Cruelty Free Nail Polish

*Updated June 2014*

Whether you are an animal activist or just a human being with compassion for all creatures great and small, its sensible to be informed about the products you buy and use. We hope this post helps you to become informed about the brands that test and that you will only support companies that manufacture and sell their products humanely.

This blog post is a work in progress which we will refine and add to as more information comes to light. We have researched these companies extensively through a number of sources including Choose Cruelty Free, PETA, Animals Australia and directly from the companies themselves. If you are in doubt about any of the companies listed please contact the company themselves for your own piece of mind. There is also a great app from Choose Cruelty Free  that can help you make informed choices when you are shopping.

CRUELTY FREE BRANDS

These are companies that neither perform tests themselves, ask other companies to test, or benefit from other brands' testing. [V] denotes a vegan brand, however not all products made by the brand may be vegan. Also brands without a V may also be vegan however I could not find information about them at this time.

·      Acquarella

·      A Beautiful Life

·      Adorn

·      a england

·      American Apparel

·      Australis

·      Barry M [V]

·      Beauty Without Cruelty

·      Biologika

·      Bourjois
·      Bundle Monster

·      Butter London

·      Catrice [V]

·      Catwalk Cosmetics

·      Chi Chi

·      China Glaze

·      Color Club [V]

·      Cult Nails

·      Deborah Lippman

·      Del Sol
·      De Lorenzo
·      Dermalogica

·      E.L.F. [V]

·      Essence

·      Face of Australia

·      Gellish (Nail Harmony USA)

·      GOSH

·      Hard Candy

·      Hopscotch Kids

·      Illamasqua

·      Inglot

·      Innoxa

·      Jessica

·      Kleancolor

·      L.A. Girl

·      Le Reve

·      Lime Crime

·      Lush

·      ManGlaze

·      Milani [V]

·      Misa

·      Morgan Taylor (Nail Harmony USA)

·      Nails Inc

·      Nail Tek [V]

·      Nina Ultra Pro [V]
·      Natio

·      Nfu Oh

·      Nubar [V]

·      Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics [V]

·      Orly

·      Ozotic

·      piCture pOlish

·      Piggy Paint

·    Paul Mitchell

·      Priti [V]

·      Spa Ritual [V]

·      Seche

·      Wet n Wild

·      Zoya [V]

THE GREY AREA

The companies that may not perform tests themselves, but still either benefit from other brands' testing, or are owned by a parent company who does test on animals, or test cosmetic ingredients where required by specific countries laws (China). It's complicated!

·      Avon

·      Burt's Bees (Clorox)

·      Chanel

·      Covergirl

·      Essie

·      George by ASDA

·      Jurlique

·      Lancome (L'oreal)

·      Le Tan

·      L'Occitane

·      L'oreal

·      Mary Kay

·      Nars

·      Nicole by OPI (Coty)

·      Nutrimetics 
·      NYX (L'oreal)

·      OPI (Coty)
·    Pure Ice (Revlon)

·      Red Earth

·      Sally Hansen (Del)

·      Sephora by OPI 

·      Sinful colours

·      The Body Shop (L'Oreal) 

·      Urban Decay (L'Oreal)

·      Yardley

DON'T DO IT

The companies who DO test on animals. BAD BAD BAD!

·      Andrew Collinge

·      Anna Sui

·      Aramis

·      Aveeno

·      Band-Aid

·      Biotherm

·      Bobbi Brown

·      Bonjela

·      Braun

·      Cacharel

·      Cashmere Bouquet

·      Chapstick

·      Clairol

·      Clean & Clear

·      Clearasil

·      Clinicare

·      Clinique

·      Colgate

·      Crest

·      Decore

·      Disprin

·      Dolce & Gabbana

·      Donna Karan

·      Dove

·      Dior

·      Dufour

·      Durex

·      Elizabeth Arden

·      Estee Lauder

·      Eulactol

·      Fruitrience

·      Garnier

·      Gillette

·      Giorgio Armani

·      Gucci Fragrances

·      Head & Shoulders

·      Herbal Essences

·      Hugo Boss

·      Impulse

·      Johnson & Johnson

·      Kerastase

·      Kiehl's

·      Lacoste

·      Lancome (Loreal)

·      Lemsip

·      Listerine

·      Lux

·      Lynx

·      MAC

·      Max Factor

·      Maybelline

·      Michael Kors

·      Missoni

·      Miss Sporty

·      Mum

·      Nair

·      Neutrogena

·      Nice 'n Easy

·      Nurofen

·      NYC

·      Olay

·      Old Spice

·      Optrex

·      Oral B

·      Palmolive

·      Pantene

·      Pearl Drops

·      Pears

·      Pert

·      Plax

·      Ponds

·      PPS

·      Radox

·      Ralph Lauren Fragrances

·      Reach

·      Redken

·      Revlon

·      Rexona

·      Rogaine

·      Sally Beauty Supply

·      Sanex

·      Saturn

·      Savlon

·      Scholl

·      Sensodyne

·      Shiseido

·      Shu Uemura

·      Simple

·      SK-II

·      Speed Stick

·      St Ives

·      Stayfree

·      Steradent

·      Strepsils

·      Tampax

·      Tom Ford

·      Tommy Hilfiger

·      Tony & Guy

·      TREsemme

·      Vaseline

·      Veet

·      Venus

·      Vicks

·      Vidal Sasson

·      Viktor & Rolf 

·      V05

·      Waxeeze

·      Wella

·      Wella Balsam

·      Zest

If you believe the information in this post is incorrect please contact DQN at dqnails@gmail.com or comment below. We love hearing from you guys – things change all the time and we might have missed companies being bought out by bigger companies that do test - so when things happen let us know and we can adjust the lists.