Sephora’s having a major sale this week – 10% to 30% off their entire stock of products across ALL brands! All you have to do to take advantage of this deal is make a free Beauty Insider account on their website. Bigger than ever this year is the growing list of cult-following planet positive sustainable beauty products. We’ve created a list of all the must-haves in clean beauty this year, based on Allure’s Best-Of Awards, customer reviews and the sworn-by beauty routines of celebrities and influencers alike.
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.
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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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