Best Eco-Friendly Organic Skin-Care Products Everyday Health MenuNewslettersSearch Beauty Toolbox Our 15 Favorite Eco-Friendly Organic Skin-Care Products These natural skin and beauty buys can help you feel good from the inside out. By Reilly BradfordReviewed: April 25, 2018Fact-CheckedShutterstockSometimes we need a friendly reminder that our seemingly harmless everyday habits — like taking a long, hot shower, or forgetting to recycle — can do real damage to the environment. Enter: your reminder. Unfortunately, if you don’t pay attention to the ingredient labels on your personal-care products, the same may go for your beauty routine. Think about it: When you wash your face at the end of the day, not only are the ingredients in your soap seeping into your skin — they’re also going down your drain, entering your home’s drainpipes, and eventually reaching sewers and wastewater treatment facilities. As you can see, the bioactive compounds in your products have the potential to affect more than just you! Fortunately, it’s possible to tend to your personal health and hygiene while also supporting the well-being of the planet. Here, we’ve rounded up 15 environmentally friendly products that allow you to do just that. Dr Bronner' s Organic Lavender Castile Bar Soap br In the 1960s, Dr. Bronner's gained popularity with environmentally conscious advocates who loved the company’s sustainable ingredients and community outreach — a message its employees continue to carry out today. Refreshing, relaxing, and made with organic oils, this soap can help clean you up and calm you down! Dr. Bronner's Organic Lavender Castile Bar Soap, $3.49, thrivemarket.com Korres AHAs & Enzymes Resurfacing Mask Founded in Athens, Greece, Korres develops products based on research into verified benefits and clinical efficacy. Their natural ingredients and pharmaceutical grade water come together to create a brand that promotes cruelty-free practices and the preservation of Greek flora. Peel away dead skin cells, remove excess sebum, and refine pores with this triple-power face mask. Korres AHAs & Enzymes Resurfacing Mask, $34, korresusa.com Drunk Elephant Pekee Bar Drunk Elephant is committed to using only clean ingredients by banning what the company calls the “suspicious six": silicones, chemical screens, sensitizing colorants and perfumes, sodium lauryl sulfate, essential oils, and drying alcohols. Their renowned Pekee Bar ("pekee" translates to “the one” in Swahili) has an unusually low pH of 6.51 (as opposed to other soaps, which tend to have a pH around 9), which prevents the product from drying or stripping the skin of its protective barrier. The Pekee Bar is a multitasking soap that cleanses, tones, clarifies, balances, and moisturizes. Drunk Elephant Pekee Bar, $28, amazon.com Merkaela Venus Mineral Bath Merkaela creates organic, chemical-free products to nourish your body and mind without imperiling the environment. It offers quarterly subscription boxes with natural products that are delivered straight to your doorstep. Check out the antioxidant-rich Venus mineral bath, which Merkaela says will help keep your skin looking and feeling young, smooth, and clear. Merkaela Venus Mineral Bath, $14, merkaela.com RELATED: We Tried 4 Stress-Relieving Subscription Boxes to Help You Keep Your Cool Cocokind Organic Matcha Face Moisturizer Cocokind is a line centered around nutritious spices and foods, such as turmeric and raspberry, and each product has no more than five ingredients. This skin-care line is not only good for you and your skin but also for the world, as Cocokind ethically sources nature’s most powerful ingredients. The Organic Matcha Face Moisturizer uses one such ingredient as a base: coconut oil. As a naturally antibacterial and antifungal oil often acclaimed for its skin-care benefits, coconut oil makes this hydrating moisturizer perfect for anyone with dry skin! Cocokind Organic Matcha Face Moisturizer, $9.39, thrivemarket.com Georgette Klinger 3X Makeup Remover Although Georgette Klinger was crowned Miss Budapest at age 21, she says she struggled with acne caused by expensive beauty products. As a result of her experience, Klinger set out to create products that would not compromise beauty for natural ingredients. Her gentle makeup remover is no exception: It promises to leave your skin soft and clear, without any trace of oily residue. Georgette Klinger 3X Makeup Remover, $18, amazon.com Aztec Secret Indian Healing Clay Sourced from Death Valley, California, Aztec Secret Healing Clay is based on thousands of years of ancient tradition among many