5 vegan beauty products you need to try!

Being a vegan is not just about cutting out all animal food products – it also extends to beauty products and cosmetics.

Do you actually know what’s in your make-up? Dried, crushed bugs (called cochineal or carmine) can be used in all kinds of products, including the many red lipsticks, while ingredients such as fish scales and bird fat could also be in your make-up without you even realising.

A ‘cruelty-free’ label doesn’t mean the product is vegan either. It means a product or ingredient was not tested on animals during development, but the company may still be using animal ingredients, so it’s not exactly ‘cruelty-free’.

To take the confusion out of vegan beauty we’ve selected the 5 vegan beauty products you need to try!