How Hair Products Are Getting Cleaner and More Minimal
Keep it simple.
We’ve stepped away from the ultracomplex Korean skin-care regimen, which called for 10 steps to fewer products with fewer, better ingredients.
Clean Beauty
Montreal’s Wonderblush Makeup: Clean and Chic Beauty Staples
The Montreal-based founder and creative director Melanie Hachey made her name with a pared-back approach to makeup.
Wonderblush founder and creative director Melanie Hachey made her name with a pared-back approach.
The Fundamentals of Natural Beauty With Burt’s Bees
Beauty powered by nature.
The Burt’s Bees ethos across all its products is Beauty Powered by Nature. The Renewal line shows that skin care doesn’t have to be complicated to get results. It can be simple, straightforward, and gentle, all at the same time.
10 Fragrance-Free Beauty Products to Try
Sniff out.
One of the key components of luxury beauty products is fragrance, designed to create or change a mood, or evoke a memory. But fragrant ingredients in products for skin, body and hair can also have an unintended consequence: allergic reactions and skin irritation. If you’re keen on eliminating some of the scents from your routine, here are 10 products to try.
Smart, Sustainable Agricultural Practices Are Transforming the Beauty Industry
Plant magic.
Brands without access to acres and tractors of their own are seeking out creative collaborations to further green their own practices, creating potent salves that heal us and the Earth.
What Comes after Phyllis Ellis’s Documentary Toxic Beauty?
Personal reconciliation.
We breathe it in, apply it to our skin, let it sit, and move on with our lives, leaving it forgotten. But the body remembers.
Alternative “Scenters” Is a Growing Trend
The future of fragrance.
Perfume has come a long way since its origins in Mesopotamia but not entirely for the better. As modernization took its toll on the centuries-old practice, luxury and care gave way to cheaper chemical alternatives.
Waterless Skincare is the Next Frontier in Sustainable Beauty
Rock the boat.
Long before the phrase clean beauty permeated our collective consciousness, Susanne Langmuir launched a natural nail polish line. Now the Toronto-based entrepreneur has partnered with her son Thomas to tap into another nascent beauty trend.
An Honest Look at the Clean Beauty Cult and One Brand That’s Doing it Right
The never list.
Gregg Renfrew would call Beautycounter an activist brand, not because it spends time disparaging or shaming other brands but because the team is focused on advocacy for systemic change in environmental and personal care product reform.
