Vegan skincare has recently seen an upsurge, with an increasing emphasis on natural and ethically sourced ingredients that may provide significant relief for sensitive skin types.
Some popular skincare ingredients derived from animals, including collagen and elastin, have become staples. New technology now produces plant-based alternatives through fermentation techniques such as yeast cultures.
Osea is one such brand, providing clean, cruelty-free and vegan products made with botanical ingredients such as seaweed, snow mushroom, lime pearl and turmeric – they’re even ocean positive and climate neutral!
Biossance
Biossance offers eco-friendly skincare that minimizes their environmental footprint through using food-grade, organic ingredients and recyclable packaging. Their products do not contain harsh chemicals, synthetic fragrances, or dyes for maximum product purity.
Biossance’s products feature Squalane as an integral ingredient, so their landing page provides in-depth details about this essential skin-hydrating substance and how they source theirs from sugarcane (saving 2 million sharks every year!).
Their best-selling product, Squalane + Vitamin C Rose Firming Oil, is known for brightening, hydrating and softening fine lines. In addition, they offer a cleanser formulated specifically to remove squalane as well as retinol serum to help diminish wrinkles and dark spots. All their products are vegan friendly and Leaping Bunny certified cruelty free.
Monday Muse
Monday Muse provides vegan skincare designed specifically to address sensitive or reactive skin. Established by Dutch founder Lune and her years-long search for routines that would soothe her eczema, acne and mild rosacea symptoms, Monday Muse works closely with independent cosmetic chemists to develop straightforward formulas that promote skin health without challenging it.
The Juice natural face serum is an exceptional natural solution for oily or blemish-prone complexions, reducing sebum production while tightening pores, diminishing blemishes and dark spots, while quenching skin hydration. Packed with vitamin C and antioxidants for quenching your complexion like freshly squeezed juice!
Cool your eyes down this weekend with The Cooling Eye Patches (PS12). Oat milk provides soothing relief while argan milk seals in moisture to soothe bags and dark circles. Plus, Monday Muse will be at H Beauty this weekend offering one-to-one appointments with Lion/ne to assess your skin in detail and suggest the ideal products to meet your individual needs.
Neighbourhood Botanical Face Oils
Stockholm-based vegan beauty line Oasis Skincare stands by their motto ‘affordable trend-led skincare that actually works’. Their deceptively straightforward range — such as oak root face oil and mulberry leaf mist — features natural ingredients sourced locally while being cruelty free and vegan friendly.
Micaela Nisbet, co-founder of Micaela Nisbet Cosmetics, strives to spread the message that natural skin doesn’t mean less. Their simple routines use cold-pressed oils such as prickly pear seed and black cumin which will improve and stabilize most complexions.
Matrescence skincare brand was specifically created with pregnancy-related conditions in mind, such as hormonal acne and melasma. Their plant-based formulas are tailored towards darker skin tones, using acids, vitamins and natural extracts that will enhance luminosity for improved outcomes.
Evolve
English brand Evolve Beauty stands out as an organic vegan natural beauty line that has won multiple awards, is handmade in their own studio in small batches to guarantee their freshness and effectiveness. Their clean formulas without essential oils, plant extracts or natural hyaluronic acid produce visible results with every use.
We love their non-aqueous cleansing balm enriched with sweet almond, baobab and sunflower oils for massaged cleansing of face and neck before rinsing. Massage it onto skin before rinsing off to leave skin feeling rejuvenated and refreshed. Use Rainforest anti-blemish serum against spots and blemishes; follow with True Balance Balancing Lotion for oily or combination skin to decongest complexion; its natural ingredients (goji berries, avocado and ginger) deliver an effective detox effect while providing soothing decongestance balancing lotion for decongestence of complexion balance for oily or combination complexions – offering soothing effects against spots and blemishes as goji berries provide gentle yet effective detox effects – perfecting its balance between oily and combination complexions!
Starface
Starface is an innovative vegan skincare line rewriting the way we perceive acne. Established by veteran beauty editor Julie Schott in 2019, its mission is to make pimple patches fun yet effective.
Their signature product is a pack of yellow star-shaped hydrocolloid pads designed to reduce picking at your blemishes and speed healing time. Plus, these pads are Leaping Bunny certified – meaning that none of their finished products or ingredients undergo animal testing and that there are no suppliers who do so either!
Brothers says the brand’s Gen-Z-focused tone of voice, drawing from memes and pop culture references, makes for an engaging social media experience and packaging design. This difference from other skincare products’ aspirational and technical language is welcome change.
