Plastics & Personal Care: The struggle is real
In the transition away from plastic, I sat down one day to evaluate my stash of personal care products. All of them were housed in plastic. So, I started researching companies that focus on plastic-free options. Here's what I found:
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Deodorant
- meow meow tweet : paper or glass jars
- organic essence : paper
- routine cream : glass jars
- schmidts : glass jars
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Shampoo / Conditioner
- lush : bars (check out this video)
- plaine products : refillable, aluminum containers
- unwrapped life : bars (blog post comparing their bars to lush bars)
Update (1/16/19)- Loving Unwrapped Life shampoo and conditioner bars. I bought lush shampoo (Honey I washed my hair) bar for a friend with a coconut allergy, and she loved it.
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Makeup
Here's a short list of alternatives, many of which can be found at credobeauty.com:
- Axiology : aluminum lipstick tubes
- Antonym : bamboo packaging
- Elate : bamboo packaging
- Kjaer Weis : refillable, metal compacts
- Vapour : aluminum and glass packaging, solar and wind power
- Zao : refillable, bamboo packaging
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Other
Dental lace: refillable silk dental floss.
Want to keep using what you've got? Check out Terracyle. Burts Bees, Colgate, Garnier, and Toms participate.
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