6 sustainable & zero waste personal care brands!
The mainstream cosmetic industry can be trashy, literally.
We catch them churning out difficult or impossible to recycle containers that hit the landfill by the millions every single day around the world. Mainstream 'beauty and personal care products’ are also brimming with harmful and not-so-good chemicals and synthetics. For the things that supposedly enhance our natural beauty, there’s ironically nothing natural about the old way of personal care.
Thankfully portia-ella is here as your alternative to the mainstream industry trends. We host the largest selection of sustainable, low, and zero waste beauty brands hitting the market paired with brand recycling programs.
So in the spirit of changing the world to encompass more sustainable, low, and zero waste products, we’ve compiled a list of top-selling personal care brands.
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1. pureAF Natural Deodorant & Personal Care
Best known for | Paper tube natural deodorants
Values & Ethics | Cruelty-free, vegan-friendly, sustainable
Product Range | Armpits, Body Care, Hair Care
2. Gaia Smiles Remineralizing Tooth Powder
Price point | $14
Best known for | Non-toxic oral care products made in small batches to ensure high quality
Values & Ethics | Cruelty-free, vegan-friendly, refill options
Product Range | Oral Care
Shop Gaia Smiles at portia-ella
3. Sweet Leilani Cosmetics
Meet Sweet LeiLani! Formulated especially for those with acne, eczema, rosacea, and other skin sensitivities, their collection provides high-performance, high-coverage makeup that also soothes and nourishes the skin. The healing nature of the collection speaks for itself!
Price point | $27 to $30Best known for | Consciously-packaged makeup for sensitive, damaged, and rosacea-prone skin
Values & Ethics | Cruelty-free, vegan-friendly, sustainable
Product Range | Makeup
Shop Sweet Leilani at portia-ella
4. Bottle None Hair Care
Your zero-waste hair care dreams have come true with bottle none. They curate effective, customizable, and effortless haircare while maintaining eco-friendly values. Did you know their travel cases are 3D printed from recycled materials right in Kelowna, BC!
No matter your hair texture and type, you're covered. They have the portia-ella healthy, silky, bouncy hair approval!
Price point | $18 to $55Best known for | Zero-waste hair care for all hair types
Values & Ethics | Cruelty-free, vegan-friendly, sustainable
Product Range | Hair Care
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5. Forest Garden Soap & Sudry
A family-owned company, Forest Garden produces the best soaps around! Being sea salt-based, they hydrate and exfoliate the skin as you use them, and contain beautiful wildcrafted herbs and locally sourced ingredients from British Columbia.
Price point | $7Best known for | Craft high quality, all-natural body products made from renewable, fair trade ingredients
Values & Ethics | Cruelty-free, sustainable, zero-waste, fair-trade
Product Range | Body Care
Shop Forest Garden at portia-ella
6. Elate Beauty
Elate is all about creating items that are multi-purpose, simple, low waste and high-quality. Refine your beauty rituals and keep them minimalistic while maintaining sustainable and vegan values. Elate formulations are nourishing and the packaging is innovative to minimize waste, always improving to help all of us do the best we can for our planet.
Best known for | Innovative, high-performance makeup, packaged consciously
Values & Ethics | Cruelty-free, sustainable, low-waste, fair-trade
Product Range | Makeup
