Looking for sustainable skincare products that really work?
Want tried and tested vegan beauty recommendations?
The experts at pebble have put together this buying guide to help you find the best ethical and cruelty free personal care products that work for you and your needs.
Whether it’s the best solid shampoo bars, vegan nail polish, ethical lipsticks, natural moisturiser or grooming, it’s all here on pebble.
All of our buying guides are updated weekly so drop by regularly to read our most up-to-date recommendations!
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Best Ethical Skincare And Eco-Friendly Beauty Brands To Shop
Hello Sunshine
Get ready for sunny weather with Organii’s mineral sun care range featuring SPF50 Sun Milk, SPF15 Anti Ageing Facial Sun Cream and After Sun Cream.
The collection is certified organic, suitable for vegans and is free of colours, fragrances and artificial preservatives.
Organii’s sun care creates a protective shield that’s gentle on skin, reef-safe and safe on the environment.
From £4.00 (£43.95 for the entire bundle). View on Organii.
Read more about why you should choose an organic sun cream: Suncare Supreme: The Best Organic And Natural Suncream Brands
Conscious Hair Care
B Corp haircare heroes, Davines makes sustainable hair routines a breeze with its range of products that are kind to you and the planet.
All product formulas contain 83% natural origin ingredients, all packaging is certified Plastic Neutral and the brand is a 1% for the Planet member.
Shop a range of hair care products based on hair type, length and health.
From £9.50. View on Davines.
Best Foot Forward
With spring on the horizon, it’s inching towards sandal season. Say hello to Green People’s new Deodorising Prebiotic Foot Cream.
This certified organic cream contains a potent blend of prebiotics and Phyto activities that soothe skin, protect against bacterial invasion and tend to painful cracked heels.
Green People’s foot cream is vegan and contains natural ingredients. Time to get those sandals ready!
£14.00. View on Green People.
Scent Of Change
We love Sana Jardin’s socially conscious luxury perfume.
Championing a Beyond Sustainability Movement, the fragrance house empowers low-income women through a flower recycling micro-entrepreneurship in Morocco.
Sana Jardin provides supplementary business training for rural flower harvesters to create their own range of fragrances and candles by upcycling the by-product from perfume production.
All fragrances and candles are vegan and cruelty free too.
Eau de Parfum 50ml from £95.00. View on Sana Jardin.
Read more about pebble’s fave ethical perfumes at How Ethical Is Perfume? This Cruelty Free Perfume Puts Principles Before Profit
Beauty Secret
Take care of your beauty needs from inside out with VOYA’s new range of beauty supplements.
The natural skincare brand has worked with nutritionists and scientists to create a blend of seaweed, vitamins and minerals that are 100% vegan, natural and gluten free.
Choose from SEA OR to strengthen hair, skin and nails or ORPLEX which detoxes and cleanses the body.
From £35.00. View on VOYA.
Scrub Up
Great skincare shouldn’t be difficult and Wildlife Body is here to help. Its range of products offers optimum skincare without compromise and even better, at an affordable price.
All of its products are natural and vegan too. We love the WAKE Body Scrub with coffee grounds to tackle dry, uneven skin and give you an energising boost in the morning.
All of its coffee used is Rainforest Alliance certified too.
WAKE Coffee Scrub is priced at £18.99. View on Wildlife Body.
Also check out Easy Used Coffee Grounds Body Scrub Recipe
Faace Off
Faace has quickly become a pebble team go-to to help tired faces.
Say hello to well-tested and trusted active ingredients that cleverly target very specific skin concerns, giving your face a boost when it’s tired, sweaty or just period-y fed up.
The small but mighty collection is vegan and cruelty-free and Faace donates sanitary products via Hello Girls and profits to The Menopause Charity. Plus Faace’s products com in recyclable, 60% PCR plastic tubes.
From £24 for a mask or cleanser. Shop from Faace.
Feel Fresh
Feel confident with Ben & Anna’s range of vegan soda deodorants. Each one is aluminium, paraben and plastic free and certified natural and organic by NaTRUE.
Offering effective protection against odour and wetness, these natural deodorants have got you covered whatever life throws at you.
Plus scents including mint, coconut, Persian lime, pink grapefruit and more will help you feel fresher for longer.
For £6.95 for 1 x 40g. View on Ben & Anna.
Sugar Coat It
Get a wax on with Sugar Coated’s zero waste skin care solution.
Offering an ethical hair removal alternative to waxing, Sugar Coated is a 100% natural, cruelty free and vegan formula made with just sugar and water.
It’s completely water soluble and biodegradable.
All strips are washable too. Sugar Coated also supports bees by donating excess sugar syrup to local beekeepers.
From £11.99 for 1 x 200g. View on Sugar Coated.
Sleep Well
Say hello to Lavera’s new Sleep Range which repairs and re-energises your skin while you sleep.
The range features the best-selling night cream and new sleeping oil elixir and eye cream with ingredients such as organic grape and Vitamin E.
