"High-value" sustainable skin care packaging design inventory

"High-value" sustainable skin care packaging design inventory

Nowadays, environmental protection is no longer an empty slogan, it is becoming a fashionable way of life. In the field of beauty and skin care, the concept of sustainable beauty cosmetics related to environmental protection, organic, natural, plants and biodiversity is becoming an important consumption trend. However, as a "big polluter" in the world, the beauty industry has always been a topic of great concern to the use of plastic and excessive packaging while using healthy and natural ingredients. The "Plastic-Free" movement is emerging in the cosmetics industry, and more and more beauty brands have increased their investment in environmentally friendly packaging, creating a global trend for environmentally friendly packaging.

—The rise of Recycling of cosmetic bottles

Sustainable 'circular packaging' gaining traction in beauty and personal care globally: Aesop is trialling refills at a store in Adelaide, Australia; Jurlique, Biome and Innisfree partner establish relationship with innovative recycling company TerraCycle, and provide discounts or points for the behavior of recycling empty bottles... In addition to focusing on environmental protection in the development of cosmetic packaging, "empty bottle recycling" has increasingly become an important content that brands pay attention to.

#LANCOME As one of the practical actions to protect the earth, Lancome officially launched the "Empty Bottle Recycling Program" in the Chinese market in 2019 to recycle empty bottles for consumers. Full-size empty bottles collected by the Lancome store will first be transported to TerraCycle warehouse for storage. After a certain amount of recycling has been accumulated, they will be processed uniformly. The empty bottles of the product will go through steps such as sorting, crushing and cleaning, impurity removal, and granulation, finally, raw materials that can be reused are generated. It has been 1,152 days since the project was launched, hundreds of thousands of consumers have participated in it, and the cumulative number of recycled empty bottles has exceeded 10 million.

#BIOTHERM Since 2019, Biotherm has also joined hands with TerraCycle to launch the "Empty Bottle Recycling Program" to recycle empty bottles after consumption and continue to fulfill its commitment to sustainable development. With little actions, we can make beauty more sustainable. Help protect the blue ocean. Today, the "Empty Bottle Recycling Program" has covered stores across the country. Go to Biotherm's national offline counters today, put empty bottles into the recycling box, and get a surprise gift.

#L'Occitane In November 2019, L'Occitane China took the lead in setting up empty bottle recycling bins in all stores in Shanghai to recycle empty bottles of L’Occitane’s full range of products. The empty bottles brought by consumers to the counter for recycling are regenerated into usable raw materials through professional processing processes such as sorting, crushing, cleaning, drying, and melting, which are used to make a variety of environmentally friendly products, such as environmentally friendly bags, desks and chairs wait. Last year, L'Occitane planned to expand the "Empty Bottle Recycling Program" to more stores across the country. From April 13th, 100 L'Occitane stores in 10 cities including Hangzhou, Chongqing, and Guangzhou will take over from Shanghai and start the "Empty Bottle Recycling Program".

#KOSE Sekkisei

In order to protect the blue earth and give back to nature, as early as 2009, L'Occitane launched the SAVE the BLUE environmental protection public welfare project to fully protect corals. Since 2011, the scope of activities of [SAVE the BLUE] has gradually expanded overseas. Based on the concept of "Benefits from Natural Plants on Earth", Sekkisei launched the "Empty Bottle Recycling Coupons" campaign to recycle, recycle, and regenerate empty bottle resources, contribute to the earth's environmental protection, and awaken consumers' awareness of environmental protection.

In recent years, the duty-free market in Hainan, China has become increasingly active. The Sekkisei brand decided to launch a donation campaign to support the environmental protection cause of the Hainan Island government starting this year, donating part of the sale of Chinese duty-free shops to marine environmental protection activities in the surrounding water of Hainan Island.

#IPSA Also passionate about public welfare and environmental protection is IPSA. Last year, IPSA announced that it will officially open the "IPSA Empty Bottle Recycling Program" on June 1. This environmental protection plan will set up empty bottle recycling bins in 94 offline stores in 42 cities across the country, covering nearly 90% of the stores, and carry out empty bottle recycling of recyclable materials. Every time consumers recycle an empty product bottle, they can get 100 points, virtual environmental protection badges and environmental protection certificates. The accumulated points can not only participate in regular redemption gift, but also can be exchanged for special environmental protection gift, such as customized environmental protection bags or formal IPSA products, etc. .

