A Few Good Reasons to Go Vegan:
• You'll save lives
• You'll live a lot longer
• You'll have more energy
• You'll reduce your risk of cancer
• You'll reduce your risk of heart disease
• You'll have lower blood pressure and cholesterol
• You'll get better nutrition
• You'll lower your chances of getting food poisoning
• You won't be ingesting growth hormones and antibiotics
• You'll get sick less often
• You'll fit into your old jeans
• You'll give your body a spring cleaning
• You'll have healthier skin
• You'll make a strong political statement
• You'll reduce waste and air pollution
• You'll earn good karma points
• You'll save money
• You'll help save the planet
Famous Animal Friendly Quotes
"Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends."
~George Bernard Shaw
"You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car."
~Harvey Diamond
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals."
~Immanuel Kant
"I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being."
~Abraham Lincoln
"To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana."
~Buddha
"To consider yourself an environmentalist and still eat meat is like saying you're a philanthropist who doesn't give to charity"
~Howard Lyman
Ingredients to avoid when shopping for cosmetics and skin care:
• Animal products
• Animal by-products
• Animal testing
• Parabens
• Sulfates
• GMOs
• Silicones
• BHA/BHT
• Artificial colors
• Artificial fragrances
• Propylene glycol
• Phthalates
• PEG 15
• Toluene
• Pesticides
• Petroleum
• Mineral Oil
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Orly ison PETA cruelty free list and they are one of my favorites
The french brand ” Avril ” http://www.avril-beaute.fr/37-vernis
L.A Colors is cruelty free and $1 at discount stores like family dollar and dollar tree!!! Love<3
Ooh, awesome!! Thanks, good to know!
I know! I love them and the quality is awesome
Do you know if OPI is still cruelty-free? Especially since they were bought out and I know their parent company tests and sells in China. I’m having trouble getting an e-mail response from them.
Hey can anyone tell me if LA Colors nail polishes are cruelty free?
Is Julep vegan? They don’t test on animals. I think their polishes are vegan.
I’m pretty sure they are but I’d contact the company directly to confirm.
When I asked them I was told that their red polishes were not vegan, but the rest of their products were vegan. Their polishes are also four-free, woohoo!
I love Zoya and Sparitual! They both last an extremely long time, depending on the color. Zoya probably lasts longer. And I believe both companies are entirely vegan.
A bunch of the products mentioned here I haven’t tried yet. Some of them I won’t try because if there are companies that don’t use animals at all and it’s specifically in their mission statement (so I fear less to give them support as they’re less likely to sell out to violent parent companies later) – then why would I even give the other companies a second look? There is more than enough selection nowadays in polish and makeup and shoes etc that there’s no reason to compromise our values for getting shiny
If you’re on the cheap, go for ELF! Their polishes are only a dollar. Probably not as high quality as the others but at least now we can’t say that vegans have to buy expensive stuff
When I was getting a pedicure at an Aveda salon last year they told me that they had switched to Zoya polishes (from OPI), because OPI was not vegan. They said that OPI uses fish scales in its glittery polishes and that this practice was not in line with the Aveda’a ‘nature/natural’ policy so they stopped using their products.
Yeah OPI’s ingredients aren’t even vegan anymore. I use Zoya as well, it’s an amazing polish and lasts 5-7 days on me which blows my mind.
If you contact OPI directly they will tell you that they have stopped using fish scales in their polishes and all nail lacquers are a vegan formula. So all new colors are vegan, but be aware that old circulating shades may contain guanine (fish scales). And apparently it was only used in 19 shades…ever.
OPI is however not vegan as their mother company (Coty) does animal testing. If you purchase OPI then you are giving money to Coty.
If you happen to have a Five Below (sort of an odd dollar store) around you, check out Funky Fingers nail polish. It is obscenely inexpensive (3 for $5), vegan (Formaldehyde, Toluene, DBP and paraben-free), owned by Forsythe Cosmetic Group (leaping bunny certified) which also makes Color Club (retail up there with OPI and Essie) and has a suprisingly wide array of awesome colors that are at times identical to it’s more expensive sister.
Funky Fingers.
Five Below.
Check it out! Just discovered they were vegan today, after a fair bit of round about searching (my sisters own a TON of their stuff) and was so deeply pleased I felt the need to share the joy with my fellow vegan nail varnish fans!
Both OPI and Essie are not cruelty free. I don’t care what anyone says, when a company is bought by a mother company that does massive cruel animal testing on their other products, that means there is blood on ALL their products. Why on earth would a vegan put money in the pockets of people who are going to use it to hurt animals.
