Planet positive “clean” beauty brands and products is a concept celebrating sustainable beauty practices such as the use of clean ingredients, climate commitment, sustainable sourcing, responsible packaging, animal cruelty-free practices and donating a percentage of profits to high-impact environmental projects or nonprofit organizations.

Aside from achieving Sephora’s highly lauded list of planet positive standards, these products have cult followings on TikTok, overwhelmingly positive reviews online and many have been awarded a coveted “best-of” status on Allure.

Want to extend planet positivity into your wardrobe? Meg Gallagher, Personal Stylist Los Angeles offers 5 ways to create a sustainable wardrobe here. Check out Meg’s styling services here.

Best Of Skincare

BEST HYDRATION SET
Biossance Radiantly Rose Duo Set

  A set of two mini essentials that highlight the hydrating power of rose: Biossance’s luxe face oil and cult-favorite lip balm, both Allure Best of Beauty award winners.
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily.
Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dryness, Loss of Firmness and Elasticity

BEST ANTI-AGING
Caudalie Premier Cru Anti Aging Cream Moisturizer with Hyaluronic Acid

Allure award-winning powerful anti-aging moisturizer with 97% a recommendation rate and breakthrough TET8™ patent to target eight signs of aging, visibly plump, and reduce the appearance of wrinkles. 
Skin Type: Normal, Dry 
Skincare Concerns: Dark Spots, Fine Lines and Wrinkles, and Loss of Firmness and Elasticity

BEST BRIGHTENING EYE CREAM
Glow Recipe Guava Vitamin C Bright-Eye Gel Cream

A potent yet gentle, visibly brightening eye cream to reduce the look of dark circles, hydrate, and depuff the entire eye area with 10 percent encapsulated vitamin C complex, niacinamide blend, and peptides.
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily 
Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Dark Circles, and Puffiness

BEST COLLAGEN SERUM
The Outset Firming Vegan Collagen Prep Serum

Part of Scarlett Johansson’s daily regiment, Allure Award-Winning cruelty-free lightweight serum that locks in healthy vitamins and vegan collagen to prep your skin for hydration, leaving it feeling smoother, firmer, and plumper.
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dryness, and Loss of Firmness and Elasticity

BEST MAKEUP REMOVER
Farmacy Green Clean Makeup Removing Cleansing Balm

An award-winning face gentle cleanser that melts away stubborn makeup, SPF, dirt, and oil, leaving skin hydrated with zero residue. Reported to work well on sensitive skin for complete makeup removal!
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Skincare Concerns: Complete Makeup Removal, Dryness, Dullness, and Uneven Texture

BEST ACNE TREATMENT
Acne+ 2% BHA and Azelaic Acid Acne Spot Treatment

Award winning clinical-strength, rapid-acting acne treatment that visibly reduces blemish size and redness plus helps prevent new acne pimples from forming. Reviewers love this product for it’s ability to minimize acne without drying out the skin!

BEST SUNSCREEN
Tatcha The Silk Sunscreen Mineral Broad Spectrum SPF 50 with Hyaluronic Acid and Niacinamide

A familiar TikTok obsession – This liquid, radiant-finish SPF 50 mineral sunscreen is reported to soak directly into the skin without an oily finish or white cast, sitting perfectly under makeup. The smoothing silk extracts to protect skin from the sun, hydrate, and visibly even skin tone.

BEST TREATMENT MASK
KORA Organics Turmeric BHA Pore & Brightening Treatment Mask

A two-in-one formula for all skin types that can be used as a scrub or detoxifying mask. This multi-tasking hero is an at-home facial in a tube, giving instant results. Address congested pores, uneven texture, and dullness in one easy step with this skin-smoothing, visibly brightening mask. You can use it as a polishing scrub or as a leave-on solution to soften the appearance of discoloration and pigmentation.
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Skincare Concerns: Dark Spots, Pores, and Acne and Blemishes

Best Of Hair & Body

BEST SHAVING SET
Hanni Shave Starter Set

A planet positive refillable starter set with everything you need for hair removal and body dermaplaning—for smooth, dewy-looking skin with less visible redness and ingrown hairs.

