Laura Mercier is No Longer Cruelty Free

Laura Mercier is No Longer Cruelty Free

Sadly, another brand has decided to change their stance on animal testing. Laura Mercier, a brand that as recently as two weeks ago was telling consumers they were against animal testing, is now testing on animals when “required by law”. Recently there was some confusion over the brands status as consumers were receiving unclear responses. Then people started to realize that the question in Laura Mercier’s FAQ section about animal testing was removed as well.

After hearing that people were receiving various responses from the brand, and after Gayle from Cruelty Free Kit contact me about the response she received, I wrote to Laura Mercier myself asking to hear more about their stance on animal testing. In my email, I specifically asked about testing on finished products, during production, and testing done on behalf of the brand. I also asked about the use of animal ingredients. The response that I received was –

Good Morning,

Thank you for contacting us with your question. We do not test our products on animals. We do however use animal derived products such as lanolin, beeswax, carmine, and cultured pearls in some of our products. We do use some natural animal derived hairs in some of our brushes. The hairs are obtained as a byproduct.

For a complete list of ingredients for any of our products, please visit our website and click on the “ingredients” tab on the product’s detail page. Thank you for your interest in Laura Mercier Cosmetics!

Since the email focused mostly on animal ingredients and did not answer most of my questions, I wrote to them again. My email said that I thought it was great that they do not test on animals, but was confused about if that applied to just the finished items or also during production and the ingredients. I also specifically asked if Laura Mercier items tested on animals in markets where it is required by law. This is the response that I received from Laura Mercier –

We oppose animal testing and our products are not tested on animals unless required by government regulations. We actively lead initiatives to create alternatives to required animal tests.

As many involved in the vegan and cruelty free beauty scene are aware, testing on animals as required by law is still an unnecessary and cruel practice. There are few markets that require cosmetics to be tested on animals. Brands who test on animals, to sell where required to by law or not, are still unnecessarily choosing to test their items on animals.

This situation is especially frustrating since recently Laura Mercier was assuring other cruelty free bloggers that they did not test on animals. The brand is on many cruelty free lists as, sadly, this is a very recent change in their stance on animal testing. However, the brand has not been endorsed by Leaping Bunny as being cruelty free. They were also unresponsive when NAVS (the National Anti-Vivisection Society) and PETA both inquired about their stance on animal testing.

It’s unfortunate that Laura Mercier has decided to start testing on animals where it’s required by law. However, there are still plenty of vegan brands out there that are worth supporting! Check out the full list of cruelty free and vegan brands supported by Logical Harmony to view some alternatives!

17 Comments

  1. I was going to place a 200.00 order, well not now! Test on people who consent not innocent animals who have no voice ! SHAME on you Laura Mercier

  2. Have you checked an update on Laura Mercier I emailed them myself and they said they don’t test nor do they sell in china or any place required by law.

  3. Hi Tashina! Have you seen this blog post from Cruelty Free Kitty? Laura Mercier said that they did not go to China at all. What do you think about this?

    I love your blog and I trust your cruelty free list more than any other one 🙂

    1. I have, but I don’t think it changes anything with Laura Mercier. They have had that stance on testing for well over a year now.

      When they first started to say that these statements were removed from their package, I asked if this meant that their stance on required by law testing had changed. They told me that it had not, and they do still test when required by law, but had just removed the statement from their packaging. 🙁 I’ve talked to them as recently as a month or so ago and was told the same thing. I’ll have to update the post on LH about this.

      I wish I had better news and could say that they are cruelty-free. But I simply don’t trust that they are.

  4. Hi Tashina! This is so unfortunate. I am a vegan and have been a long-time user of Laura Mercier hydrating foundation primer. I have dry skin, so it keeps it from flaking while also keeping my makeup on! Some makeup for dry skin is too oily and so the makeup melts off throughout the day. Can you recommend a vegan cruelty-free alternative? Thanks!!

    1. I haven’t tried their primer, so I’m not exactly sure of what could be an identical dupe. That said, these are some great hydrating primers that I have used – Cover FX Calming Primer, Too Faced Hangover Primer, Hourglass Priming Viel, BECCA Backlight Primer, Pacifica Rose Gold Primer and the Pacifica Jasmine Iris Primer. I hope one of these will work for you!

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