is not the best use of non-renewable materials we have in our economy.”
“That upstream impact of constantly having to go back and harvest materials and all the energy, water, chemicals and other inputs that are used in manufacture are actually the greatest ecological impact,” Hoover said.
She also acknowledged that the average consumer probably doesn’t have the time or ability to figure out what each ingredient in their sheet masks is and whether it can be recycled, composted or neither. In her opinion, manufacturers and brands should provide all the information necessary for proper disposal.
“Even if some of that information is on the package and the rest of it is on a web link, that’s still really helpful to consumers who are trying to do the right thing,” she added.

What can you do if you want to be more eco-conscious?

The easiest answer, hands down, would be to avoid using non-recyclable, non-compostable, single-use sheet masks altogether. But that’s not so easy for everyone.
If you absolutely love your sheet masks and can’t give them up, just know there are other options out there that will yield similar results. As mentioned above, you can try to find products that use organic, biodegradable and recyclable materials. Korean beauty brand Innisfree has a line of biodegradable sheet masks, for example. Andalou Naturals, another beauty brand, also carries masks that are said to be biodegradable. The outer packaging, however, isn’t necessarily recyclable.
You can also look for masks sold in packs, as opposed to individually wrapped. They do exist, and they don’t generate as much plastic waste as the single-use masks. Some people even make their own sheet masks by soaking clean face cloths with their own serums or mixtures of desired ingredients, Piper said.
At the very least, do your research. If you really want to be more responsible, look up your local municipality’s recycling and composting guidelines. Hoover noted that every municipality in the United States has different guidelines, so it’s important to find out what they are in your area. There are also organizations like TerraCycle that recycle typically hard-to-recycle items. You should look at your product’s packaging, as there might be some information regarding proper disposal.
“I think a big point to make is what we want from the manufacturers is [for them] to be very transparent on the packaging, about what is included, what the actual ingredients are, whether it can be recycled or composted. For both the product and package itself, there should be that kind of disclosure,” Hoover said. “It’s very important to not only get that information from the manufacturer but to match it with what your city’s guidelines are for how to responsibly recycle or compost.”
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Uptown Music’s Free Restring/Recycling Event Sponsored by D’Addario and TerraCycle

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Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at Uptown Music in Salem, OR on Thursday, February 21, 2019 from 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Sponsored by D’Addario and TerraCycle, musicians can bring any old instrument strings for recycling and get their electric or acoustic guitars restrung with D’Addario NYXL or Nickel Bronze Acoustic strings. Old strings collected during the event will be recycled through Playback, D’Addario’s free, national recycling program.
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New book addresses excess waste through packaging design

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Scott Cassel, the chief executive officer and founder of Product Stewardship Institute (PSI), Boston, has joined forces with Tom Szaky, the founder and CEO of the Trenton, New Jersey-based waste solutions company TerraCycle, on the mission to eliminate waste. The two worked together on Szaky’s recently released fourth book, The Future of Packaging: From Linear to Circular, to offer a roadmap out of the the pileup of excessive waste through packaging redesign. More than 50 million tons of packaging and paper products are disposed of in the U.S. each year, representing a missed opportunity to recover valuable resources, PSI says. For over a decade, PSI says it has sought circular solutions by bringing stakeholders together to advance product stewardship for packaging with a focus on producer responsibility. PSI says Cassel's chapter in The Future of Packaging dives deeper into the rationale behind this approach and the benefits to be gained from holding brand owners responsible for reducing the impacts of their packaging choices. "By sharing