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Dip Into the Hair Care Brand Committed to Change

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Get ready for a new staple in your bathroom. This zero-waste hair care brand has created bars suited for every hair type and need. Dip is on a mission to convert big brand hair care lovers to a more sustainable option that doesn’t skimp on quality. The founder of Dip, Kate Assaraf has checked all the boxes. Dip ensures their production process and ingredients are not only top-tier quality but are good for both you and the environment. The brand has partnered with other small businesses rather than sourcing out to big box retailers, Dip has both people and the planet in mind.

“If you listen to what young people have to say, they don’t want to support big-box retailers that don’t pay their employees well. They don’t want to support greenwashing. They want somebody to listen to them and stand for something.” – Kate Assaraf, Dip Founder

Assaraf spent hundreds of dollars on luxury haircare for her personal routine leading her to realize you don’t need to be creating this much waste or spending exponential amounts of money for a quality product. Dip has a range of 35 color-safe shampoo and conditioner bars in a wide range of scents and travel tins. Whatever your hair care needs are, Dip has you covered.

Dip understands the reality that living a sustainable lifestyle means something different for everyone but that making small changes can make a huge impact which is what the brand aims to do. Whether you’re looking for an everyday zero-waste staple or the perfect travel haircare, Dip is an ideal product swap.

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Ries

Ries is a line of TSA-size approved refillable containers retailing at $18. The bottles are crafted from post-consumer recycled plastic and created with the purpose of consistent reuse. Graham saw the plastic problem in the beauty industry and wanted to innovate how we reuse plastics. Being a new brand, this is just the beginning for Ries. The brand continues to test different materials for use to be as conscious of its sustainability as possible. Ries puts value on the circularity of their product and hopes choices like using up-cycled materials will become more of a norm in the beauty industry.

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Everist

Everist gives you a traditional shampoo and conditioner feel without additional waste. These concentrates are revolutionizing a notably wasteful industry and are a force for positive change. Everist uses ingredients that naturally break down over time and do not pollute water systems. Their shipping cartons and mailers are recyclable or compostable, and they offer a buyback program for the cap of the product to be upcycled for future Everist products.

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Fussy

This popular deodorant is one that won’t leave you fussing. The outer container is sugarcane-derived, which is easy to throw in the compost once you need a new outer shell. Refills are obtained easily through their subscription service on a four-week basis. All you have to do is pick the color of your case and the scent of your refill, which are cruelty and paraben free. Fussy was named the UK’s best eco-deodorant, and we can easily see why this product always sells out.

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Ries Has Your Travel Plans Covered

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Ries is making the chicest refillable travel bottles you can get your hands on. Founded by a former Conde Nast staffer, Megan Graham has created sleek refillable containers with sustainability at the core. When it comes to traveling, we often buy travel-size personal care items or refillable containers that we throw away mindlessly. Graham found herself running into this problem when traveling for work and wanted to find a better solution.

“I just thought, ‘There has to be another way, there has to be a less wasteful, more sustainable way of doing this.’” – Megan Graham, Ries Founder

Travel containers especially with a pump are hard to come by, and even harder to find when looking for something durable that is made to last. Ries a play on the word toiletries as the brand is dedicated to ensuring easy travel and storage for all of your toiletries. Whether you travel with a plethora of products or have a minimalist routine, Ries simplifies travel and on-the-go. The brand combats the issue of leaky, overpriced, and flimsy drugstore travel bottles that ultimately create more stress when packing. This solution comes with a sustainability aspect as well and this minimizes the use of virgin-plastic bottles and single-use plastic travel containers.

A large part of the inspiration behind Ries came from Megan’s experience traveling as a Black woman and needing ample storage for her needed haircare products. Single-use travel bottles not only create unnecessary waste but ultimately are also exclusionary for various hair care needs. These innovative travel bottles allow the user to maintain their routine and remove the all too common compromising that happens when on the go. After a successful year in Sephora’s accelerator program, the brand can now be found in-store at Sephora. Ries makes it easy to ditch the plastic waste that comes when traveling but also prioritizes the need for consumers to stay committed to their beauty routine even when away from home.

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Genusee

Genusee’s eyewear line consists of prescription grade optical, sunglasses and blue light glasses. These come in a wide range of different colors and styles. You can feel good knowing that with every purchase made fifteen plastic bottles are upcycled and 1% is donated to the Community Fund of Greater Flint.

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Back Beat Co.

Back Beat Co, is a “people, planet and then profit” brand that gives a $$$$ about you and the planet. The brand is focusing on making sure their consumers are doing more than just shopping sustainably and has created a community through their clean ups and donation drives.

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Everist

Everist is derived from ingredients that will naturally break down overtime and not pollute water systems. Their shipping cartons and mailers are recyclable or compostable and they offer a buyback program for the cap of the product to be upcycled for future Everist products.

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Everist Waterless Shampoo Concentrate

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Ries Essential Travel Bottle

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Saie Beauty Dew Blush

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Biom All-Purpose Cleaning Wipes

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Conserving Beauty Dissolvable Makeup Wipes

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Say Goodbye to Single Use Makeup Wipes for Good

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Makeup wipes are quickly becoming a relic of the past. Cleansing balms and oils have become the ultimate way to remove makeup and residue from the day, but Australian-based brand Conserving Beauty has found a solution for anyone that just can’t seem to get off the makeup wipe train.

Conserving Beauty has created the first ever dissolvable makeup wipe – InstaMelt. There are times when cleansing balms and oils aren’t as functional as we’d like them to be, such as when traveling or going to the gym. Wipes are convenient and easy to pack away, except that wipes are typically made of 90% plastic and end up in a landfill. The founder of Conserving Beauty, Natassia Nicolao, is changing this for good.

“I think this current and next generation of consumers genuinely do care about the planet. They want to purchase and work with brands that are values driven.” – Natassia Nicalao, CEO of Conserving Beauty.

These wipes come in individual recyclable packaging and are dissolvable in water after use. These wipes create 92% less waste than a traditional makeup remover wipe and are a start for revolutionizing the beauty space.

Conserving Beauty InstaMelt wipes proves that you don’t have to sacrifice quality or convenience when purchasing products that do good.

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Uni

Uni makes purchasing refillable body care products as simple and streamlined as possible. This new brand is focusing on having a closed-loop system and keeping their product as circular as possible.

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August

August offers a wide range of menstrual products all made from organic cotton and focused on functionality with designs that are far more comfortable for the user. Periods are a much larger issue to tackle than just reconceptualizing a product – August is committed to helping those with periods feel more confident, comfortable and educated in their experience.

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Saie Beauty

The climate neutral brand, Saie Beauty has taken the industry by storm with nearly all of their products going viral. Saie is making beauty products that are good for you but also the environment which their C.L.E.A.N. (conscious, luxurious, earth-minded, award, winning, new) mission conveys.

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