As you may well know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The time of year when health campaigners and the beauty industry join forces to create limited-edition buys to help the battle against breast cancer, helping raise awareness and funds for hardworking cancer charities. It’s a campaign which since its inception 37 years ago has seen limited edition beauty buys raise hundreds of millions of pounds for a cause which, according to Cancer Research UK, impacts almost 56,000 UK women diagnosed with the disease every year.
With the charity reporting that 23% of UK breast cancer cases are preventable and that one in 10 breast cancer cases receive a late diagnosis; its clear that spreading messages about potential signs, symptoms, and self examination, are just as important as supporting research and care for patients and survivors, which is where this year’s charitable partnerships come into their own.
As beauty brands release everything from limited-edition skincare to beauty sponges to court conscious consumers throughout October. It means there are even more ways to think of others whilst treating yourself this Breast Cancer Awareness month. The perfect beauty shopping scenario, right? Sort of. Because whilst the volume of blush products bearing pledges may leave you spoilt for choice, the generosity of some brands outweighs others warn campaigners who coined the term ‘pinkwashing’ to describe brands chasing cash and clout through ambiguous donation claims. Which is why I’ve sifted through limited edition launches to share the best Breast Cancer Awareness Month beauty buys, those delivering covetability and charitable donations – at least 20% of purchase price – to the tireless work of charities such as CoppaFeel!, Make 2nds Count, and Breast Cancer Research UK.
Wild Science Lab Root Therapy Hair Mask
This healthy hair hero repairs breakage, strengthens strands, promotes growth, and soothes delicate scalps thanks to a vegan and cruelty-free formula bursting with Organic Shea Butter, Avocado Oil, and Organic Hemp Seed Oil. During the month of October it also goes beyond resorting dry and damaged strands with 20% of every purchase going towards supporting Breast Cancer Research UK.
Wild Science
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Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Multi-Recovery Complex, £86
One of beauty’s most iconic products take its hardworking reputation one step further with the release of this pink ribbon-adorned limited-edition. Alongside driving skin renewal and delivering smoother, more radiant and even toned skin, 25% of every purchase of this complexion-boosting serum will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Estée Lauder
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Jo Malone Peony & Blush Suede Cologne
Jo Malone’s much-loved fragrance gets into the spirit of Breast Cancer Awareness month with a gorgeous flash of limited-edition pink packaging. Not only does it look the part, but when you purchase its luxe blend of red apple, jasmine, rose, gillyflower and soft, blush suede notes, £20 will be donated towards Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the largest private funder of breast cancer (and metastatic breast cancer) research worldwide.
Jo Malone
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Bedew Pink Glow Up Clay Mask
The majority of British skincare brand Bedew’s products are handmade in small batches, including this glow-giving mask which nourishes, hydrates, and keeps blemishes at bay. Whilst its blanketing texture and blend of cranberry extracts, strawberry extracts, and hyaluronic acid pamper your skin, the brand will donate 20% from you purchase to the charity Make 2nds Count, which raise awareness and funding for medical research that increases the quality of life for breast cancer patients.
Bedew
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Clinique Great Skin Great Cause: Limited Edition Moisture Surge™ 100H Auto-Replenishing Hydrator
This charitable take on one of beauty’s most popular products features a limited-edition design that pairs its intensely hydrating, soothing formula with stylish pink ribbon packaging. In addition to delivering Aloe Bioferment + HA Complex into complexions challenged through dehydrating conditions, every purchase of this best-selling treatment makes a £10 donation to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, who have funded over $14 million for UK medical research grants.
Clinique
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Beauty Kin Exfoliating Bar
This skin-polishing bar contains exfoliating lactic acid, pore clearing ground olive stone, hydrating and moisturising squalene, and refreshing grapefruit to leave your face and body soft and smooth. Alongside caring for the planet with a manufacturing process which uses 70% less water than traditional soaps, 20% of every sale goes towards Cancer Research UK.
Beauty Kin
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Origins Limited Edition Ginger Souffle™ Whipped Body Cream
This cosseting body cream transforms moisturising into an indulgent ritual which leaves skin impossibly smooth with its medley of nourishing olive, grape, and apricot kernel oil. As well as flooding senses with warming ginger and spirit-lifting lemon, lime, and bergamot, this feel-good treat fights for a breast cancer-free world, with 100% of its purchase price donated to Estée Lauder Companies’ Breast Cancer Campaign.
Origins
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Flamingo Pink Ribbon Pastel Pink Boobs Candle
Just in time for candle-burning season comes this cheeky, little launch that’s laden with notes of cranberry, strawberry, orange, honey, rose, cedar wood, and vanilla. Not only does it look good, but it will make you feel good knowing that 20% of its sales are donated to the Pink Ribbon Foundation, which funds projects and provides financial support to charities supporting people affected by breast cancer.
Flamingo
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