Vegan beauty products you must add to your shelf, today

If you’re thinking of giving your vanity a clean beauty shake-up, there can’t be a better time than World Vegan Month. There was a time when vegan beauty products were a niche but the industry has blossomed since and can now stand on its own two feet. Dozens of brands (homegrown and global) are doling out products that have effective formulas made solely from ingredients that are kinder to nature. Who said you can’t do your part for the environment and still look, feel and smell your best?

Whether you’re a vegan newbie or just looking to add to your existing collection, we’ve rounded up some of the best face, body and hair products that deserve a spot on your beauty shelf.

Face 

Forest Essentials Gulaabi Noor Nikhaar Cheek Tint

For days when you want a ‘flushed’ look but don’t have the time to go through an elaborate routine, cheek tints act like knights in shining armour. In this case, a ‘gulaabi’ armour.

Made with hand-pressed moringa and almond oils and pure fine clay infused with flower and vegetable colour, this vegan cheek tint by Forest Essentials is an addition to your beauty bag that you will not regret.

Juice Beauty Green Apple Peel Full Strength Exfoliating Mask

This plant-based, completely vegan beauty brand works extremely hard to give as much back to the environment as it can—Juice Beauty’s headquarters farm is sustainable and solar-powered.

This exfoliating mask will take your DIY spa days to a whole new level. The presence of active ingredients like alpha hydroxy acids (malic acid from organic green apples, glycolic acid) and beta hydroxy acid (salicylic acid from willow bark) helps fight pigmentation and dark spots and also evens out the texture of your skin.

Daughter Earth Illuminator

With a light-as-a-feather vegan formula that feels balmy and nourishing, this highlighter by Daughter Earth leaves behind a subtle glow that seems as if it’s coming from within. We are sure, once you start using this product, it will become an integral part of your makeup routine before you even realise it.

Body

The Tribe Concepts Ubtan Body Cleanser

Every now and then, it’s good to shake things up—even if that means keeping your everyday soap aside and using this ubtan body cleanser from The Tribe Concepts. Made with nothing but plant-based ingredients such as dried rose petals, holy basil leaves, dried neem leaves, kasturi turmeric and more, this ubtan will leave you squeaky clean and smelling good.

Juicy Chemistry Fig, Vanilla and Blood Orange Body Butter

This organic body butter from Juicy Chemistry is all the ammunition you need against dry skin. Made with clean, fresh ingredients, its rich texture seeps through the skin to deeply moisturise and give you healthy, soft, and supple skin.

The Body Shop White Musk L'Eau Fragrance Mist

If you’re looking for a mist that will leave you smelling like a bed of flowers and is easy on the environment, look no further. This White Musk mist from Body Shop is vegan, free from all harsh chemicals, and comes in a recyclable bottle. The mist contains notes of roses, anisic tarragon, and lily of the valley. Spritz, spritz away!

Hair

Briogeo Blossom & Bloom Ginseng + Biotin Volumizing Blow Dry Spray

If you want hair that always looks like you’ve just walked out of a salon, this blow-dry spray from Briogeo is the one for the job. It’s a volumising spray that works on hair fullness and contains clarifying agents to soak up oil and refresh hair between washes or blowouts. It is formulated with ingredients that are beneficial individually but together, they are a force to reckon with. We’re talking lemon and witch hazel extract, ginger, ginseng, and maltodextrin (a naturally-derived sugar starch) among others.

Olaplex No.4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo

By relinking broken bonds, this maintenance shampoo by Olaplex keeps all hair safe from all potential stressors (including stress). This product is colour safe, vegan and paraben-free. It makes the hair shinier, stronger, and easier to manage. You can’t go wrong with this shampoo on your bathroom shelf.

Arata Advanced Curl Care Curly Hair Cream

Curls can be a menace to handle without products that can tame and train them. Arata’s curl cream does both wonderfully. Formulated with a powerful and vegan recipe, this cream defines your natural curl pattern and supplies it with just enough moisture to keep ‘em curls happy and bouncy. If this isn’t enough, it also smooths flyaways and combats frizz. Talk about overachieving.