Earth Day Particular : Magnificence and The Earth

Earth Day & Ok-beauty

Since its creation in 1970, Earth Day goals to deliver consciousness to local weather change and air pollution amongst everybody, aiming to encourage shoppers and corporations to assist protect our planet for future generations. It is vital for us to be extra conscious of how we stay and the way we have an effect on our surroundings, not solely in order that we’re at all times conscious of how fragile our planet is, but in addition in order that we will stay a extra wholesome, sustainable life-style.

At the side of Earth Day (twenty second April) we want to share two methods on how we will help assist a greener life-style in the case of magnificence merchandise:

Cosrx is cruelty-free

Cosrx

Cosrx is an excellent well-liked model, each amongst our Altheans and world beauty-lovers alike. That is why it is wonderful to know that the model can be cruelty-free! Nonetheless, Cosrx isn’t vegan as they’ve a line of merchandise which can be derived from snail mucin, which a few of you might acknowledge as a well-liked ingredient in Ok-beauty.

Cosrx’s producer (like most snail mucin extractors in Korea) is required to create an surroundings that’s snug for the snails, permitting them to have sufficient relaxation to optimize mucin manufacturing.

A few of Cosrx’s best-sellers

Klairs – a vegan and cruelty-free model

Klairs

100% vegetarian, 100% cruelty-free, and 100% dedicated to turning into a vegan, animal-friendly model. Though they aren’t but a vegan model, Klairs has been towards animal testing and has believed in counting on plant-based elements to formulate their merchandise since they began in 2010. 

In Korea, the place it isn’t as widespread to search out vegan manufacturers, Klairs acknowledges the higher duty they maintain to not solely be good to the pores and skin but in addition to the surroundings and the animals that stay on our earth. Presently, about 80% of their merchandise are appropriate for vegans. 

Klairs focuses on plant-derived elements like black sugar

Purito options pure and natural elements

Purito

Each cruelty-free and vegan, Purito is a model that’s excellent for these on the lookout for merchandise with easy, uncomplicated elements. With delicate pores and skin sorts in thoughts, Purito’s merchandise are formulated with pure and natural elements, making them free from parabens, sulfates, ethanol, and silicone.

In addition they characteristic environmentally pleasant packaging made out of recycled paper, and as a substitute of individually printing out a sheet of paper for directions, they really print data contained in the field to scale back their waste.

Purito’s eco-friendly packaging (Supply: Purito)

2. Upcycling & Recycling Outdated Product Containers (Empties)

However what occurs after the acquisition? You may quickly end up with a lot of empties. What do you do with these empties? You upcycle and recycle! That is vital as a result of it prevents our waste from going to landfills thus saving worthwhile landfill house and lowering environmental results. Stopping our waste and microplastics from ending up in rivers and oceans, retains us from harming the fish and different aquatic life.

How To Recycle Empties?
To recycle, first, you will need to clear and dry your empties earlier than taking them to a recycling facility that will settle for plastics, glass, and packaging. Some even reward you on your recycling efforts. Discover out how one can recycle by researching a spot close to you the place you’ll be able to deliver your empties to.

Hey, What’s Upcycle?

Whereas recycling entails the destruction of waste to be able to create one thing new, upcycling takes waste and creates one thing new from it in its present state. One inventive strategy to upcycle your outdated product containers is to make use of them as containers: 

One other strategy to upcycle product packaging is to make use of them as storage! As you might know, some Althea orders come packaged in our particular Althea bins. As they’re fairly good high quality and are available in numerous restricted designs, our Altheans have proven their creativity by accumulating our bins and utilizing them as storage to maintain their skincare and different gadgets, successfully lowering waste!

Whether or not it is being extra selective (or egocentric) with the manufacturers you utilize or actively recycling and upcycling outdated product packaging, it is vital to know that your actions make a distinction in conserving our Earth secure and wholesome for our future generations.