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3 Mins Read Bolt Threads will use Gingko Bioworks’ strain engineering platform to scale its b-silk protein, which can replace synthetics in skincare.
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4 Mins Read Youthforia’s biobased makeup is so clean you can sleep in it—and wash it down the drain without harming the planet.
3 Mins Read American rock band My Chemical Romance has unveiled another cruelty-free and vegan makeup collection in collaboration with HipDot.
4 Mins Read Kool For Men, a new Hong Kong lifestyle startup, wants to empower men with sustainable and ethical CBD, grooming and wellness products.
3 Mins Read Credo Beauty has phased out single-use products and has eliminated brands that use PFAS and other toxins in its packaging.
3 Mins Read Following Kam Davis’s appearance on the Dragons’ Den, her vegan haircare brand Nylah’s Naturals received approx.US$68,000 funding.
3 Mins Read Kylie Jenner has given her iconic beauty brand Kylie Cosmetics a vegan makeover that features an all-new makeup range, too.
4 Mins Read Zero-waste vegan beauty brand Mono Skincare has debuted what it claims is the world’s first dissolvable skincare pastille.
4 Mins Read REN’s zero-waste sample tube features an aluminum reclosable break-off nozzle without the need for mini plastic caps.
3 Mins Read Biodesign startup Geltor has unveiled PrimaColl, which the company claims is the world’s first real vegan collagen for the food and beverage industry, an exact match for the bioactive amino acid core of Type 21 collagen. Founded by Alexander Lorestani and Nick Ouzounov in 2015, the San Leandro, California-based Geltor has created a computational biology platform that […]
3 Mins Read The Body Shop has announced that it will be making its entire portfolio vegan within the next two years, as the “activist beauty” brand seeks to retain conscious consumers. The company will also be rolling out its new refill scheme across 500 stores globally within this year as well as expand its existing in-store recycling […]
2 Mins Read Two Indian food techs have made the leap into the personal care category, as the plant-based trend takes hold even in non-food sectors. While vegan dairy brand Goodmylk is working with The Switch Fix to launch new sustainable shampoo bars, MilkinOats has introduced its own range of oat milk-based skincare products. Homegrown Indian plant-based dairy […]
5 Mins Read As part of their support for a global campaign to ban cosmetic testing on animals, Hollywood filmmakers and movie stars including Taika Waititi, Ricky Gervais, Zac Efron, Olivia Munn, Pom Klementieff, Tricia Helfer and others joined Humane Society International(HSI) to create a short stop-motion animated film, Save Ralph which draws attention to the cruelty and […]
3 Mins Read Beauty Brand Izzy has recently launched what it claims as the “world’s first zero-waste mascara” as the company regrinds and melts down the applicators and wipers after use to make new ones, and even the water that collects from the triple cleaning process is reused rather than unneccesarly releasing it into the oceans. New York-based […]
4 Mins Read Ethical natural beauty and baby product company The Honest Co. saw its shares jump 44% in its trading debut, as investors show optimism over the rising conscious consumerism trend. The brand, co-founded by Jessica Alba, saw its market value rise to US$2.1 billion at the end of trading. Shares of The Honest Co. soared 44% […]
4 Mins Read L’Oréal recently committed to providing its customers’ safe products that are kind to the environment by using a ‘Green Sciences’ approach to ensure that by 2030, 95% of its ingredients will be derived from renewable plant sources, minerals, or circular processes. Relying on ‘Green Sciences’, France-based cosmetic giant L’Oréal will aim to sustainably cultivate ingredients […]
4 Mins Read Already available on the beauty retail giant Ulta Beauty’s website as well as 100 physical stores across the U.S.,’Gossip Girl’ and ‘Frozen’ star Kristen Bell is all set to expand her vegan skincare brand, Happy Dance that features CBD-infused products, at over 500 stores of beauty retail giant Ulta Beauty across the country. Back in October of […]
4 Mins Read The U.S.-based fast-food restaurant chain, Chipotle recently joined forces with California-based skincare and makeup brand e.l.f. cosmetics to launch a vegan makeup collection inspired by the former’s customizable menu. Does the future of beauty marketing involve food chain collabs? In line with e.l.f’s commitment to offer cruelty-free and vegan products, the collaboration with Chipotle will […]
4 Mins Read Beauty retail giant Ulta Beauty joined forces with circular packaging service startup Loop to offer customers all its cosmetic products in reusable and refillable packaging that includes the use of aluminum and glass bottles. As part of its holistic initiative ‘Conscious Beauty at Ulta Beauty’, the U.S.-based company pledged to achieve 50% recycled, bio-sourced materials or […]
3 Mins Read Actress, activist, and entrepreneur Jada Pinkett Smith recently launched Hey Humans, a vegan, gender-neutral, and 99% plastic-free beauty care line. Hey Humans, a new personal care range developed by Jada Pinkett Smith and co-founded with beauty incubator Maesa launched at Target stores across the U.S. and available for under US$6 per item, the brand aims […]