▲ IPSA Flowing Gold Water 20th Anniversary Empty Bottle Collection

—Recycling of packaging & friendly packaging Recycling and sustainable packaging In line with the goal of taking environmental protection as the premise, in addition to the "empty bottle recycling plan", more and more brands or companies has launched refills and introduced filling plans.

Era Zero Waste, an emerging shopping platform in Germany, realizes "refilling" through the "order milk" model. Users request refills of personal care products from home by mail or via Era Zero Waste's "delivery bikes" in select cities. Era Zero Waste currently offers six main products, including hand sanitizer, shampoo, conditioner, hand cream, body wash and dish soap. Era Zero Waste will deliver new products in full bottles and take away empty bottles, Reuse after cleaning and disinfection.

Era Zero Waste founders are three women, co-founder Livia Zimermann said: "I want to be more sustainable, but it seems inconvenient to make my own personal care products, or shopping without packaging. This inspired Era's Mission, to make it easy for everyone to live in a zero waste environment and make a difference."

Herm è s first forayed into the world of color cosmetics with a line of refillable lipsticks. Korean cosmetics group Amorepacific has launched a "product refueling station" at one of its brand stores in the Alleyway Gwanghae mall, where consumers can refill 15 types of shampoo and body wash.

In order to explore alternatives to traditional plastic packaging and extend the life cycle of packaging. Some brands have innovated in packaging, seeking renewable resources, etc. to replace plastic products.

This year, Chanel once again teamed up with Finnish start-up Sulapac to develop a sustainable bio-based cap for its latest N ° 1 De Chanel face cream. The cap is made from 90% bio-based materials from renewable sources, including FSC-certified wood chips and recycled camellia seed husks.

Head & Shoulders and British skincare brand REN use recycled plastic waste from beaches and oceans to recreate their product packaging; industry giants such as L'Or é al and Est é e Lauder have pledged to responsibly source palm oil to avoid rainforest damage. Disruption; Lush Cosmetics' naked packaging commitment has led to beauty innovations, all wrapped in reusable wrappers made from organic cotton and recycled plastic bottles.

Finnish niche sustainable skincare brand Henua features water-free formulas, organic ingredients, plastic-free and sustainable packaging; Brazilian beauty brand Costa Brazil creates products using ingredients sourced from the Amazon rainforest and biodegradable and sustainable packaging; French natural The skin care brand Akane uses 100% biodegradable packaging... These niche "sustainable" beauty products are constantly being shared by users on the current social platforms.

—Beauty Box Awards These beautiful and environmentally friendly packaging According to Zero Waste Week, the beauty industry brings about 120 billion packages to the world every year: 95% of which are disposable Single-use plastic packaging, while only 14% is recycled. So how are designers in the beauty industry doing when faced with the environmental problems created by these excessive packaging? #BAUM material: KARIMOKU leftover material "BAUM" means tree in German, the brand advocates symbiosis with trees, so in the product concept. The packaging of BAUM products comes from small pieces of waste wood produced during the manufacturing process of wooden furniture manufacturer KARIMOKU Furniture Co., Ltd. The final design showcases the unique variation and depth of grain and color of the wood. In addition, this packaging design also adopts the concept of replacement to reduce the impact on the environment. Bottles are made from bio-based PET or recycled glass. It is understood that the BAUM brand is actively involved in forest conservation activities, including the planting of oak trees, which is also the wood used in the packaging of the "BAUM forest" series.

#Fedrigoni Paper Snap Material: Beauty product samples become more sustainable with Fedrigoni Paper Snap, a single-dose packaging option made of paper, a more sustainable alternative to existing As with any single-dose plastic packaging, not only does it not waste a single drop of product, it is also fully recyclable. It opens easily by folding it in half with one hand, making it perfect for brand handouts at events, crowded stores, or anywhere that's busy.

