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15 Vegan Make-Up Products For All The Animal Lovers Out There

Treat your make-up stash to a vegan diet.

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Elle UK

If you think vegan make-up is as boring as plain tofu, think again.

While Vieve, Rare Beauty and KVD Beauty are making a name for themselves as 100% vegan beauty brands, even make-up giants like Glossier and Fenty Beauty are formulating more and more of their products sans any animal byproducts, going one step further than cruelty free in a bid to meet the growing needs and demands of every beauty obsessive out there.

Instead of lanolin and beeswax to name but a few animal derivatives, products are now filled to bursting with vivid vegan pigments, nourishing natural vitamins and skin-perfecting plant extracts galore – and they're just as impressive as their non-vegan counterparts. Just think about your favourite internet-viral beauty products. Milk Hydro Grip Primer? Vegan. Saie Glowy Super Gel? Also vegan.

So, discard the notion that vegan make-up is restrictive or second rate and check out the very best vegan make-up products out there right now.

Shop The Best Vegan Make-Up

Hourglass Veil Hydrating Skin Tint

Veil Hydrating Skin Tint

Hourglass Veil Hydrating Skin Tint

Now 20% Off
£39 at Cult Beauty

While we're all major fans of Hourglass' signature powders, its luxury base formulas are also a hit. This lightweight vegan skin tint comes in an elaborate range of shades and provides a weightless lasting coverage that doesn't break down throughout the day. Add to cart, immediately.

Vieve Modern Radiance Cream Bronzer

Modern Radiance Cream Bronzer

Vieve Modern Radiance Cream Bronzer

Now 20% Off

If there's one thing that beauty influencer and make-up artist Jamie Genevieve has mastered, it's a pigmented cream that appears totally skin-like. This sleek bronzer has been a failsafe for the ELLE UK beauty team throughout winter and we're not switching it out any time soon.

Saie Dew Blush

Dew Blush

Saie Dew Blush

Now 20% Off

This buildable blush is light, pretty and totally believable. Stocked with shades from baby pink to sunburnt flushes, its effortless gel can be used as a pop of colour on pared back bases or layered over powder for a rich lively hue.

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Milk Makeup Sculpt Stick

Sculpt Stick

Milk Makeup Sculpt Stick

Looking for a travel-friendly contour product? This bitesize stick is one of the creamiest sculptors on the market. Formulated without animal byproducts, its super emollient texture is generously pigmented with truly cool, shadow-like tones. This is how we're cheating model-ready cheekbones this season.

Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Foundation

Beautiful Skin Foundation

Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Foundation

When we heard Charlotte Tilbury's new vegan-friendly foundation launch was landing, we were pretty damn excited, and with good reason. The perfect antidote to the miserable British weather, Beautiful Skin foundation boosts your complexion with a glowy and plump finish. No dry patches welcome here.

Tower28 BeachPlease Luminous Tinted Balm

BeachPlease Luminous Tinted Balm

Tower28 BeachPlease Luminous Tinted Balm

This Californian brand knows how to inject some sunshine into your make-up routine. A swipe of this balmy tint onto your cheeks will grant you a dewy post-surf flush on a Santa Monica beach without getting your feet wet.

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Glossier Ultralip

Ultralip

Glossier Ultralip

If you're looking for a lippie that feels like a balm, without compromising on punchy pigment, this hyaluronic acid and nourishing three-oil blend is the buttery-soft lipstick for you. The girl-next door of beauty struck gold with this one.

Huda Beauty GloWish Cheeky Vegan Blush Powder

GloWish Cheeky Vegan Blush Powder

Huda Beauty GloWish Cheeky Vegan Blush Powder

Now 25% Off

In four fresh-skinned shades, from a warm soft peach to a cool pop of cherry, this foolproof vegan blush blends like a dream. Build to your hearts desire, either for a sheer wash of healthy colour or a brighter flattering flush.

Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 30

Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 30

Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 30

If you're looking for a just-woke-up-like-this base, this is the skin tint we'd vouch for. With SPF30, niacinamide, squalane and hyaluronic acid, this lightweight elixir ticks some serious skincare boxes, all wrapped up with a gentle boost of skin-evening coverage.

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KVD Beauty Good Apple Skin Perfecting Foundation Balm

Good Apple Skin Perfecting Foundation Balm

KVD Beauty Good Apple Skin Perfecting Foundation Balm

There's a reason you couldn't scroll down your Instagram feed without seeing this foundation when it launched; one swipe of this balm leaves your complexion with more coverage than a royal wedding, with a hydrating yet soft matte finish that could convert even the most hardcore dewy-finish devotee.

RÓEN Eyes On Me Eyeshadow Palette

Eyes On Me Eyeshadow Palette

RÓEN Eyes On Me Eyeshadow Palette

Now 20% Off

There's nothing more gutting than spying a pretty palette and realising its rife with carmine (a non-vegan red or purplish-red pigment commonly used for eye make-up). Luckily, this copper-hued collection of shadows is completely plant-based, with some of the butteriest tones we've ever swatched. Totally harmonious, this is our go-to for a multi-dimensional sunset smoky eye.

Too Faced Soleil Bronzer - Chocolate

Too Faced Soleil Bronzer - Chocolate

Too Faced Soleil Bronzer - Chocolate

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We can’t judge beauty products on what they smell like but if we did, this would be a winner. The bronzer gives you a chocolate hit whilst managing to keep cheeks perfectly bronzed (no patchiness to see here).

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Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Blush

Soft Pinch Liquid Blush

Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Blush

The ultra-pigmented Rare Beauty blush truly is make-up gold. Adored by TikTok and the ELLE UK beauty team alike, you only need a light-handed dab of this concentrated colour and voilà! A prettifying flush that lasts all day.

Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Heat

Gloss Bomb Heat

Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Heat

The original Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb has remained a fan favourite and for good reason; it's glossy, it's comfortable and it's vegan. So, it was no surprise when we fell in love with their latest iteration, the Gloss Bomb Heat. This wet-look lip makes your lips look visibly fuller in the same flattering shades we know and love.

Axiology Beauty Lid To Lips Balmies

Lid To Lips Balmies

Axiology Beauty Lid To Lips Balmies

If you're looking to streamline your make-up bag as well as making it more vegan-friendly, these nifty multipurpose crayons from Axiology lend a balmy tint to your lips, cheeks and lids. The bonus? They're completely plastic free.

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