Sustainability

SUSTAINABILITY

We are completely transparent with our green credentials, and always will be. Have a look at our scorecards to see how we're doing. We're doing well - and we'll do better!

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 materials

Tape: VERY GOOD.
Recycled paper tape, made from 100% recycled materials

Void fill: VERY GOOD.
Recyclable paper, made from 100% recycled materials

Tissue: VERY GOOD.
Recyclable paper, made from 100% recycled materials

OVERALL SCORE - VERY GOOD

Lipstick Packaging: Sustainability Scorecard

Box: GOOD.
Recyclable and compostable paper and ink, made from 30% recycled materials, made and printed by carbon-neutral printer

Belly band: VERY GOOD.
Recyclable and compostable paper, made from 100% recycled materials, made and printed by 

Crayon handles: VERY GOOD.
Recyclable and compostable spiral paper, made from 100% recycled materials

Wafer stickers: GOOD.
Recyclable and compostable

OVERALL SCORE – VERY GOOD

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.

OVERALL SCORE – VERY GOOD