Lavera’s Sleep Range is climate neutral, vegan, cruelty-free, certified natural and organic and comes in sustainable packaging made from recycled materials.
From £6.96 for 1 x 75ml. View on Lavera.
Luscious Locks
In need of a new shampoo? The Pomelo haircare range by fiils is vegan, cruelty free and free of SLS, silicones and fragrance.
The formula is a blend of pomelo, sunflower seed and jojoba oils, all sustainably sourced and hand blended to make your hair strong and shiny.
You can get the range in refills to reduce single-use plastic in your bathroom.
From £8.00 for 1 x 400ml. View on fiils.
No Soap
Switch up your skincare routine with Skin Sapiens, the natural alternative to soap.
The unisex cleansing bar is soap free and it’s gentle formula is suitable for sensitive skin. Ingredients include activated charcoal and nourishing jojoba oil to wash away pollution whilst keeping your skin moisturised.
The versatile soap bar can be used on face and body, it’s dermatologically tested and unscented.
For £11.99 for 1 x 100g. View on Skin Sapiens.
Me Time
Give yourself spa-quality treatment at home with Olverum Body Polish. This rejuvenating exfoliator is light on skin but effectively buffs it into a velvet smoothness.
It has a nourishing blend of essential oils with key ingredients including sustainably sourced Papaya Enzyme, Grapefruit Oil and Geranium Oil.
All carefully chosen ingredients work together to give your skin a natural radiance.
From £38.00 for 1 x 200ml. View on Olverum.
Get Glowing
Looking for a new skincare routine?
Meet Londe Botanics, an award-winning skincare brand that uses organic and locally grown ingredients, bee-friendly crops and fruit oils that are byproducts of the beverage industry.
All of Londe Botanics products are hand-blended in small batches, cruelty-free and Vegan Society approved.
We love the versatile Starflower Serum which is perfect for sensitive skin.
From £14.00 for 1 x 10ml. View on Londe Botanics.
Keep It Simple
We love indie beauty brand, Bunch. The products are vegan-friendly, natural, and biodegradable with eco-friendly packaging that’s either recyclable, recycled or compostable.
Browse an award-winning range of organic face and body products, plastic free shampoo bars and dry shampoo for men and women.
Champions of simplicity, all products contain just ten ingredients or less. Switching to sustainable beauty just got simpler.
From £15.00 for 1 x 80g. View on Bunch.
Glow Up
Give your skin a glowing boost from inside out with WelleCo’s new Skin Elixir. These plant-based and vegan-friendly capsules support healthy nourished skin from within.
Each capsule contains sustainably sourced vitamins, super greens and antioxidants to promote skin and gut health, all expertly formulated by nutritionists.
All packaging is made from 100% recyclable materials and is fully recyclable.
For £35.00 for 60 x capsules. View on WelleCo.
Moisturise Me
Q+A’s Algae Face Cream keeps your skin moisturised and protected from the elements day and night.
Its hydrating formula includes Hyaluronic Acid, Shea Butter, and Snow Algae. Alongside a boost of vitamins, it also slows the degradation of collagen, reinvigorating the skin for a better complexion.
The formula is 98% natural, cruelty free, fragrance free, vegan friendly and 100% recyclable.
For £12.00 for 1 x 50g. View on Q+A.
Hair Care
When it comes to haircare, simple is best. That’s exactly what An’du offers.
The brand has developed the first shampoo bar in the UK to bio-surfactants which are ultra-mild cleansers produced without chemicals. These bio-surfactants help nourish and protect delicate hair and scalps.
The shampoo bar is also plastic-free, cruelty free, pH balanced, 97% plant based and sulphate and silicone free.
For £13.50 for 1 x 100g. View on An’du.
Give It Lip
Keep your lip care free of single use plastic with hello wink. Choose from 9 natural lip balms in a range of shades from bright red to colourless.
All balms are handcrafted in small batches, packaged in eco-friendly paperboard containers and delivered in biodegradable packaging.
All lip balms are cruelty free and fragrance free. View the full ingredient list on the website.
For $20.00 for 0.50 oz. View on hello wink.
Pearly Whites
SmileTime takes that “clean feeling” to a new extreme with its eco-friendly at-home teeth whitening range without pain or sensitivity.
Formulated with the organic active whitening ingredient, PAP, these products gently whiten, brighten, and improve your smile without the use of harmful bleach and peroxide.
SmileTime is vegan-friendly and uses as little plastic as possible in its oral care kits too.
From £9.99 for 3 x toothbrushes. View on SmileTime.
Nail It
Want nail polish that lasts and is kind to the planet? Say hello to Earthy, the natural origin nail polish that’s vegan too.
Offering salon-worthy shine and longevity, Earthy has 30 colours to choose from, including nudes, pinks, brights, reds and monochrome.
Each bottle has a biodegradable and naturally antibacterial bamboo cap that’s sustainably sourced so no plastic here.
For £7.99 for 1 x 11ml. View on Earthy.
