Cleaner without compromise

You can still achieve great results while shrinking your eco footprint, says beauty director Lynne Hyland

Let me begin by laying my cards on the table. I’m far from perfect when it comes to eco beauty, so I’m certainly not here to lecture you about all things green and clean. However, it’s hard to ignore the ugly side of beauty: the fact it creates over 120 billion pieces of packaging each year, much of it impossible to recycle.

It’s this reality that’s prompted me to take a long, hard look at my beauty cabinet and suss out the simple changes that can add up to a big difference. And no, it doesn’t mean giving up all the good stuff for worthy yet useless natural alternatives.

I can’t pretend my routine is plastic-free or fully recyclable but I’m determined to do better, and do my bit. Think of it as a beauty extension of “meat-free Mondays” – not perfect but it’s a start, it’s achievable, and one that’s easy to build on. Who’s up for saving the world?