Community & Giving Back

Because Adeline came to skincare through a background in race and gender studies, Sabbatical Beauty does not treat beauty as politically neutral.

How skin is treated, marketed, disciplined, and idealized is always connected to larger systems — including inequality, access to care, and whose bodies are taken seriously.

Because of this, Sabbatical Beauty has consistently supported organizations working toward a more just and equitable society. This has included fundraising collections and direct donations to groups such as the ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, National Abortion Federation, Swing Left, Red Wine & Blue, and community organizations like SEAMAAC.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sabbatical Beauty produced and donated masks and hand sanitizer to local shelters, essential workers, and community groups in Philadelphia, as well as to Powai Polyclinic & Hospital in Mumbai.

More recently, this work has included a holiday toy drive for SEAMAAC and the organization of donated gender-affirming facials for the trans community in partnership with the Equitable Skincare Project and the William Way LGBT Center.

These efforts aren’t marketing initiatives. They’re part of how we understand responsibility as a business operating in the world.

Since 2016 we have also run a Pay It Forward program, where if you donate to the fund, we match the fund 100% and offer a gift card code to someone who has applied for the fund. Learn more about the Pay It Forward program here.