10 Eco-Friendly Beauty Ideas

It’s never been easier to help the planet via your beauty routine.

- Fiona McKim

1 Pay attention to packaging

you don’t have to spend a packet on posh glass jars to do your bit. Pouches, card and post-consumer plastics are infiltrating the mass market, like Simple’s new squeezy pouches, £1.99, which use 62% less packaging than normal 50ml pumps and are so handy for travel and gym bags.

2 Wash your hairless

An excuse to lie in that also saves the planet? yes, please! hairdressers always bang on about washing less often for hair health, and a Unilever study found the average shower uses 17 litres of water per minute, so shaving a few minutes off by skipping a shampoo each day will definitely add up. Batiste Dry Shampoo, £2.99, can counteract unwanted oiliness on those no-wash days.

3 Go double-duty