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ALL Of My Sustainable 2025 Favorites
58 items
By
Megan McSherry
Absolutely everything I loved in 2025. Sustainable skincare and beauty products, low-waste home products, and the silliest books I read.
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Sections
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Skincare
Beauty
Body Care
Hair Care
Wellness
Home
Skincare
A favorite for the past 3+ years
Kale + Spinach Superfood Face Cleanser | Youth To The People
I swap between this cleanser and the other YTTP cleanser
Superfruit Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser | Youth To The People
The only resurfacing mask I use!
Yerba Mate Resurfacing Energy Facial | Youth To The People
such a good sustainable & reusable alternative to single-use eye masks!
cocokind Reusable Silicone Under-Eye Patches
This SAVES my skin in the winter
Polypeptide-121 Future Moisture Cream | Youth To The People
My skin DRINKS THIS UP
Electrolyte Water Cream | Lightweight Gel Moisturizer
gets every last drop of product out of tubes!
Tube Wringer
Beauty
I don't like foundation but this stuff is the best foundation / concealer I've ever used! Plus it comes in paper packaging
Fungdation Mushroom Foundation: Hydrating Vegan Cream from Axiology
THE BEST SUSTY LIP GLOSS
Vegan Tinted Lip Gloss Stick – Oceanly™ | ATTITUDE
I have used this religiously for years
Vegan Cream Blush stick – Oceanly
the only mascara I've used in the past 3+ years
After Midnight Limitless Lash Mascara - ILIA
The only paper packaged lip balm I've found that doesn't taste like wax and doesn't melt
Poppy & Pout Lip Balm
Paris Pink is my go-to
Trestique Shiny Lip Crayon + Primer
I LIVE BY THIS STUFF
Ilia Lip Sketch Hydrating Lipstick + Lip Liner Crayon
Body Care
My favorite scent and love that it's an aluminum bottle. Wish it was refillable!
Saltair Seascape Serum Body Wash - Clean Breeze Scent - 17 fl oz
The only dry body oil I like using - it isn't greasy
Pure Greek Olive Body Oil - Korres
So good layered with Glossier You too
Glossier You Doux
I have not looked back since purchasing this razor a few years ago. So worth the investment.
Plastic-Free Leaf Razor - Leaf Shave
I have tried so many natural deos and this is my favorite refillable option. It smells so good
Wild Cosmetics Cream Deodorant Refill - Honey & Cactus Flower
the best hand balm & it comes in an aluminum (recyclable) tube
Davines OI Hand Balm
Hair Care
I used to have to CONSTANTLY replace hair brushes because they would get gross with buildup. I haven't had to replace this one at all!
UNBrush Hair Brush
so good for slick backs and love that it comes in a paper tube
Hair Wax Slick Stick - Kitsch | Ulta Beauty
So good to use between washes with shampoo bars to get buildup out!
Clarifying Shampoo - Odele | Ulta Beauty
My hair gets so dry and just a small pump of this leave-in keeps my hair soft and shiny
Odele Leave-In Conditioner
the only shampoo bars I still use! super good clarifying bar
Ethique Clarifying Shampoo Bar
Super hydrating conditioner bar that doesn't leave residue on my hair
Ethique Everyday Shine Conditioner Bar
Wellness
the best vibrator of all time
Maude vibe
a bit of a fishy aftertaste but really really good for you
Ritual Multivitamin
The only organic cotton underwear I wear these days!
Subset Organic Cotton Underwear
way better mouth feel vs. Bite
Huppy Toothpaste Bits
my dentist immediately noticed a difference in my gum health when I switched to this toothbrush
Suri Electric Toothbrush
I try to do the crossword every day!!
NYT Games App
great nighttime meditations
Headspace App
I don't care if these are just a placebo because they definitely help my anxiety
PYM Mood Chews
my ride or die water filter system
LifeStraw Home Water Filter Pitcher
doesn't come off in the night
Bearaby Tree Dreamer Sleep Mask
Home
my favorite concentrated laundry detergent
Seventh Generation EasyDose Ultra Concentrated 66-Loads Laundry Detergent Lavender
I love that I can get this at most grocery stores now too!
Reel Paper Toilet Paper
so good for brightening whites
Oxygen Bleach: Non-Chlorine Bleach
the sweet basil scent is AMAZING
CleanCult All Purpose Cleaner
Hands down the best sheets I've ever had
Coyuchi Organic Crinkled Percale Bed Bundle
I LOVE THIS RUG
Revival Rugs - Flatweave Outdoor Rug, 100% Recycled P.E.T., Multicolor - Horseshoes
The coolest window solar panel charger
Grouphug Window Solar Charger, 2nd Edition
my parents love theirs too
Rechargeable Electric Lighter
Books
So so good
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
a sobering read but really interesting
Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All
I will literally read any book about extreme religious groups
A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
Scientology is another one of my side quest interests
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
about two sisters in a dysfunctional family - tw suicide
We Could Be Rats: A Novel
the quirkiest book I read all year
Sky Daddy: A Novel
follows a Black man and his biracial daughter after they navigate “the event” aka the day all white people died in the US. super super fascinating
Sky Full of Elephants: A Novel
reminded me of the midnight library a bit!
The Memory Collectors: A Novel
a great scammer story
Julie Chan Is Dead: A Novel
one of those books where the main character frustrates you but it was super fascinating
Colored Television: A Novel
really really intriguing book - literally had no idea where it was going until the end
The Strange Case of Jane O.: A Novel
I read every book by this author after I finished this book. SO unique
Nothing to See Here: A Novel
the wackiest love story ever
Blob: A Love Story
another great scammy story
Yellowface: A Reese's Book Club Pick
