Are you on the path to living a more sustainable lifestyle? The CORE and our retailers offer plenty of initiatives, brands and products to help you on your journey to sustainability!
Did you know that beauty can be sustainable too? See below for a list of seven beauty retailers at the CORE who offer eco-friendly products and programs.
Chatters Salon
Chatters Salon carries a huge variety of sustainable products! Any products marked as “sustainable” are packaged in a minimum of 50% recycled or bio sourced materials, or can be refilled or recycled meaning that less containers end up in the landfill. You can find great sustainable products at Chatters such as this Nourish Mask by AG which is also vegan, clean and cruelty free.
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Chatters has also partnered with Green Circle Salons – an organization dedicated to recycling, recovering and repurposing beauty waste from salons and spas.
Since partnering with Green Circle Salons Chatters has been able to divert 95% of their salon waste from ending up in landfills to instead be repurposed into something new!
L’Occitane
L’Occitane has recently introduced some of their best selling products in refill format. This means that instead of disposing of your used product containers, you can refill them! Therefore, less waste is ending up in landfills.
Visit L’Occitane and check out all of their refillable favourites, such as this Verbena Shower Gel and Refill Duo to get you started on your path to a more sustainable lifestyle!
Verbena Shower Gel and Refill - $58
In addition to introducing their refillable products, L’Occitane has also partnered with TerraCycle – an organization that offers an easy-to-use recycling collection program which then repurposes recycled items into useful new items.
As millions of beauty and skin care packages end up in dumpsters and landfills every year, L’Occitane chose to partner with TerraCycle to work towards putting an end to this enormous loss.
Want to get 10% off your next purchase at L’Occitane? During your next visit, bring your used beauty and skincare products along with their packaging and recycle them at L’Occitane to receive your 10% off reward!
Rocky Mountain Soap Company
Did you know that everything at Rocky Mountain Soap is handmade! In addition to being handmade Rocky Mountain strives to ensure that their products are made with 100% natural, clean and simple ingredients.
Through guaranteeing that their products stay free of toxins Rocky Mountain Soap knows that none of what is going down the drain will harm the planet.
Make sure to become a member of Rocky Mountain Soap’s Toxin-Free Community. Upon joining the Toxin-Free Community you’ll enjoy exclusive toxin-free days where you’ll get to take home one natural product for FREE, you’ll have the opportunity to win free gift sets, receive exclusive invites to toxin-free events and products and you’ll receive regular newsletters with gift ideas, product launches, tips and recipes all related to toxin-free living!
During your next visit to Rocky Mountain Soap, instead of purchasing another bottle of your favourite product pick-up a refill instead! Refill formats allow you to reduce your waste and save 59% in plastic that may have otherwise ended up in the landfill.
Lavender Hand & Body Refill - $45
The Body Shop
The Body Shop is always striving to reduce their impact on the planet, therefore they have committed to the long-term goal of creating more sustainable packaging.
How is the Body Shop making this goal possible? They’re rethinking plastic! The Body Shop is focused on using more plant-based and recycled plastic rather than using oil-based plastics wherever possible. At this time more than 68% of The Body Shop’s packaging can be recycled, by 2025 The Body Shop has made it their mission to have all of their packaging be 100% recyclable!
During your next trip to The Body Shop pick-up an item from their Aloe line such as this Aloe Soothing Day Cream! It’s not only recyclable it’s clean, vegan and made with Community Fair Trade aloe vera from Mexico.
The Body Shop is a certified B-Corp business – this means that they hold themselves to the highest social and environmental standards for people and the planet! Learn more about what being a B-Corp certified business means for the Body Shop here.
Sephora
Sephora has created an eco-conscious line of clean skincare! Everything from the Sephora Skincare Collection is made with over 60% natural ingredients and packaging made for reclaimed sugar cane. One fan favourite Sephora Collection item includes this All Day Hydrator, this hydrator is formulated with 96% natural ingredients while the tube is made from 61% sugar cane reside and decorated with plant-based inks.
Sephora Collection All Day Hydrator Hydrate & Glow - $23
On their path to sustainability, Sephora moves to cultivate sustainable practices in their retail spaces, at their headquarters, and throughout their supply chain. These sustainable practices include using environmentally responsible packaging, ingredient transparency and conscientious energy consumption.
Learn more about Sephora’s journey to sustainability here.
MAC Cosmetics
MAC has been in the business of improving sustainability for more than 30 years. One sustainability initiative MAC has introduced is the Back-To-MAC program! Bring any of your clean, empty bottles back to MAC where they’ll be recycled and repurposed.
After you return six empty MAC bottles you’ll get a free MAC lipstick of your choice!
Stop by MAC and find a new favourite like this new Love Me Liquid Lipcolour. Once you’re done with it, remember to bring it Back-To-MAC!
MAC Love Me Liquid Lipcolour - $29
Holt Renfrew
If you’ve shopped at Holt Renfrew you’ve probably seen the “H Project Approved” logo. Anything at Holt Renfrew marked with this logo are free of unwanted ingredients and/or create a positive impact on people and the planet!
When you shop at Holt Renfrew you’ll find an extensive selection of H Project Approved, clean beauty products. These products are free from toxins and cruelty free, while select products are organic, vegan and animal cruelty free.
Try this AHA Resurfacing Sleep Serum by Erno Laszlo – this powerful little serum is H Project Approved and good for you inside and out!
