2013-10-23

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Hi there! I wanted to say hello to my new readers, and old ones too! For those of you new to Phyrra, let me tell you a little about my blog. I originally started blogging because I couldn’t find very many mineral foundation makeup reviews, so I wanted to share my experiences with indie mineral makeup.  I slowly evolved into trying makeup tutorials, reviews and all sorts of other posts. This blog shows my progression with makeup, improving my skill, as well as with photography.

Now I cover reviews, tutorials, lifestyle, the occasional fashion post, and anything else that strikes my fancy. I also take requests! Just send me an email

From 1999 until March 2012 I was a MAC fan. That’s when I found out that MAC was selling in China and no longer cruelty free. Many other brands came out along that time as selling in China, such as Smashbox, Avon etc. That was really my catalyst into writing a letter to MAC (they never responded) and deciding I would only buy cruelty free.

It also led to me research what cruelty free means and what brands I would support. I choose to support cruelty free brands who are not selling in China, even if they have a parent company that is not cruelty free. I would not want to be blamed for the actions of my parents, as I’m a separate entity. This means that I support brands such as Urban Decay, NARS, Tom’s of Maine, the Body Shop, Bath & Body Works, bareMinerals, Buxom, Burt’s Bees and Victoria’s Secret.

If a brand is not cruelty free but decides to go cruelty free, I will support them! I want brands to stop testing on animals.

I have products from MAC and other brands, such as Make Up For Ever that were purchased before I went cruelty free on my blog. I’m using these products up but I won’t repurchase them unless they become cruelty free. I have also had brands tell me that they were cruelty free only for me to later find out they are not. When that happens I share it on my blog (such as with Laura Mercier).

I use sites such as Paula’s Choice, Leaping Bunny, PETA, NAVS, My Beauty Bunny and Logical Harmony to research brands. I also reach out to brands directly to find out about their cruelty free status. When brands contact me, I ask them the following questions ‘Is your brand cruelty free? Are you selling in China?’ I always look for the dreaded “Our brand does not conduct animal testing, nor ask others to do it on its behalf, except when it is required by law.” That ‘except when it is required by law’ typically means China. However, there are exceptions to that! You can sell in Hong Kong, but nowhere else in China, and still be cruelty free because Hong Kong is exempt from testing.

You can visit Skin Store China directly to see brands that are being sold in China at Skin Store China. You see what brands are being sold at the Sephora China Website.

I also highly recommend emailing brands. Sometimes they might surprise you.

Recently I went to sign up for Ipsy and I made sure to only select cruelty free brands during the sign up. However, I didn’t see a box to tick off for cruelty free only, so I contacted customer support. They sent me this response back:
Thanks for your interest in our Glam Bags! We really commend your decision to live a cruelty-free lifestyle and would love to support you. At this time, we are unable to guarantee that your bag will contain only cruelty-free products. Many of our brand partners do make only vegan or cruelty-free products, so you should receive some products you can use in every Glam Bag, but we can’t guarantee that all of the products will be vegan or cruelty-free every month. We really appreciate your feedback because it helps us know what kinds of Bags to create in the future. If we have enough demand for a vegan bag every month, we’ll do our best to make it happen.

So I cancelled my signup, but it encouraged me to share that they want people to email them to ask for cruelty free. I often feel like, if just enough people would email a company, they might consider a change.

Below is my cruelty free brand list. This is not a comprehensive list of all the brands out there, but this is a list of brands that I believe are cruelty free. You can also check out my Best Cruelty Free Beauty Brands that Ship Internationally post if you are outside of the USA and looking for options.



Brands that are Cruelty Free

A England

Addiction NV

a.dorn nail polish (vegan)

Alima Pure

the All Natural Face (many vegan products)

Anastasia Beverly Hills

Ardency Inn

Ardell Lashes

Aubrey Organics

bareMinerals (parent company is not CF)

Barielle

Barry M

Bath & Body Works (parent company is not CF)

BB Couture

bdellium tools (vegan)

Ben Nye

Beautisol (vegan)

Beauty Junkees

BECCA Cosmetics

BftE Cosmetics

Bite Beauty

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (BPAL)

Burt’s Bees

butter LONDON

Buxom (parent company is not CF)

