Eco|Zero Market® is working hard to offer you sustainable beauty products that are handmade, cruelty-free, certified organic, palm oil free and vegan. Why? Unfortunately, most people don’t know that most beauty products contain harmful ingredientes. The beauty industry wants us to believe we need all this synthetic junk to make ourselves pretty and presentable, and we understand how hard it is to wade through the pervasive commercial super plastic packaged crap. Beauty is and should be all natural and it’s packaging should be circular, as much as possible. 

We’re not saying you shouldn’t glam up as little or much as you want, but we encourage you to be selective about the products you choose and help companies redefine the beauty industry.

Zero-waste living, at its core, is also a ritual, a habit of being more mindful about our consumption in small, everyday sort of ways that lead to a big difference in the big picture. Make your beauty routine meaningful, too, for both yourself and the planet but choosing to go with products that won’t pollute the earth or your skin.

Here are a few tips to consider next time you buy beauty products:

CRUELTY FREE –

Products with ingredients that have not been tested on animals at any stage in their development

A product might be cruelty-free and still contain animal ingredients. If that doesn’t sound quite right to you then that’s good because it shouldn’t. In all likelihood, to get those animal ingredients it may have required the death of that animal.

This begs the question, is that product (or brand that manufactured that product) truly cruelty-free?

The product may also contain palm oil, the simple ingredient responsible for the devastation of thousands of hectares of rain forests and consequently all the animals that live in them – again not altogether cruelty-free.

Finally, if they’re not organic/natural then it’s possible or even likely that their production has had some negative effect on the health of our environment and our wildlife.

VEGAN –

Products that do not contain any animal ingredients

Vegan products may contain palm oil, which is not an animal by-product or ingredient. But the growth and harvesting of this oil seed crop is directly responsible for the destruction of rain forests and the death and displacement of millions of species.

Vegan products may also contain ingredients which are not organic or natural and the production of which are also harmful to our environment and animals.

Shockingly, some vegan beauty products may actually be tested on animals, which is just insane considering the ethos behind veganism.

ORGANIC & NATURAL –

Products that do not contain any GMOs, manufactured herbicides, artificial fertilizers, artificial or synthetic colors, preservatives or chemicals

While the ingredients in organic, and in some cases natural, products are sourced from sustainable means, they may be tested on animals, contain animal by-products and/or palm oil.

There is a huge amount of greenwashing when it comes to ‘organic’ and even more so ‘natural’.

Read more about how to identify truly ‘organic and natural’ products here

PALM OIL FREE –

Products that do not contain the environmentally devastating palm oil or any of its derivatives

Palm oil free products may be tested on animals and may contain animal ingredients.

While these products don’t contain the ingredient that’s responsible for the death and destruction of forests and the animals that live in them, they may still contain ingredients which are not organic / natural and as result have a negative impact on the environment and the very creatures we’re supposed to protect.

For a more in-depth look at the palm oil issue, have a read here

Check out some of our beauty products! They are sustainable, handmade, 100% natural, vegan, free of palm oil, and cruelty free!