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Vegan Beauty & Skincare

Vegan beauty can be harder to work out than it should be.

Some products contain animal-derived ingredients. Some brands are cruelty-free but not fully vegan. Some are vegan in one range but not across everything they sell.

This page is here to help you find vegan skincare, makeup, hair care, body care, fragrance, beauty-from-within products and aromatherapy options without digging through every label and brand policy yourself.

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Use the list below to find the help you need.

Skincare can be difficult to check because vegan and cruelty-free do not always mean the same thing.

Some products are plant-based but not clearly cruelty-free. Others are cruelty-free but still contain animal-derived ingredients such as honey, beeswax, lanolin, collagen, elastin, milk-derived ingredients, snail mucin or animal-derived glycerin.

Makeup can be especially difficult to check because ingredients are often hard to trace unless a product is clearly labelled vegan.

Carmine, beeswax, lanolin, shellac, silk powder, collagen and animal-derived glycerin can all appear in makeup, and they are not always obvious from the product name or shade description.

Hair and body care can take more checking than expected because products are not always vegan, even when they look simple or natural.

Honey, beeswax, lanolin, milk proteins, silk proteins, keratin, collagen, tallow and animal-derived glycerin can all appear in shampoo, conditioner, soap, body bars and body care products.

Fragrance can be difficult to check because perfume ingredients are not always listed clearly.

Some perfumes and scented products can use animal-derived ingredients, animal testing, beeswax-based balms, musks, ambergris-style materials or unclear fragrance blends.

Beauty supplements can be tricky because a lot of products aimed at skin, hair and nails are not vegan.

Collagen, keratin, gelatin capsules, marine extracts, beeswax and animal-derived vitamin D can all appear in beauty supplements.

Vegan Verity does not list every option online.

The aim is to help you narrow the choice without digging through endless tabs, unclear labels or random product claims.