Choose Organic Grooming Products for Men
Green People offers organic vegan skincare for men, many items are scent-free. Everything is sold in easy-to-recycle sugar-cane packaging.
Avoid shea butter for latex allergies. Wash off natural sun protection before letting pets kiss you (due to zinc oxide).
Read The Labels Carefully
There is a lot of greenwash in the beauty industry, so look beyond buzzwords like ‘eco’ or ‘natural’ or ‘green’ that don’t carry any real meaning. Check for:
- Ingredient lists: Look for plant oils, clays, butters, and natural extracts. Avoid animal by-products such as beeswax, lanolin, and tallow.
- Packaging info: Genuine zero waste products use cardboard, glass, metal, or compostable materials. Skip anything in single-use plastic, shrink wrap, or that can’t be recycled.
- Simple, short ingredient lists: Usually, fewer ingredients means less chance of hidden nasties or synthetic bits.
Build a Zero Waste Grooming Routine
You only need a few items, so make a quick list of what you use daily – a face wash, soap, deodorant, razor and moisturiser, and maybe a hair product or beard balm.
Then find simple vegan zero waste swaps:
- Solid shampoo or soap bar (for hair and body)
- Metal safety razor or electric shaver
- Powder or paste deodorant in a cardboard tube or tin
- Plant-based oil or balm (works as a beard balm, aftershave, or moisturiser)
Hiltwood Natural Soaps (especially for men)
Hiltwood Turmeric Soap Bar is a unique soap, that is not just vegan and free from palm oil, but specially designed for men.
Made with olive and coconut oils, shea butter and natural essential oils, turmeric is ideal for stripping unwanted oil and inflammation from the skin, while cedarwood oil gives a masculine fragrance. Ideal for spotty or red skin, it also contains thyme essential oil.
Avoid shea butter for latex allergies.
Lime & Charcoal is ideal for congested skin, like acne.
A Wooden Beard Comb in Vegan Leather Pouch
If you prefer to keep your whiskers (and many men do due to personal choice, less irritation or religious beliefs), then treat yourself to this wooden beard comb in a vegan leather pouch.
A good beard comb can guide unruly facial hair, and push it in the right direction, which helps to prevent ingrown hairs. Use a gentle shampoo to cleanse your beard, two or three times a week. Just combing your beard should be enough to distribute natural oils, and keep it healthy.
Avoid essential oils for affected medical conditions. Avoid shea butter for latex allergies.
Fun Facts About Beards and Moustaches!
- Pogonophobia is ‘the extreme fear of beards!’
- Hans Langseth grew the world’s longest ever beard, which was over 17 feet!
- In Victorian times, men would protect their moustaches when eating soup, with a special spoon that had a guard on the rim.
- Many other creatures have beards and moustaches. Obviously bearded collie dogs, but also orangutans and goats (hence the ‘goatee’). Walruses have moustache-like whiskers to detect prey.
