When I first switched to using all vegan beauty and household products, I was really surprised at how easy it was to find vegan nail polish. There are a lot of cruelty-free brands that offer a lot of vegan options and there are also a lot of brands that offer vegan nail polish too. A lot of people have seemed really surprised when they learn that all nail polish isn’t vegan.

People know about animal testing and what brands to avoid because of that, but not about animal ingredients that polish can contain. The short story is that a lot of brands test on animals, but a lot of nail polish also contains animal ingredients. Read more about what makes nail polish vegan and learn what these animal ingredients are.

Below are brands that are not only cruelty-free but also offer vegan nail polishes.

Cruelty-Free Nail Polish Brands:

• 100% Pure
• AILA Cosmetics
• Barry M
• Beauty Without Cruelty – 100% vegan
• Blu Ink Nail Lacquer – 100% vegan
• Butter London
• Ciaté
• Color Club
• Deborah Lippmann
• Deco Miami – 100% vegan
• Dimension Nails – 100% vegan
• ELF – 100% vegan
• Ella + Mila
• Fairypants
• Joshik Polish
• Habit Cosmetics
• Gabriel Cosmetics
• Kester Black
• KL Polish – 100% vegan
• La Couleur Couture (LACC)
• Lauren B. Beauty – 100% vegan
• LVX – 100% vegan
• Madam Glam – 100% vegan
• Manic Panic
• Marc Jacobs Beauty
• Mented Cosmetics – 100% vegan
• Milani
• Mineral Fusion
• NCLA Beauty – 100% vegan
• No Miss
• Nash + Pino – 100% vegan
• NYX – It should be noted that they are cruelty-free, but their parent company is not. =
• OOO Polish (Triple O Polish) – 100% vegan
• ORLY
• Pacifica – 100% vegan
• Pear Nova – 100% vegan
• People of Color Beauty – 100% vegan
• piCture pOlish
• Piggy Paint
• Piggy Polish
• Pixi Beauty
• Priti NYC
• RMS Beauty
• Ruby Kisses
• Sienna Byron Bay – 100% vegan
• SpaRitual
• Sugarpill Cosmetics
• Trust Fund Beauty
• Ulta Collection
• Urban Decay – It should be noted that they are cruelty-free, but their parent company is not. 
• Wrenn – 100% vegan
• Zoya

Cruelty-Free Gel Polish Brands:

The following cruelty-free brands also make cruelty-free gel polish.

• Barry M
• Deborah Lippmann
• Dimension Nails – 100% vegan
• Madam Glam – 100% vegan
• NCLA Beauty – 100% vegan
• OOO Polish (Triple O Polish) – 100% vegan
• Pear Nova – 100% vegan

Cruelty-Free Builder Gel Polish Brands:

• Dimension Nails – 100% vegan
• Madam Glam – 100% vegan

Cruelty-Free Builder Dip Powder Brands:

• Dimension Nails – 100% vegan
• Madam Glam – 100% vegan

Cruelty-Free Poly Gel Polish Brands:

• Dimension Nails – 100% vegan
• Madam Glam – 100% vegan

Cruelty-Free Drugstore Nail Polish Brands:

The following are cruelty-free nail polish brands that can be found in the drugstore:

• Barry M
• Beauty Without Cruelty – 100% vegan
• ELF – 100% vegan
• Ella + Mila
• Gabriel Cosmetics
• Milani
• Mineral Fusion
• NYX – It should be noted that they are cruelty-free, but their parent company is not. 
• ORLY
• Pacifica – 100% vegan
• Pixi Beauty
• Ulta Collection
• Zoya

Nail Polish Brands that are NOT Cruelty-Free:

The following brands are not cruelty-free and also make nail polish. This is not a full list but just includes the most popular brands out there.

• Creative Nail Design (CND)
• Essie
• Formula X
• L’Oreal
• Max Factor
• Maybelline
• Revlon
• Rimmel
• Sally Hansen
• Sinful Colors

Do you know of other cruelty-free nail polish brands? Please comment and let me know! I’d love to keep expanding this list to include more options!

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