Teenage sisters launch sustainable skincare range

The cost of skincare isn’t one that just affects your wallet. The masses of nonrecyclable packaging from skincare products that end up in landfill are a high price for the Earth to pay.

Mornington Peninsula sisters Daisy, 17, and Tilly, 14, used their time in lockdown to come up with a solution to this beauty problem. Their business, One Summer Skincare, was born. Daisy handled the product development side and One Summer’s look through her unique logo and packaging design, while Tilly, a budding wordsmith, developed the brand’s personality and tone of voice.

“Sustainability is so important to our generation,” Daisy said. “We saw other products, like cleaning products, we're using sustainable refills so we applied that to our skincare range.” It was important to the sisters that One Summer Skincare wasn’t just another beauty product. “We wanted to create a brand with purpose,” Tilly said.

While sustainability is a big focus of this start-up, so too is supporting youth mental health, an issue that has affected a close family member. One dollar of revenue received per product goes to youth mental health charity Reach Out, an organisation that provides support and resources to those aged under 25.

One Summer Skincare is proudly Australian. The 14-piece range is 100 per cent vegan, and uses natural ingredients and a unique cartridge refill system. Customers can return a product’s cartridge insert once empty, which the brand then cleans, refills and reuses. Empty cartridges can also be recycled in lieu of being returned.

Daisy and Tilly developed the range with help from their dad, Stu Johnson, who has spent more than 25 years working in the beauty industry. Their older brother Barnaby, 19, is also involved handling supply chain and logistics.

The range includes cleansers, moisturisers, masks, and scrubs with 100ml refills of each product starting from $30. Shop online www.onesummerskincare.com

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