Vegan cosmetics - these brands are on the market
Different brands offer vegan cosmetics - but unfortunately the manufacturers do not always label animal-free products accordingly. We give you an overview.
What makes cosmetics vegan?
Unfortunately, not all brands that offer cosmetic products work vegan. Because even if the vast majority of products have no animal ingredients, some manufacturers test their products on animals. The labeling is often ambiguous or missing entirely, which is why you should be particularly careful:
- On some cosmetic items such as shampoos, creams and makeup, there is a label that the product has not been tested on animals, but there is no drawing on the product whether it is vegan or not.
- This choice of words is deliberately misleading. Because it is often not the finished product that is tested on animals, but one or more of the ingredients.
- However, there are also many brands that produce vegan cosmetics - even in the nearest drugstore. Unfortunately, very few label their products accordingly.
These are brands with vegan cosmetics
Since many brands produce vegan cosmetics, but do not label it so, you should research in advance on the Internet which products from certain manufacturers are vegan. There are also brands that only produce vegan. Often, however, these can only be found in shops with a correspondingly large selection or online.
- Catrice, essence and LOV are among the inexpensive cosmetic products that you can find in every drugstore. All of the brand's products are cruelty-free and almost all of them are vegan. Since this is not marked, you should research the products you are interested in online.
- NYX offers a whole range of vegan cosmetics. Even if all products are made entirely without animal testing, you should research online beforehand whether the corresponding item is really vegan.
- In Germany you will also find shops from The Body Shop that offer care products and cosmetics. A rigorous company policy is represented here: None of the products offered is related to animal testing.
- Various methods are available for researching specific articles and brands. For example, if you go shopping in the dm drugstore, you can visit the website beforehand. All products are labeled accordingly if they are vegan.
- In addition, PETA provides a list of cosmetics manufacturers who do not have or do not have animal testing done. Just keep in mind that there are also non-animal products that are not vegan!
Overview of questionable ingredients
If you come across an animal-free product, it is not automatically vegan. So that you can differentiate, we have listed the most common e-fabrics that are not vegan and mainly concern red tones. The red color is often obtained from the blood of scale insects.
- E120 - carmine red
- E153 - biochar, charcoal, natural coal, biochar
- E161g - xanthophyll, canthaxanthin
- E163 - anthocyanins