diverse perspectives from governments, brand owners and waste management firms, this book powerfully transforms the issues we've avoided into ones we are motivated to tackle head-on," Cassel says. "My chapter calls for a paradigm shift in producer responsibility, placing waste and materials management in the hands of the producer as an asset, not a burden." Designed to be a primer on packaging design for the circular economy, The Future of Packaging integrates perspectives from Szaky and 15 innovators in sustainability - including government leaders, corporations and international waste management experts - to create a guide that PSI says can help everyone from a small startup to a large corporation move towards a future of growth with less waste. The co-authors for The Future of Packaging: From Linear to Circular are:
  • Attila Turos, the former lead of the Future of Production Initiative at World Economic Forum
  • Christine "Christie" Todd Whitman, the former governor of New Jersey and former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Jean-Marc Boursier, the group senior executive vice president of finance and recycling recovery in Northern Europe for SUEZ
  • Scott Cassel, the founder and CEO of Product Stewardship Institute and president of Global Product Stewardship Council
  • Stephen Sikra, the global lead for packaging material science and technology at Procter & Gamble
  • Ron Gonen, the cofounder and managing partner of Closed Loop Partners and cofounder and former CEO of Recyclebank
  • Michael Manna, the founder and managing director of organic recycling solutions
  • Chris Daly, the chief sustainability officer of PepsiCo Western Europe
  • Lisa McTigue Pierce, the executive editor of Packaging Digest
  • Tony Dunnage, the group director of manufacturing sustainability with Unilever
  • KoAnn Skrzyniarz, the founder and CEO of Sustainable Life Media and Sustainable Brands
  • Raphael Bemporad and Liz Schroeter Courtney of BBMG
  • Virginie Helias, the vice president of global sustainability at Procter & Gamble
  • Lisa Jennings, the vice president of global hair acceleration at Procter & Gamble
"Acknowledging the tall order of changing course away from climate catastrophe means addressing it from several angles," Szaky says. "I have had the privilege to co-author this book with the best minds in the global packaging movement—folks who have been championing this new frame of thinking for decades. Together, they provide the tools for anyone, consumer to corporation, interested in innovating upwards out of this mess and into abundance." Called "a crash course for designing for the circular economy" by Unilever CEO Paul Polman, The Future of Packaging contextualizes the historical and economic factors that spurred modern society's "business as usual" preoccupation with disposability, explains the current state of manufacturing, recycling, and resource management and encourages critical thinking about the true function of packaging. Topics include the evolution of plastic and recommendations and "watch-outs" for producing and consuming in the circular economy. For instance, biodegradable and bio-based plastics may not be as sustainable as marketed, black plastics are typically non-recyclable, and though lighter in weight, packaging such as pouches and cartons also take a toll on the planet. To learn more about PSI's work to advance producer responsibility for packaging and paper products, visit www.productstewardship.us/Packaging.
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These are our favorite beauty retailers from the Indie Beauty Expo

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The beauty world can be a complicated place, especially if you’re looking to ditch products with intimidating lists of ingredients and make the switch toward eco-friendly makeup and skincare. The return of the Indie Beauty Expo brought hundreds of independent retailers from around the world to showcase their amazing, one-of-a-kind products in the heart of Los Angeles . This year, our team of editors attended the IBE in Los Angeles and scouted the best beauty products from independent retailers that don’t compromise quality ingredients for their carbon footprint . Here are some of our favorite brands from IBELA. Little Moon Essentials The body care by Little Moon Essentials is “made by the phases of the moon” in Colorado. We love to spray the energizing mist at our desks when the climate news becomes too much to bear, and we enjoy the fun scent names (like Tired Old Ass). Kind Lips We always keep lip balm on hand, and our current go-to is Kind Lips . Not only are these hydrating and