Have you seen that vegan skincare products exist and wondered what that entails? For one thing, these products help support the environment while keeping skin hydrated – but are unaware what constitutes as “vegan.”
Vegan skin care products do not use traditional ingredients like beeswax, honey, collagen or snail slime to achieve results.
1. Medik8 MiniProteins Serum
Medik8’s Liquid Peptides Advanced MP Serum promises to take anti-ageing products peptides a step further with its cutting-edge formulation, smoothing expression lines, firming skin and deeply hydrating.
This serum utilizes the MiniProtein technology of the brand, which boasts pharmaceutical-grade precision of full-size proteins. Peptides with such 3D folding structures can penetrate deep into skin layers while simultaneously locking onto receptors of targeted cells to provide long-term benefits.
Formula contains a 30% multi-peptide complex formulated with copper peptides to help reduce fine lines and wrinkles while Matrixyl 3000 helps firm skin. Furthermore, there is a hyaluronic acid blend to support natural collagen and elastin production as well as a prebiotic complex that encourages healthy cell growth.
2. Attitude Oceanly Face Care
Attitude, a Canadian leader in beauty and home care products, recently expanded their Oceanly makeup collection with eyeshadows and mascaras. EWG-verified, these plastic-free cosmetics boast clean ingredients as well as an easy application push-up mechanism – while their packaging is biodegradable, recycled and FSC certified cardboard!
Oceanly skincare line provides a selection of pure, performance-driven face creams designed for dry and mature skin types alike, using phytoglycogen and peptides as its core anti-ageing ingredients. GLOW line features Canadian dulse extract and vitamin C for normal skin.
Anti-Wrinkle and Rejuvenation Formula is designed to restore suppleness, even out the complexion, reduce lines and wrinkles and target discoloration with shea butter, encapsulated and stabilized vitamin C and phytoglycogen. All skincare products from this line are vegan-friendly and source from 99% natural origin ingredients sourced directly from farms worldwide. Reimagining Beauty strives to set higher standards within beauty industry through eco-innovative, low waste packaging for cleaner ingredients that enhance natural beauty and redefine beauty through cleaner ingredients combined with eco-innovative, low waste packaging standards that reimagine beauty.
3. The Body Shop Aloe Vera Gel
Aloe vera may be best known for soothing sunburn, but it can also be an amazing skin healer and reduce wrinkles. Additionally, its antiseptic properties help fight infections, making aloe vera an excellent natural antiseptic solution. You can apply it directly from a plant or purchase products containing it.
Find it in skincare products such as gels and creams; use it as a toner, hair rinse or mouthwash; it’s also an ideal ingredient to search out in cleansers such as Mustela’s Organic Cleansing Gel with Olive Oil and Aloe to keep skin fresh, healthy and free from irritation.
This Body Shop hero contains Community Fair Trade aloe vera from Mexico and comes in an easy-to-dispense squeeze bottle for quick use. Additionally, Waiwera water, mamaku black fern extract and raspberry oil combine to deliver soothing and moisturising benefits, for soft, smooth and supple skin.
4. L’Occitane Shea Butter
L’Occitane has become one of the go-to beauty brands. Their products are inspired by plant and flower extracts found throughout Provence – an area known for its olive groves and lavender fields in southern France – and feature natural ingredients like honey, verbena extract and shea butter to capture its rich scents.
Shea Butter products are cruelty-free and vegan-friendly, packed with essential oils that nourish skin all over your body. Sourced from Burkina Faso and Ghana, sourced shea butter offers high concentrations of Omega 6 as well as Vitamin E enrichment for extra nourishment.
Spray Shea Butter Hand Cream on rough hands, feet and elbows for instant moisture or rub a nickel-sized amount into your face to hydrate skin and cuticles. Shea Butter can even be used on lips and thighs! Shea Butter is an indispensable product that suits both low-maintenance women as well as glamour girls alike.
