Is Bath & Body Works a Clean & Sustainable Brand?
Bath & Body Works is an extremely popular brand that offers a large line of products, from body care, hand soaps and sanitizers, fragrance, and possibly their most popular product, scented candles. At the time of writing,
Is CeraVe a Clean & Sustainable Brand? We Investigate
CeraVe is popular brand owned by the L’Oreal corporation. In recent years, the brand has grown even more popular thanks to the internet and social media. This also has a lot to do with their image of being dermatologist
Is Pacifica Beauty Greenwashing? We Took a Closer Look
Pacifica is a popular drugstore beauty brand known for being 100% vegan, cruelty-free and clean. They’ve been around since 1996, long before terms like vegan or clean beauty were even used. Their mission statement reads
REN, Herbivore & Caudalie Pledge To Go Zero-Waste By 2025
This week, a group of popular skincare brands lead by REN—Herbivore, Biossance, Caudalie and Youth to the People—made the pledge to go zero-waste by 2025. This means all five brands will develop packaging that can be recy
The Best Organic & Natural Mattress Brands For a Non-Toxic Bedroom
The average human is supposed to sleep 8 hours a day—that’s 33% of your life spent on a mattress, with your face and body smooshed up against it. You might be surprised to learn that toxic chemicals are lurking in mat
Is Lush Guilty of Greenwashing? We Took a Closer Look
Lush’s image is one of a natural, eco-friendly, and conscious brand, with millions of fans around the world. But are they truly as clean and eco-friendly as they seem? Lush is a brand with a rabid following of fans acro
The Best Organic & Natural Lip Balms, Based on Their Ingredients
When it comes to lip balms, there are a surprising number of iffy ingredients. We took a deep look into 20+ organic and natural lip balms, and rated them based on their ingredients. When making the switch to clean skincare, l
Why We Don’t Recommend Chemical Sunscreens: Their Effect On Our Bodies & Oceans
Sunscreen is a crucial part of staying safe in the summer. A single sunburn can increase the risk of skin cancer, and just 10 minutes in the sun can be enough to cause a sunburn in the summer months. If you go to your local s
The Truth About Preservatives In Cosmetics (Including Clean Beauty)
At Better Goods, we’re all about clean beauty and personal care without harmful chemicals. But our stance is that preservatives are a crucial ingredient in personal care products. Preservatives are a very controversial
Is Arbonne Greenwashing? Let’s Take a Closer Look
Arbonne heavily promotes their brand as a clean brand. From the packaging, to the marketing messaging, the company creates the image that their brand is pure, safe and natural. But is it true? Let’s take a close look at
Our Official List of Clean Beauty Brands
We’ve compiled a list of over vetted clean beauty brands. While there’s no official definition of what clean beauty means, you can read our philosophy here. We believe that clean beauty is based on what’s no
The 9 Best Organic & Natural Pillows For Non-Toxic Sleep
We spend about a third of our life sleeping. That means you’ll sleep over 200,000 hours in the course of your lifetime. That’s a lot of time with your face smushed up against a pillow. Let’s take a dive into