The cat’s out of the sustainable makeup bag.
What you put your cosmetics in matters just as much as the cosmetics itself.
Like the many ingredients to avoid in skincare and makeup, there’s a plethora of materials no makeup bag should be made of.
Namely, anything that will add to the 92 million tons of annual textile waste created by the global community.
And let’s be honest: Textile waste is never a good look.
Rather opt for eco-friendly makeup bags that secure your beauty essentials (and the planet).
Now, let’s unpack the bags shall we?
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Index: Eco-Friendly Makeup Bags
- Willow Earth Jump to section
- Terra Thread Jump to section
- Tiradia Cork Jump to section
- Thing Stories Jump to section
- Trestique Jump to section
Willow Earth
About Willow Earth’s Makeup Bags
UK-based Willow Earth specializes in plastic free bags of all kinds.
Like their vegan sustainable cosmetics bag which is made with ethically sourced cotton canvas and a small amount of cork.
But if you want a vegan leather alternative that’s strong, long lasting and compostable at the end of its life check out their organic sustainable makeup bag made from washable kraft paper.
There are seven earthy tones you can choose from.
Willow Earth’s Ethical and Sustainability Practices
Willow Earth partners with One Tree Planted. One tree is planted for every backpack purchased.
Plus, Etsy offsets carbon emissions from all your purchases while you help support a small business.
To ensure their products last longer, they carry water-resistant soy wax to keep your sustainable makeup bagfeeling dry and looking fresh.
Terra Thread
About Terra Thread’s Makeup Bag
Terra Thread “put[s] people and the planet first, every step of the way.”
As a Nepalese-US immigrant, co-founder Vizan Giri values South Asian culture and livelihood.
This is reflected in her business, which partners with fair trade factories and smallholder organic cotton farms in India.
All their organic sustainable makeup bags are made with fair trade organic cotton and a small amount of polyester in the zipper. You can choose between three styles—including a larger sustainable toiletry bag—and a rainbow of colors to find the magic bag that suits your style.
Terra Thread’s Ethical and Sustainability Practices
Terra Thread’s sustainable backpacks, clothing, and fair trade makeup bags are shipped in plastic free packaging.
In addition to fair trade certifications, Terra Thread is GOTS-certified and carbon neutral. They offset carbon emissions by supporting reforestation and using renewable energy.
Their parent company, Gallant International Inc, is a certified B Corporation.
Terra Thread partners with Feeding America. Each purchase provides a meal to families in need.
Tiradia Cork
About Tiradia Cork’s Vegan Makeup Bags
Based in Seattle, Tiradia Cork’s green sustainable makeup bags are functional and fashionable.
Styled to look like a clutch, the Glam Bag features a secure snap closure, folding sides to suit whatever you fill it with, and a built-in mirror for on the go touch ups.
Glam Bag not big enough?
Size up to the Sidekick Bag for all your essentials while still being small enough to slip in your purse. Perfect for holding those vegan makeup brushes.
Or check out the Room For Two Dopp Kit, an eco-friendly xl makeup bag with space to share.
Tiradia Cork uses…natural cork to construct all their accessories which has the added benefit of being waterproof, ensuring your makeup will stay dry in any weather.
Tiradia Cork’s Ethical and Sustainability Practices
Tiradia Cork’s products are handcrafted in Porto, Portugal, where the majority of the world’s cork is grown.
Cork is both renewable and biodegradable and its durability will keep your eco friendly makeup bag in use for years.
All Tiradia Cork’s products are PETA approved vegan.
Thing Stories
About Thing Stories’ Cosmetics Bags
Minimalism meets elegance with Thing Stories’ decor and personal accessories which are designed to inspire “refined simplicity.”
This Lithuanian Etsy shop handcrafts items using natural linen, an organic, durable, and hypoallergenic material.
The machine washable makeup bags are available in many shapes and sizes—xl makeup bags included—and an array of soft neutrals.
If you want practical and aesthetically appealing, Thing Stories is hard to beat.
Thing Stories’ Ethical and Sustainability Practices
We’ll be reaching out to get more info on Thing Stories’ sustainability practices. We do know that when grown organically, linen is one of the most sustainable fabrics available.
Don’t forget: Etsy offsets carbon emissions from all purchases.
Trestique
About trestique’s Cosmetics Bags
trestique wants to keep you and the planet looking chic.
This innovative beauty brand creates PETA-certified vegan and cruelty free products with refillable packaging.
Not to mention recycled makeup bags to store them in.
The compact, tubular Le Pak line includes three sizes of recycled makeup bags all made from recycled plastic bottles.
Worried about that plastic-free mascara leaking?
Don’t. The slick, stain-resistant fabric means these are some of the best eco friendly washable makeup bags for all the spills.
trestique’s Ethical and Sustainability Practices
trestique favors post consumer recycled materials to combat single use plastics.
Recycled makeup bags aside, their eco-friendly makeup packaging is made with at least 87% recycled materials. The product itself is still delivered in plastic though.
All shipping and packing materials are 100% recyclable and printed with soy-based inks.
They’re also certified carbon neutral by CarbonFund.
To close the loop at every stage, trestique partners with Pact to process all hard to recycle packaging. Simply drop off refill cartridges at a Pact collection bin in the US or Canada.
No bin near you?
Ship to Pact directly and they’ll do the work for you.
Heather earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition from the The Ohio State University before completing a Masters in Environment at The University of Melbourne. She then went on to achieve a Permaculture Design Certificate at the Djanbung Gardens. Heather feels best when she is barefoot in a forest or has dirt under her fingernails. She’s constantly daydreaming about her homesteading future and has a rapidly-growing list of the best local (and not-so-local) hiking trails. When she’s not busy hoarding an embarrassing number of upcycled glass jars, experimenting with urban composting, or quelling her eco-anxiety on a long run, Heather spends her 9-5 working for a sustainable agriculture nonprofit, where she advocates for state and federal policies that support thriving farmers and a habitable future.
