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Makeup is a fashion and beauty staple that’s infiltrated every part of society. Men and women love the look and have made careers out of stylish and successful makeup application, but the trendy accessory comes at a cost.
Makeup is not always good for the environment for a number of reasons. The packaging uses a lot of plastic and other materials that are hard to recycle, the glitter components and product microbeads don’t decompose over time once they’ve been used or thrown away and frequently end up in rivers or other ecosystems that can’t handle the introduction of aggressive new elements, and people frequently buy makeup, realize they can’t or won’t use it, and then toss it, creating a waste of resources and adding more product to landfills worldwide.
How can we take this trendy yet troublesome staple and make it better for the environment while still retaining the quality of the products we know and love? The answer is zero waste makeup.
