The coconut has been called a miracle food, not only for the body when taken internally, but for the skin. This beautiful tree nut is hydrating and nourishing, and it’s an ideal natural and vegan ingredient for a home-made face mask.
Anyone who says you compromise luxury when you only use vegan and cruelty-free beauty products has clearly never heard of Mullein & Sparrow luxury vegan and cruelty-free beauty products. Mullein & Sparrow is a Brooklyn-based skin, body and hair care company that makes small batches of high quality products with high quality ingredients.
Fall means pumpkin products are front and center, making it an excellent time to discover cruelty-free and vegan pumpkin skincare products. Pumpkin is excellent in a skincare regimen for several reasons.
We often come across vegan and cruelty-free beauty products that are done so as an afterthought, or even inadvertently. “Vegan by accident” as many know it. That is why we love finding companies who wear their “vegan and cruelty-free” badge proudly on their sleeves, like Antho organic, vegan and eco-friendly beauty products. Antho has an entire pae of their website dedicated to education of vegan and cruelty-free beauty products, and what it means to truly be both.
Nude Skincare, a vegetarian and cruelty-free skincare line, recently put its money where its mouth is: by including free samples of its star skincare product, ProGenius skincare treatment oil, with in-store Sephora purchases.
Argan oil has quickly become a rising star among the lineup of women’s beauty regimens, and Kahina Giving Beauty vegetarian and cruelty-free beauty products uses this wonder ingredient as a staple in their product line. It started in 2007 when founder Katharine L’Heureux traveled to Morocco and discovered argan oil for herself. She was astounded at the wonderful results she saw on her skin and brought it back for her friends and family to try.
One look at the ingredients in Apivita vegetarian and cruelty-free beauty products is enough to want to start ordering their products via their website right away. Founded in 1979, Apivita got its start in Greece when two married pharmacists, Nikos and Niki Koutsianas, turned their passion for nature into a natural cosmetics company. Before long, the Koutsianas’ saw their cosmetics spread to other countries, including Sweden, Romania, Japan, Belgium, Australia, Hong Kong, Spain and the Netherlands.
The journey to creating Kokokahn vegan and cruelty-free beauty products began with founder Tracy Dalrymple’s time in Japan. Traci was introduced to natural healing and wellness through the use of essential oils. From there, Salrymple began studying about essential oils and plants for aromatherapy and holistic healing. It wasn’t long before she traveled to Bali to learn even more about aromatherapy, and that was where she found the inspiration for the name of her company, Kokokahn. It is derived from the Balinese word “kokokan,” which means “white heron.”
If you have Celiac disease, or just a gluten intolerance, vegetarian, cruelty-free and gluten free Au Naturel Botanicals by Alexandra Avery may be just the thing for you. With a mission to produce high quality skin care only using organic herbal extracts, pure plant and nut oils, and essential oils, their line heavily relies on aromatherapy and essential oils to provide healing properties through skin contact and inhalation.
Normally we do not review vegetarian and cruelty-free beauty product lines that are not attached to an official website because we know how much you all love to research these companies yourself! Well in this rare instance, we are going to make an exception because this company, The Dream Products, is such a great little hidden gem, that we felt it too wonderful to not share.
You know that you can feel confident in buying beauty products claiming to be vegan and cruelty-free when the founder herself is a vegan. Tracy Perkins launched her company, Strawberry Hedgehog, out of frustration with misleading packaging claiming to be vegan and cruelty-free, when they were not. Before too long she began making her own body care items and was in demand by friends and family for the goods.
Synthesis 345 vegan and cruelty-free beauty products begins with the promise “to nurture every ‘body’ with the purest of care”. To that end, the company has an impressive product line that is as safe as it gets, and fulfills on its promise by using the highest-quality, natural ingredients, and shunning the harmful chemicals often found in beauty products.
Tata Harper vegetarian, cruelty-free skincare is certainly making a name for themselves. Having already been featured in Vogue, Marie Claire, Lucky magazine, Harper’s Bazaar Magazine online, Elle Magazine online and many more, this Vermont-based beauty company is doing it right with a simple philosophy: women should look and feel beautiful without compromising their health. Situated on 1,200 acres of farm land, most of the ingredients are grown right there on the farm.
