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5 ways you can support Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Updating your beauty kit has never felt so good

By Kate Niven

Beauty Crew Beauty Writer / September 27 2018

As the second most common cancer found in women (melanoma is the first), chances are you or someone you know has been affected by breast cancer. And while we advocate contributing to breast cancer research year-round, by having October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, charities and big-name brands alike are able to focus their efforts on making a difference in one big concentrated push. To celebrate the brands that are contributing to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’ve rounded up five products where a percentage of the proceeds will be donated to breast cancer charities.

Lulu Guinness Breast cancer awareness month

ghd X Lulu Guinness Collection

If you’re looking for a new styler to add to your hair tools kit, make it this one from ghd. $20 from the sale of each of these limited edition straighteners (which were made in collaboration with UK fashion accessories designer, Lulu Guinness) will go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Sandy & Sky Breast cancer awareness month

Sand & Sky Limited Edition Charity Robe & Flash Perfection Exfoliating Treatment

Pamper yourself in style with Sand & Sky’s tongue-in-cheek robe and Flash Perfecting Exfoliating Treatment. Throughout October, 30 per cent of the profits from the sales of these kits will be donated to Look Good Feel Better.

Frankie Peach Breast cancer awareness month

Frankie Peach Take Care Of Ya Girls Scarf

If you’ve been paying attention to hair trends over the past year or so, you will have noticed that hair scarves are back in a big way. In order to keep your ‘do trending and make a difference to the lives of cancer sufferers, make sure to check out this silk scarf from Frankie Peach. As a cancer survivor herself, the co-founder of the brand, Sali Sasi has pledged to donate 100 per cent of the profits of each sale to Pink Hope and their life-saving services.

Bobbi Brown Breast cancer awareness month

Bobbi Brown Pinks with Purpose Lip Colour Duo

Add a touch of colour to your lips this spring with a swipe of Bobbi Brown’s limited edition Pinks with Purpose Lip Colour Duo. $15 from each purchase of these two lipsticks will go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion+

Refresh and hydrate your complexion with Clinique’s Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion+. The brand will donate $10 from the purchase price to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Looking to overhaul your beauty kit further? Then check out the best colour correctors for every skin issue and the brushes three makeup artists can’t live without.

How will you be supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October? Let us know in the comments below.

Kate Niven

Kate started working for BEAUTYcrew in early 2016, first as a contributor, and was then named Beauty Writer in 2017. She loves picking the brains of the industry's top experts to get to the bottom of beauty's toughest questions. Bronze eyeshadow palettes are her weakness and she's forever on the hunt for the perfect nude nail polish to suit her fair skin. Her words can also be found in Men's Health magazine, and she now works in PR.