BEST BODY SCRUB
Herbivore Amethyst Body Scrub with Epsom Salt

An Allure winning hydrating body scrub that combines crushed amethyst gemstone, magnesium-rich epsom salt, and jasmine sambac oil to gently exfoliate and nourish skin.

BEST HAIR WASH
Susteau Moondust Hair Wash

An Allure award winning powder-to-lather shampoo for all hair types with a rich, velvety lather that gently cleanses, leaving hair soft and full of body without over-drying. Reviewers love the highly concentrated long-lasting nature of powder shampoo, and report that the product is great for travel and light and clean without residue.

BEST HAIR SERUM FOR THINNING
Vegamour GRO Hair Serum

A highly effective “clean at Sephora” vegan serum great for all hair types that increases the appearance of hair density while reducing signs of shedding to promote thicker, fuller looking hair with clinically proven results in as little as 90 days. This product is a game changer for hair loss via age, sun damage and auto immune diseases like eczema. LA Hair and Colour Specialist Meg Titus swears by vegamour for scalp health and shedding.

BEST BODY WASH
Necessaire Body Wash With Niacinamide, Vitamins + Plant Surfactants

Allure award winning daily multi-vitamin cleanser to gently cleanse, nourish and soften the skin. Non-stripping. Hypoallergenic. Dermatologist-Tested. Non-Comedogenic.

Best Of Makeup

BEST MASCARA
ILIA Limitless Lash Lengthening Clean Mascara

A clean, award-winning, cult-favorite mascara that lifts, lengthens, holds curl, and separates with precision. Reviewers rave about the “wispy, soft effect” this mascara creates!

BEST CONCEALER
Kosas Revealer Super Creamy + Brightening Concealer and Daytime Eye Cream

A crease-proof, medium-coverage, super creamy concealer, eye cream, and spot treatment in one that visibly brightens and helps reveal better-looking skin.

BEST TINTED MOISTURIZER
Saie Slip Tint Dewy Tinted Moisturizer SPF 35 Sunscreen

Allure’s Clean Beauty Winner, A tinted moisturizer for light makeup looks made with Hyaluronic Acid that offers skin-loving hydration, sheer, dewy coverage in confusion-free shades, and 100 percent mineral UV protection.

BEST FOR BROWS
Kosas Air Brow Tinted Clean Volumizing Eyebrow Gel

A clean, tinted mousse-gel for airy, feathery brows, boosted by hair care actives that condition and support full brow health.

BEST BRONZER
Sun Melt Natural Cream Bronzer

A lightweight, creamy oatmeal balm bronzer with a natural velvet finish that melts into skin for an easy, sun-kissed glow.

BEST LIPSTICK
ROSE INC Satin Lip Color Refillable Hydrating Lipstick

A rich refillable lipstick by Rosie Huntington Whiteley that delivers lasting, weightless color while blurring the appearance of vertical lip lines available in 10 richly natural shades.

BEST EYESHADOW
Kosas 10-Second Eye Gel Watercolor Eyeshadow

A clean eyeshadow that glides on like gel watercolor to make your eyes instantly pop, infused with liquid skincare for your lids.

BEST BLUSH
Dew Blush Liquid Cheek Blush

An extremely popular water-based gel blush with a creamy, blendable formula that gives skin a healthy flush of seamless color.

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The results are in, and we’ve gotta put it out there…
2022 has a LOT to offer in skincare, and we need to walk into the spring season with a fresh face! We’ve collected favorite products amongst social buzz, celebrities, beauty magazines, personal faves and more to present to you a comprehensive list of THE best eye creams, serums and balms under $100!

