ELLE.COM/UKSeptember2O19ELLEBeautyA MORE PL ANET-FRIENDLY ROUTINE
is EASIER THAN you MIGH T THINK242
Be SUNCARE AWARE
Around 14,OOO tonnes of
chemical-filled sun cream washes
off our skin and into the sea each year,*
making our sun-protection habits a major
component of coral-reef damage (chemical
ingredients such as oxybenzone break
down and bleach the coral). Switch to
more ocean-aware brands such as Vichy,
Avène and Caudalíe – which has banned
the most corrosive chemical filters from its
formulas, while keeping the SPF factor high
and the formula satisfyingly silky. No more
sunlounger shame necessary.SUS TA INA BL E
beauty
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RECYCLE and REFILL
Navigating beauty
recycling just got easier.
TerraCycle has teamed
up with The Body Shop,
Garnier and L’Occitane
to provide in-store bins or
drop-off points for empties.
terracycle.co.uk
TOP UP, don’t SHOP
Many companies offer ways to refill
your products instead of replacing
them, either at the counter (Le Labo and
Lancôme will resiphon your scent to
the brim for you), with replacement inserts
(such as Guerlain’s Rouge G lipstick line
and Surratt’s ink pen-style liner cartridges),
or via ‘circular shopping platforms’, including
the home-delivery ser vice Loop, which sends
well-known products (REN’s Moroccan
Rose Otto Body Wash, for example) in
glass packaging that, once finished, will be
collected, cleaned and topped up for you.1 2 3
PHOTOGRAPH by EMILY WINIKER WORDS by JENNIFER GEORGE