Beauty with conscience – Anti-cruelty beauty products

Celebrate beauty with a clear conscience by making the right choices when buying beauty products.

Informed choices play a part in making the fashion and beauty industries more aware of ethical behaviour towards the environment.

Here’s a list of cruelty-free beauty products and brands available in stores in South Africa:

• African Extracts Rooibos
• Catrice
• Charlotte Rhys
• Dermalogica
• Dr. Sole
• Epi Max
• Gaia Organics
• Good Stuff
• Jeunesse
• MRP Home products
• Noughty Haircare
• NYX
• Oh So Heavenly
• Pepper Tree
• Physicians Formula
• Soil
• The Body Shop
• Too Faced
• Urban Decay
• Wet n Wild
• Noughty Haircare
• Woolworths Private Label & Earthfriendly personal products and Cosmetics

Above list focusses on products readily available in various stores and outlets.   There are also a wide variety of products available from online stores which are not listed here.

To find a more comprehensive list on local cruelty-free bands, see the BWSA’s humane guide.

Supplied lists of cruelty-free products are just a part of the awareness campaign and do not claim to be comprehensive so the onus is still on the consumer to take a stand against possible animal cruelty and environmental damage.

Take the first step, check the labels for signs of of Beauty Without Cruelty, Leaping Bunny or PETA Cruelty Free, and vote with your wallet by buying and supporting cruelty-free beauty products.