Sustainability Series
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Sustainability Series presents a gorgeous look created by sustainable cosmetics except for eye shadow and eye brow make-ups, i.e., Dior plus Hourglass. Eye shadows and eye brow pens and pencils made of sustainable ingredients are also available on market. Yet, I am not using the two categories of sustainable cosmetics more often like other categories. I, therefore, stop the procurements in the first place. At the centre of sustainability cosmetics era is the principle of consuming less. The more you consume, the more environmental impacts you are bringing to the planet. As you feel assured of the sustainable ingredients, you consume even more and the environmental impacts could be worse than sticking with mainstream cosmetics made of chemical elements. Undoubtedly, without long hour wearing make-ups of strong chemical elements, you would become less concerned about potential damages towards skin conditions.
List of Cosmetics of Sustainable Ingredients:
1. Foundation - INIKA Baked Mineral Foundation - Confidence Shade - the Green Parent Natural Beauty Awards 2019 Silver - Design in Australia Featured in Vogue and more.
https://uk.inikaorganic.com/pages/our-certifications
2. Clarins Paris Concealers (one for eyes - illuminating effect; another for whole face).
https://www.clarins.sa/en/responsible-beauty-sustainable-ingredients/
3. AVEDA Brown Eyeliner & AVEDA Lip Sticker Kimi Fig (illuminating and sparkling effects) - 100% manufacturing using renewable energy
https://www.aveda.com/living-aveda/responsible-manufacturing
4. LUSH Lip Sticker Shaped Blush or Lip Colouring Antananarivo (illuminating and sparkling effects - dark red or shiny wine colour or becoming lighter once it's spread evenly onto cheeks), LUSH Highlighter Goldfinch (illuminating and sparkling effects - bright yellow or shiny gold colour) & LUSH Ocean Blue Mascara (Please refer to 01:21 image for a closer look).
https://www.lush.com/uk/en https://www.lush.com/uk/en/i
5. Giorgio Armani Glow Finishing Powder Luminous Silk - illuminating and sparkling effects (Only foundations and finishing powders are made of sustainable ingredients. Giorgion Armani is planning to launch more sustainable products).
https://www.giorgioarmanibeauty-usa.com/a-vision-for-the-future/a-vision-for-the-future.html
BTW, being sustainable doesn't mean compromising on any finishing effects. Being sustainable, instead, means going beyond existing level of perfection. 5 cosmetics labelled with illuminating and/or sparkling effects are enhancing the gorgeous finish.
To be transparent, the above are all the sustainable cosmetics I use within the current series. I don't have to combine any conventional cosmetics with sustainable ones to reach a flawless finish at each stage. For example, the INIKA foundation alone could give you a flawless finish that you could trust. You don't have to add any foundations that you have been relying on to reach perfection on top of the sustainable compact foundation. Nowadays sustainable cosmetics give you the highest possible flawless finishes including contour looks almost the same as or even better than mainstream ones containing strong chemical elements.
When it comes to sustainable cosmetics, consumers understanding the mechanism know it deeply. Whereas it could be a completely blined world for customers who haven't been paying attention to. The listed cosmetics of sustainable ingredients are available on major market shelves and in online stores across the globe. While the pioneers have been predominately concentrated in the US. Recently, almost every region has been developing and launched world well-known sustainable cosmetics brands. I will introduce them where appropriate.
If you are interested in the ingredients, you could find interesting elements such as Zea Mays/Corn Starch, which raises a critical question on how to balance competing human demands in commercialised world when we are exploiting various eco-systems. Though corns are natural raw materials for sustainable cosmetics production, the relevant farming keeps consuming plenty of water during irrigation. Competing human demands, for example, from food and beverage industry and restaurant industry would mean the natural resources, though at low costs, couldn't bear unlimited exploitation. Sustainability in cosmetics, thus, points out to the requirements for each stage being sustainable, i.e., ranging from design and production to market launch and delivery.
BG Music:
Lionel Schmitt - The Lights Of Heaven (Epic Atmospheric Orchestral Drama) [No Copyright Music]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfPTbk4d7n4
BG Images - Behance Network:
1. Autumn Colors by Roberto Pavic
2. Northern Lights by Roberto Pavic
3. The Story of an Autumn River by Krasi Matarov
4. Isle of Skye by Aliaume Chapelle
5. Landscapes by Matthew Booth
6. Portfolio Shots by Bart Lablans
7. Paisagens boas e estouradas by Henrique Vasconcelos
8. Western Waterfall by Vedant Kulkarni
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