Here’s how to build a sustainable haircare routine that keeps your hair healthy, while reducing your environmental footprint. Small changes to your haircare routine like minimising plastic waste, product + packaging, can make a big difference. Embracing a holistic approach to sustainable living through your haircare choices can also save money and shipping costs. Here are some of the best sustainable haircare products you can use to reduce the impact of your haircare routine on the environment.
How to Build a Sustainable Haircare Routine
With innovative sustainable haircare options, it’s easier than ever to align your haircare routine with your values, without sacrificing quality or effectiveness. In this article, I want to give you tangible tips and product recommendations that you can incorporate into your haircare routine. Helping all of us, as a community within a multi-billion dollar industry, become more mindful consumers. And make more sustainable choices to reduce the impact on the environment. We know we need to reduce consumption, plastic waste and packaging. Here’s the sustainable product swaps and planet-friendly purchases to make instead.
Buy High Quality + Concentrated
One of the quickest and easiest ways to build a sustainable haircare routine is to buy products that are made using high quality ingredients in concentrated formulas. This switch alone has so many benefits! Not only will they be much better for the health of your hair. But it means the products will last much longer than cheaper products. These cheaper products are made using low quality ingredients. They also contain high quantities of water and other fillers to dilute the product and increase the profit margin.
So a much more sustainable choice of high quality ingredients and concentrated formulas will save product (meaning you need to use less product to get great results). As well as reduce plastic and packaging, save shipping costs and reduce the impact on the environment. And because the product will last you longer, you won’t need to purchase as much or as often, saving you money too!
Innersense Organic Beauty has the most concentrated formulas on the market and are one of my favourite brands for this reason. A little goes a really long way, which means their products last a really long time. If you want to know how much product to use and how long your products should be lasting you, read this article. Use code CURLMAVEN for 15% off Innersense Organic Beauty’s US website. Or use the same code for up to 20% off their Irish website, Curl Warehouse (CA) or Cult Beauty (UK + FREE worldwide shipping).
Buy Large + Refillable
This is where brands like Innersense Organic Beauty, Bouclème and Jessicurl really stand out. If you want to know how to build a sustainable haircare routine, look for brands that offer large and refillable products. Whether that’s larger 1L bottles, refillable pouches (which reduce plastic waste), or refillable 100ml travel sizes. And not just shampoo and conditioner, but styling products too! This is the best way to save money, shipping costs and reduce plastic, whilst still using your favourite haircare products. You can even get refillable pouches of the Act + Acre Hair Capsules and the Bounce Curl Hair + Skin Gummies. Use code CURLMAVEN for up to 21% off all these brands.
If you’re on a budget, Giovanni are an incredible brand that do small 60ml travel sizes, regular 250ml sizes, which you can purchase online. Use code CURLMAVEN for 21% off Giovanni at LOOKFANTASTIC. They also do 1L bottles. But I’ve only ever found them in TK Maxx (TJ Maxx if you’re in the USA or Canada). Although Jessicurl aren’t as concentrated as Innersense. They offer travel and 1L sizes, as well as fragrance-free options across their entire line of haircare products. Use code CURLMAVEN for 10% off Jessicurl. You can get 21% off Bouclème at LOOKFANTASTIC using code CURLMAVEN for their standard and travel size bottles. But their 1L sizes are only available on their website here, use code CURLMAVEN for 15% off. Instead of using the Bouclème Protein Booster Drops, get the Aphogee 2 Step Protein Treatment Step 1 which will last you much, much longer!
Buy Washday Bars
If you want a haircare routine with the least environmental impact and absolutely no plastic packaging or waste, then check out Vida Bars. These shampoo and conditioner bars (including leave in conditioner) were made specifically for curly hair. Formulated without sulfates, silicones, parabens, artificial fragrances or phthalates. Vida Bars started in the kitchen of my online curlfriend, Ana with the help of her family. You can read more about her brand story here.
There’s a quick + easy quiz on the website to figure out which shampoo + conditioner bars will suit your hair best. I have the whole range and I absolutely love them, especially for travel! My favourite is the Clarity Shampoo + Conditioner Bars and the Leave in Conditioner Bar. These are the best bars for fine hair that gets easily weighed down and needs some protein. There’s six ranges in total, so there’s something to suit every hair type.
I can substitute almost my entire washday + styling routine with large, refillable and travel sized products. Without compromising on the health of my hair, the concentration or quality of the formulas. Or my favourite products that I know work best for my hair and give me consistent results every washday. The dream sustainable haircare routine right?!
There’s large and travel sizes of my beloved Bumble + Bumble Sunday Shampoo and 1L bottles of the Joico KPAK Hair Repair System. Three of my favourite foams are available in refillable, travel sizes. Innersense I Create Lift Volumizing Foam, Bouclème Super Volumising Foam and Only Curls Volumising Curl Mousse. Use code CURLMAVEN for up to 15% off and read this article to see how they compare.
I really hope you found this article on how to build a sustainable haircare routine helpful. Most of all, I hope it saves you a tonne of money! As well as reducing the impact our haircare routines have on the planet. Use code CURLMAVEN for up to 21% off all the products and brands mentioned above. With much higher discounts available during the Black Friday – Cyber Monday sales. Many have started already, but everything will be listed in my hugely popular, annual A-Z Black Friday Guide.
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