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5 Clean Beauty Brands That Will Enhance Your Summer Glow

It's time for a post-quarantine glow up.

Kaitlyn Stivers

Jun 23, 2020

Villanova University

5 Clean Beauty Brands That Will Enhance Your Summer Glow

Instagram: @beautycounter

Heading into summer, and out of quarantine everyone wants to look and feel their best. What better way to do this than by investing in beauty products that are actually good for your skin!? Trust me, your skin will thank you after this. Clean beauty products are recognized for ethically sourced ingredients that create products free of toxicity. These products are often environmentally friendly and some do not use animal testing. Surprisingly, the beauty industry is one of the least regulated, but most used. Many brands produce through unethical operations and include toxins that are unsafe and ineffective. Not only does making the shift to toxin-free beauty products benefit you, but it also contributes to making our world a better place. it's the best of both worlds! Below I have provided a list of clean beauty brands and options that can help you get the summer glow you're looking for post-quarantine.

1. Beautycounter

Instagram: @beautycounter

The company Beautycounter strives to educate and inform individuals on safer products with the hopes one eventually making all beauty clean beauty. Beautycounter participates in responsible sourcing for its products to maximize safety and quality. To purchase Beautycounter items you can visit their website or talk to one of their beauty consultants.

2. Credo Beauty

Instagram: @credobeauty

Credo Beauty has set out on the mission to change the beauty industry for the better. All products sold meet a rigorous 'Credo Clean Standard.' Additionally, this company is unique because 90% of its brands are women-owned. Support clean beauty and girl power!

3. 100% Pure Beauty

Instagram: @100percentpure

100% Pure Beauty...well that just about sums it up! Not only does this brand dedicate themselves to clean and safe ingredients to products, but they are known for only using 100% natural ingredients.

4. Juice Beauty

Instagram: @juicebeauty

Juice Beauty uses all recyclable packaging and materials as well as fully implemented wind and solar powered production facilities. This brand also does not condone animal testing and produces cruelty-free and vegan products.

5. Alima Pure

Instagram: @alimapure

Certified B Corporation, Alima Pure, is carbon friendly and cruelty free. They produce high quality products that are safe for your skin. Insider tip: they're known for having very good powder foundation. Even Kerry Washington supports this brand!

Things I Am Actually Going To Do This Semester

Or at least try to do.

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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New year, new semester, not the same old thing. This semester will be a semester to redeem all the mistakes made in the previous five months.

1. I will wake up (sorta) on time for class.

Let's face it, last semester you woke up with enough time to brush your teeth and get to class and even then you were about 10 minutes late and rollin' in with some pretty unfortunate bed head. This semester we will set our alarms, wake up with time to get ready, and get to class on time!

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The 5 Painfully True Stages Of Camping Out At The Library

For those long nights that turn into mornings when the struggle is real.

Southwestern University

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And so it begins.

1. Walk in motivated and ready to rock

Camping out at the library is not for the faint of heart. You need to go in as a warrior. You usually have brought supplies (laptop, chargers, and textbooks) and sustenance (water, snacks, and blanket/sweatpants) since the battle will be for an undetermined length of time. Perhaps it is one assignment or perhaps it's four. You are motivated and prepared; you don’t doubt the assignment(s) will take time, but you know it couldn’t be that long.

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The 14 Stages Of The Last Week Of Class

You need sleep, but also have 13 things due in the span of 4 days.

Michigan State University

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December... it's full of finals, due dates, Mariah Carey, and the holidays. It's the worst time of the year, but the best because after finals, you get to not think about classes for a month and catch up on all the sleep you lost throughout the semester. But what's worse than finals week is the last week of classes, when all the due dates you've put off can no longer be put off anymore.

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Top 20 Thoughts College Students Have During Finals

The ultimate list and gif guide to a college student's brain during finals.

University of Vermont

Thanksgiving break is over and Christmas is just around the corner and that means, for most college students, one hellish thing — finals week. It's the one time of year in which the library becomes over populated and mental breakdowns are most frequent. There is no way to avoid it or a cure for the pain that it brings. All we can do is hunker down with our books, order some Dominos, and pray that it will all be over soon. Luckily, we are not alone in this suffering. To prove it, here are just a few of the many deranged thoughts that go through a college student's mind during finals week.

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28 Daily Thoughts of College Students

"I want to thank Google, Wikipedia, and whoever else invented copy and paste. Thank you."

Kennesaw State University

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I know every college student has daily thoughts throughout their day. Whether you're walking on campus or attending class, we always have thoughts running a mile a minute through our heads. We may be wondering why we even showed up to class because we'd rather be sleeping, or when the professor announces that we have a test and you have an immediate panic attack.