My heart is heavy with everything going on in the US right now. People are hurting and I took the last two weeks to really reflect on my beliefs, how I feel and what I can do to help.
As a resource to the cruelty-free community, I have seen first-hand that beauty products need improvement on being more inclusive with different skin tones and shade ranges. I also have noticed that the brands listed on The Ultimate Guide: Cruelty-Free Brands List are predominantly owned by non-black people. So, I am making it a priority to add more diversity to my cruelty-free guides and reach out to black-owned brands to add to my lists.
See below for a full list of black-owned brands that you can support as a 100% cruelty-free consumer.
Any brand listed as cruelty-free on Free The Bunnies has absolutely no ties to animal testing, including the parent company, and cannot sell in China. You can read more about the Free The Bunnies standard here.
CRUELTY-FREE BLACK-OWNED BRANDS
Black-Owned Makeup Brands
- Ace Beaute
- Aeva Beauty
- Beauty By Stony
- Bossy Cosmetics
- Coloured Raine
- Glamlite
- Kalon Kosmetics
- Kitaka of London
- Klarity Kosmetics
- Lamik Beauty
- Leilano
- Loola Cosmetics
- Makeup Addiction Cosmetics
- Maréna Beauté
- Marie Hunter Beauty
- Mented Cosmetics – 100% vegan
- Omolewa Cosmetics
- OPV Beauty
- Ruba Beauty
- Sabreen Cosmetics – 100% vegan
- September Rose Co – 100% vegan
- The Bold Brand
- Uoma Beauty
Black-Owned Hair Care Brands
- Afrocenchix – 100% vegan
- Anita Grant
- Briogeo – ONE OF MY FAVES!
- Jane Carter Solution – 100% vegan
Black-Owned Nail Polish Brands
- Dimension Nails – 100% vegan (Also love!)
- Mented Cosmetics – 100% vegan
- Nash + Pino – 100% vegan
- OOO Polish (Triple O Polish) – 100% vegan
- Pear Nova – 100% vegan
- People of Color Beauty – 100% vegan
Black-Owned Skincare & Body care Brands
- Anita Grant
- BeautyStat Cosmetics
- Dehiya – 100% vegan
- Dirt Don’t Hurt Me – 100% vegan
- Eu’Genia
- Jacq’s – 100% vegan
- Marie Hunter Beauty
- Mocha Whip – 100% vegan
- Oui The People
- Organic Bath Co
- Shimirose – 100% vegan
- SIMKHA – 100% vegan
- Sula NYC
- The Luv Scrub
- The Honey Pot Co – 100% vegan
- Unsun Cosmetics
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XO, Stephanie