Vegan Beauty News – December 2019
Welcome to this month’s summary of the top news from the world of vegan and sustainable beauty. If you found your way here from the monthly newsletter, great! If not, then you can sign up by clicking here.
Vegan Beauty Girl Announces 31-Day Vegan Beauty Challenge 🎉🎉🎉
2020 is a new beginning, and hopefully the next big step to a brighter future. That’s why this Veganuary we’re sending out daily emails (yes, daily!) to give you Nicole’s top tips on how to revamp your makeup bag and become a 100% vegan beauty queen!
The emails will cover:
- Shopping vegan beauty on the high street
- Knowing which cruelty-free certifications to trust
- Explaining the China issue
- Finding the top dupes for your favourite non-vegan beauty products
- Discovering how to reduce bathroom waste
- Make the transition as affordable and sustainable as possible
Plus lots, lots more. We have a whole month to go through this in little bite-sized chunks.
To sign up CLICK HERE.
UpCircle Launch 3 New Products Made from Excess Food Waste
Long-time followers of Vegan Beauty Girl will know just how much we love UpCircle, what they do and what they stand for! In the run-up to Christmas, they’ve launched 3 new products, including:
- A cleansing face balm made from discarded apricot stones
- A clarifying face mask made from discarded olive stones
- A face moisturiser made from discarded argan shells
To find out more about any of these products, head over to the Upcircle website.
Evolve Launch Christmas Range
Organic beauty brand Evolve launches a new range of Christmas products. The range includes gift sets, stocking fillers and a brand new candle that aims to de-stress the mind with its calming fragrance.
Revolution’s Vegan Advent Calendar Discontinued – Beeswax Listed as Ingredient
This story really highlights the power we, as consumers, have over big brands. A VBG follower informed us that the Revolution Advent Calendar (included in our Vegan Beauty Advent Guide) had beeswax as an ingredient, despite being labelled vegan.
We spoke to Superdrug and Revolution about this, long-story-short, it was a printing error. However, the calendars have been taken off shelves nonetheless. If you’d like to read more on the story, click here.
Lush Expands Vegan Perfume Range
Worldwide beauty company Lush have gone and added a whole load of new vegan-friendly fragrances to their perfume range. At VBG we absolutely adore Lush (especially their perfumes) so it”s great to see lots of new scents!
Kesha Announces Vegan & CF Beauty Brand ‘Kesha Rose Beauty’
The American singer recently announced that she will be launching her very own beauty brand. Kesha Rose Beauty is a collaborative project between her and American cosmetic brand, HipDot. Full details of the range are yet to come, but expect a ‘celestial-inspired’ eyeshadow palette (with 12 shades), eyeliners and lipsticks.
Superdrug Open Their Biggest Ever UK Store – With Beaty Studio
Superdrug have opened their largest store to date in Birmingham. The super-sized shop features an in-store studio where shoppers can get their nails and/or brows done.
The Original Satchel Store Swaps Leather for Pineapple Leaves
The Original Satchel Store has completely replaced the use of leather from all their products. Instead, they now use Piñatex (pineapple fibre-based leather). In a statement on their website, they said: “We have decided not to make our bags from leather ever again.” Hooray!
New Vegan ‘Leather’ Made from Cactus Hits Market
An innovational duo from Mexico have invented a leather substitute out of cactus (cactuses, cacti?? 🤔). The guys behind Desserto set out to find a high-quality and sustainable substitute for leather and turned to the cactus for an answer. We hope to see plenty of cactus leather products in the near future!
PETA Certifies Aussie Products ‘Cruelty-Free’ Despite Continued Sales in China
Hair care brand Aussie recently announced they achieved PETA Certification status as a cruelty-free brand. However, Aussie continue to sell in China, where their products are required by law to be tested on animals.
The issue of what is and isn’t cruelty-free is not as simple as it should be. To help guide you, we’ve put together a standalone post on the Aussie issue.
House of Fraser Goes Back on Fur Ban
House of Fraser have been found selling fur products in their stores, despite stating in 2017 that they had “a strict no-fur policy”. The news created a huge backlash with many consumers expressing their anger against the brand, which forced them to remove the fur products from their stores.
However, the brand is yet to re-commit to its ban on fur.