I have pink and black hair, love glittery shadow, black eyeliner and glossy lips. I accomplish my look and still remain vegan and cruelty free. In the cosmetic department you will be lucky to find a lipstick without beeswax or carmine or an eye shadow that does not contain carmine. (Carmine is pretty much a fancy word for bug juice used as a color agent in most cosmetics).
Other animal-derived ingredients to watch out for may be in various soaps and creams which can contain animal fats such as tallow and lard. Gelatin, animal glycerine, collagen and placental cells are also all slaughterhouse products, often found in shampoos. Lanolin is another common animal-based product found in a wide variety of cosmetics and pharmaceutical creams. Lanolin comes from the sebum of sheep, which is fatty lubricant matter secreted by sebaceous glands of the skin.
I am here to help. From department stores to online cosmetics you to can create your own look while remaining true to your beliefs.
Natural stores or health food stores may not be the first place you would go to find cosmetics in great colors. One company however is proving a lot of people wrong. The company is
No Miss and they produce vegan nail polish and loose eye shadow in colors that range from metallic blue to black. The company does make other cosmetics and the only ones that they say are not vegan are the lip products containing beeswax. The prices are usually about $3.50 for nail polish and $4.50 for loose eye shadow.
If your shopping style is more upscale why not head over to the Origins counter. Origins products are about 95% vegan safe. Some products
contain honey or beeswax. Check out the
Origins website and ask costumer
service for a list of the products that contain honey and beeswax so
you know what to avoid.
Origins is great for basics. Prices range in the color field from about $7.50 to $18. Most products are around the $12 mark. They stock the
best black pencil liner (in my opinion at least), violet eyeliner, lip gloss
in many colors, blush that works great as eye shadow and eye shadow that
ranges from black to purple.
If you like shopping online or this is your only choice there are many options available. If you do a
Google search for “vegan cosmetics” you will more than likely find a few sites you like. To get you started why not try
Vegan Essentials? They have a few lines that are very goth friendly in the color department. They stock a wide range of eye shadow colors, lipstick shades and glosses. If you do not find anything you like or crave a one of a kind color eye shadow why not try
Picky. They will make any product vegan if you ask.
If you are in the UK I suggest you try
Barry M cosmetics. The line does include vegan products and the web site has a list of what is vegan safe. They make some of the greatest bright metallic loose eye shadow I have ever tried.
Now that you have a trunk full of makeup you may need help with your hair.
Hot Topic has a line of hair dyes called RAW that cost $12.99 and range from pink to green. I am currently using them and find them to work rather well. The colors are very bright. However if you do not live near a Hot Topic you can order Special Effects from a vegan company called
Koszka’s and have it delivered to your door. If that still is not enough for you
Nrage has dye and bleach kits available in many hair care supply stores.
To take care of your hair you can find plenty of vegan styling products at your natural food shops. I use John Paul Mitchell styling products like the color lock system. The British/Canadian handmade cosmetics company,
Lush, also offers some fantastic vegan-friendly hair and bath products. The Veganese Conditioner smells fresh and delicious!
I hope this has helped a few people out there. I want more people to find out that good style does not mean products made out of or tested on animals. Who said all vegans are into the natural look?
Have any other sites/companies you’d like to suggest? Please
drop a line.
