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Refillable beauty is not a new trend, but it's quickly becoming more mainstream as the sustainability movement gathers pace.
The concept is simple: you buy a make-up palette or container and refill the contents to minimise packaging waste.
It’s both wallet and environmentally-friendly, as it’s markedly cheaper to buy a refill than fork out for the entire product again.
The average woman owns more than 40 different make-up products, but only uses five of them daily. With refillable beauty products, you only buy what you will use.
We tried a range of refillable makeup and skincare to find the best, with products only making our list if their quality matched the brand’s ethics.
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The verdict: Refillable beauty products
Kjaer Weis was ahead of the curve when it launched refillable beauty products 10 years ago. The first-class cosmetics are backed up by first class ethics that are constantly developing to meet consumer needs – most recently by adding a more affordable case to the range. Faith in Nature gets a huge thumbs up for offering 5l refill cartons, too.