Beauty gives back

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Beauty gives back

Yes, we admit it: our days are mainly spent enveloped in fruity fragrances and shimmering skin saviours. But don’t for one second think that means we don’t care about the bigger issues.
See, the relationship between beauty and benevolence has long gone hand in hand. And as these inspiring and once aspiring beauty brands remind us: sometimes that beauty product really is necessary because far and wide, through your love of beauty, you’ve helped millions.

Green queens

You can scrub, primp and preen to your hearts content (obviously being conscious of water) with these beauty buys that are doing their bit for the environment:

Yes To Carrots
The carrot-crazy organic hair and skincare brand established the Yes To Carrots Seed Fund to help developing communities worldwide realise the dream of having a self-sustained, organic food source and access to healthy nutrition. Together with partner organisations the Yes To Carrots Seed Fund provides seeds, equipment, technical know-how and irrigation support.

Charitable contribution:Yes to Carrots C is for Hair Care Hair and Scalp Mud Mask

Paul Mitchell
Buy Tea Tree. Plant a tree. That’s the simple message from the people at Paul Mitchell. For the brand’s 25th anniversary and beyond, it pledged to fund the planting of enough trees through American forests to offset all carbon emissions from the manufacture and distribution of its products. So now you can look good and do good.

Charitable contribution: Paul Mitchell Tea Tea Hair and Scalp Treatment

La Prairie
For each La P Advanced Marine Biology skin saviour sold (there’s tonic, cream and solution), the sought-after skincare brand makes a donation to the Ocean Futures Society, which undertakes various projects to promote the awareness and preservation of the seas. So Nemo can swim safely for longer.

Charitable contribution:La Prairie Advanced Marine Biology Tonic

Be Genki
Be Genki donates five per cent of its profits to environmental sustainability campaigns that work towards a better, brighter and cleaner future for the world we live in, ensuring that every Be Genki purchase also gives back to the planet. The 2007-2008 charity is the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

Charitable contribution: Be Genki Tranquility Body Oil

Endota Spa
One per cent of sales from Endota Spa skincare products are donated to Bush Heritage Australia, which is committed to acquiring and managing seven million hectares of land with high conservation value by 2025. Now that’s a lotta land.

Charitable contribution: Endota Spa Bush Honey and Macadamia Skin Drink

Alpha-H
When customers purchase $300 or more of products from its online store, Alpha-H will plant a tree in their name. Cancel out our carbon footprint and be eternally remembered? We like.

Charitable contribution:Alpha-H Liquid Harmony

Girl power

Let’s hear it for the girls with these preening products fit for a queen. A right royal donation will find its way to charities that support women’s issues too:

Sunbeam
Heart disease claims the lives of over 11,000 women in Australia each year. To help fund research and raise awareness about heart disease Sunbeam donates money from its Go Red for Women products to the Heart Foundation.

Charitable contribution:[Red] Duo Ceramic Straightener and Curler in One (HS5800)

NIVEA
Back in May, NIVEA asked consumers to tell their friends and families why they’re beautiful. For every message sent, NIVEA donated 50c to Look Good Feel Better, a charity dedicated to making a difference in the lives of women undergoing treatment for cancer. What a beautiful idea.

Charitable contribution: Firming Lotion Q10 Plus

Avon
The number one breast cancer fundraiser in the world, Avon has raised over $500 million globally and $7 million in Australia for research and developments into breast cancer. Money raised in Oz is donated to the Australian New Zealand Breast Cancer Trials Group and the YWCA Encore program, which provides support to women who have undergone breast cancer surgery.

Charitable contribution: Color Trend Metallic Liquid Liner

Giving goes global

Giving knows no global bounds, we know that, you know that, and so do these brands:

MAC
MAC is a strong campaigner in the fight against AIDS thanks to its Viva Glam range (Fergie, the newest Viva Diva joined Eve, Dita and Pamela to promote the charitable collection) and Kids Helping Kids cards. 100 per cent of the profits of greeting and gift cards (illustrated by children for children affected with HIV/AIDS everywhere) go direct to paediatric HIV/AIDS organisations. From October 27 snap up the Passionately Red/Viva Glam Lip Compacts (in Warm or Cool) and the so-worth-it $59 will ALL go to the MAC AIDS/HIV Fund too. Generous or what?

Charitable contribution: MAC Viva Glam Lipstick

Ere Perez
Ere Perez supports Mission Mexico (Giving Love, Life and Hope). The children’s refuge was set up by Aussie couple Pam and Alan Skuse, who, eight years ago, decided to give up their comfortable life and move to Mexico to care for abandoned, neglected, abused or orphaned children from extreme poverty.

Charitable contribution: Natural Rosehip Oil Lipbars SPF 15 in HOPE

Eye spy
Also, did you know that women run a greater risk of becoming visually impaired than men? And as 90 per cent of the world’s visually impaired live in developing countries, it’s an even bigger issue for those women. Throughout October optometrists will be supporting global blindness prevention by donating one day’s eye exam fees to Optometry Giving Sight, so make an appointment and be safe in the knowledge that you’re helping your own health and others.

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