World Vegan Day: The Best Vegan Beauty Products

Veganism is on the rise, having seen a 500% increase in veganism since 2014, more and more people are adopting a plant-based lifestyle each year. This has caused the vegan beauty market to boom, with a huge selection of animal-free products available. With World Vegan Day coming up on the 1^st November, we’ve made a list of the must-have vegan products on SkinStore.

What Is Veganism?

Veganism is a way of living that does not incorporate any animal products in to the diet or lifestyle – including beauty products.

This includes common ingredients, such as:

Honey
Beeswax
Lanoin
Collagen
Carmine
Cholesterol
Gelatin
Squalene
Keratin

What Is World Vegan Day?

World vegan day is an annual event used to raise awareness of veganism. Celebrated on the 1^st November each year, it’s used as a day to highlight the benefits and reasoning behind a plant-based lifestyle, including the health benefits, environmental benefits and how it benefits the animals.

Our Favorite Vegan Products

The Face Mask

The AHAVA Purifying Mud Mask is rich in energizing minerals and purifying mud which have come directly from the Dead Sea. This vegan mask works to deeply cleanse through the surface skin cells to draw out imperfections and impurities, giving your skin a radiant, silky-smooth finish.

Simply apply an even layer over your face and leave it to work its magic for two minutes.

The Eye Treatment

The Korres Wild Rose Instant Brightening Eye Treatment is our favorite vegan eye treatment. The blend of Wild Rose Oil, Yeast, Ruscus and Horse Chestnut Extracts work to brighten dark circles and reduce the appearance of under eye wrinkles.

You’ll be left with a truly brighter, more youthful looking under-eye area.

The Body Scrub

Treat your skin to the Bean Body Coffee Bean Scrub. The luxurious, skin-reviving formula works to exfoliate, hydrate and soften your skin from head to toe.

The gorgeous blend of ingredients includes:

Organic Cold-Pressed Coconut Oil
Organic Cacao
Vitamin E
Robusta Coffee Beans
Demerara Sugar
Himalayan Pink Rock Salt

These all-natural ingredients work to stimulate the blood flow to the skin, helping to reduce the appearance of cellulite and stretch marks, eliminate blackheads and repair and restore the skin. You’ll be left with truly smooth, more radiant skin.

The Anti-Aging Cream

Not only is the Karin Herzog Vita-A-Apricot anti-aging face cream vegan, but it’s also cruelty, paraben, preservative and gluten free. The powerful formula boasts a combination of active oxygen, vitamin A and apricot oil which work to visibly reduce the appearance of fine lines while moisturizing and nourishing dry skin.

The Night Cream

Replenish your skin while you sleep with the vegan-friendly night cream from Dr Botanicals. Rich in botanical extracts, including Papaya, Jojoba Oil and Sweet Almond Oil, this luxurious night cream truly transforms the skin, offering intense hydration and anti-aging properties.

The skin will be left looking more youthful, supple and healthy.

The Facial Oil

Treat your face to the supremely luxurious facial oil from Christie Brinkley Authentic Skincare. The Pure Radiance Illuminating Facial Oil boasts a truly gorgeous bio-mimetic blend of oils which work to protect and soften the skin, helping to target dark spots and discoloration. The skin will be left looking so healthy, radiant and luminous and feeling truly hydrated.

The Beard Kit

For the vegan man in your life, get your hands on the Jack Black Beard Grooming Kit. This complete kit has been designed to keep skin and facial hair looking and feeling its absolute best and includes:

All-Over Wash For Face, Hair and Body
Beard Lube Conditioning Shave
Beard Oil
Handcrafted Beard Comb

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