Beauty Routine
Contribute to the care of the land, water, and air with these simple changes in your beauty routine that also take care of your health in a sustainable way!
The ways you can make your life more sustainable range from small changes, such as carrying a cloth bag for purchases, to including habits in your beauty routine that favor the responsible use of waste and natural ingredients.
Here we will talk about this last point that will help you do your bit with the preservation of the planet and improve your health considerably. Ready to take the plunge.
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1. Say Yes to Solid Shampoo
It is a bar shampoo that remains not packaged in plastic containers. It is compact, lasts longer, and its preparation uses less water, unlike traditional liquid shampoos. In addition to taking care of the planet, the best thing is that it cleanses, conditions the hair, and fills it with nutrients to prevent hair loss.
2. Use a Stick Conditioner
It is the same principle as a solid shampoo, only instead of lathering, it feels like a hair oil that moisturizes and facilitates hair detangling. Most of the conditioner sticks have natural ingredients that contribute to the care of the water and the reduction of plastics per person.
3. Make the Most of the Alum Stone
The production of deodorants in roll-on, aerosol or gel involves chemical components that turn out to be harmful to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, so sustainable options. Such as alum stone, are the solution to improve your beauty routine. It is a crystallized salt in the form of a rock that works as cream deodorant since it inhibits the development of bacteria that cause body odour.
4. Make Homemade Scrubs
Replacing commercial masks and scrubs with a homemade version is a significant step to be more eco-friendly in your daily routine. These are less aggressive (but just as effective), their waste takes less time to dispose of. You can store them in glass containers.
5. Hello, Bamboo Brushes and Brushes
When buying your beauty tools, choose those made from natural, recycled and renewable fibres such as bamboo and cotton. Toothbrushes, hairbrushes, body brushes or makeup brushes are the ones that you can begin to substitute more efficiently to reduce the number of plastics and carbon emissions.
6. Say Goodbye to Pads and Tampons
Sanitary napkins take 500 to 800 years to dispose of and, most alarmingly, is that a woman on a menstrual period uses an average of 7,200 pieces throughout her life, generating tons of garbage that take centuries to disappear.
Thus, menstrual cup use is much more effective to combat waste and respect the environment since the cups have a life span of 10 years, equivalent to approximately 1800 towels. The menstrual cup is also more beneficial to health, as it does not affect vaginal moisture, nor does it leave residues of synthetic fibres.
7. Give Reusable Makeup Remover Towels a Chance
Forget cotton pads and single-use makeup remover wipes and switch to fabric options that are reusable after washing. How do they work? After you have applied the cleansing and makeup remover oil with your hands. Moisten the towel with warm water and remove all excess impurities.
After using it, it is essential to wash it – by hand or in the washing machine – and let it dry in a ventilated place to make the most of its life span. Which is two to three months even when using it daily.
8. Chemical-free Enamels, Always!
A good part of nail polish factories uses ingredients with highly toxic active ingredients such as formaldehyde, toluene, camphor, or dibutyl phthalate. This is why they have been banned in European Union countries to reduce pollution.
Though this has not remained regulated in Mexico. It is best always to read the labels and lean towards the 3 or 7 free enamels that do not have these compounds. In the same way, it is infallible to support firms that offer reusable and refillable jars.
9. Decide on Brands with Environmental Commitment
Speaking of supporting brands committed to the environment, several have recycling programs. Which allows you to exchange a certain amount of empty packaging for lipsticks, luxury samples. Masks, and unbeatable gifts. Still, others do not give you a new product but are refillable and accept empty bottles to produce more bottles.