How Makeup Is Made Make Palletes

Hello Beautiful People!

Today nosotros're diving into theĀTHR to bear witness y'all how we created the industry's get-go fully sustainable, #zerowaste eyeshadow palette.

Why does this thing? Waste and plastic pollution is a massive problem in every industry, but did you know that the cosmetics industry alone takes upwardly 1/3 of all landfill space and produces over 120 billion units of packaging?

That'southward why at ĀTHR Beauty, we feel that packaging is JUST equally important every bit make clean and sustainable ingredients. Read on for all the details of our zero-waste eyeshadow palette!

OUR PACKAGING

The Palette

All ĀTHR Beauty Eyeshadow Palettes are fabricated of 100% recyclable, FSC-Certified paper. FSC-certified ways: the paper is sourced from wood suppliers who "foreclose pollution, protect habitat, plant more trees than are harvested, and avoid displacing native peoples, and harming wildlife."

What are most palettes made of?

Most cosmetic compacts and palettes are made of a combination of ABS/PE/PP plastics, metals, and unrecyclable hard plastics. While some of these materials are recyclable on their own, they are not recyclable when combined.  They must be separated to their individual components before a recycler will accept them (which is incommunicable to do past mitt). So, this packaging ends upwardly in the landfill despite the good-intentioned consumer who tries to recycle them.

What happens then? The only style for plastic to interruption down is through photodegradation. When it'due south exposed to sunlight, information technology slowly breaks down into smaller pieces of plastic. In a landfill however, the plastic is buried deep in a pile and is rarely exposed to sunlight. Pregnant, information technology may never break downward completely.

The plastic that doesn't wind upwardly in a landfill ends upwardly in the oceans. Plastic plus other waste has created what is known as Garbage Island, a pile of garbage floating in the Pacific Bounding main nearly 600,000 sq miles in size. These floating plastics leach toxic chemicals into the water, go ingested by ocean life, and crusade massive destruction to the ocean ecosystem.

The Pans

Our individual palette pans are fabricated of recyclable aluminum. The reward of aluminum is that information technology can be recycled and repurposed over and over indefinitely. Plastics on the other hand, when recyclable, can simply be reused 2-three times equally the quality degrades with every reuse.

Glass is as well infinitely recyclable so it's a great option to choose for your dazzler products.

The Ink

Ink is an essential and often disregarded factor in recyclability. Without looking at ink, an otherwise totally recyclable production would finish upwards in the landfill. Before committing to our design, nosotros met with paper suppliers to ensure all our inks were completely recyclable .

What determines if ink is recyclable?

• The color – sure ink colors are never recyclable. Ours are chosen specifically to ensure recyclability.
• The formula – are inks are all water-based soy formulas. They are completely recyclable and eco-friendly.

The Tarot Card

Every ĀTHR Dazzler Palette comes with a keepsake Tarot Card. We include these cards to give you some extra inspiration! To help illuminate your inner wisdom and awaken y'all to your unique purpose.

Once yous feel this carte du jour has served its purpose in your life, either pass it on to a friend or recycle it. Like our palettes, these tarot cards are made of FSC certified paper and h2o-based soy inks.

The Box

Just like the palette itself, our box is made of FSC Certified paper with a water-based-soy ink. No plastics, no mixed materials, and cipher that will finish upwards in a landfill.

The Packing Materials

Our quest for nothing-waste includes the materials we pack and ship our products out to customers in. Separate the materials and recycle the box it came in!

• FSC Certified cardboard box - fully recyclable
• Sugar-based sticker -biodegradable

WHAT WE LEFT OUT OF OUR PACKAGING (AND WHY)

A Mirror

• Mirrors are made by applying a reflective coating to glass. That coating makes the drinking glass nearly incommunicable to recycle.
• In my years as a Lead Product Developer at Sephora, I institute that consumers and makeup artists akin rarely use their compact mirrors, especially the long sparse ones in eyeshadow palettes. Not worth the extra waste in our eyes.
• Likewise, when people travel with their palettes, the mirrors oft shatter.

Magnets

• Magnets are used in palettes to hold them shut. All magnets are completely unrecyclable.
• Magnets are made from 'Rare Earth' elements, and their processing involves huge amounts of carcinogenic toxins. These toxins are pumped into bodies of water, often near city centers or local communities. In Baotou alone, 10 million tons of toxic waste material are produced every yr from rare earth processing.

What we apply to hold our palettes shut: an elastic. How can you make use of this after your palette is empty? Use it as a pilus tie! We know we're always looking for an extra one.

INGREDIENT SOURCING & SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability means looking at the whole motion picture, including ingredient sourcing and selection. We only use sustainably sourced, organic, and fair-trade options wherever possible.

Where sustainability begins in cosmetics: Palm Oil. Did yous know that nearly every cosmetic product contains some sort of palm oil or palm oil derivative? In gild to grow palm oil, growers burn down downwards forests to clear the land. Animals lose their homes, communities lose their natural land, and air pollution levels rise from the fume. Non to mention the worker exploitation and labor abuse that is rampant.

Allour palm-oil derivedingredients are certified sustainably sourced. They include an RSPO document to validate that no deforestation, country burning, or exploitation of workers or local communities were involved.

And so why does anyone apply palm oil?

When grown sustainably, palm oil is a super-efficient ingather - it'due south like shooting fish in a barrel to harvest and has a low carbon footprint. Information technology would be harder on the surroundings to supplant with a dissimilar ingredient in all of the countless products it's used in.

Forth with whatever palm-oil derived ingredients, the rest of our ingredient listing is sustainably sourced, organic, and fair-trade wherever possible.

Kokosnoot Oil - Fair-trade & Certified Organic

Shea Butter - Fair-merchandise & Certified Organic

Rosehip Oil - Certified Organic

Mica - Sustainably Sourced *read our full blog on mica*

Prickly Pear - Certified Organic

Bounding main Buckthorn Oil - Certified Organic

Moringa Oil - Certified Organic

Lavender Oil - Certified Organic

Sustainability means that we give back too.

Nosotros've partnered with unlike charities for all ourĀTHR Beauty product launches to give 1% of product sales directly to the cause. These charities were chosen for each of the elements: earth, air, fire, water, and aether.

Our charitable partner for the hereafter is one% For The Planet – this system works with non-profits doing essential work worldwide in the areas of climate, food, land, pollution, h2o, and wildlife.

HOW TO RECYCLE YOUR ĀTHR Beauty PALETTE

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We hope this post was helpful in your journey to #choosebetter beauty and lessen your impact on our earth. Your everyday decisions tin can accept large impacts on this planet we call home. All the <three to you all!

-ĀTHR Beauty xoxo

Source: https://athrbeauty.com/blogs/goodvibesbeauty/zero-waste-how-we-do-it

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