The Best 13 Clean Beauty Products For Spring-Summer '23
Warm-weather season is nearly in full swing and whether you’re looking for a few beauty products to switch up your routine or to finally define your everyday line-up, we’ve got you covered! This list contains a range of clean beauty products and includes BIPOC and woman-owned brands that are making clean beauty and sustainability pillars of their brand ethos. We love seeing how our baddies experiment and incorporate the brands we recommend into their beauty routines, so make sure to tag us in any spring-summer makeup looks you create with any of these products <3 Alrighty beautiful baddies, let’s get into it!
Founded by Fiona Co Chan, Youthforia’s philosophy is based on green chemistry and production without the use of fossil fuels. This daily protective primer is sure to hold your makeup in place. It uses silicone-free texturing ingredients to help diminish the appearance of fine lines for smooth makeup application.
The Tower 28 MakeWaves Mascara is a vegan mascara that’s safe for sensitive eyes and visibly volumizes, lengthens, and defines for the most voluminous, natural-looking lashes. The clean formula is lightweight and endlessly buildable without getting crunchy or clumpy and is easy to wash off, keeping irritation and breakage to a minimum.
Pound Cake’s Cake Batter Liquid Lipstick was specifically designed to be lightweight and creamy, and provide full, opaque coverage for various lip tones. This semi-matte lip is more moisturizing than a kiss ;)
4. The Body Shop Vitamin C Concealer - Staff Pick
The Body Shop’s Vitamin C Concealer is loved by multiple members of the SB staff, and for good reason! Enriched with Vitamin C, it’s lightweight, buildable, non-cakey and helps to conceal blemishes, dark circles and beard shadow without any creasing. It comes in 20 shades, is certified Vegan, is made with 95% ingredients of natural origin, and is packaged in a 100% recyclable glass bottle. And it smells delicious!
If you’re looking to spice up your eyeliner looks with a bit of color this summer (or just stick to black), look no further than the TooD Stretch the Limits Liquid Liner! These colorful, long-wear vegan liquid eyeliners are designed for those who love to get creative and take their makeup looks to an artistic level. With seven bold shades to choose from, you can layer your way to new creations each time you get ready!
We’re KOSAS gurlies here! Their Air Brow Tinted Treatment Gel is a clean, longwear, tinted mousse-gel that creates airy, feathery brows. This formula is boosted by hair care actives that condition and support full brow health.
This eyeshadow palette is Ideal for day to night natural and bold looks. Their eyeshadows are easy to blend, work on many skin tones, and are made with nourishing Vitamin E and Sunflower Seed Oil. Their hypoallergenic formula does not irritate the eyes and their packaging is recyclable and made with 15% recycled plastic. If you need help recycling, you can bring your Pyt items to any Credo store to participate in the Pact Collective program.
Johnny Concert’s long-wear mineral and plant-based Amplified Eyeshadows are bold, soft, creamy, and blend easily! Amplified Eyeshadows are infused with Organic Coconut and Jojoba oils to prime and hydrate eyelids, while Green Tea and Rosehip keep your eyes radiant. Their plastic-free magnetic palettes are sustainably designed so that their eyeshadows can easily be replaced.
This curated four-shade eyeshadow palette is warm, metallic, wearable, and perfect for those summer sunsets on the beach. ATHR Beauty’s eyeshadows are made from desert-derived Moringa Seed Oil to help smooth fine lines and wrinkles, Organic Shea Butter to increases moisture in the skin, Organic Coconut Oil that helps deliver creamy, one-swipe payoff, and citrine to recharge and re-energize the skin.
We love multi-use beauty products! This 2-in-1 product is designed to be used as a cheek or lip tint for a fresh-faced glow and a statement lip, with minimal fuss, and fewer products in your makeup bag. This vibrant essential uses beetroot extract to create a cheek and lip tint that hydrates and nourishes your skin with powerful antioxidants whilst adding color.
With a blend of organic powders and oils, ILIA’s Soft Focus Finishing Powder uses a talc-free formula that hydrates and softens skin, while taking down shine thanks to a skin-texture, translucent finish. Formulated with skin conditioning aloe, anti-bacterial rosemary, and oil-balancing bamboo, it helps leave your skin shine-free, but still luminous, healthy, and glowing.
MOODEAUX has created the perfect travel perfume to carry in your bag for warm-weather emergencies. Worthy by MOODEAUX features a warm mix of citrus-floral-woodsy accords that adapt to the body’s natural pheromones to create an unforgettable fragrance experience. The scent is carried in a lightweight blend of apricot kernel, grape seed and meadowfoam seed oils, which help to boost moisture and lock Worthy to skin long after the first spritz!
13. Ere Perez Aloe Gel Lash & Brow Mascara - Staff Pick
You may remember we featured this brow gel in last year's Beauty Essentials for the Bare Faced Baddie article, but it’s so good, we had to give it a second shout out. And what’s more SB than sticking to the products you know and love! This clear natural gel mascara features vitamin-rich aloe vera, considered to lengthen lashes and highlight your true lash color. It doubles as a brow groomer for extra shape and definition for a sleek natural look.
What are your go to spring-summer clean beauty products?