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Barry M Cosmetics
Barry M Cosmetics was founded in 1982 by Barry Mero in the UK.
- Barry M Cosmetics is a vegetarian company with a good selection of vegan products.
- Affordable cosmetics and very fashionable.
- Products/Ingredients not tested on animals (Fixed cut off date: 1982).
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Range of products suitable for Vegans: Barry M Vegans.
To order:
www.barrym.com
Beauty Without Cruelty
Beauty without Cruelty was founded in the UK by the trustees of BWC Charitable Trust, an animal welfare organisation.
- All their products are suitable for vegans.
- Products/Ingredients not tested on animals (Fixed cut off date: 1976).
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Range of products:
Tinted moisturisers, make-up foundations & concealers, blushers, eye-shadows & eye liners, mascaras, lip glosses, lipsticks & lip pencils, sponge set, mirror compact, nail colours, pressed & loose powders.
To order:
www.beautywithoutcruelty.com
B never too busy to be beautiful
B Never too Busy to be Beautiful is a sister company of Lush.
- All their products are suitable for vegans.
- Vegan make-up brushes available.
- Products/Ingredients not tested on animals (Same animal testing policy as Lush).
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Range of products:
Eyes: Kohl, pressed eyeshadow, mascara, cream eyeshadow, glitter eye cream.
Lips: lipstick, lip care, lip tint, lip cream, lip gloss, lip stain.
Face: cream blusher refills, face powder refills, powder blusher refills, cream blusher, face powder, tinted moisteriser, cream foundation, cover up, powder blusher, highlighter.
Glitters: glitter pots, metallic loose powder.
To order:
www.bnevertoobusytobebeautiful.com
They do have a few stores in the UK, Japan and Austria.
Dr Hauschka
For more info on Dr Hauschka, read Best Brands..
- Only a few items of their cosmetic range are suitable for Vegans.
- Products/Ingredients not tested on animals (Fixed cut off date: 1976).
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Range of products suitable for vegans:
Liquid Concealer, Eyeliner Duo, Pencil Sharpener, Cosmetic Sponge.
Where to buy:
Any health food stores in Ireland.
More info on their products:
www.drhauschka.com
Gabriel Cosmetics / ZUZU Luxe
Gabriel Cosmetics / ZUZU Luxe is a cosmetic company from the USA.
- Although this company states that they are 100% vegan, they use animal hair (pony & goat hair) for their make-up brushes.
- Apart from brushes, all their range is 100% vegan.
- For a rich red colour, instead of carmine, they use St. John’s Wort Extract.
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Range of products:
Eyeshadow, mascara, eye liner, lipstick, lipgloss, lip liner, powder foundation, moisturizing liquid foundation, blush, concealer.
To order:
www.gabrielcosmeticsinc.com
Lavera
For more info on Lavera, read Best Brands.
- 16 products of their cosmetic range are suitable for VEGANS and carry the Vegan Society logo.
- Some of their products are not vegan as they contain beeswax, carmine, milk protein or propolis.
- Products/Ingredients not tested on animals (Fixed cut off date: 1998).
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Range of products suitable for vegans:
Lavera for Vegans.
Where to buy:
All "Nourish" Health food stores.
Online at their website.
Lily Lolo Natural Cosmetics
Lily Lolo Natural Cosmetics is a cosmetic company created in the Uk in 2005.
- Products/Ingredients not tested on animals (Fixed cut off date: 2002).
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Suitable for vegans:
- Full foundation range, finishing powders and cover-ups.
- Some synthetic brushes are also suitable for vegans.
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To order:
www.lilylolo.co.uk
Logona
Logona is a German company, created in the 1970s.
- Some of their cosmetic range are suitable for Vegans.
- Products/Ingredients not tested on animals (Fixed cut off date: 1998).
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Range of products suitable for vegans: Logona for vegans.
To order:
www.beautybazaar.co.uk
www.logona.co.uk
SANTE Naturkosmetik
SANTE Naturkosmetik is a German company.
- Sante has a good selection of products suitable for vegans, although they have less for their cosmetics range.
