Zero Waste Vegan Skin Moisturisers (the best brands)

Green People is a fabulous range of organic vegan moisturisers, these are all vegan and free from palm oil, made with natural ingredients, and sold in easy to recycle sugar cane packaging. Recycle at kerbside or at your local Boots recycling box.

Due to essential oils, choose scent-free options avoid for pregnancy/nursing.

Many skincare products contain cocoa butter or zinc oxide (in sunscreen, cosmetics and deodorants). If you live with pets, wash off before letting pets kiss you, or ideally avoid completely. 

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

This bestseller is rich in the botanical 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.

I have trouble with irritated skin. This face cream helps my skin to feel smooth all day

Vit-min Fix Moisturiser is for dry and normal skin, lightly fragrance with rose geranium and frankincense essential oils.

Brightening Moisturiser is designed to smooth fine lines using buds from the beech tree, to strengthen skin epidermal structure and boost hydration by 30%. One trial showed a 10% reduction in lines over four weeks.

A great natural moisturiser for people with skin pigmentation, pineapple enzymes gently ease excess pigment as skin-lightening cucumber works with mulberry park extract and hibiscus flower extract, to promote an even skin tone. Scented with palmarosa, mandarin and rose geranium. Ideal for mature skin (avoid this cream for pregnancy/nursing, due to hibiscus and essential oils).

Green people organic night creams

Fruitful Nights Night Cream gently exfoliates skin while you sleep, with pineapple fruit enzymes. And is scented with the blissful aroma of red raspberry, apricot, apple and pear.

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 Organic Clear Skin Moisturiser

Green People Clear Skin Moisturiser is made with organic ingredients, it’s vegan and free from palm oil, sold in easy-to-recycle packaging (either at kerbside or at any local Boots branch recycling box).

Although most kerbside recycling accept plastic bottles, most as yet do not accept plastic pump dispensers. However you can recycle this (or the whole package) at your nearest Boots recycling box. If you don’t live near a Boots, for now just choose cleansers (or any beauty products) without plastic pump dispensers).

Ideal for oily or teenage skin, this 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.

SKNFED facial serums

Sknfed Organic AHA Facial Moisturiser is a deeply hydrating cream with vitamin E, antioxidants (pomegranates, roseship and gutu kola) and the soothing benefits of aloe vera). These natural ingredients work to leave skin soft with a youthful radiance, and pampered with the soothing essence of roses, for a glowing complexion.

Just smooth over your face and neck in gentle upward movements.

The trial pack already made a difference, in just a couple of days.

I absolutely love it! The way it moisturises my skin without leaving that heavy, mask-like feeling. And the scent is divine. And packaging is the cutest thing ever!

Scent-Free Face Moisturiser

If you prefer or have to use scent-free, this is the other option.

This produce has been a godsend for my extremely bad eczema. It is so gentle and no irritation. It has been the only face I have been able to use.

Scent-free moisturiser is fantastic. I use the aloe vera gel after cleansing, then the moisturiser. My skin feels amazing.

Organic Aloe Vera Gel (for dry irritated skin)

Sknfed Organic Aloe Vera is a whole leaf gel to provide instant relief to dry, irritated and sensitive skin. It’s also good to heal redness and provide relief after sun-exposure. Trusted by over 10,000 users!

Sold in easy-to-recycle bottles (recycle at kerbside or Boots recycling boxes in-store). If you grow aloe plants, keep them away from pets as they can be toxic (read more on pet plant safety).

To use, just apply a small amount to skin, on problem areas. Keep out of reach of children. For external use only.

Carefully process to remove aloin (which can irritate some skins), this deeply hydrates without clogging pores, and helps to reduce inflammation, and instantly cools and enhances blood circulation.

Enriched with amino acids, vitamins and minerals – it stimulates cells to produce more collagen and elasticity, leaving your skin soft and healthy. Made from fresh whole leaf aloe (rather than powder) to preserve natural nutrients and calming properties.

This is the only thing that calms my skin instantly.

Running in the cold and wind had played havoc with my skin, and my face was feeling dry, flaky and irritated. I’ve been using this twice a day for a week, and it’s completely calmed down my skin.

SBTRCT (zero waste solid 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).

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).

Upcircle Beauty (skincare with upcycled ingredients)

Upcircle Beauty is an award-winning brand of skin and hair care, all made with natural vegan ingredients, and sold in zero waste packaging (glass jars, metal lids and cardboard boxes). These products are unique in that each one makes use of antioxidant-rich ingredients, that would otherwise be discarded by industry.

Upcircle Face Moisturiser is made with the finely ground powder of discarded argan shells, a natural by-product of the argan oil industry, which is rich in antioxidant vitamin E. It also contains nourishing aloe vera, revitalising blood orange and skin-soothing cocoa powder.

Designed to leave skin balanced, bright, and deeply moisturised, apply to clean dry skin, and massage in until absorbed. Suitable for all skin types.

Eye cream (with upcycled coffee grounds)

Upcircle Eye Cream has amazing reviews, and is designed to help firm and protect the delicate eye area, reduce puffiness and brighten dark circles. It’s made with caffeine-rich coffee oil, extracted from repurposed grounds collected daily from local coffee shops.

It also contains anti-inflammatory maple bark extract (a by-product of the wood industry). Hyaluronic acid is also added to aid hydration, and reduce the appearance of fine lines. Apply a small amount around eye contours, morning and night.

A night cream (with upcycled blueberries)

Upcircle Night Cream is designed to leave the skin balanced and deeply moisturised, made with upcycled blueberries (from the juicing industry) – natural antioxidants that are high in pro-retinol.

They are combined with replenishing niacinamide, hydrating hyaluronic acid and nourishing rosehip oil, to help promote overnight skin regeneration, and even out skin tone.

Coraline Skincare

The Everlasting Facial Balm is richer (contains immortelle facial oil, so check for allergies, some people may be sensitive). 

To use, just apply in the evening to clean dry skin.