A cheat's guide to 'clean' beauty

Hint: it’s not as hard as you might think to go green. There’s a sliding scale of how ‘eco-friendly’ or ‘clean’ beauty products are - from what ingredients are classified as ‘nasty’ to how environmentally friendly packaging and production practises are. Kelsey unpicks it all, and offers some practical tips for starting to clean out your beauty cupboard in 2021.    Kelsey’s clean beauty picks:    Body: GoopGlow Body Luminizer $77 at Mecca Bangn Body Firming Lotion $48 at Mecca Dr Bronner’s Liquid Soap $14.25 at Nourished Life Eco Tan Hempitan $39.95 at Eco Tan Face:  Trilogy Very Gentle Cleansing Cream $39.95 at Trilogy Akin Age-Defy Firming Collagen Booster Facial Oil $39.95 at Akin Pai Skincare The Pioneer (Geranium & Thistle Rebalancing Day Cream) $69 at Nourished Life Ere Perez Oat Milk Foundation $46 at Myer Hair: Rahua Voluminous Shampoo $54 at Clean Beauty Market Christophe Robin $28 at Bond Clean Beauty Yarok Feed Your Hold Hair Spray $29.95 at Nourished Life Aveda Shampure Dry Shampoo $32 at Aveda Each Thursday, Body+Soul digital editor Alison Izzo (who, by her own admission, is no beauty expert) and Body+Soul beauty editor Kelsey Ferencak (who, is a bonafide expert with years of experience speaking to experts) get together to try and crack the everyday beauty problems that plague us all.   You can join the conversation, or drop us a question, via the Healthy-ish Australia Facebook page, here.   If you’re up for funny memes and health inspo follow Body+Soul on Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au   Or, head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.   Each Sunday, you can pick up the latest copy of the Body+Soul/Stellar flipbook inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania).   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.