Eco-Conscious Living: Our favourite independent beauty brands
In a world where eco-conscious choices are becoming more important than ever, opting for brands that prioritise sustainability and ethical sourcing is a vital part of leading a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. One of the easiest ways to do this is to show your support for independent brands and small businesses that are committed to creating sustainable products and incorporating eco-conscious practices into their creation.
Here at Planet Organic, we believe that beauty goes beyond the surface - it's about nourishing your body, mind, and soul with products that align with your values. We are proud to support a wide range of independent businesses that share our commitment to eco-friendly living, from local British-born brands to those further afield, keep reading as we explore some of the many beauty brands that inspire us and contribute to a more beautiful world, one ethical choice at a time.
Evolve Organic Beauty
Evolve Beauty is an eco-friendly beauty and skincare brand that focuses on creating a range of vegan, cruelty-free products made from mostly organic ingredients in ethical and fair production processes. Using the very best ingredients that nature has to offer, Evolve has created over 40 COSMOS-certified organic products. From skincare to body and haircare and well-being products, Evolve Organic Beauty puts sustainability at the heart of each product.
As an independent business, Evolve Organic employs just over 30 people from 12 different nationalities, with most senior roles held by women. Part of their ethos is around ensuring that each and every member of staff gets a fair wage that meets the living standards. With its products lovingly handmade in a small studio in Hertfordshire, founder Laura Rudoe started Evolve Organic Beauty back in 2009 with the idea to create a range of natural beauty products that would help people live a greener life every day. Her mission with this brand is to create affordable products that deliver effective results and are kind to you and the planet.
Evolve Nightly Renew Facial Cream and Evolve Liquid Radiance Glycolic Toner
Proudly B Corp-certified and approved by Leaping Bunny and Vegan Society, Evolve takes pride in its commitment to sustainability, ensuring it meets the highest standards of environmental performance and fair working practices with every product. From the organic ingredients sourced to the packaging used, Evolve understands that what they do has an impact, both positive and negative which is why they ensure that whilst you’re indulging in your new organic skincare, you can rest assured that you are not only being kind to your skin, but the planet too.
Purposely created in small batches to ensure the freshness of the precious antioxidants and natural oils extracted from the organic ingredients used, Evolve Beauty is dedicated to creating body and skin care products that create joyful everyday moments with uplifting scents, soothing textures and effective results. From nourishing facial creams to exfoliating toners and hydrating body moisturisers, find a natural skincare product that works and supports the environment from Evolve Organic Beauty.
Atelya Organics
Alteya Organics is a family-owned company born in 1999 in the heart of the Bulgarian Rose Valley, in which their organic Bulgarian rose-infused products originated. Alteya’s line of organic skincare is made up of a blend of distilled, premium organic essential oils and flowers from the Balkan Mountain eco-regions, that use a steam-distillation method to ensure they retain their therapeutic properties.
After years of researching the miracle effects of organic rose oil on the skin, Alteya created this unique line of organic skincare and body care that is specially formulated to meet modern skincare needs with nourishing plant extracts to enhance skin resilience and combat ageing. From soothing moisturisers to hydrating toners and clarifying cleansers, Alteya combines the finest quality organic ingredients that are certified by the USDA organic standard to ensure each product aligns with their commitment to sustainability.
Alteya Organics Rose Otto Night Moisturizer Bio Damascena and Alteya Organics Rose Otto Face Wash Bio Damascena
Focusing on the quality and therapeutic properties of essential oils derived from these organic plants, Alteya ensures quality at the heart of each product. Ensuring that all products go through thorough testing, Alteya is free from any harsh chemicals, preservatives or parabens and is safe for all skin types. Helping you to take care of your skin in natural ways, adding Alteya products to your everyday routine will improve your complexion whilst caring for the environment.
Boucleme Haircare
Celebrating the hair that makes you, you, Bouclème is a black female-led haircare brand that is dedicated to creating natural products that help you fall in love with your natural hair. After battling with her natural hair for decades, founder Michele realised that after watching her daughters grow, it was time to embrace the beauty of her natural curly hair and inspire generations of women to do the same.