What makes Lilywhite Organics vegan beauty products different from the rest is that, where others use water, they use 100% aloe vera juice. Aloe vera juice is excellent for the skin, with many benefits including reducing wound healing time, reducing inflammation and stimulating growth of new tissue. Additionally Lilywhite Organics points out that, unlike water, aloe has over 75 vitamins and nutrients.
Live Clean vegan beauty products has a philosophy that is right in their name: to live a life that is clean of unhealthy, unnatural chemicals and pollutants. Live Clean produces nothing but natural, vegan and cruelty-free beauty products that are free of nasty ingredients like pthalates, parabens, petroleum and sulfates. Whenever possible, their vegan products include ingredients that are certified organic and they ensure that all of their plant-based products have not been tested on animals by them, or their suppliers.
Voodoo Beauty vegan products is a small beauty company located in beautiful Sonoma County, California, and is committed to high quality skincare at affordable prices. Promising vegan, cruelty-free beauty products that are free of nasty ingredients like parabens, bismuth, talc, mineral oil, synthetics and toxins, Voodoo Beauty vegan products are committed to being cruelty-free and as earth friendly as possible.
HerbZone vegan beauty products promises right up front no animal products, no animal testing and 100% natural ingredients. With a variety of vegan, cruelty-free products such as vegan beauty masks, vegan hand butters, vegan soaps, vegan shower oils and vegan acne care, they have something for everyone!
Zion Health has perfected their clay-based vegan beauty products, and quickly amassed a cult following. San Francisco-based founder Haim Zion discovered the benefits of key ingredient Kanwa clay when he successfully used it to relieve the symptoms of his gum disease. Also know as calcium montmorillonite clay, Kanwa clay is now the key ingredient of their entire vegan beauty product line which includes teas, detox supplements and bath minerals.
With a name like “Gourmet Body Treats”, using these vegan, cruelty-free products feels like an indulgence! Founded in 1998 by Waleska Agosto, she was looking for a product that she could safely and comfortably use on her rosacea-prone skin. She knew that, in order to accomplish this, she would need a product that would be free of all synthetics and chemicals, and contain nothing but natural ingredients that came straight from the earth. Each product is poured and packaged by hand and tested on humans, not animals.
Wellinhand Vegan Beauty Products offers an expansive line of vegan beauty needs that are backed by extensive affiliations and certifications. They have been certified cruelty-free and awarded the coveted seal by the Leaping Bunny, are a member of PETA, certified vegan by Vegan Action, are a founding member of the Green Products Alliance, are a member of the Natural Products Association and have an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau.
When Peter Lamas set out to create his all natural, vegan beauty product line, it was after experiencing several tragedies at the hands of harsh chemicals. His mother was diagnosed with bone cancer after years of exposure to harsh chemicals at a paper mill and his three sisters were all diagnosed with breast cancer in their 40’s after regular exposure to chemical farm fertilizers. As the hairdresser for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, he regularly dyed her hair, only to find out that her doctors believed that her early diagnosis of, and ultimate demise from, Non-Hodgkins lymphoma cancer was partly due to the chemicals from her hair dye
Yes To vegetarian beauty products was founded with the idea that they wanted an effective line of natural skin and hair care products, as well as a company that is focused on positivity and offers reasonably priced products. Consisting of four main brand names, Nourishing (carrot), Soothing (cucumber), Clear Skin (tomato) and Age Referesh (Blueberry), Yes To has twice been awarded PETA’s “Best Beauty Brand.”
Golden Path Alchemy Vegan Beauty Products has a very clear list of what they won’t do. They won’t test on animals, they won’t use synthetic materials or chemicals in their beauty products, and they won’t package their products in anything but recyclable glass and recycled labeling.
Jason vegetarian and vegan beauty products have been around since 1959, and have developed a product line that is free of animal by-products, synthetic colors and synthetic fragrance. Additionally, Jason vegetarian and vegan beauty products website states repeatedly that they do not engage in any animal testing in the development of their products.
