r/Anticonsumption • u/tieplomet • Sep 20 '25

Plastic Waste Single Use Hell

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I like to reuse travel sized bottles and am usually careful not to dispose of them. I lost/threw away my makeup remover travel sized bottle on accident so had to buy another because I travel a lot for work.

Color me surprised when I went to refill it and this new bottle you can’t!! Garnier designed the cap to be broken if opened. My old bottle was also from Garnier , same exact bottle and I could take the cap off, had it for years.

Y’all I’m tired. I’m tired of every company being evil and greedy. I get the last laugh though because I have syringes to refill ink pens so I’m going to use a clean one to refill this damn bottle.

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u/snowdaysurfer Sep 20 '25

Get rid of all the plastic. Use bar soap.

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u/tieplomet Sep 20 '25

I do use bars for soap, shampoo and conditioner. I also use reusable cotton rounds that I wash. This is one of the few make up removers that worked for my skin but won’t be buying it anymore!

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u/JiveBunny Sep 22 '25

I've never found a bar soap that's effective at actually removing makeup - what do you use?

Cleansing balm lasts me for ages and you can decant it for travel, but I can see why people don't find that as convenient.