

Is vegan & cruelty-free contour expensive? Please Note: For the sake of simplicity, this list does not include brands that have ‘vegan options’ for contour it only includes companies whose contour products are completely vegan and cruelty-free.
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What brands make vegan & cruelty-free contour?Ĭontour that’s both vegan and cruelty-free can be hard to find, but not if you know where to look! Fortunately, the following brands exclusively make contour that’s full vegan and cruelty-free… in other words, completely animal-friendly! Vegan alternatives to beeswax: Candelilla wax Soy wax Sustainable carnauba wax, Cerecin.Aliases: Apic cerana, Apis Mel, Apis mellifera, Apis Mellifica, Cera Alba, Cera Flava.

It’s used in contour as a thickener, and an emollient. It also happens that many bees are killed or have their wings and legs torn off because of haphazard handling when they are farmed. Vegan alternatives to lanolin: plant and vegetable oils.īeeswax: Beeswax is made from melting honeycomb with boiling water, straining it, and cooling it.Aliases: Lanolin Acids Isopropyl Lanolate Laneth Lanogene Wool Fat Wool Wax.The cruelty towards sheep in the wool (and as a byproduct lanolin) industry is often overlooked but well documented: “Inferior” sheep are killed sheep are transported without food or water, in extreme heat and cold, legs are broken, eyes injured castration without anaesthetics…and it goes on. Used as an emollient in many drugstore brand and other contours. Lanolin: A product of the oil glands of sheep, extracted from their wool. Vegan alternatives to squalene: Plant-based oils, most notably olive oil and palm oil.

Squalene: Typically derived from shark livers, it’s used in contour and other cosmetics as a moisturizer, and for it’s reported anti-aging effects. While it certainly isn’t exhaustive, we’ve put together a list of the most common animal and insect-derived ingredients that are used in non-vegan contour, including some of their aliases, why they're used in contour, and some of their vegan-friendly alternatives.
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Good News! No matter what skin type you have, or what type of makeup your skin prefers, all types of contour, such as cream, powder and pencil contour, can all be vegan and cruelty-free! What animal and insect-derived ingredients are commonly used in contour? In other words, ‘cruelty-free’ refers to the testing methods, while ‘vegan’ refers to the origin of the ingredients.
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The term “vegan”, with regard to contour, refers to contour that doesn’t contain ingredients that are derived or sourced from animals or insects, whereas the term “cruelty-free” refers to contour that’s free of animal testing, including the individual ingredients used in those products. What is ‘vegan’ & ‘cruelty-free’ contour?
