An Earth-Friendly Guide to the Prettiest “Zero-Waste” Beauty Products

The beginning of April may be best known for its practical jokes, but it also kicks off the monthly countdown to Earth Day—a holiday that calls for the re-examining of our ecological footprint, all the way down to our makeup bags. It’s a topic that so many mindful cosmetics companies have made a priority, creating waste-free, reusable packaging and for their best-selling products—so when you finally get to the bottom of a beloved bottle or compact, you don’t have to add it to a landfill, you simply refill it.

For Kjaer Weis and Ellis Faas, a covetable chrome case only needs to be bought once, with refillable blushes and powders available at a fraction of their original price. Guerlain’s jet-black mascara comes equipped with a mirrored case that only requires a replacement tube of inky product to keep you and your lashes in business for life. When it comes to liquids, Le Labo perfume and Blackstones’s Five Wits shampoo and conditioner can be decanted into your now-empty bottle on site, in their respective stores and salons, benefitting both the buyer via a discount and the planet with zero-waste impact.

Here, a look at eight beauty products that will cut down your waste while making you look better.