How to Find Cruelty-Free Makeup in Your Area

Published by PETA Staff.

Like any new adventure, when you’re embarking on the journey to remove cruelty from your beauty routine, it can understandably be a bit intimidating. However, purchasing cruelty-free makeup is easier than ever, and you can find a variety of quality products at various retail chains across the country!

Simply by choosing products that were not tested on animals over products that were made using cruel and archaic tests on animals, you’ll be saving animals’ lives and showing companies that you do not support businesses that choose greed over compassion.

Keep in mind that this list explains where you might be able to find the brands, but each individual store carries different products, so you can call ahead to see what brands they carry or just pop in and explore!

To help you out, we’ve broken it down into two easy-to-read lists. Happy shopping!

Popular Brands and Where You Can Find Them

Burt’s Bees

  • CVS
  • Rite Aid
  • Target
  • Walgreens

e.l.f.

  • Marshalls
  • Target
  • T.J. Maxx
  • Urban Outfitters
  • Walgreens

NYX

  • Nordstrom Rack
  • Target
  • Ulta
  • Urban Outfitters

Physicians Formula

  • CVS
  • Rite Aid
  • Target

Urban Decay

  • Macy’s
  • Nordstrom
  • Nordstrom Rack
  • Sephora

wet n wild

  • CVS
  • Rite Aid
  • Walgreens

Best Stores for Cruelty-Free Makeup

CVS

  • Burt’s Bees
  • Physicians Formula
  • wet n wild

Nordstrom Rack

  • NYX
  • Urban Decay

Rite Aid

  • Bonne Bell
  • Burt’s Bees
  • Physicians Formula
  • wet n wild

Sephora

  • Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics
  • Smashbox
  • SpaRitual
  • Tarte
  • Too Faced
  • Urban Decay

Target

  • e.l.f.
  • NYX
  • Physician’s Formula

Ulta

  • NYX
  • Smashbox
  • Tarte
  • Too Faced
  • Urban Decay

Urban Outfitters

  • e.l.f.
  • NYX

Walgreens

  • Bonne Bell
  • e.l.f.
  • wet n wild

In addition to finding brands that do not test on animals, you should also check the ingredients on the package to make sure they are vegan. If you’re unsure, check our list of animal ingredients. Some of the most common nonvegan, animal-derived ingredients found in beauty products to keep an eye out for are: glycerin, beeswax, honey, carmine, casein, and guanine.

Have any other cruelty-free beauty shopping tips? Let us know in the comments below!

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