KraveBeauty Launches Slow Down Skincare Initiative
In honor of Earth Day, KraveBeauty has launched its Slow Down Skincare initiative to #PressReset, encouraging consumers and brands alike to reexamine their contributions to the overproduction and overconsumption of skin care and beauty products.
To illustrate its message of slowing down, KraveBeauty has put a spin on the classic children’s tale, “The Tortoise and the Hare,” in which “the tortoise” models the brand’s philosophy of intentional, gradual progress, ultimately winning the race.
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With this initiative, KraveBeauty seeks to not only bring awareness to the unsustainably rapid growth of the beauty industry, but show consumers and brands alike how they can #PressReset on the ever-increasing proliferation of products.
“Our industry is starting to look more like the fast-fashion industry and we know how that goes,” said Liah Yoo, founder of KraveBeauty. “The biggest key to reducing companies’ environmental impact is not increasing the recyclability of a whole lot of unnecessary products, but committing to responsible production and encouraging customers to buy intentionally.”
According to estimates from Krave, more than 3,000 new beauty brands launch every year in the U.S., and roughly 120 billion units of packaging are produced by the global cosmetics industry annually.
Despite the prevailing belief that increased product output ensures greater success for a brand, KraveBeauty’s sales have increased 250 percent year-over-year, even as the company has remained rooted firmly in its philosophy that “less is best,” only releasing small collections where it sees fit.
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The newly launched campaign is an extension of KraveBeauty’s 2020 Slow Down Skincare initiative, in which the brand committed not to launch any products for a year, instead taking time to assess its portfolio, further implement recyclable packaging in its products and determine what it is that consumers truly needed.
“In 2020 we focused on the reduce aspect of the known trio, ‘reduce, reuse, recycle,’ and this year we’re tackling the ‘reuse’ by redefining what growth means in the industry, and by ultimately needing less for both our skin and planet to be happy,” said Amanda Bartha, social media marketing manager at KraveBeauty.
The full animated short of the adapted story can be found on kravebeauty.com along with additional details about the campaign and how consumers can get involved.
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