The Ultimate Guide to Cruelty-Free Nail Polish Brands
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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Mineral Fusion has awesome nail polish that’s cruelty free and vegan.
http://mineralfusion.com/index.php/shop/nail-color-and-care/nail-polish/nail-polish
I completely forgot about them. Thanks for the reminder, Amy! 🙂
Pacifica Beauty is also vegan and 100% cruelty free.
http://www.pacificabeauty.com/makeup/nail-polish
Ginger and Liz is vegan
Hi Elise,
Thanks for suggesting this brand! I haven’t looked into them before, which is why they don’t appear on the list. I’ve just sent them an inquiry and have added them to the pending brands list. Please check back in the future to see what list they are on. This will depend on how fast I hear back from them.
Serum No.5 is both Cruelty Free and Vegan. The polishes are handmade too. I’m a big fan of this new found brand in IG.
Thanks for suggesting Serum No. 5! We have reached out to them and they will be added to the Pending Brands list. Please check back for future weekly update posts about the brands list. These updates are posted every Sunday. 🙂 Have a great day!
Hi Tashina,
Did you ever follow up with Kester Black? They are by far the best vegan brand in Australia and the only company to have CCF, Leaping Bunny and Vegan Society accreditations.
Hi Stephanie,
They are now on the Cruelty Free section of the list! 🙂
Ginger + Liz polishes are vegan
Hi Mik,
Ginger + Liz are currently on the Pending Brands section of the Cruelty Free & Vegan Brand List. Once I receive a reply from them, they may be added to this list. Thanks for suggesting them! 🙂
Julep offers vegan, 5 free and 4 free formulas.
I have reached out to Julep about their animal testing stance and use of animal ingredients many times, but have never received a response. Because of this, I don’t feel comfortable adding them to the list.
Furless Cosmetics do a heap of colours which are all vegan. They’re an Aussie brand who also do amazingly soft makeup brushes. I’ve not tried any of their polish because my nails peel and the colour peels off when the nail does. Tracking down a vegan nail treatment is tough, most have silk in them thus my nails still peel. I’m not sure if the nail polishes can be posted outside of Australia though, some can’t because they’re considered dangerous goods. But I know there are lots of Aussies who read your blog.
I completely forgot that they make nail polish! I’m adding them to the list now. 🙂
LACC!
Hi Denise,
Thanks for suggesting LACC! I’ve reached out to them and will hopefully be adding to them to the Cruelty Free & Vegan Brand List (and this list) soon!
LimeCrime are a vegan brand that make nail varnishes 🙂
From what I knew Essence is 100% cruelty free and also vegan..not sure if you can find it in your country through(But from what I know it’s really,really possible)
Essense is currently on the Grey Area of the Cruelty Free & Vegan Brand List. They have been unable to give me a clear answer about their animal testing stance.