Butter Me Up Organics Mineral Sunscreen (Glass Jar or Paperboard Tube)

🌿 Ingredients: Just seven: organic coconut oil, organic shea butter, organic mango butter, non-nano zinc oxide (a mineral that sits on top of your skin and reflects the sun), non-GMO grapeseed oil, organic vitamin E and organic beeswax. Almost all certified organic.

πŸ“¦ Packaging: Glass jars (2, 4, 6 or 8 oz) or a 3 oz paperboard tube. For the beach, pick the paperboard tube, since many Florida beaches don’t allow glass. There’s also a 2 oz squeeze bottle, but that one is plastic, so skip it.

🚩 Heads-up: The brand page doesn’t list an SPF number. The Amazon listing says SPF 45+. The brand says it beads off in water, so reapply after swimming.

✨ Hippiekit Take: A seven-ingredient mineral sunscreen from a small brand we love. Use code HIPPIEKIT on their site.

Poppy & Pout Brand Assorted Lips Balms

✨ Poppy & Pout: Handmade lip balms from Idaho in push-up cardboard tubes. Lots of flavors. Leaping Bunny certified.

πŸƒ Ingredients (as listed by Poppy & Pout): cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, cera alba (beeswax), helianthus annuus (sunflower) oil, natural flavor oil.

βœ… The Good: Coconut oil, beeswax and sunflower oil, all plant or animal-based.

πŸ’š Progress Over Perfection: The “natural flavor oil” isn’t named. Poppy & Pout says it uses essential oils and natural flavor oils, with no synthetic fragrance.

πŸ“¦ Packaging: Recyclable cardboard tube.

River Organics Tinted and Regular Lip Balms

✨ River Organics: Vegan lip balms, 0.28 oz. Bare (no color) or tinted in Nude, Rose Gold and Rouge. No added fragrance, just a light cacao scent.

πŸƒ Ingredients (as listed by River Organics): organic cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, organic macadamia integrifolia seed oil, euphorbia cerifera (candelilla wax), organic theobroma cacao seed butter (cocoa butter), mangifera indica (mango) seed butter, vitamin E oil, caprylhydroxamic acid, glyceryl caprylate, glycerin. Tinted shades add mineral pigments: mica, iron oxide (CI 77491), titanium dioxide (CI 77891, Nude and Rose Gold) and manganese violet (CI 77742, Rose Gold).

βœ… The Good: Plant oils, plant butters and candelilla wax (a plant wax), mostly organic.

πŸ’š Progress Over Perfection: Caprylhydroxamic acid and glyceryl caprylate are mild, lab-made preservative helpers made from coconut fats. The tints are mineral pigments, which are usually made in a lab for purity.

πŸ“¦ Packaging: Plastic-free, home compostable paper tube.

Murpy’s Natural Mosquito Repellent

✨ Murphy’s Naturals: Plant-based mosquito repellent balm. Repels mosquitoes for up to 2 hours. No added fragrance, no dyes.

πŸƒ Ingredients (as listed by Murphy’s Naturals): active: castor oil (10.5%), lemongrass oil (3.25%), rosemary oil (3.25%), cedarwood oil (2%), peppermint oil (2%); inactive: olive oil, beeswax (79%).

βœ… The Good: Every ingredient is a plant oil, plus beeswax.

πŸ’š Progress Over Perfection: Nothing to flag. Every ingredient is plant- or mineral-based.

πŸ“¦ Packaging: The stick is a twist-up tube in a small paper box; Murphy’s doesn’t say what the tube is made of. The same balm also comes in a metal tin.

Badger Brand Bug Repellent

✨ Badger: Anti-bug balm, a DEET-free bug repellent in a tin. Citronella, cedar and lemongrass scent.

πŸƒ Ingredients (as listed by Badger): active: organic castor oil, organic citronella oil, organic cedar oil, organic lemongrass oil, organic rosemary oil, organic geranium oil. inactive: organic extra virgin olive oil, organic beeswax.

βœ… The Good: All eight ingredients are organic plant oils plus organic beeswax.

πŸ’š Progress Over Perfection: Nothing to flag. Every ingredient is plant- or bee-based. Essential oils can irritate eyes and skin, and Badger says not to put it on children’s hands.

πŸ“¦ Packaging: Tin in an FSC-certified cardboard sleeve. Badger calls the packaging infinitely recyclable.

