How to make your lash business more sustainable

Here at LashBase, one of our many missions is to ensure we are doing what we can to minimise our own contribution to the vast amounts of plastic waste which is unfortunately generated by the beauty industry, in the hopes that we can contribute towards slowing down the effects of global warming and to show our efforts amongst the industry!

It’s important to be more considerate and sustainable as a brand whilst constantly educating ourselves and our customers to also be mindful of the consumption of plastic and consider how small businesses can also play their part in making this industry less wasteful.

WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO HELP?

We have been making changes to how we do things and over the last 3 years, we have built a name for ourselves through our eco-friendly alternatives, as well as our packaging, a few of which include.

• Eco-friendly Bamboo alternatives
• We use recyclable paper/card for our packing filler (instead of bubble wrap)
• We recycle any returned and/or faulty tweezers.
• Our lashes are sold in cardboard packaging rather than plastic.
• Where we can, we source as many products as possible from the UK

WAYS YOU CAN MAKE YOUR LASH BUSINESS MORE SUSTAINABLE

• Research eco-friendly but high-quality products. There are various lash extension supplies and products available. Have options for the ones that are eco-friendly and sustainable. Try out our bamboo range of applicators, wands, cotton buds and microfibre brushes!
  
• Consider investing in energy-efficient light bulbs as they consume 75% less energy and they last longer compared to regular light bulbs. 
  
• Nowadays, you can recycle almost everything. Educate yourself of what can be recycled! For example empty bottles should be separated from the biodegradables.

We hope this blog post has helped inspire and encourage you to be more mindful in how you think about sustainability in the lash industry.

For more helpful tips or advice, find us on Instagram @lashbase_uk

If you have any idea's of how we could make LashBase more sustainable, we would love to hear your ideas and feedback! Email marketing@lashbase.co.uk