So you can make your beauty routine vegan

So you can make your beauty routine vegan

So you can make your beauty routine vegan

BEAUTYVegan tampons, crustacean-free nail polish and cruelty-free skin and hair products. These are the keys you need to show off an authentically vegan toiletry bag

By Tish Weinstock

2021 may have only just begun, but the networks have already seen the hashtag #Veganuary2021 reach 46,000 mentions, not to mention the more than a million that its counterpart #Veganuary has received. It is, for those who still do not know, an initiative that does not stop growing throughout the planet and whose objective is to embrace veganism during the first month of the year. If we take into account that there is no planet B for when we no longer have resources left on it, the truth is that it might not hurt to try it.

While the first steps towards veganism are obviously related to what we eat (and substituting plant-based alternatives for dairy and meat in our diets), perhaps for some people to give up cheese or chocolate for an entire month can be very uphill. Seen this way, why not start by changing our beauty routine and making sure that there are no traces of animal cruelty in our favorite cosmetics?

Demand for vegan cosmetics has skyrocketed in recent years, especially since the start of the pandemic. "There is increasing interest in everything related to sustainability and the vegan formulation of the cosmetics we use," says Jenni Middleton, director of cosmetics and trend analyst at the WGSN agency. "In fact, once the animal origin of the coronavirus was made public, many people decided to stop using ingredients and compounds of animal origin in favor of natural alternatives that have proven their effectiveness in cosmetic treatments of all kinds."

This is, then, the best moment that could have been presented to us to familiarize ourselves with veganism. In fact, the range of vegan brands, products and treatments available to all budgets is only growing, and knowing how to choose the product is as simple as looking for the PETA or The Vegan Society logo on the packaging. The key, in short, is to avoid cosmetics that have been tested on animals or that contain ingredients of animal origin such as beeswax, carmine, allatoin, gelatin, honey, lanolin, squalene, or amber. grey.

Here is a brief guide on how to make your beauty routine completely vegan.

1. Buy vegan tampons, pads and menstrual cups

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When we think of veganism, we tend to stay with the idea of ​​rejecting all those products of animal origin. However, we must not forget either that animal cruelty or the degrading treatment of animals is a fundamental pillar of veganism, and unfortunately many cosmetic brands continue to test their products, to this day, on animals. The following brands offer vegan products that you can incorporate into your intimate hygiene: The Honey Pot Co, Natracare, The Honest Company, Seventh Generation, and Dame. All of them are sustainable.

2. Bet on vegan hair care

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Biotin, keratin, beeswax, gelatin, cetyl alcohol, stearic acid, and pearl powder are all animal-derived ingredients commonly found in shampoos and conditioners. In fact, most hair care products have previously gone through a phase of animal testing.

However, in the market we can find a wide variety of natural alternatives that will leave your hair with exactly the same softness, shine and texture and without breaking the bank in the attempt. Proof of this are Bleach London, Aesop, Odacité, IGK Hair, INOAR, Virtue, Beachwaver, Made for Life Organics, Noughty or Evolve Organic Beauty. Also, if we opt for products whose packaging is easily recyclable, we will be doing the seabed and oceans a favor.

3. No false mink eyelashes

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It is true that good false eyelashes accentuate (and capture) all eyes. However, the vast majority of manufacturers use animal skin to make them, especially mink that are locked up in tiny cages crowded in farms. The good news is that with brands like Huda Beauty, Velor Lashes, Charlotte Tilbury, Sweed Lashes, Jolie Beauty or e.l.f Cosmetics, you can help make this practice disappear from the face of the earth.

4. Protect skin (yours and animals) with vegan products

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For any self-respecting vegan person, skin care tends to be a tricky subject since the vast majority of products that promise to hydrate the skin (serums, moisturizing creams, balms, etc.) tend to have ingredients of origin animal like squalene, an oil obtained from shark liver. What brands can help you? Drunk Elephant, bareMinerals, some Glossier cosmetics, Sunday Riley, Votary, Tata Harper and pretty much all Dermalogica products.

5. The deodorant, better 'cruelty-free'

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Like hair products, most deodorants have been previously tested on animals. Many of them also contain ingredients of animal origin such as bee pollen, chitosan (which is extracted from the exoskeleton of some crustaceans, such as shrimp), propolis, stearic acid and urea. Luckily, there are many alternatives on the market, from brands such as Schmidt's, Zion Health, Herban Cowboy, Habitat Botanicals or Booda Organics.

6. Vegan perfumes

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The most frequent cosmetic ingredient of animal origin is ambergris, a compound that is obtained from the intestine of the whale and is used as a fixative in perfumes along with other compounds and musks from the genitalia of the deer, the beaver, muskrat, genet and otter. Even so, vegan options we have galore. You just have to see the catalog of Le Labo, Eden, Laboratory Perfumes or Chantecaille.

7. Don't forget the eye shadows

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With eye shadow, there is a rule that you cannot ignore: the brighter it is, the greater the probability that that shine that lights up your eyes will come at the cost of real pearls, oysters or even mussels. Of course, do not worry. Brands like CoverGirl, Ilia, Urban Decay, Morphe, Milk, or Lime Crime have vegan alternatives that will give you the same results.

8. Use vegan products on your lips

Whether by using beeswax or using carmine, which is obtained from small insects that are precisely called carmine cochineal, lipsticks usually have an impact quite large in the animal kingdom. Hourglass, Anastasia Beverly Hills, Too Faced, and Illamasqua all have vegan alternatives at your disposal. Don't forget to keep an eye on them.

9. Nails that don't hurt anyone

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Like eye shadow, most of the opalescent pigments found in nail polish originate from crustaceans. The same nail lacquer, moreover, comes from the secretions that a certain insect, the lacquer mealybugs, produce on a daily basis. So why not try the vegan nail polishes offered by Lola Makeup, Nails Inc., Peacći, Karma Organic, Lauren B. Beauty or Nailberry?

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