- Products/Ingredients not tested on animals (Fixed cut off date: 1998)
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Products suitable for vegans :
- Sante Powder Compact Transparent 10
- Sante Powder Compact Golden Rosé 11
- Sante Powder Compact Golden Beige 12
- Sante Eyeshadow Powder Trio Sky 70
- Sante Eyeshadow Powder Trio Terra 71
- Sante Eyeshadow Powder Trio Verde 72
- Sante Mascara Brown 40
- Sante Mascara Black 41
- Sante Nail Polish = All colours
- Sante Sharpener for Eyeliner, Lipliner & Eyeshadow Pencils
- Sante Organic Nail Polish Remover
- Sante Nail Strengthener and Hardener.
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To order:
www.beautybazaar.co.uk
Sevi Cosmetics
For more info on Sevi Cosmetics, read Best Brands.
- All their products are suitable for vegans.
- Products/Ingredients not tested on animals (Fixed cut off date: 1992).
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Range of products:
Powder foundations, lip glosses, lipsticks, pencils.
To order:
www.ecosevi.com
Urban Decay
Urban Decay is a company specialising in cosmetics.
- Urban Decay has an online list for their vegan range of cosmetics. But be careful, most of their vegan products state that they “may” contain carmine. So, we would strongly advise you to stick only to the list below.
- Very fashionable products, ideal for gothic/punk or glamour style.
- Synthetics make-up brushes available.
- Products/Ingredients not tested on animals (Fixed cut off date: 2004).
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Range of products suitable for vegans: Urban Decay for vegans.
To order:
www.beautybazaar.co.uk
On their website: www.urbandecay.co.uk
Some Debenhams shops stock Urban Decay products.
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Hidden animal ingredients
Some common ingredients found in cosmetics that are not vegan include:
- Allantoin = A uric acid from cows, most mammals. Also in many plants
(especially comfrey).
- Amylase = An enzyme prepared from the pancreas of hogs.
- Arachidonic Acid = A liquid unsaturated fatty acid occurring in the
liver, brain, glands, and fat of animals.
- Beeswax = bee derived products (also pollen/propolis/cera alba/honey).
- Carmine = Red coloring made from crushed beetles. Mostly used in lipsticks (also referred as Crimson Lake, Natural Red 4, CI75470, cochineal.).
Carmine, also referred to as cochineal or carminic acid, is a red pigment obtained by crushing tens of thousands of female cochineal insects. This colouring is used in cosmetics, shampoos and food dyes.
Reportedly 70,000 beetles may be killed to produce one pound of this red dye.
- Caroten = Provitamin A. Found in many animal tissues and in all plants (also known as Beta Carotene).
- castereum = From muskrat and beaver genitals.
- Cholesterin = Cholesterol.A steroid alcohol, especially in all animal fats and oils, nerve tissue, egg yolk and blood. Can be derived from lanolin.
- Civet = Obtained from the civet, a small mammal, by stimulating them, usually through torture.
- Collagen = Fibrous protein usually derived from animal tissue.
- Cysteine = Two amino acids which can come from animals (also known as L-Form, Cystine).
- Elastin = Fibrous protein usually derived from animal ligaments.
- Fish oil = Derived from fishes (also /Fish scales/Fish liver oil/Fletan oil/Guanine/Insinglass/Marine oil).
- Gelatin = Protein obtained by boiling skin, tendons, ligaments or bones with water, From cattle and hogs.
- Keratin = Found in animal horns, hooves, feathers, quills and hair.
- Lactose = milk products (also lactalbumin, whey, casein, caseinogen, Lactic Acid).
- Lanolin = wool fat (also lanolin alcohol, lanolin oil, Laneth-5-10, Lanogene.
Lanosterol, Isopropyl Lanolate).
Non-Vegan products
All these brands listed below are NOT suitable for Vegans, as the companies behind them are heavily involved in animal testing. They may also contain animal ingredients.
- Avon =Avon.
- Beiersdorf = La Prairie.
- Chanel = Bourgeois, Chanel.
- Clarins = Clarins.
- Coty = Lancaster, Rimmel.
- Estee Lauder = Aveda, Bobbi Brown, Clinique, Estee Lauder, La Mer, MAC, Origins, Prescriptives, American Beauty.
- Faberge Limited = Faberge.
- Johnson & Johnson = RoC, Neutrogena.
- L’Oreal = Helena Rubenstein, la Roche Posay, Lancome, L’Oreal, Maybelline, Shu Uemura, The Body Shop, Biotherme, Vichy.
- LVM = Christian Dior, Givenchy, Guerlin.
- Procter & Gamble = Max factor, Cover Girl.
- Revlon = Almay, Ultima II, Revlon.
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