kind to the planet; the company also donates 20 percent of profits go toward anti-bullying organizations. Love Sun Body This is the world’s first sunscreen made using 100 percent natural ingredients. It is, of course, reef-safe and effective in protecting your skin from sun damage. Lunette Menstrual cups can be intimidating, but Lunette offers soft cups that hold for 12 hours and do not leak. Bare Me We love Bare Me’s reusable, dry sheet masks in a nod to waterless beauty. Plus, the packaging and masks can be recycled thanks to TerraCycle . Dirt Don’t Hurt From charcoal tooth scrubs and gum cleansing oils to a charcoal-based bath powder designed to soothe and relax, Dirt Don’t Hurt caught our attention with its natural products. Nature Lab Tokyo If you’re looking to really volumize your hair, try the clean, vegan hair products by Nature Lab Tokyo . As a lab, it has an array of specific formulas to fit your needs. IGXO IGXO prides itself on PETA-certified vegan and cruelty-free cosmetics. Lipsticks are the star of the show, and we were highly impressed with their staying power and non-drying formulas. Lalicious Lalicious’ line of natural , cruelty-free body washes, scrubs and lotions are truly delightful. We instantly fell in love with the velour body melt, which made our skin softer than ever before. Pure Mana Hawaii With products plucked right from the owners’ beautiful farm in Hawaii , these serums and body oils will transport you straight to paradise. Speak We love Speak’s natural, vegan, cruelty-free skincare, especially the cream deodorant and the cleansing powder, which smells exactly like our morning oatmeal. KIND-LY These Australian-based natural deodorants are vegan and cruelty-free , and guarantee your pits will be free of aluminum, parabens, alcohol and other nasties. KIND-LY also offers an armpit detox for the transition to natural deodorants. Sway Sway offers natural deodorant, an armpit detox and skincare that is good for you and the planet. Founder Rebecca So just launched skincare at the event, and we are raving over everything: toners, moisturizers, serums and all. Atar Atar offers luxurious, cruelty-free and vegan hair care products made from natural ingredients. Our hair has never been softer. Hum Hum’s products promote beauty from within as they are meant to treat blemishes, acne, dry skin, hair and nails. The best part? All supplements are gluten-free, non-GMO and sustainably sourced. Lather From the bamboo lemongrass scrub to the hand therapy cream to the muscle ease, we loved Lather’s eco-friendly products approved by PETA and Leaping Bunny. Plus, Lather is a carbon-neutral business and uses green packaging. Herbal Dynamics Beauty This plant-based beauty brand embraces nature with every product. Try the refreshing rose water face toner, which applies like a mist, or the overnight recover mask, which will leave the fragile skin on your face softer than ever. PYT Beauty This is beauty without the BS (bad stuff) . We were pleasantly surprised with the intense pigmentation of this natural cosmetics brand — we highly recommend the highlighters and lip duos! Spinster Sisters Co Spinster Sisters offers pure ingredients and reusable and recyclable packaging: we’re talking glass jars and plant-based plastics. milk + honey We love milk + honey’s plant-based, organic skincare, especially the products in scent profile No. 16, which blends pink grapefruit, bergamot and cardamom. *hype We’re obsessing over *hype , a line of plant-based nail polishes in a wide variety of colors. Even after several days, our nails have minimal chipping. Olive + M Olive + M’s skincare products are made using an olive oil base and U.S.-sourced ingredients. Each product repairs and protects skin from sun exposure, air pollution and other common problems. Northlore We fell in love with Northlore , as all its products are completely eco-friendly, from packaging to ingredients and even shipping. The glacier salt soak is all the rave for its detoxing and skin nourishing properties. + Indie Beauty Expo Images via Inhabitat
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These are our favorite beauty retailers from the Indie Beauty Expo