Focusing on creating quality products that use ingredients rooted in nature, Bouclème haircare products are packed full of active plant extracts and essential oils designed to nourish hair. Free from drying sulphates and heavy silicones, each Bouclème product uses a blend of natural essential oils and moisturising ingredients such as sea buckthorn, argan oil and aloe vera to help define curls and reduce frizz.
Boucleme Flexible Hold Hair Spray and Boucleme Scalp Exfoliating Shampoo
This independent, female-led business is all about creating a community that celebrates individuality and strives to make a positive impact in everything they do. Putting careful thought into how each product will impact people and the environment, Bouclème makes clean, green choices that support the use of plant-based and biodegradable ingredients, using responsible resources and recycled plastics in each product.
If you’re looking to not only support the environment but also an independent business run by a team of inspirational females when purchasing new haircare products, Bouclème is the brand for you. Helping you to find the confidence in being your natural self, Bouclème’s collection of natural curl creams, exfoliating shampoos and nourishing conditioners are here to help you build the perfect curly-hair routine.
ilapocatheray Beauty and Wellbeing
Inspired by the Sanskrit word for Earth – ‘ila’, ‘ilapothecary’ is a British-born, independent beauty brand that uses natural, homoeopathic ingredients to create a range of beauty and wellness products that uplift, nurture and balance the mind, body, skin and soul. Known for its powerful remedial ingredients, ilapothecary is here to heal and create products that counteract urban stressors, environmental pollution, mental stress and hormonal imbalances.
Free from silicones, parabens and artificial fragrances, ilapothecary products are 100% natural, using only natural preservatives and no animal derivatives (besides a couple of products that contain beeswax, silk and honey), making them cruelty-free and mostly vegan. This independent brand is also committed to using 100% sustainable packaging and energy-efficient production units to help reduce waste and the environmental impact of production.
Ilapothecary Speak Your Truth Aroma Roller and Ilapothecary Beat the Blues Bath Oil
ilapothecary ensures that each formulation includes 98-100% natural ingredients and is packaged in a way that preserves quality for longer so that each product offers optimal effectiveness. Whether you’re looking for a soothing facial cleanser, calming essential oil or a nourishing body oil, ilapothecary mindfully infuses each product with potent formulations that have a long history of healing powers.
From medicinal rose geranium to thyme, calendula and powerful gemstones such as amethyst and malachite, the healing properties of these unique ingredients help to create a line of natural products that can transform your daily beauty routines.
NEOM Organic
One of the most well-known independent beauty brands that we stock here at Planet Organic, NEOM Organics is renowned for its range of natural well-being products designed to boost your mood. Offering a range of natural products including relaxing bath salts that prepare you for a deep sleep, warming candles to create a calming space and essential oils that help to relieve stress and boost your mood, NEOM Organics has it all.
Committed to making conscious choices in everything it does, NEOM Organics’ mission is to supercharge the well-being of people and the planet, leaving both in a better place. Founder, Nicola Elliott, created this independent brand after feeling the effects of years of stress and low energy and kickstarting her therapeutic journey using her own blends of natural essential oils. After launching NEOM in 2005, Nicola and her team have continued to work towards creating empowering products using natural, sustainable processes, believing that ‘small, sustainable steps make a big difference’.
Neom Perfect Night's Sleep Pillow Mist and Neom Real Luxury Mini Candle
With community at the heart of this independent business, NEOM prides itself on celebrating our differences and existing to boost the well-being of every person by creating versatile products that calm our minds and make the world a better place. From candles to reed diffusers, pillow sprays and roll-on essential oils, each product from NEOM has been thoughtfully created using natural ingredients that align with improving our wellbeing.
Discover more independent brands at Planet Organic
If you’re looking to discover more independent businesses that align with your values, browse through our full list of brands available to shop here at Planet Organic. Whether you’re looking for health and wellbeing, skincare and beauty or sustainable living products to begin your journey to a more sustainable lifestyle, we’ve got a wide range of independent brands for you to choose from.
