Best cruelty-free/vegan brands?

[Mame58]

What are your favorite cruelty-free/vegan brands?

[inkybrown]

Haha this thread is tailor made for me! Crueltyfreekitty has the best info. I have shown that website to the employees every time I shop there because they "cannot believe" that Fresh, Benefit, etc are not cruelty free. Usually the employee helping me is grateful to learn what makes a product cruelty free and, for example, why NARS is no longer cruelty free. It's easy to shop CF at Sephora! Vegan is another story. Most of the cruelty free brands are not all vegan! And have a very small selection of vegan items. Why would anyone want crushed up bugs or sheep grease on their faces? (Let me tell you, Sephora does not have a cream blush that is vegan! I took the no-makeup makeup class and everything she showed me had lanolin or beeswax.) Kudos to Kat von D for pledging to go all vegan. Anyway my go-tos for makeup are Kat von D, Tarte, Urban Decay, and Too Faced (the latter 3 if you don't mind the parent company not being cruelty free). I also like Hourglass and Marc Jacobs Beauty for special products. As for CF skincare, Herbivore, Tata Harper, Sunday Riley, and Ole Henriksen are my favorites but I just bought the whole Tatcha regimen and it is amazing. Just watch out for silk or pearl powder in some of their products! They are Japanese after all. 

(oh and if you are interested in drugstore brands there are things like NYX, elf, Wet N Wild, and Flower)

[Mame58]

Thank you so much for the great info! You bring up an interesting dilemma: brands that are CF, but their parent co's aren't - I have to say still wouldn't buy. Only way for parent companies to get the message is to not buy from any of their brands, sadly.

[FlaunttheCurls]

BH Cosmetics, Kat von D, Urban Decay, Wet N Wild, Smashbox --- my top 5 list

[Mame58]

Thanks for the great info!