Sustainability

OVERALL SUSTAINABILITY SCORE: VERY GOOD
We reduce, reuse, recycle and compost. And we do sometimes still eat Cheetos and drink prosecco in the atelier, which cannot be called a sustainable practice but is very enjoyable.
Shipping Packaging: Sustainability Scorecard
Box: VERY GOOD.
Recyclable cardboard, made from 100% recycled materialsTape: VERY GOOD.
Recycled paper tape, made from 100% recycled materialsVoid fill: VERY GOOD.
Recyclable paper, made from 100% recycled materialsTissue: VERY GOOD.
Recyclable paper, made from 100% recycled materials
Lipstick Packaging: Sustainability Scorecard
Box: GOOD.
Recyclable and compostable paper and ink, made from 30% recycled materials, made and printed by carbon-neutral printerBelly band: VERY GOOD.
Recyclable and compostable paper, made from 100% recycled materials, made and printed byCrayon handles: VERY GOOD.
Recyclable and compostable spiral paper, made from 100% recycled materialsWafer stickers: GOOD.
Recyclable and compostable
Lipstick Formula: Sustainability Scorecard
Waxes: VERY GOOD.
Sustainable ingredients, plant-based or beeswax (byproduct that doesn’t harm bees by being used)Pastes: VERY GOOD.
Sustainable, plant-based ingredients – the shea butter industry, in which the butter is often produced by groups of women, is pressured by the volume of demand for the moisturizing ingredient, and also debates about how sustainable the processes for growing, harvesting and making coconut oil and cocoa butter are.Oils: VERY GOOD.
Sunflower oil, jojoba oil and castor oil are all examples of oils that are deeply nourishing and also extremely sustainable agriculturally. We are assessing replacing camellia oil with meadowfoam oil, which is similarly nourishing for skin but as a rotation crop, has many agriculturally sustainable benefits, and since most is produced in the Pacific Northwest, a lower carbon footprint.Pigments: NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.
We use a number of pigments that don’t have great sustainability credentials – any time a color is described with a number after it (e.g., Red 7, Yellow 3, Blue 1), it signifies a chemical derivation, typically petroleum. Sourcing pigments with enough range that are approved for use in the EU AND the US – meeting global safety standards – is a challenge. This is an area we’re looking to improve, and we made the trade-off in sustainability for color range.