If you are new to clean beauty, opt for something simple like the Acure Argan Oil or Trilogy Organic Rose Hip Seed Oil. I also really like the facial oils from beautycounter because the ingredients are great, but once again you do NOT need to be spending $70 on a bottle. ![]() The ingredients are pretty on par too.īeautycounter: No 1, 2, 3 Facial Oils ($69)Īlternatives: Acure Argan Oil ($13), Trilogy Organic Rose Hip Seed Oil ($29), Ann Marie Gianni Herbal Facial Oil ($43) Luckily I found this Trilogy Make-Up Be Gone Cleansing Balm for less than half the price. I actually left it in a hotel bathroom and almost cried because it was still halfway full. The Cleansing Balm is actually my favorite product from Beautycounter but HOLY HELL why does it cost $80? That’s absurd. Natural Skincare Alternatives to Beautycounter Beautycounter: The Cleansing Balm ($80)Īlternative: Trilogy Make-Up Be Gone Cleansing Balm ($34) Of course there are many others and I’m happy to add more if you want to see them, but for now let’s look at these. I asked you guys on Instagram to share some of the Beautycounter products you’d like to see alternatives for and picked these 5. I decided to pick some of the more popular products out there and offer equivalent options that cost less and/or are cleaner options. You’re welcome to disagree but this is my opinion. I’ve heard from so many of you who lost money trying to sell Beautycounter and it is not fair that a company should be profiting off their consultants failures and blaming it on them. I understand that it is not a pyramid scheme (anyone who sells any MLM products will drill this message home) but the way the structure is built requires someone – or more accurately, many people, to lose. I don’t buy from MLMs– This is a heated topic with many sides of the argument but plain and simple I don’t like multi-level marketing. I do think there’s value in some synthetic products and especially as you’re transitioning to natural beauty BUT some synthetics are just unnecessary and there are other alternatives out there that are cleaner.ģ. They’re not THAT clean– now I’m not here to tell you that your skincare products should have no synthetics. Such is the reality of an MLM where you have to pay your downline…Ģ. The quality does not match the price – to be fair, no clean beauty products are as cheap as conventional, but the quality of Beautycounter products is not outstanding and certainly not worth the price tag. You can read my review of them here but in a nutshell here’s why I don’t use Beautycounter products:ġ. I certainly have not been quiet about my distaste for all things Beautycounter so I find myself fielding your questions and concerns about the brand more often than I anticipated. This Alternatives to Beautycounter post has been a long time in the making and probably one of the most highly requested posts by you guys.
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