The Best Brands of Sustainable Vegan Skincare

SBTRCT is an excellent skincare brand, founded by the former execute at male skincare brand Bulldog. He has turned facial skincare on its head, offering a small line of vegan natural skin items (cleansers, exfoliators and face creams, with vitamin C booster).

Avoid essential oils for pregnancy/nursing and affected medical conditions. Avoid shea butter for latex allergies. Wash off cocoa butter, before letting pets kiss you!

Sustainable Zero Waste Packaging

All are sold in zero waste bamboo packaging, you just buy refills thereafter, which also saves you money. Note the squalane is plant-based (not from sharks, like some brands).

Green People (organic vegan skincare products)

Green People is a quality brand of organic skincare, sold in easy-to-recycle sugar-cane packaging (most items are vegan). The range includes unscented and Oy!, which is specially formulated for acne-prone or teenage skin. As well as a range of skin creams with built-in sun protection.

The range also includes add-ons like anti-redness facial oil drops, and retinol-booster serums.

Coraline Skincare (soothing balms and serums)

Known for their extra-gentle handmade soaps (for 3 months and above), Coraline Skincare is a family company (founded to provide soap gentle enough for their daughter’s skin, who has Down Syndrome), which has recently added a small line of skincare products for adults.

SOS Recovery Oil is good for dry and mature skin, or itchy skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis or rosacea. Unfragranced (with a natural nutty seedy grassy quinoa aroma). Just apply 1 to 2 pumps to damp skin, and massage in morning and night.

You Must Be Sisters Facial Oil contains collagen-boosting ingredients like oils of rosehip fruit, açai seed, passion seed oil (rich in fatty acids) and blackcurrant skin (helps eczema and psoriasis).

The Everlasting Facial Balm is richer (contains immortelle facial oil, so check for allergies, some people may be sensitive). As with all essential oils, avoid during pregnancy/nursing.

The Ilex Wood (rose & frankincense face cream)

The Ilex Wood Rose & Frankincense Face Cream is made from natural vegan ingredients, is packed in a zero waste glass jar, and has super reviews. This cream is for dry and older skin, for deep glowing skin and to help reduce fine lines.

Packed with plant-based nutrients, this contains carefully selected essential oils of rose, frankincense, geranium and lavender, for a lovely scent. A little goes a long way!

The cream is made from a luxury blend of shea butter, coconut oil, jojoba oil and raspberry seed oil, with no palm oil. Store at room temperature, then apply a pea-sized amount to dry skin, allowing to absorb completely.