You don’t always need skin cream. But if you have dry or rough skin, then these brands are made from vegan natural ingredients, contain no palm oil, and are sold in zero-waste packaging (either compostable or easy to recycle).
This organic rose day cream is sold in a glass jar with metal lid, formulated for mature skin. This rich floral cream leaves skin hydrated. Contains menyanthes trifoliata (a bog plant known for its moisturising qualities).
Avoid essential oils for pregnancy/nursing (find safe alternatives) and affected medical conditions. Avoid shea butter for latex allergies. Keep away from pets, due to essential oils, cocoa butter etc.
SPF creams may contain pet-toxic zinc or titanium oxide, so avoid if you live with animal friends (or wash off, before letting them lick or kiss you!)
Organic Calendula Skin Cream (for sensitive skin)
This organic calendula skin cream is perfect for dry sensitive skin, sold in a glass jar with metal lid. Fragrance-free, this luxury moisturiser is infused with organic calendula to help restore irritated skin, and leaves skin hydrated for up to 24 hours.
Organic Aloe Vera Skin Cream (for sensitive skin)
This organic aloe vera cream for sensitive skin, is sold in a glass jar with metal lid. Aloe vera helps to retore dry sensitive skin, soothes and softens, and leaves a fresh green fragrance. Free from palm oil.
A Hydrating Skin Cream (with organic seaweed)
This organic hydrating skin cream is made with seaweed, sold in a glass jar with a metal lid. Made with vegan ingredients (no palm oil), this is perfect to use each morning, to leave skin hydrated and toned through the day. Scented with rosemary oil.
The light creamy formulation is good for all skin types, and a natural source of vitamin C. Seaweed also helps to plump up skin, by boosting your skin’s natural collagen.
A Solid Moisturising Facial Balm
Sbtrct moisturising facial balm is a gentle moisturiser made with plant-based squalane, rosehip oil and shea butter to restore moisture balance and promote firmness. The fragrance-free version contains bisabobol/chamomile and ginger to reduce irritation and inflammation.
This night balm works with plant-based squalane to even skin tone, improve texture and diminish appearance of fine lines. Apply to lines on the face, neck and décolletage. One bar will last around 6 to 8 weeks (twice that of a plastic jar). You may experience mild redness/flaking/tingling (if this continues, use every other night or discontinue use). Avoid contact with eyes (if contact occurs, rinse with warm water).
Used daily, one bar should last 8 to 10 weeks (twice that of a plastic bottle). Just warm the bar between your hands and apply to face, avoiding the eye area. Sold in a bamboo pot (with a swivel lid and magnetic seal), just buy refills on subscription after that.
At end of use, you can compost the carton and paper wrap, or just recycle (no need to rinse). This beauty brand was founded by a former executive with Bulldog Skincare who is passionate about cleaning up an industry that uses 120 billion units of packaging each year (most creams and lotions are up to 85% water, so just evaporate on your skin).
Organic (effective) Frankincense Skin Creams
Years ago, there was a blind trial for the best anti-wrinkle cream, and this brand’s frankincense cream came out top, above all the £100 or £1000 skin creams. Also see their men’s face cream. Choose from two:
- Frankincense Nourishing Cream is ideal for dry or mature skin. The frankincense in this cream is ethically harvested to the highest organic standard.
- Frankincense Hydrating Cream is for everyone else (if you find the above too rich).
These creams are expensive or not, depending on the price you normally pay. They are around £35. This is more than an average quality cream from a chemist (say £10 or £15). But you get what you pay for, and this is very effective and you will need less of it, and likely need no other products.
If you pay £100 for a skin cream, then this is cheap and more effective too. So a bargain! And you are supporting ethical companies and farmers, rather than big chemist brands.
An Effective Organic Moisturiser for Men
Neal’s Yard Remedies Moisturiser for Men is made with organic ingredients, and so effective that one reviewer says people keep asking her husband, if he’s had a facelift! You may remember some years ago that this company’s (much cheaper) frankincense cream came out top in a blind test for ‘anti-wrinkle creams’. Well, this one is kind of the same, but slightly adjusted for men’s skin (whiskers!)
It contains vegan hyaluronic acid (be careful, as some brands take it from roosters) along with a plant-based 3-peptide complex (from quinoa) to reduce puffiness and eye bags, and stems cells from cactus! Don’t use it too near the eyes.
100% of men testers over 4 weeks said their skin looked and felt better. Clinically proven to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles,
Although male skin tends to age more slowly, it’s thicker than women’s skin (and has more facial hair). so when it does age, it tends to happen quicker with sagging skin, puffy eyes and under-eye circles. So this cream is designed to boost collagen, without using any cow collagen, instead it focuses on repairing the damage from your own collagen.
Skin Balm to Repair & Hydrate Dry Skin
Lucy Bee’s Skin-Repairing Balm is vegan and free from palm oil, sold in a zero waste glass jar, with aluminium lid. This balm has a solid texture that melts into oil, when rubbed between your palms, and can soothe, repair and hydrate your skin.
Here are different ways you can use this balm:
- To relieve very dry hands
- On dry heels, elbows & feet (use as night)
- To soothe irritated skin
- To soothe dry & broken cuticles (works in 2 days!)
- As an overnight mask to lock in moisture
- A rich lip balm
- To remove make-up & face paint
- Taming unruly eyebrows
The balm contains the following ingredients:
- Jojoba oil to nourish skin
- Bisabolol to calm and reduce redness
- Plant-based squalane to firm skin
- Oils of coconut, calendula & apricot (to nourish)
- Rosehip oil to lock in moisture
- Almond oil for vitamins to protect skin