Aurora Cosmetics

July 24, 2015

The brand answered all of my questions thoroughly. Their products or ingredients aren't tested on animals and they require verification of that from their suppliers. Furthermore, all of their products are vegan, which is a plus! 

Hey Honey

July 24, 2015

The brand answered all of my questions and I'm positive that they're a cruelty-free company. They don't test on animals and require verifications from their manufacturers and suppliers. 
They use propolis in their products, which is a derivative from bee hives. This makes their products not vegan, although they're vegetarian. 

Raw Skin Ceuticals

June 11, 2015

The company answered all of my questions thoroughly. I believe that the company is cruelty-free and 100% vegan! 

WEN

June 20, 2015

"Guthy│Renker and Chaz Dean do not believe in animal testing.

Chaz Dean products have been listed as cruelty-free on the www.leapingbunny.org website as well.

The following WEN® products, distributed by Guthy-Renker, are vegan, and are free of any animal byproducts:

•         Cleansing Conditioner

•         Remoist Intensive Treatment

•         Replenishing Treatment Mist

•         Smoothing Straightening Gloss

•         Styling Crème

•         Volumizing Root Lift

•         Volumizing Treatment Spray

However, the Defining Paste and Texture Balm do contain White Beeswax NF.

I have included an ingredient list for all of the Wen® by Chaz Dean products, offered at Guthy│Renker, as an attachment to this e-mail.

By visiting our website, www.wenhaircare.com, and clicking on the Countries drop down menu (located at the bottom of the screen), you will be able to see all of the countries that we distribute our products to.  However, all WEN® products are manufactured in, and distributed from, the United States. "

They are certified by leaping bunny (double checked on their website) and all of their products are vegetarian, with most of them being vegan! 

Eco Sevi

June 9, 2015

"We are 100% vegan owned and operated -- as a matter of fact we were one of the first all vegan companies out there formulating products and bringing attention to one of the most crucial aspects of formulating a vegan product. Ingredients being tested on animals were overlooked/ignore and we were probably the only company doing things the hard way at the time. Choosing this path meant spending hours of research time, contacting raw material manufacturers and asking for documentation on the raw materials we wanted to work with. Our ingredient choices dwindled down nearly by 80%, leaving us with very few choices, which made things very difficult for us, but we would not have had it any other way :D

Unfortunately, even companies using the term 100% vegan on a particular product formulate products that are not vegan -- quite a few companies own several brands (think Estee Lauder, which owns Aveda, La Mer,  Bobby Brown, Clinique, Ojon, Origins, MAC, ) and use the same manufacturing facility. Some companies create a vegan line in addition to their main non-vegan lines and promoted them under different brands. 

Beauty industry is not so pretty at times and that is why us vegans have to stay united. It is wonderful that you keep asking questions, don't ever stop!

Now onto what we do! Our vegan policy can be found on our website, under about us section, http://www.ecosevi.com/pages/our-vegan-policy and we are not sold in China and do not plan on selling anywhere outside of the United States at this time. We may work with some Canadian or European companies (France, England) perhaps, but that is the extend we plan on expanding. We hand-craft products and do not plan on mass-producing, hence we won't be all over the world :)"

Very clear and thorough response! I believe this company is cruelty-free and vegan. 

Molly Rose Balms

June 9, 2015

"Thank you so much for your interest in our products! In answer to your questions, Molly Rose Balms is an independent company that never rests on animals, nor are any of our products our ingredients ever tested on animals. We also do not sell to anyone who requires animal testing. We do use dyes in some of our products which have been formally regulated by the FDA, which does not require animal testing. Therefore, all of our products are 100% vegan."

They haven't mentioned if they required verification from their suppliers that they don't test on animals, so I requested some clarification. I got a response that they do require it. Based on the above, I believe this brand to be cruelty-free and 100% vegan. 

Original Sprout

June 10, 2015

"Thank you for your interest in our products.  Our company  is privately owned.  All of our products are 100% vegan.  We do not accept any ingredient known to be derived from an animal.  Our products are independently tested by two FDA approved labs. 

Original Sprout is proudly sold in China and made in America."

I'm so upset to hear that this company isn't cruelty-free. They didn't even try to state that they don't test on animals and "proudly" sell their products in China. This brand is certified by PETA and I'm not sure why. I don't consider it to be cruelty-free.