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pink neon IBELA 2019 sign The beauty world can be a complicated place, especially if you’re looking to ditch products with intimidating lists of ingredients and make the switch toward eco-friendly makeup and skincare. The return of the Indie Beauty Expo brought hundreds of independent retailers from around the world to showcase their amazing, one-of-a-kind products in the heart of Los Angeles. This year, our team of editors attended the IBE in Los Angeles and scouted the best beauty products from independent retailers that don’t compromise quality ingredients for their carbon footprint. Here are some of our favorite brands from IBELA. Little Moon Essentials The body care by Little Moon Essentials is “made by the phases of the moon” in Colorado. We love to spray the energizing mist at our desks when the climate news becomes too much to bear, and we enjoy the fun scent names (like Tired Old Ass). Kind Lips We always keep lip balm on hand, and our current go-to is Kind Lips. Not only are these hydrating and kind to the planet; the company also donates 20 percent of profits go toward anti-bullying organizations. Love Sun Body This is the world’s first sunscreen made using 100 percent natural ingredients. It is, of course, reef-safe and effective in protecting your skin from sun damage. Lunette Menstrual cups can be intimidating, but Lunette offers soft cups that hold for 12 hours and do not leak. Bare Me We love Bare Me’s reusable, dry sheet masks in a nod to waterless beauty. Plus, the packaging and masks can be recycled thanks to TerraCycle. Dirt Don’t Hurt From charcoal tooth scrubs and gum cleansing oils to a charcoal-based bath powder designed to soothe and relax, Dirt Don’t Hurt caught our attention with its natural products. Nature Lab Tokyo If you’re looking to really volumize your hair, try the clean, vegan hair products by Nature Lab Tokyo. As a lab, it has an array of specific formulas to fit your needs. IGXO: IGXO prides itself on PETA-certified vegan and cruelty-free cosmetics. Lipsticks are the star of the show, and we were highly impressed with their staying power and non-drying formulas. Lalicious: Lalicious’ line of natural, cruelty-free body washes, scrubs and lotions are truly delightful. We instantly fell in love with the velour body melt, which made our skin softer than ever before. Pure Mana Hawaii With products plucked right from the owners’ beautiful farm in Hawaii, these serums and body oils will transport you straight to paradise. Speak We love Speak’s natural, vegan, cruelty-free skincare, especially the cream deodorant and the cleansing powder, which smells exactly like our morning oatmeal. KIND-LY These Australian-based natural deodorants are vegan and cruelty-free, and guarantee your pits will be free of aluminum, parabens, alcohol and other nasties. KIND-LY also offers an armpit detox for the transition to natural deodorants. Sway Sway offers natural deodorant, an armpit detox and skincare that is good for you and the planet. Founder Rebecca So just launched skincare at the event, and we are raving over everything: toners, moisturizers, serums and all. Atar Atar offers luxurious, cruelty-free and vegan hair care products made from natural ingredients. Our hair has never been softer. Hum Hum’s products promote beauty from within as they are meant to treat blemishes, acne, dry skin, hair and nails. The best part? All supplements are gluten-free, non-GMO and sustainably sourced. Lather From the bamboo lemongrass scrub to the hand therapy cream to the muscle ease, we loved Lather’s eco-friendly products approved by PETA and Leaping Bunny. Plus, Lather is a carbon-neutral business and uses green packaging. Herbal Dynamics Beauty This plant-based beauty brand embraces nature with every product. Try the refreshing rose water face toner, which applies like a mist, or the overnight recover mask, which will leave the fragile skin on your face softer than ever. PYT Beauty This is beauty without the BS (bad stuff). We were pleasantly surprised with the intense pigmentation of this natural cosmetics brand — we highly recommend the highlighters and lip duos! Spinster Sisters Co Spinster Sisters offers pure ingredients and reusable and recyclable packaging: we’re talking glass jars and plant-based plastics. milk + honey We love milk + honey’s plant-based, organic skincare, especially the products in scent profile No. 16, which blends pink grapefruit, bergamot and cardamom. *hype We’re obsessing over *hype, a line of plant-based nail polishes in a wide variety of colors. Even after several days, our nails have minimal chipping. Olive + M Olive + M’s skincare products are made using an olive oil base and U.S.-sourced ingredients. Each product repairs and protects skin from sun exposure, air pollution and other common problems. Northlore We fell in love with Northlore, as all its products are completely eco-friendly, from packaging to ingredients and even shipping. The glacier salt soak is all the rave for its detoxing and skin nourishing properties.
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