cultures, dating as far back as the Egyptians. Using the beautifying properties of clay packs, Aztec Secret Healing Clay pulls contaminants from the skin while encouraging blood flow. The secret? Volcanic ash left over from Earth’s formation, the company says. Aztec Secret Indian Healing Clay, $4.50, thrivemarket.com Indie Lee AM PM Clear Complexion Kit After company founder Indie Lee overcame a life-threatening brain tumor, she set out to create what she calls “eco-chic” products designed to “combine style and sustainability without sacrifice.” This two-step complexion kit promises to banish acne and reduce redness for a radiantly clear complexion. Indie Lee AM/PM Clear Complexion Kit, $42, indielee.com Kahina Giving Beauty Serum Kahina Giving Beauty explores traditional Moroccan skin-care remedies, harnessing the power of natural ingredients. Using 1 percent of their annual revenue, Kahina gives back to the Berber community in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. This facial serum blends together vitamin C and vitamin A for their anti-inflammation properties, vitamin E for moisture, and neroli and myrrh essential oils to help relax you. Kahina Giving Beauty Serum, $90, Buy it at Amazon RELATED: What are Vitamins? Everything You Need to Know Tata Harper Purifying Mask Tata Harper combines luxury and 100 percent natural ingredients for women who aren’t willing to risk their health for beauty. She’s so committed, in fact, that she won’t launch a product unless she believes it’s perfectly sustainable. This intense and thorough purifying mask fights dry, scaly, and acne- and blackhead-ridden skin by using high-performance botanical ingredients. Tata Harper Purifying Mask, $65, amazon.com Kari Gran Tinted Lip Whip in Peppermint When she was diagnosed with both Graves' disease and Hashimoto’s disease, beauty junkie Kari Gran began to rethink her skin-care choices. After her research led her to your typical “cardboard box” eco-beauty products, Gran set out to create the “little black dress” of eco-beauty brands using an organic skin-care philosophy that didn’t compromise on elegance. One fan favorite is her tinted lip whip, which reviews suggest will give you a sensual, glossy, moisturizing boost. Kari Gran Tinted Lip Whip in Peppermint, $20, amazon.com EmerginC Scientific Organics Eyelight Serum EmerginC Scientific Organics has a range of 80 products that are found in top spas and doctors’ offices around the world. The company works with chemists in state-of-the-art labs; incorporates clinically proven cosmeceutical and medical-grade ingredients, active botanicals. and marine extracts; and is always on the lookout for new technologies. This roll-on eye serum is pumped with all of these factors to help combat aging, puffiness, and pesky dark circles. EmerginC Scientific Organics Eyelight Serum, $55, emerginc.com Badger Damascus Rose Face Oil Badger is a family-owned and -operated skin-care company that sources the finest organic ingredients from around the world, and only use them if they pass the “Badger Natural Standard,” holding each ingredient up to a high standard of growth, sustainability, and supply chain. Inspired by thousands of years of skin-care tradition, and sourced from one of the oldest rose strains in the world, their rose oil aims to help restore and protect delicate skin. Badger Damascus Rose Face Oil, $12.59, thrivemarket.com Clark s Botanicals Retinol Rescue Overnight Cream Clark’s Botanicals has developed a proprietary complex of jasmine, oils, and botanical extracts as the fundamental ingredient in every formula, which harnesses the radical healing and balancing effects of the jasmine flower. Combining this mix with the golden ingredient in skin care, vitamin A (retinol), Francesco Clark delivers a highly potent product to rescue your skin from damage. Clark's Botanicals Retinol Rescue Overnight Cream, $72, amazon.com Lather Bamboo Lemongrass Foaming Body Scrub Emilie Davidson Hoyt, Lather founder, believes in the power of natural healing products to aid restoration of the body and mind. The company strives for sustainability in every aspect of the business, particularly by making their beauty products naturally, and investing in post-consumer recycled packaging. Their lemongrass scrub will help strip your skin of toxins, revitalizing it and encouraging new cell production. Lather Bamboo Lemongrass Foaming Body Scrub, $39, amazon.com NEWSLETTERS Sign up for our Healthy Skin Newsletter SubscribeBy subscribing you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 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