#Love Ocean Design: PEARLFISHERPearlfisher's Love Ocean, a natural bath range for kids, comes in eye-catching packaging. Not only is the bottle made from 100% recycled HDPE, but consumers can purchase it with reusable refills.

This is a sustainable, natural, ocean-inspired bath product line, the iconic bottle and the symbol of the whale tail remind people of the importance of ocean dialogue, and the purpose is to unite parents and children to discuss how Live more sustainably with the world around us.

#BIOHYALUX design: 33 and Branding's newly launched customized skin care products based on the concept of restoring the skin, bringing a new skin improvement experience for modern women. The packaging is also infused with the concept of environmental protection and ecology. The bagasse is made into a round outer packaging through technical extraction and semi-automatic wet pressing process, so that the inner packaging can be placed reasonably and easy to carry.

In addition to the high compatibility of packaging materials and product concept, in terms of design, 30, 60 was extracted and selected from the product features of 30-day skin improvement treatment process 60-day food-grade limited shelf life as the visual identity of the product symbol. In the process of packaging design and production, innovation was carried out in various ways to overcome the problems of extracting impurities from bagasse and stamping wire mesh on the curved wall of the outer packaging, and finally achieved success.

#PLUS Wash & Care Packaging Design: SOMEONE & OTHERS This is a waste-free, plastic-free body wash product in dissolvable packaging, made from FSC certified wood pulp. Just tear open the pack, apply some water to the dehydrated foam sheet, soak in soapy water, and throw the pack in the bathroom, and the water will take care of the rest. Through the packaging creations of design agency Someone&Others, Plus hopes to become a plastic-free personal care brand, giving consumers a "more meaningful shower" and "a happier planet".

#Innisfree re-stay secret series design: InnisfreeInnisfree launched the re-stay secret cleansing and maintenance series that can be refilled and replenished. The packaging design series adopts a pure white design, which looks very simple and textured. The natural grainy texture of the ceramic vessel expresses a modern, warm sentiment. At the same time, combined with the reusable environmentally friendly material bottle body and refill bag, the wide-mouth design is very good for repeated product addition. After use, it can still be used as a vase, toothbrush holder, etc., thereby reducing waste, and the appearance is more attractive to the eyes of minimalist control .

The ingredients of the product are extracted from the natural cleansing ingredients of coconut, combined with the compound ingredients of five plants from Jeju Island, which not only provide non-irritating and gentle cleansing effect on the skin and hair, but also have excellent moisturizing power, making you feel like you are in a wooden garden , Feel the calm and relaxing breath.

#NICKNACK Material: Bagasse Extract

Nicknack runs through the "environmental protection and sustainability" advocated by Pure Makeup into the brand spirit and the creative inspiration of each product, using natural vegetable oils, plant essences, plant waxes and natural flavors, after continuous color adjustments and multiple rounds of ingredients Iterative improvement to ensure that each product can have both "pure ingredients" and "excellent makeup effect".

For example, Nicknack color eye shadow, especially uses the plant ingredient Bougainvillea stalk powder, which is natural and fine, improves the powdery skin texture, and replaces the micro-powder raw materials of chemical origin, thereby avoiding the introduction of harmful substances to the skin and human body. Its lip balm formula adopts 100% pure natural sources, compounded with natural plant essence, and has the certification of the European Union ECOCERT International Ecological Certification Center.

#BYOMA MATERIAL: Recycled plastic BYOMA is a brand that is bold, innovative, and colorful. In order to shake up the skin care industry, in order to highlight this avant-garde in visual design, the "O" in the brand name is designed to split the device, indicating the brand's mission of breaking the barrier of beauty with its breakthrough formula. While the modern typography and graphic design perfectly showcase the brand's science, ingredients and innovative qualities.

It's all packaged in 100% recyclable mono-material plastic and eliminates redundant packaging. By using monolithic materials, recycling is easy, and the square-shaped packaging makes shipping more efficient, reducing the brand's carbon footprint. Droppers, sprayers and pumps are designed to be reusable, effectively making the product natural and sustainable.