Chantecaille

China Glaze

Cinema Secrets

Cocoa Pink (some products are vegan)

Color Club

Concrete Minerals (98% vegan. 4 products are not. Blitzkrieg, Doe-Eyed, Sabotage and eye primer)

Cover FX

Crystal Body Deodorant (vegan)

Cult Nails

Darling Girl Cosmetics

Deborah Lippman

DERMAdoctor

DermOrganic

Dose of Colors

Dr. Brandt

Dreamworld Hermetica (formerly Dreamworld Minerals)

DuWop

e.l.f. Cosmetics

ecoTools

essence

Eyeko

Ellis Faas

Ellovi (vegan)

em Michelle Phan (parent company is not CF)

Embryolisse

Epically Epic Soap Co. (many vegan products)

Face Atelier

Femme Fatale Cosmetics

Finger Paints

Flower (vegan)

Freeman Beauty (parent company is not CF)

Furless (vegan)

FutureDerm

Fyrinnae (vegan)

Gabriel Cosmetics (vegan)

Geek Chic Cosmetics

Girly Bits Nail Lacquer

Glamour Doll Eyes

Glisten & Glow

glo Minerals

Gosh

Hard Candy

Hare Polish

Hourglass

Illamasqua

Inglot

It Cosmetics

IT&LY

Jane Iredale

Jason Naturals

Jesse’s Girl

JINsoon

Josie Maran

Julep

Kat Von D (parent company is not CF)

KBShimmer

Kiss My Face

Koh Gen Do

Kryolan

LA Minerals

Laura Geller

LAVANILLA

Le Métier de Beauté

Lilly Brush

Living Proof

Lipstick Queen

Literary Lacquers

Lolade

Lorac

LVX

Mally Beauty

Makeup Geek

ManGlaze

Manic Panic (vegan)

Marc Anthony

Mehron

Meow Cosmetics

Melt Cosmetics (vegan)

Method (vegan)

Michael Todd True Organics

Milani

Mirabella

Morgana Cryptoria

Motives

Murad

My Konjac Sponge

Nails Inc

Napoleon Perdis

NARS (parent company is not CF)

NCLA

The New Black (vegan)

NUDE Skincare (almost all products vegan)

Ninja Polish

Nubar

Nyx Cosmetics

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics (vegan)

Ofra Cosmetics

Ole Henriksen

Orly

Overall Beauty

OWN Skincare

Ozotic

Pacifica (vegan)

Paul Mitchell

Paula’s Choice

Performance Colors

Physicians Formula

POP Beauty

piCture pOlish

Pixi Beauty

Pretty Serious

Pureology (parent company is not CF)

Purely Cosmetics

Relogy (vegan)

Ren Skincare

Reviva Labs

Rock Your Hair (vegan)

Rouge Bunny rouge

Senna Cosmetics

Seventh Generation

Sigma Beauty

Silk Naturals (almost all products vegan)

Sobe Botanicals

Sonia Kashuk

Stila

Sugarpill (almost all products vegan)

Sunday Riley

Supergoop!

Surya Brasil (vegan)

Swagger Cosmetics (vegan)

Tarina Tarantino

Tarte

TheBalm

the Body Shop (parent company is not CF)

tokidoki

Too Faced

Ulta

Urban Decay (parent company is not CF)(on Leaping Bunny & PETA’s lists)

Wet n’ Wild

Wing Dust

Victoria’s Secret Beauty (parent company is not CF)

Youngblood Minerals

Zoya

Some companies that are NOT cruelty free (not a complete list, but I was asked to add some)

Almay

Amazing Cosmetics

Aveeno

Avon

Benefit

Bobbi Brown

Boscia

Bumble & Bumble

Chanel

Clarins

Clinique

Cover Girl

Dior

Dr. Jart+

Estee Lauder

Garnier

Giorgio Armani

Givenchy

Guerlain

Jack Black

Jurlique

Kiehl’s

L’Occitane

L’Oreal

Lancome

Laura Mercier

MAC

Make Up For Ever

Marc Jacobs

Mark

Mary Kay

Maybelline

Neutrogena

NYC (New York Color)

Olay

OPI

Philosophy

Redken

Revlon

Rimmel

Sally Hansen

Smashbox

YSL

Delurk, say hi and share your favorite cruelty free brands!

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