HUMANKIND SKINCARE SKIN
To illustrate, if a substance containing chemicals that are not in harmony with our bodies is applied to our skin, our skin might react by producing a rash or other irritation. The same as touch can make us feel either pleasure or pain, so can a substance applied to our skin make us feel good or bad, happy or sad due to the neurotransmitter receptor sites in our skin’s surface.
When either happens, neurotransmitters are produced in the skin that send signals to the brain that are favourable or unfavourable. This interaction occurs via neurotransmitter receptor sites in skin that receive messages from either touch or substances topically applied. The powder comes in paper sachets without the un-recyclable plastic coating used by many brands, and can be mixed in frosted glass bottles designed by the studio.īest of all? As a subscription-based service, the sachets will regularly be slipped through your letterbox to ensure you’ll never be low on soap.Science has explained feelings of well-being that may be experienced when skin is exposed to living plant-life by demonstrating an interaction between a substance applied topically and our nervous system. ‘We knew nothing about the personal care industry, we just knew it was very wasteful.’ So what was their solution? Working with a lab in Canada, the studio designed a powder made of only six ingredients that, when mixed with water, creates a sweet-smelling hand wash.
‘When we don’t have a partner to work on a great idea with, we just start it ourselves,’ says the studio’s design manager Allon Libermann.
For Swedish design collective Form Us With Love, that problem was the staggering wastefulness of many beauty and grooming products. Great design is often born from a problem with no satisfying solution. Subscribe and your first order will come in a refillable glass jar, with refill packets of the supplement then arriving every month.įorgo featured in the Wallpaper* Design Awards February 2020 issue. One of the brand’s latest launches is Skin Filter, which is designed to dispel blemishes, improve skin luminosity, and reduce pigmentation. A natural alternative to ingestible retinol, Skin Filter uses Ayurvedic amla berry, the vitamin-packed Amazonian superfood camu camu, and anti-inflammatory zinc. Seeking to find a natural alternative, Miller created a line of food-based supplements that combines clinically proven ingredients with Ayurvedic and Chinese medicinal practices. Yet he was averse to taking the pills himself (principally, says Miller, because he knew exactly what was in them). The Nue Co founder Jules Miller grew up watching her grandfather work in the world of supplements as a pharmacist and member of the Cambridge University team that developed B12. While this is not a subscription-based product, Haeckles supplies an entire year’s worth of tablets upon purchase, which means that – by the company’s math – Ocean Cleanse avoids 94 per cent of carbon emissions in manufacturing and 95 per cent in shipping compared to its water-based counterparts.įor those who suffer from problematic skin, the promise of a simple pill that makes blemishes disappear is a tantalising prospect. For a while, that promise was too good to be true.
Yet its latest launch, the 60%H2O Ocean Cleanse Concentrate + Allantoin, has proven to be its most innovative yet.Īlmost five years in development, the Ocean Cleanse is a completely water-free body cleanser that consists of soap-producing tablets and a slate-grey milled ceramic dispenser for dissolving them in – 3 tablets will make 300ml of shower gel when mixed with water at home.Īnd while waterless beauty is nothing new, Haeckels has distinguished its design by considering every aspect of its environmental impact – from production to delivery and use – and worked out a way to minimise it. Haeckles has always been at the forefront of sustainable beauty with its products made from ethically sourced seaweed, grown-to-order face masks, and entirely compostable packing.
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