So how do you feel about shopping at Whole Foods or eating at omni restaurants? Are you all or nothing?
I don’t know why you are comparing gas to nail polish. If you have a choice between a cruelty free product or one that does animal testing. Why choose the latter.
I don’t know what Whole Foods is I live in Canada and I don’t eat at restaurants except the 2 vegan restaurants in my city. Really don’t understand why you are trying so hard to defend Coty and L’Oreal on everyone’s posts. We choose not to support these companies, what’s it to you?
First of all, I am NOT defending L’Oreal or Coty. What really sucks is that these cruelty-free companies cave in and allow themselves to be acquired by bigger companies that DO test. However, most of these products still claim to be cruelty-free… and I think it’s good to show companies that there is a demand for their products that ARE indeed cruelty-free.
I was comparing this to shopping at Whole Foods (or Trader Joe’s, or your local natural foods store, etc) where you may buy your vegan food that also happens to sell me meat and dairy. Your money would then be supporting the sale of “cruelty” to some degree, so I don’t think it would be entirely fair to attack someone for shopping there, just like it’s not fair to make someone feel bad for buying a cruelty-free product from a brand that isn’t 100% cruelty-free. Personally, I try to avoid buying such products altogether, but I don’t feel bad letting my readers know what their options are. To each his or her own.
And the reason I brought up gas… I was genuinely curious about how you’re able to stay away from animal-tested products completely. If you do, that’s awesome. There are just so many everyday items we use that contain animal ingredients and/or have been tested that we don’t even think about (birth control pills, all medications, gas, rubber, etc.).
And do you ever buy gas for your car?
Zoya is pretty good but Nubar is my go-to vegan nail polish brand. Not only are their colors AMAZING (I’m currently rocking indigo illusion) but their quality is great and they proudly display “Cruelty Free & Vegan” top and center of their website. Oh yeah, and they’re also 4 free.
So, they’re all cruelty-free. Which ones are also vegan friendly??? I’m not a vegan myself, only vegtarian. I still eat eggs and dairy. But I’m just not comfortable using products that have bits of (possibly abused) animals in them. It feels like torturing the animal myself. I want to be 100% certain before I buy!!!
Any suggestions for vegan/cruelty free nail polish REMOVERS?? thanks!
OPI is owned by Coty which is NOT cruelty free. And Essie was bought by L’Oreal which is definitely NOT cruelty free.
any ideas on suncoat? heard that it is natural too
no concern about OPI ingredients just its parent company Coty.
OPI in NOT vegan but you might check out Zoya and Color Club…both fabulous polish brands. And as a previous reader suggested vampyvarnish.com has a great list of cruelty-free (not necessarily vegan) companies.
I’ll have a Zoya post up sometime this week.
OPI actually is vegan (and cruelty-free). Which ingredients are you wary about?
Thanks!
OPI isn’t actually cruelty-free… check out one of VampyVarnish.com’s last few posts, she talked about it.
OPI actually is cruelty-free.
Isn’t Essie cruelty free? Please don’t say it isn’t! Love Essie and would hate to drop them.
Hi Maria,
This is what I found on PETA’s website:
“PETA used to include Essie on our list of companies that do not test their products on animals. When Essie was acquired by L’Oréal, we contacted the company to request that it sign an updated statement of assurance confirming that it will remain cruelty-free. Essie has not responded to multiple letters. As a result, we have removed Essie from our cruelty-free list as a precaution. We hope to clarify this matter soon and add Essie to our cruelty-free list again.”
Nope. They were until Loreal bought them.
Love love love Scotch, especially because they are Phoenix locals but Priti is great, too as far as free of toxins plus being vegan. Great list!
I like Zoya but it’s kind of pricey for me. But I love ELF polishes and also Wet N Wild.
I love Zoya. They’ve got such a wide range of colors! And I think it’s fun to wear the color named after me.
Love this post, there are some brands new to me, thanks!
FYI, OPI was bought by a company that DOES test, so depending on how you feel about things like that, it’s no longer 100% cruelty-free.
I like Sinful Colors, you can find them in Walgreens. Most vegans I know use Zoya.
Also, there is a HUGE nail polish thread on the PPK with lots of pictures!
http://forum.theppk.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=87
Opi has always been used at the salons I go to, but I never knew it was cruelty free! I’ve never tried any of those other brands, but no I’ll have to!