Favorite Overall
Ole Henriksen Banana Bright Eye Crème

Heralded as THE favorite by Byrdie, Allure, The Strategist and NYMag!
The positive reviews are endless for this versatile do-it-all brightening eye cream!
This Vitamin C and collagen infused cream for all skin types comes at an affordable price range with a 97% success rate among customers.

Best For Wrinkles
Needles No More Wrinkle Smoothing Cream

An injection-free wrinkle-defying solution specially developed for the upper half of the face.

Best For Depuffing
The Ordinary Caffeine 5% + ECGC Depuffing Eye Serum

A 7 dollar concentrated serum with high-solubility caffeine and green tea cathechin to visibly reduce eye-contour pigmentation and puffiness. 

Best For Dark Circles 
SkinCeuticals AOX Eye Gel 

This serum-gel quickly absorbs into your skin promoting repair of existing photodamage and combating against the signs of tiredness, restoring your eyes to a fresh, bright appearance!

Best For Brightening
MUTHA Up All Night Cream

Create brighter eyes instantly using a radiance-boosting combo of pearl powder, coffee seed, and botanical extracts. Developed with MUTHALOAD™ Core Technology, this deeply nourishing formula protects, hydrates, and repairs skin!

Most Unique
Peace Out Retinol Eye Stick

Comes in a stick, you don’t have to squeeze product out of a tube! A bestselling concentrated serum-balm with encapsulated retinol to address dark circles, fine lines, wrinkles, and texture for smoother-looking eyes.

Best For Reducing Fine Lines
The Beautiful Eye Balm

A makeup-friendly eye balm that brightens dark circles and reduces fine lines. Silky and hydrating, this supercharged salve contains cold-pressed rosehip, sweet almond, and sunflower seed oils rich in protective vitamins, antioxidants, and essential fatty acids.

Best Anti-Aging
Kate Somerville +Retinol Firming Eye Cream

Visibly firm, brighten and hydrate around the eye area with Kate Somerville’s +Retinol Firming Eye Cream. Clinically proven eye wrinkle cream reduces the appearance of lines and wrinkles, improves elasticity.

Honorable Mention
Black Tea Age-Delay Eye Cream

This popular fast-absorbing eye cream is light enough to apply under makeup as a hydrating de-puffer, yet nourishing enough to help fight wrinkles.

Essential Eye Creams To Use In Your 20s-30s
Drunk Elephant C-Tango Multivitamin Eye Cream

Drunk Elephant’s C-Tango is a rich and restorative eye cream featuring a brightening combination of eight peptides, five forms of vitamin C, and cucumber extract for firmer, stronger-looking skin around the eye area.

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The most essential accessory for Zoom calls and FaceTime isn’t a statement necklace or spring hat – it’s all about the MAKEUP! Our community of stylists have been RAVING about these women-owned makeup brands that keep your skin bright and eyes sparkling on screen and IRL. We’re so excited to share the products that we know and love. Check out our favorites below!

ILIA

Why we love it: Skincare meets beautiful pigment for an everyday makeup that’s kind to your skin!

TRINNY LONDON

Why we love it: Say goodbye to fine lines & wrinkles – Miracle Blur is MAGIC!!!

IL MAKIAGE

Why we love it: The test is the most accurate we’ve ever seen and provides an extra sense of comfort with a 14 day trial. 10/10 staying power and shade accuracy!

Check out the crazy-accurate skin tone quiz that matches you to your perfect shade out of their 50 colors available! Then try your matched foundation FREE for 14 days.

RENÉE ROULEAU

Why we love it: Skincare for EVERYONE! High-end products with impressive results no matter what your skin-type is. Check out their Skin-type Quiz to see which of the 9 skin-types you fall under! Oh – and did we mention their Chin Breakout Collection?? Say goodbye to mask acne!!!!

SAIE

Why we love it: Committed to clean, sustainable products and offers high-end long lasting illuminators on the cheap.

TULA

Why we love it: Packed with the power of probiotics and superfoods, we LOVE feeding our skin this doctor-approved skincare.

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