Green With Beauty

We’re celebrating Earth Month by shining a spotlight on brands that keep Mother Nature in mind. From products made with natural and cruelty-free ingredients to recyclable packaging that uses environmentally friendly and sustainable materials and dyes to incredible initiatives to help fight climate change and promote sustainability, you can’t beat these beauties. —Vita Daily

New Clairol Natural Instincts Bold is a gentle, no-ammonia hair-colouring system that delivers bold hues for all hair textures. Created with a blend of argan oil, acai and guarana extracts (read: zero animal derived-ingredients) and available in six shades that last up to eight weeks in just two easy steps, it’s the perfect vegan hair-colouring solution.

Meet Avene’s Hyaluron Activ B3 Renewal Firming Cream, a non-greasy, non-sticky cream that smooths skin immediately and corrects wrinkles, with a natural tone-up effect that instantly illuminates. It’s made of 92 per cent natural-origin ingredients, and is sold in a glass jar that can be recycled and refilled over and over again.

Ready Set Jet’s Beauty Batons are a cruelty-free, paraben-free, vegan, multi-use, double-ended refillable tool! Customize your ideal baton by choosing from the brand’s range of high-pigment cosmetics and gentle skincare add-ons. These specially designed batons, made from recyclable plastic, allow for easy twist-off and can be eternally re-customized.

Monat‘s BB Cream SPF 40—a nourishing, multipurpose tinted moisturizer—is formulated to provide lightweight coverage to blur imperfections and save skin with broad-spectrum sun protection. This vegan, fragrance-free cream is made with 100 per cent plant-derived ingredients that deliver 400 times more moisturizing than sodium hyaluronate, including vitamin E that is a natural antioxidant, known to help protect the skin from aging, inflammation and sun damage.

With the overwhelming popularity of Nature Strong, OPI has expanded its line of natural-origin vegan lacquers with Botanical Base Coat and eight new colours, making it more “flowerful” than ever. Nature Strong is free from animal-derived ingredients and has not been tested on animals. Nature Strong by OPI is also non-GMO with packaging made from at least 20 per cent post-consumer recycled materials, you can take the best care of yourself, your nails and the world around you.

Renpure is a natural-beauty brand offering products that exclude 1,600-plus harmful ingredients from their formulations. Its latest launch expands its plant-based haircare line with a new marula oil and aloe-infused smoothing beauty duo, designed to hydrate and moisturize dry, frizzy hair for a smooth and shiny finish. With a captivating fragrance of melon and cream, these shampoos and conditioners boast a new sustainable pump containing no metal spring, making it 100 per cent recyclable; once empty, the bottle and pump can simply be placed directly in the recycle bin. Find them at Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart and other local retailers.

Also new from Renpure, Kiwi & Hyaluronic Acid Ultra Hydrating Body Wash (at Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart and other local retailers) is designed to cleanse and moisturize skin with a sweet scent to brighten the senses. Enhanced with hyaluronic acid, a popular face moisturizing ingredient, this body wash is also enriched with kiwi, sweet almond oil and pro-vitamin B5 to boost moisture and fortify the skin barrier, leaving skin feeling hydrated and soft. The packaging that is 100 per cent recyclable and also made from 99 per cent-plus post-consumer recycled plastic, making caring for our planet an easy choice. Renpure.com

A new gentle and eco-friendly haircare line, including products and scalp-dedicated services, has been launched by Wella Professionals. With up to 99 per cent natural-origin ingredients and formulated without silicones, sulfates or animal-derived ingredients, ELEMENTS is the answer for clients searching for eco-friendly products, without compromising high standards of haircare and beauty. Dermatologically tested, PH compatible and suitable for all hair types, this enriched lineup encompasses two regimen solutions: Renewing (a shampoo, conditioner, mask and leave-in spray for all hair types that renew hair smoothness and shine while protecting from mechanical stress like combing or heating tools) and Purifying (a pre-shampoo clay for oily scalp that absorbs excess sebum and cleanses oily scalp, promoting root volume). In addition, ELEMENTS introduces new scalp-dedicated services to reinforce the in-salon experience. Available at professional salon locations across Canada, Chatters Stores and on Amazon.ca.

We highlighted Wella Professionals’ new ELEMENTS range above, but the packaging of this haircare collection is also noteworthy, featuring pouches that use 72 per cent less plastic per ml compared with ELEMENTS’ bottles, tubes and jars. In addition, the pouches are made of 25 per cent recycled plastic, making them one of the first recyclable pouches with recycled plastic in professional haircare. Further, the brand invites salons to embrace a new routine that reduces plastic consumption and waste by adopting a new salon-exclusive accessory to use with the new refill pouches: the Recharge Station. Elegantly designed for practical use, the Recharge Station by Wella Company is constructed with a recyclable frame using 92 per cent recycled plastic. It is easy to use and easy to exchange the pouch with no mess at the basin. As for consumers, you can now use ELEMENTS pouches to refill your ELEMENTS shampoo bottles and mask jar at home.