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We sat down with Abi, founder of organic cosmetics and toiletries brand Odylique, to talk about the company and their vision for the future. Odylique is one of our Best Buy Label brands with products in a number of our shopping guides, such as skincare, shampoo, makeup and soap. 

The ingredients list on your cosmetics could be hiding all manner of animal products. In this article, we discuss what vegan beauty means and how to find vegan products, as well as listing some of our favourite vegan brands.

From the secret fragrances in perfumes to honey and milk in skincare, the ingredients lists of many cosmetics include animal products. 

The Body Shop faced a boycott by consumers for more than a decade over animal testing.  So what was behind The Body Shop boycott and how ethical is the company now?

We researched the different non animal testing certifications and programmes to find out which are strongest, from Leaping Bunny to The Vegan Society.

How can you distinguish between strong and meaningless animal testing policies? Many companies say they don’t test on animals, but that can be misleading.

All the latest in the health and beauty industries, from updates on the campaign for plastic free periods to the market for solid shampoo.

We are often led to believe that a product is green because it comes in recyclable packaging or uses ‘eco’ ingredients. But for many products, especially those used in washing or cleaning, the majority of the carbon footprint is in how they are used. This article looks at the climate impact of cosmetics and toiletries in general, with an additional…

We look at which makeup brands offer variety in their products for darker skin. And researcher Leah Gordon looks at how easy it is for people of colour to use the websites of popular UK makeup brands and what selection of shades they offer for non-white darker skin tones.

Given their importance during this pandemic, we return to cleaning product Best Buy brand Greenscents for another chat with Christina Hawkes. Greenscents feature in our guides to ethical household cleaners, toilet cleaners, washing up liquid and laundry detergents.

With so many different products on our bathroom shelves, the smallest room is a big source of plastic waste in the home. Here are some of The Green Shopper's top tips for plastic-free alternatives for common bathroom and beauty products.

Colin Birch with a light-hearted guide to trying, and sometimes failing, to be ethical. This week he grapples with ethical sunscreen.

Why is palm oil such a popular ingredient in toiletries and cosmetics, and what are companies doing about it? Ruth Strange gets to the heart of palm oil and personal care.

We caught up with a number of companies featured in our cosmetics shopping guides to ask how they are being impacted by the current crisis. Tim Hunt looks at their responses.

For years, campaigners have been calling for a ban on the animal testing of cosmetics and toiletries and the ingredients inside them. So could a full ban ever be achieved and how could we go about it? 

We caught up with Rebecca, founder of Best Buy company Conscious Skincare. 

We caught up with Kath Clements, from our Best Buy company Mooncup Ltd. The company came top in our ethical shopping guide for Menstrual Products.

As part of our anti-greenwash series, we caught up with Hanna Pumfrey, the founder of Acala, a zero-waste health and beauty retailer and Best Buy in our shopping guide to Ethical Online Retailers.

Amika George is a 19-year-old student and founder of FreePeriods. She tells us more about her work to raise awareness and campaign for action on period poverty.

Talking about periods is slowly becoming more acceptable. In Spring 2019, a period ‘emoji’ for smartphone users was even released, after a global campaign to eliminate the stigma surrounding periods.