We have received word that The Body Shop sold themselves to L’Oreal cosmetics. L’Oreal cosmetics is not cruelty-free and even though The Body Shop continues to be cruelty free, we will no longer list them on this site because their parent company is not.
Dermae vegan and vegetarian beauty products are committed to providing its clients with products that are both effective and natural. Dermae vegetarian and vegan beauty products begun their journey to store shelves in the 1960’s, when the founding Stern family began to use Vitamin E as a topical application for skin health.
Juice Beauty Vegan and Vegetarian Beauty Products was created by self-proclaimed “Serial Wellness” entrepreneur, Karen Behnke, who, at the age of 40 and pregnant with her first child, built one of the first corporate wellness companies in the country, developing a deep, lifelong interest in vegan and vegetarian, cruelty-free, personal care products along the way.
When The Balm Cosmetics’ founder and CEO Marissa Shipman decided to start her line of glamorous yet simple, vegan-friendly beauty products, she went for broke. She hopped over to Amazon, bought herself some books on how to create your own makeup and went to work – she even hired a chemist to help create the formulas in her own kitchen!
With a simple philosophy of, “Safe cosmetics are a consumer’s right and our earth’s rightful due”, OSEA brand vegan skincare line draws from the invigorating and healing properties of the ocean. Proudly proclaiming their line as both certified vegan and cruelty free, the company is also a fervent protector of the environment.
“If you can’t eat it, don’t put it on your skin” is the motto of Dr. Saulius Alkaitis; a research scientist with a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of California at Los Angeles. Dr. Alkaitis blends his knowledge of chemistry, with his passion for pure, raw, product, to offer this nourishing skin care line that yields noticeable differences in the skin of its users.
The pineapple enzyme facial peel mask by 100% contains powerful anti-aging ingredients such as vitamin C and antioxidants, as well as papaya enzymes, which are excellent skin smoothers.
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics sells makeup for the lips, eyes, cheeks, and face as well as moisturizers, cleansers, toners, makeup tools, and fragrances. Product ingredients run the gamut from Vitamins C and E to grapefruit and geranium.
Aloette skin care products include anti-aging products, moisturizers, exfoliators and products created specifically for acne. The company does not test its products on animals.
MyChelle Dermaceuticals sells everything from cleansers and facial moisturizers to mineral cosmetics and products for men.
Established in 1998, Better Botanicals is a “condensed line” of herbal products that are based on Ayurveda. Ayurveda is the world’s oldest and most widely practiced school of herbal medicine, originating in India 5,000 years ago.
The company “formulates aromatherapeutic products for the conscientious consumer.” This means that all Alexandra Avery products are 100% natural and cruelty-free. All products are also hand-made in small batches and formulated with vitamins, anti-oxidants, plant extracts, vegetable oils, and essential oils.
Alba products do not contain synthetic colors, they are pH balanced, and they feature 100% vegetarian ingredients. Alba Botanica does not test its products on animals.
Nurture My Body sells 100% biodegradable, and cruelty-free beauty products. Nurture My Body products do not contain harmful synthetic fragrance oils, preservatives, petroleum products, FD and C colorants and dyes, parabens, phthalates, or other toxic chemicals.
Apothecary blend natural clay masks have a negative ionic charge. This electromagnetic charge acts like a magnet drawing in the positively charged impurities.
Apothecary Blend is the maker of organic clay facial masks. The masks are formulated for deep cleansing, surface exfoliating, and pore shrinking. The blend is believed to draw out toxins from the surface of skin to leave skin feeling purified, firm, and bright.
The revitalizing firming mask works by utilizing a special blend of plant derived ingredients, essential oils, and vitamins, which minimizes harshness and promotes gentle repair.
Clarins has been producing cosmetics and skincare products since 1954. The Clarins Group prides itself on consumer safety and the protection of both the environment and animals, so in 1994 the French company decided to stop using andy ingredients of animal origin in its formulas.
