Zerra & Co. The Jelly, Castor Oil Swap for Petroleum Jelly

Zerra & Co. The Jelly, Castor Oil Swap for Petroleum Jelly

✨ Zerra & Co.: small-batch clean beauty, handmade in Baltimore. The Jelly is a castor oil balm made to replace petroleum jelly (the Vaseline kind), for dry lips and hands, slugging, cuticles and scrapes. 2 oz.

🍃 Ingredients (as listed by Zerra & Co.): Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Ricinus Communis (Castor) Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E).

✅ The Good: Three ingredients and no petroleum, unlike the classic jelly it replaces.

💚 Progress Over Perfection: The hydrogenated castor oil is processed to make it thick, and tocopheryl acetate is a lab-made form of vitamin E.

📦 Packaging: A glass jar with a metal lid, per Zerra & Co. They take empty containers back through their container return program.

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Butter Me Up Organics Sea Buckthorn Facial Moisturizer

🏢 Butter Me Up Organics – A zero-waste apothecary dedicated to “edible” skin care, using premium, non-toxic, and organically grown ingredients.

🚫 No Nasties: No sulfates, phthalates, parabens, synthetic dyes, or fragrances.

🛢️ Petroleum-Free: 100% plant and bee-based; zero mineral oil or silicones.

♻️ Reusability: glass jar, note: the lid itself appears to be plastic (not the fully plastic-free packaging some listings claim), though the jar and product inside are plastic-free.

The Organic Skin – Skincare and Makeup in Planet-Friendly Packaging!

🌍 The Organic Skin Co.: Plant-based skincare and makeup in eco-packaging.

🛁 Products: Cleansers, serums, moisturizers, foundations, lipsticks & more.

🌱 Ingredients: Vegan, cruelty-free, made with organic superfoods, no toxins.

♻️ Packaging: Compostable shells, bamboo caps, recycled aluminum tubes.

🌿 Minimal Plastic: Prioritizes glass, bamboo, and FSC-certified

PLANT-BASED RETINOL CREAM

✨ Earth Harbor: Siren Silk Bio-Retinol Hydration Cream, a moisturizer that uses sea fennel extract as a plant alternative to retinol. 2 oz.

🍃 Ingredients (as listed by Earth Harbor): water, aloe vera leaf juice, colloidal oatmeal, cetearyl olivate, sorbitan olivate, undecane, tridecane, propanediol, caprylic/capric triglycerides (from coconut), coco-caprylate/caprate (from coconut), glycerin, shea butter, sea fennel extract, blueberry fruit extract, glyceryl stearate, sweet almond oil, meadowfoam seed oil, mango seed butter, cocoa seed butter, avocado oil, rosehip seed oil, jojoba seed oil, rosemary leaf extract, calendula flower extract, chamomile flower extract, behenyl alcohol, tocopherol (vitamin E), squalane (from olives).

✅ The Good: Aloe, oatmeal, plant oils and butters, and herb and fruit extracts.

💚 Progress Over Perfection: Nothing petroleum-based on the list. Several are lab-processed from plants: olive-based emulsifiers (cetearyl olivate, sorbitan olivate) that hold oil and water together, undecane and tridecane (light oils), propanediol (holds in moisture), glyceryl stearate and behenyl alcohol (thickeners). Earth Harbor says all of them are plant-derived.

📦 Packaging: Glass jar. Earth Harbor says its lids use 50% recycled plastic.

TINTED MOISTURIZER 🐝 Bee-Och Organics

✨ Bee-Och Organics: Tinted moisturizer with broad spectrum SPF 28 from non-nano zinc oxide. Unscented, four shades, handmade in small batches in Wisconsin.

🍃 Ingredients (as listed by Bee-Och Organics): organic pumpkin seed oil, organic jojoba oil, 24% non-nano zinc oxide, iron oxide (mineral colors CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, CI 77288), organic vitamin E (tocopherol).

✅ The Good: Two organic plant oils, mineral sun protection from zinc oxide, and mineral color. No preservatives or fragrance.

💚 Progress Over Perfection: Nothing petroleum-based. The color pigments are minerals, though cosmetic iron oxides are usually made in a lab for purity, and CI 77288 is chromium oxide green, another mineral pigment.

📦 Packaging: 30 mL glass dropper bottle.