Bite Beauty Acquired by Kendo

One of the most recent cruelty free brands to be sold in Sephora is Bite Beauty. The number of cruelty free options available at Sephora stores is relatively small. Especially if you avoid parent companies who test on animals. Many avoid Sephora all together because their house line, manufactured by their sister company Kendo, is tested on animals. It has just been announced that Kendo has now purchased Bite Beauty.

This announcement has many concerned that Bite Beauty will now change its stance on animal testing. Kendo is a part of the LVMH company with a focus on expanding beauty brands into the global market. As the brand itself states,

“Kendo is developing and selling beauty brands & products, primarily through Sephora’s international network (Americas, Europe, Middle-East, Asia), both in stores and online. Kendo’s portfolio currently includes brands such as Marc Jacobs Beauty, Ole Henriksen, Formula X, Kat von D and several others. For a year, Kendo has been successfully launching an ambitious expansion plan to build several strong brands at a global level and has built a team to lead that expansion.“

According to a press release posted by Cosmetics Business, Susanne Langmuir, founder of Bite Beauty, said,

“I am thrilled to join Kendo, and to work with David and his team, to take Bite Beauty to the next level of growth and success. I am confident that with Kendo’s support, Bite can expand its presence well beyond what we have achieved today, to become a world recognized and highly desired brand in the prestige beauty market.”

In the past, reps at both Sephora and Kendo have told me that all brands produced by Kendo fall under the required by law animal testing stance. Where this situation may be different is that Bite Beauty was already an established beauty brand.

I have updated the list of cruelty free and vegan brands to list Bite Beauty as a Grey Area brand. I have also noted that they are owned by a parent company who tests on animals.

I have reached out to Bite Beauty to ask if they will be changing their animal testing stance. Hopefully I hear back from the brand soon and can let readers of Logical Harmony know if the brand itself has changed their stance on animal testing.