When contacting companies, although not vegan myself, I usually enquire as to which of their products are suitable for vegans. This is primarily due to the fact that a list of vegan products is usually more readily available than a list of products that do/do not contain carmine. There's also the fact that some companies class themselves as fully vegetarian, yet use carmine for pigmentation/colour, which leaves a lot of confusion on the end of the consumer.
- Carmine Free Makeup
- Carmine Free Eyeliner
- Cruelty Free Lipstick
- Mac Carmine Free Lipstick Color
- Vegan Lipstick Brands
Shiro, Blackbird, Dreamworld Hermetica, Baroque, and Fyrinnae, just to name a few, make entirely vegan (so carmine-free) shadows. Brands that aren't all-vegan will usually mark their shades one way or another for ease of identification as well. Silk Naturals makes dupe sets of all of the Naked palettes, all of which are carmine-free. 3 g / 0.1 US oz. Expected to ship in 1-2 weeks. Expected to ship in 1-2 weeks. MAC Love Me Lipstick. Regular Price $21.00 $12.99. Regular Price $19.00 $12.99. Clinique Even Better Refresh 1 Fluid Ounce NC40 Cream Chamois. Regular Price $32.00 Special Price $28.99. MAC Versicolour Varnish Cream Lip Stain: Effervescent, Like Candy, Set of 2. Regular Price $44.00 Special Price $29.99. MAC Lustre Lipstick. A palette that gets you backstage-ready with our most popular lipstick shades. ($40 Value) No Rating. 6 g / 0.21 US oz. SUBSCRIBE & SAVE Deliver every 30 days Deliver every 45 days Deliver every 60 days Deliver every 75 days Deliver every 90 days Deliver every 120 days. Temporarily out of stock. Which MAC Makeup Items Are Vegan. The most common ingredients that MAC uses that are non-vegan include lanolin, beeswax, and carmine. Unfortunately, the popular MAC eye kohl is made with beeswax, although some colors are carmine-free. However, many colors of their eye makeup and several other products do not contain carmine or other animal byproducts, including.
Carmine Free Makeup
Carmine Free Eyeliner
Great news for Nars face powder users! However, it would be infinitely better if Nars could omit Carmine from the ingredients in their well-known blushes and bronzers!
What do you guys think?
A while back, the internet was a buzz after learning that the red color of the infamous Starbucks frapp is from crushed bugs and not fruit. The dyes used in their strawberry drinks used to contain cochineal, a coloring agent made from crushed, ground up tiny beetles primarily found in South America and Mexico. The company released a statement saying, “At Starbucks, we strive to carry products that meet a variety of dietary lifestyles and needs. We also have the goal to minimize artificial ingredients in our products. While the strawberry base isn’t a vegan product, it helps us move away from artificial dyes.”
You don’t say. Heaven forbid they use actual real strawberries to make a “strawberry” drink. I know, it’s such a radical, tree hugging idea to use the real red ingredient that’s listed as being sold.
After the fallout from the revelation that people had been sipping on crushed bugs this whole time, the company released a statement saying, “Our expectation is to be fully transitioned to lycopene, a natural, tomato-based extract, in the strawberry sauce (base) used in our Strawberries & Crème Frappuccino® blended beverage and Strawberry Banana Smoothie. […] Our intention is to be fully transitioned from existing product inventories to revised food and beverage offerings near the end of June [2012] across the U.S.”
WHAT IS COCHINEAL?
Cochineal has been used since the 15th century as a coloring agent. However, one would think that as our technology advanced so has our coloring skills. But here is the kicker, after all that lead in lipstick hoopla, it’s even more uncommonly known that that cochineal is frequently used in cosmetics, more specifically red based cosmetics, like your lipsticks. In the packaging, this red base is listed as “Carmine,” “Natural Red 4,” or “Crimson Lake.” Yes ladies, there are crushed bugs in lipstick.
IS COCHINEAL DANGEROUS?
Many people are allergic to these bugs and the dye is known to cause severe allergic reactions and asthma. However, cochineal is considered safe by the FDA, and is used to color jellies, alcoholic drinks, meat, cookies, cheddar cheese and other desserts including red velvet cake (we know! the hurt!) plus many other food products that we eat daily. Honestly, we kinda don’t think it’s such a big problem to color cosmetics and other foods with cochineal but it could pose a problem for some of us, understandably.
WHAT ARE THE BEST VEGAN, BUG FREE LIPSTICK BRANDS?
Luckily, there are options if you don’t want to deal with crushed bugs in lipstick. Here is a list of “Carmine,” “Natural Red 4,” “Crimson Lake,” and vegan lipstick brands to try so you can stop bugging out, Lydia.
Cruelty Free Lipstick
100% Pure
Afterglow Cosmetics
Alba Botanica (primarily lipglosses)
Alima Pure
Au Naturale
Aveda
DuWop
e.l.f.
Emani Vegan Cosmetics
Gabriel Cosmetics
INGLOT
Inika
Juice Beauty
Just Pure Minerals
Kat Von D
Lime Crime
Mineral Fusion
Nvey Eco
Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics
Pacifica
Mac Carmine Free Lipstick Color
