Urban Decay?

[janie]

I'm finally running out of makeup, which means I can buy vegan cosmetics soon. :hamster: I've been waiting, because I hate to waste stuff.

Anyway, I've been searching around online all day looking for vegan cosmetics, and have only come across a few brands. Does anyone here use Urban Decay products? I'm thinking of buying some of their vegan-friendly products.

If you don't use this brand, what brand(s) do you use? Suggestions are welcomed. :D

[BethanY]

i have loved UD for years. good quality for the price and i like the colors since i am usually bored by the "typical" colors most companies carry. i don't know if it's in effect yet, but i did get an e-mail a month or so back from them stating that they are now going to clearly label their vegan products. yay for decay :up:

[janie]

Thanks for your response! :) And yup, they label their vegan products on their website - with a little puppy paw!!

[*Sunflower*]

Thanks for your response! :) And yup, they label their vegan products on their website - with a little puppy paw!!
Wow, that's awesome!

But...I discovered that they deemed products with beeswax vegan. So still always check the ingredients. I am going to email them and say how much I appreciate their efforts in labelling their products vegan, but tell them that beeswax is not vegan and ask if that could be changed.

[janie]

Ack. Geez, thanks for pointing this out to me!! I wouldn't think they'd label something vegan if it had beeswax in it... I'll be sure to double check before I buy! :)

[*Sunflower*]

They emailed me back and have updated their site. I told them that their Mai Tai Body Balm was falsely labelled vegan and there's no paw print there anymore! Still be sure to check if they missed anything else.

[janie]

I also called them today about a product they had labeled incorrectly as vegan (a lip gloss I believe, which had beeswax). He said they would eventually correct the error. :rolleyes:

It's great that they changed the product you called about!

[soilman]

I'm looking at the ingredient for XXX shine Gloss http://www.urbandecay.com/products/66200.cfm and although it says various colors are vegan, including the red, they list carmine as one of the possible ingredients. Carmin is of course a red pigment made from cochineal insects.

I might add the ingredient list is very confusing. It is hard, if not impossible, to tell which ingredients are in which products.

[organica]

Many companies which consider their products vegan/vegetarian think nothing of including insect extractives, like beeswax & carmine, & sometimes even other things like lanolin.
I'm finding it to be almost a lost cause.
The truly vegan stuff often has some v. harmful chemicals in it, which is why I could never recommend the Beauty Without Cruelty brand, even when I sold it.
Urban Decay is pretty, but I think, vegan issue aside, there are some pretty dodgy ingredients involved (petrochemical/coal tar derivatives). There used to be, when I stopped buying their lipstick, at least. It used to come in a cool bullet-like case, which I loved.

[janie]

I might add the ingredient list is very confusing. It is hard, if not impossible, to tell which ingredients are in which products.

I noticed this also.

What vegan cosmetics do you all recommend, if any? I don't wear much makeup, but I like to wear a little.

[janie]

I am bumping this thread to say...

Urban Decay added an entire section to their website dedicated to VEGAN PRODUCTS!!

http://www.urbandecay.com/vegan.cfm

Isn't that nice? :) They even have a printable vegan shopping list!

[KC_VeganVixen]

That's awesome! :rockon:

[BethanY]

That's awesome! :rockon:

agreed!