Ready to embrace a vegan lifestyle? I’m slowly but surely easing my way into the latest trend when it comes to products that are vegan/cruelty-free.
More and more beauty brands are jumping on the vegan hype and ditching animal-derived ingredients all together. Not sure what that means?
When it boils down to it, it’s hard to know whether a makeup brand is really, truly, completely cruelty-free. However, like all buzzwords in beauty—organic! natural! green!—the definition of vegan makeup is mired in controversy. Vegan isn’t synonymous with natural, organic, or even cruelty-free (in fact, vegan makeup can sometimes be even more chemically-processed)
The only way to know for sure if your makeup is vegan is to become an eagle-eyed ingredient label reader. Makeup that is all-natural, organic, and otherwise good for the environment will often utilize animal-derived conditioners and binders like beeswax and lanolin. Other common non-vegan buzzwords: carmine, squalene, oleic acid, glycerine, and collagen.
You don’t have to be a vegan to wear vegan makeup. I am NOT a vegan and do not plan to be. However, I’m trying to live a more compassionate lifestyle, and the choice of where your money goes is an entirely personal one.
Not to mention, if you’ve been wearing makeup a while you’ll notice the subtle differences in vegan/cruelty-free products.
If you’re thinking about making the switch, here’s where to start (These are Brands I actually use)…
The Lip Bar
Fenty Beauty
Kat Von D
Juvia’s Place
Uoma Beauty
Elf Cosmetics
Urban Decay
NYX Professional Makeup
Anastasia Beverly Hills
Too Faced
Cover FX
Covergirl
Hourglass
Glossier
Lilly Lashes
Get My Look:
Eyes: Jackie Aina x Anastasis Beverly Hills Palette in shades Trust Issues, Ginger, and Edges.
Foundation: The LipBar Skin Serum Shade 4:01
Bronzer: Fenty Beauty Sun Stalk’r Shade Coco Naughty
Concealer: Too Faced Born This Way Shade Maple and Fenty Beauty Pro Filt’r Concealer Shade 330
Brows: Benefit Goof Poof Pencil in shade 4.5
Lashes: Hey Lash Babe Style LB 14 25MM
Lips: MAC Cosmetics Lipstick in shade Blankety
Highlighter: Uoma Beauty Notting Hill
Are you interested in a cruelty-free lifestyle? Why or Why not? Let me know in the comments below.
I am obsessed with Glossier but thanks for the list of cruelty-free brands!
Thanks, for the list of companies. I’ve been wanting to try Lipbar for a while now. I’m a lipstick girl and I love the colors of the lipsticks. I already use, NYX Professionals. They are one of my favorite brands.
I 💖 that Fenty is cruelty-free! It makes me have even more love and respect for Rihanna. Thank you for the list! I agree with you, although, I will eat vegan dishes, and I love fur babies, my diet is not vegan.
Thanks for sharing! I’m really glad you said you don’t have to be a vegan to use the products because I’m not ready for that!
This is a great list! I’m not familiar with a couple of brands, so I will definitely be checking them out. Thanks
I absolutely love Fenty! Happy to know its cruelty free – I’ve never really thought about whether the make up I was using cruelty free or not. Thanks for this!
I am definitely going to have to check out Glossier because everyone raves! Thank you for this post!