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If you’re vegan or prefer to avoid animal products, read on to discover seven of the highest rated brands that are making vegan skincare, makeup, and body products.

The state of vegan beauty

When Good On You surveyed 239 large and small beauty brands we found that, despite the discussion around vegan cosmetics getting ever louder, there’s still only a fraction of brands that have actually committed to eliminating animal-derived ingredients entirely from their product ranges. 9%, to be precise, are certified as vegan by the likes of PETA, Vegan Society, or Vegetarian Society. Another 9% state they’re vegan but don’t have a certification to back that up.

Meanwhile, 40% of brands clearly disclose using animal-derived ingredients, and even more aren’t publishing enough information about their ingredients. Beeswax, keratin, lanolin, and shellac are some of the most common animal-derived ingredients you’ll find in formulas. And while it’s true that more vegan brands are emerging, it’s still a challenge to find them. To that end, we’ve rounded up the highest rated beauty brands in our database that are also vegan.

Many other highly rated beauty brands such as Lush, Tata Harper, and Carol’s Daughter, also make vegan products but are not entirely vegan across their range, so while we haven’t included them in this round-up, it’s worth checking out their offerings to see what is available and fits your values.

7 top-rated vegan beauty brands

Disruptor London

Disruptor London is a PETA approved vegan beauty brand that aims to replace unsustainable personal care products with lower-impact ones produced according to five key principles: in­gre­di­ent trans­paren­cy; re­spon­si­ble con­sump­tion; wa­ter­less for­mu­las; re­spon­si­ble man­u­fac­tur­ing; and plas­tic-free pack­ag­ing.

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Odylique

Odylique makes vegan beauty products for people with sensitive skin. All its ingredients are certified to Soil Association’s organic standards.

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UpCircle Beauty

UpCircle Beauty was created with circularity in mind: “Our ultimate mission is to leave the world better than we found it by transforming ingredients that would otherwise be discarded into natural, organic beauty products,” says the brand.

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Youth To The People

Founded in 2015, Youth To The People is a vegan, cruelty-free skincare brand that manufactures its products in California. The brand opts for glass bottles to minimise its plastic use and is working towards fully recyclable packaging.

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Lucy Bee

Lucy Bee is a UK-based organic skin and bodycare brand known for its coconut-based products. It is certified vegan and cruelty-free, states that it does not use monkeys in its coconut sourcing, and does not use palm oil in its formulas.

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Editor's note

Feature image via Disruptor London, all other images via brands mentioned. Good On You publishes the world’s most comprehensive ratings of fashion and beauty brands’ impact on people, the planet, and animals. Use our directory to search thousands of rated brands.

We updated this article on 14 January 2026. Our editors frequently make updates to articles to ensure they’re up to date. We refreshed our selection of brands to ensure we’ve included brands with recent ratings.