Eco Wave Brand Bamboo Pet and Body Wipes in Plastic-Free Packaging

🌿 Material: Soft bamboo fiber, 99% purified water, 100% compostable and biodegradable.
🚫 No Nasties: Free from sulfates, parabens, fragrances, alcohol, and chemicals.
🧼 Use: Gentle, hypoallergenic wipes for daily cleaning of sensitive baby skin.
πŸ“¦ Packaging: Fully recyclable and plastic-free.
♻️ Reusability: Compostable and eco-friendly.

Raw Elements Brand Sunscreen

🌿 Material: Mineral sunscreen with Mango Butter, Cacao Seed Butter, and Rosemary Leaf Extract.
🚫 No Nasties: Free from chemical sunscreens, parabens, and toxins; reef-friendly.
🧼 Use: Broad-spectrum UVA/UVB protection with moisturizing tint, water-resistant, safe for all ages.
πŸ“¦ Packaging: Recyclable and reusable container.
♻️ Reusability: Sustainable packaging, gentle on oceans and skin.

ATTITUDE Mineral Sunscreen Stick

✨ ATTITUDE – A high-integrity mineral sunscreen that offers powerful solar protection in a revolutionary plastic-free, push-up applicator.

🌿 Material: Non-nano Zinc Oxide. Formulated with nourishing coconut oil and shea butter for a smooth, non-greasy glide.

🚫 No Nasties: EWG Verified, 100% biodegradable packaging.

🌼 Hippiekit Take: A “Perfection” tier staple. This reef-safe formula provides broad-spectrum protection.

Lemongrass Farms Essential Oil Bug Spray

✨ Lemongrass Farms: TREK natural insect repellent made with essential oils. No DEET and no seed oil fillers. Family-owned, and purchases support pollinator habitat.

πŸƒ Ingredients (as listed by Lemongrass Farms): geranium oil, lemongrass oil, peppermint oil, cedarwood oil, purified water, polyglycerol oleate (plant-based moisturizer), glycerin (plant-based moisturizer).

βœ… The Good: Four essential oils do the repelling, with water and two plant-based moisturizers.

πŸ’š Progress Over Perfection: Polyglycerol oleate is made in a lab from plant oil and glycerin; it helps the oils mix with water. Essential oils can bother very sensitive skin, so patch test first.

πŸ“¦ Packaging: Spray bottle. Lemongrass Farms’ current listing doesn’t say what the bottle is made of.

BAMBOO BODY WIPES Bamboo Packaging PLANT-BASED, NO CITRIC ACID

BAMBOO BODY WIPES Bamboo Packaging PLANT-BASED, NO CITRIC ACID

✨ Terra: Bamboo baby wipes with kiwifruit extract, fragrance-free. Packs of 70 wipes.

πŸƒ Ingredients (as listed by Terra): cloth: FSC-certified bamboo fibre (not bamboo viscose); liquid: 99% purified New Zealand water, kiwifruit extract, hydrolyzed soy protein (a softening protein from soy).

βœ… The Good: Bamboo fibre cloth and a liquid that’s water plus kiwifruit and soy.

πŸ’š Progress Over Perfection: Nothing to flag. Every ingredient is plant-based or water.

πŸ“¦ Packaging: Soft pack with a lid Terra describes as plant-based and recycled. Terra doesn’t say what the pack itself is made of, so we can’t call it plastic-free.

MINERAL SUNSCREEN Paper Packaging

✨ ATTITUDE: Sunly mineral sunscreen stick, SPF 30, broad spectrum, Orange Blossom scent. 60 g (2.1 oz).

πŸƒ Ingredients (as listed by ATTITUDE on its sunscreen label): active: zinc oxide 20% (non-nano). Inactive: grape seed oil, caprylic/capric triglyceride (from coconut oil), coconut oil, sunflower seed oil, polyhydroxystearic acid, sunflower seed wax, behenyl behenate, castor seed oil, mica, coco-caprylate/caprate, shea butter, glyceryl behenate, candelilla wax, capryloyl glycerin/sebacic acid copolymer, silica, methyldihydrojasmonate, pentadecalactone, phenethyl acetate, triethyl citrate, vanillin (the last five make up the fragrance).

βœ… The Good: Mineral sun protection from non-nano zinc oxide, in a base of plant oils, butters and waxes.

πŸ’š Progress Over Perfection: The scent is a fragrance blend that ATTITUDE spells out in full, which we appreciate. Methyldihydrojasmonate is listed as synthetic, and pentadecalactone is a musk scent usually made in a lab. It also has two lab-made helpers: polyhydroxystearic acid (keeps the zinc spread evenly) and a capryloyl glycerin/sebacic acid copolymer (a film-former).

πŸ“¦ Packaging: ATTITUDE labels this stick plastic-free.