The best brands of zero waste skin moisturisers

Scent-free 24 Hour Cream has over 1000 5-star reviews, ideal for sensitive skin. Dermatologically tested (with a 96-hour patch test).

This is rich in  Baicalin, an ingredient to boost skin firmness and elasticity. It also contains skin-boosting prebiotics and moisture-binding cacay oil (from an evergreen plant) and evening primrose, to support new healthy skin cells.

Avoid shea butter for allergies. Avoid essential oils for pregnancy/nursing. Wash items with cocoa butter or zinc oxide (in sunscreens, cosmetics and deodorants) before letting pets kiss you, or avoid them. 

If your kerbside doesn’t recycle, you can recycle beauty packaging (including pipettes) at Boots or Superdrug stores. 

Green People Hydra Glow night cream

Hydra Glow Night Cream is an organic overnight cream for dry skin, with 35 beauty-enhancing actives, collagen-stimulating plant-based marine actives and 97% of users saying it improved skin hydration.

Designed to lock in moisture while you sleep, 100% of the tester panel says this left their skin feel smooth. Enhanced with the aroma of citrus oils (avoid use if you sleep with pets as citrus oils are unsafe near animal friends, in case they give you a kiss during the night!)

Green People clear skin moisturiser

Green People Clear Skin Moisturiser contains natural plant ingredients to control breakouts, without blocking pores. No skin-drying alcohol or harsh retinols. Instead, it uses:

• Black willow bark extract (gentle salicylic acid)
• Rosehip oil (reduces chances of scarring)
• Green tea (antioxidants to protect skin)
• Ylang ylang, mandarin & sweet orange oils (for scent)

Both my teenagers use this moisturiser. It is great for their skin. They both get spots. One had dry patches, which this has resolved.

With the first use, my skin instantly cleared up.

Green People organic brightening moisturiser

Green People Skin Brightening Moisturiser is made with organic ingredients, and particularly suited to people with hyperpigmentation like so-called ‘age spots’ caused by too much time in the sun! It uses natural fruit acids to gently even out skin tone, and is scented with real oils of palmarosa (smells like lemongrass), mandarin and rose geranium.

As essential oils and hibiscus should be avoided for pregnancy/nursing, choose a scent-free skin cream instead.

This moisturiser contains:

• Pineapple extracts (to remove dead skin cells)
• Beech buds (to boost skin cell metabolism)
• Cucumber (reduces hyperpigmentation)
• Mandarin oil (helps skin regeneration)
• Mulberry bark extract (promotes even skin tone)
• Hibiscus flower (also promotes even skin tone)

Green People fruitful nights skin cream

Green People Fruitful Night Cream is a super ‘sleep cream’ made with organic ingredients, to plump and mosituriser your skin overnight. It gently exfoliates while it moisturises overnight, to wake up to soft smooth and radiant skin. Scented with red raspberry, apricot, apple and pear.

As essential oils and hibiscus should be avoided for pregnancy/nursing, choose the a scent-free skin cream instead.

This moisturiser contains:

• Pineapple extracts (to remove dead skin cells)
• Hibiscus (to promote skin elasticity)
• Bacillus ferment (to increase skin firmness)
• Inulin prebiotics (to help hydrate skin)

Green People Face and Neck Serum

Green People scent-free face and neck serum is made from natural ingredients, and sold in easy-to-recycle packaging, formulated by experts in natural beauty.

Green People zero waste eye creams & serums

Green People Rejuvenating Eye Cream (also in a scent-free version) hydrates the delicate skin around your eyes using over 89% certified organic ingredients. The ingredients (including soothing seaweed) help to smooth fine lines, and lighten dark circles. It sinks in quickly, never feeling greasy or heavy.

Eye cream is not needed for most people. But because the skin is thin and delicate, specialist creams can offer targeted ingredients to help combat ageing skin, puffiness and dark circles.

The firming eye serum plumps up skin by 26% in just 1 hour, and increases radiance after a month of use. Made to tone (not tingle!) this includes a calming chamomile aroma.

Tips to Reduce Crow’s Feet

Skin around the eyes is very thin, so be gentle (dry your face by tapping with a towel, not scrubbing). Also tap eye creams and serums gently onto your skin, using your ring finger (uses less pressure).

• Try to get enough sleep. Rest lets your skin repair itself. Aim for regular sleep at the same times each night. Eating fruit and drinking water can also help your skin stay healthy.
• Give up smoking. This also helps to prevent cigarette litter!
• Protect your skin from the sun, and wear sustainable sunglasses (they block out light, and keep you from squinting).

Reduce Puffy Eyes & Dark Circles

Again, good nutrition and good sleep are the main answers. You can use cold compresses to temporarily dilate blood vessels (slices of cucumber are the obvious remedy).

How to Prevent Eye Boogles

Eye boogles? What are they? This is the scientific name for yellow sleep, that some people find at the corners of their eyes, especially in the morning.

It can be caused by allergies or sometimes conjunctivitis (see your GP). But most of the time, it’s simply due to dry eyes, caused by lack of water (or even spending too much time on the laptop). Often people who’ve been drinking alcohol or eating junk food the night before may find them, due to the body dehydrating.

Also if you wear them, don’t sleep in your contact lenses, as this can also cause them. And discard contaminated and out-of-date eye-makeup and keep make-up brushes clean.

How To Help Eye ‘Bags’

This is when people get very obvious bags under the eyes, and eye creams and serums are unlikely to help. Some are inherited, other times it’s due to losing collagne and elastin, causing muscles and tissues that support the eyelids to weak, and the fat shifts forward.

Others have bags filled with fluid, often due to high salt intake, hormonal changes or even sleeping in the wrong position.

Like anything, best prevention methods are good sleep and nutrition, avoiding alcohol and cigarettes and keeping out of strong sun. Drinking plenty of water (and eat less salt) helps, as does sleeping with an extra pillow if you find it comfortable, as this can prevent fluid from settling around your eyes overnight.

Green People organic vegan beauty masks

Green People Purifying Face Mask is made with purifying charcoal, bentonite clay and sustainably-sourced alpine willow.