A Guide to Sustainable Living and A Life with Purpose

The difference between cruelty-free skincare and vegan skincare can cause confusion to some people. What's important to remember is this: Simply because a skincare product is labeled cruelty-free, it doesn't imply that it's automatically vegan.

If a skincare product is vegan, this means that none of its ingredients originated from an animal. Zero animal ingredients, zero animal by-products, or animal-derived products. Instead, every ingredient is sourced from plants to form clean and sustainable beauty products.

Eliminating animal products from your skincare products means ditching a lot of tissues and toxic additives that come along with these products, especially if your skin is sensitive or has other particular concerns.

10 things we can all do to reduce waste Have you started thinking about your every day habits and how those small habits have a huge impact on the earth? If...

Now you can find all-natural loofahs made from renewable resources, which is great for mother earth, but we've also learned that loofahs are a really inefficient and less-than-clean way to scrub those dead skills. In some cases loofahs have even led to bacteria infections (yikes!). 

Our shampoo bars are handmade from all-natural and high quality ingredients by local Makers. That's not the only reason to love shampoo bars. When you buy shampoo bars from RitualElement, you're...