This is a guest post by Adrienne Orpheus of adorpheus.com.
When I first heard about Shiro Cosmetics, I fully admit I was pretty skeptical. There are a lot of eye roll-worthy brands desperately attempting to capitalize on “nerd culture” in any way possible these days. Being a geeky girl, this sort of thing used [...]
VBR reader Melinda brought this bit of news to my attention today → Urban Decay posted a disclaimer on their website saying their Eyeshadow Primer Potion was mistakingly labeled “vegan.” Thanks for havin’ our backs, Melinda!
What a bummer… but at least they’re honest about it. So yeah, go ahead and gift those primer [...]
All right makeup gurus, brace yourselves for Glittersniffer Cosmetics—”Bite-sized treats for you inner color fiend.”
Glitter, cupcakes, shimmery, colorful eyeshadows (←a few of my favorite things)… Umm, yes please! First off, the name Glittersniiffer is GENIUS! Seriously, if glitter was sniffable/snuffable, I would SO need an intervention.
I recently discovered this insanely, ridiculously cute (vegan & cruelty-free) line [...]
I’d like to start out by saying that I am, and forever have been, smitten as a kitten with Urban Decay… their products are cruelty-free, richly pigmented, shimmery, cutely packaged, and over half of their cosmetics line is vegan. Even though they have a slew of vegan products, this is the first time Urban Decay [...]
Guest post by Mila
I am a five-year vegan and a lifetime makeup lover! Since becoming vegan I have looked for other ways to discard harmful products from my life. Finding affordable mineral makeup with good colors has been challenging, but I found an awesome company called Pink Quartz Minerals. When you go to the [...]
There are a lot of makeup companies that have a few select vegan or cruelty-free items but how nice would it be to take out the guess work and label reading process when finding vegan cosmetics? Well, Emani Minerals is a completely vegan, gluten-free, paraben-free, cruelty-free makeup line and they use 100% recycled paper goods [...]

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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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