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13 Beauty Products to Buy During Breast Cancer Awareness Month


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Every October, many beauty brands participate in During Breast Cancer Awareness Month by creating limited-edition products whose proceeds go to a breast cancer charity. Some day, a cure will be found and they won’t need to do this anymore. But until then, check out these 13 offerings.

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Archipelago Botanicals Find a Cure candle $20, shoparchipelago.com 50% of the proceeds being donated to Breast Cancer Angels, a non-profit organization that helps breast cancer patients and their families, afford the medicine, food, gas and shelter they need while they are undergoing breast cancer treatment.

2

C.O. Bigelow Freesia Candle $42, bigelowchemists.com 10% of all sales of this candle go to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

3

Drybar Mini Pink Detox Dry Shampoo $13, drybar.com For each product sold during the month of October, Drybar will donate $1 to City of Hope in support of breast cancer research up to $30,000.

4

Estee Lauder Pink Perfect Color Collection $35, esteelauder.com In support of The Estée Lauder Companies’ BCA Campaign, Estée Lauder will donate 100% of the suggested retail price from the sale of the Pink Perfection Color Collection to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

5

The Good Home Co. Recovery Balm $40, goodhome.com For every one of this petrolatum-free balm sold, $4 will be donated to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

6

It Cosmetics Love Beauty Fully Love is the Foundation Foundation Brush $30, itcosmetics.com For every brush sold, It Cosmetics will donate a brush to the Look Good Feel Better organization.

7

June Jacobs Rapid Repair Healing Cream $60, junejacobs.com 25% of the net proceeds from this cream will be donated to The Anne Moore Breast Cancer Research Fund. Even better, for every purchase made on JuneJacobs.com, another 25% of the net proceeds will be donated to the Dubin Breast Center at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.

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Le Métier de Beauté Kaleidoscope Eye Kit $95, neimanmarcus.com 30% of proceeds from this limited edition eyeshadow Le Metier will go to Susan G. Komen throughout the month of October for $95.

9

Lisa Hoffman Rose Quartz Hope Fragrance Bracelet $95, lisahoffman.com 100% of proceeds from the sale of this limited edition bracelet will go to National Breast Cancer Coalition.

10

Ralph Lauren Tender Romance Pink Pony limited edition $96, ralphlauren.com 100% of profits from every bottle sold goes to Ralph Lauren’s Pink Pony Fund, a worldwide initiative to fight against Breast Cancer, which supports programs for screening, early diagnosis, treatment, research and patient navigation.

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Tory Burch Eau de Parfum Rollerball $29, macys.com Tory Burch Beauty will donate 20% of the suggested retail price from the sale of this product to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, up to a maximum donation of $25,000 until December 31, 2016.

12

Thrive Causemetics Limited Edition BCA Collection 100% of proceeds from three Thrive products, including this Triple Threat Color Stick in Maggie ($36), go to the Thrive Empowerment Foundation, which supports various partners, such as Pampered in Pink and Young Survivor Coalition, as well as provides beauty classes and products for women in need.

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Violets Are Blue, $150, violetsareblueskincare.com Founder and breast cancer survivor Cynthia Besteman created this organic line after undergoing treatment, and now she provides this selection of products to women at Mount Sinai Hospital after undergoing their first round of chemotherapy.