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Founder, Sahar Mansoor, in her own words is - "an accidental entrepreneur, though I come from a family of serial entrepreneurs. Bare Necessities started in the pursuit of zero waste living and living a lifestyle congruent to my own values. I felt overwhelmed with India’s trash problem. I was confronted by it every day seeing piles of garbage on the streets. I spent time with local waste pickers and watched them sort through waste with their bare hands. I started to think of the environmental, health and social justice issues associated with our garbage problem.
I wanted to stop being part of the problem. My solution was to live a lifestyle that best reflects the values I cared about. I have been living a zero waste lifestyle for
two and a half years now. In that time, I have produced only half a kilogram of trash, all of which fits in a 500 ml jar. In my zero waste journey, I realized that it was impossible to find personal care and home care products that didn’t contain harmful chemicals and weren’t packaged in plastic.
In response to this problem, I wanted to create a company that mirrored the values of zero waste, ethical consumption and sustainability. I wanted to make it easy for other people looking to consume more mindfully and to encourage others to produce less waste."
Bare Necessities was born.
Using a people-centered and earth-centered approach, Bare Necessities addresses serious flaws in manufacturing, distribution, and consumption by innovating and providing sustainable solutions to waste, and identifying problems that more companies need to address if they want to be innovative and socially-conscious.
Relying on ethical sourcing from local farmers and vendors and by emphasising the employment of women, Bare Necessities solves the often-ignored yet growing problem of waste, and provides ethical and innovative solutions that benefits consumers and society.
BN is passionate about creating products that are handcrafted in India.
At BN we attempt to celebrate the beauty and richness of India! It is exciting to incorporate indigenous, ancient ingredients whose benefits we have probably heard of but never really experienced for ourselves such as, turmeric!
At BN we try and marry the old and the new! We take a cradle-to cradle approach to every product, from the design to manufacturing to distribution. All our products are powered by natural, bare Indian ingredients; which have no harmful impacts on our health or environment.
We are in the largest global garbage crisis of our lifetime, which means that every toothbrush, shampoo bottle and personal care product plastic bottle you have used in your lifetime currently exists on the planet somewhere!
Everyone on this planet needs to become involved. Every little effort helps in moving humanity toward a circular economy methodology that lives more sustainably with nature.
By producing zero-waste products, hosting educational workshops and conducting sustainability consulting services, we seek to change the narrative on waste in India and demonstrate that any individual can positively impact their community, through inspiring others to reduce waste and think consciously about their impact on the world.
Making Zero-Waste the Norm, not an Exception!
We only use the best ingredients that are zero waste and ethically sourced!
When we say best, we don’t just mean what’s best for you; we also mean what’s best for the planet. We go to great lengths to ensure all of our ingredients are organic, local and fair trade, and all of our products are non-toxic, non-GMO, and cruelty-free. All of our packaging is 100% recyclable and eco-friendly. So feel free to pamper yourself without a twinge of guilt.
Our products are truly bare!
We believe less is more. We also believe that if an ingredient is too hard to pronounce or if it sounds like it belongs in a chemistry lab, it can’t be good for you to put in or on your body. Which is why, we feature only natural, bare recipes that do you no harm. Additionally, all products come in bare, zero-waste, completely recyclable packaging.
Our products are designed not to last!
Yup, you read that right. Since all our products are freshly handmade, have no chemical preservatives, and come in small quantities, they won’t last you years on end like other products you buy off the shelf. Our recipes are deliberately kept bare, minus any fillers, so you get more of each carefully-curated ingredient. As a result, a little goes a long way.
Our products are handmade and heart made!
All our products are lovingly handmade fresh at the time of receiving an order. Slight variations may sometimes occur from batch to batch, but never in the quality of your Bare Necessities!
We absolutely LOVE coconut oil!
Like most Indians, we believe organic coconut oil native to the country is a miracle cure for a whole bunch of skin and hair problems. Which is why, we’ve arrived at game-changing ways to add this magical ingredient to your beauty routine. You can thank us later.
In the future, BN seeks to become an interdisciplinary hub, a home for product designers to design products with a cradle to cradle philosophy, a place for policy analysts to work with local government on policy recommendations to manage our waste better, to reduce our waste.
A place for behavior economics, ecologists, researchers and consumers alike to build the ecosystem towards a circular economy.