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Are cosmetics which are tested on animals vegan?
In my understanding they are not considered to be vegan.
Vegans, in general, try to avoid the exploitation of animals for human ends.
Testing of animals is considered to be exploitation and harmful ...
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Is Sodium oleate vegetarian and/or vegan?
Sodium oleate is a salt of oleic acid (in chemistry terms, a salt is a substance formed when a metal (or other cation) replaces the hydrogen in an acid).
Therefore, you cannot know without further ...
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Is "Cocamidopropyl Betaine" vegetarian and/or vegan?
According to the Wikipedia article on Cocamidopropyl betaine
Cocamidopropyl betaine (CAPB) is a mixture of closely related organic compounds derived from coconut oil and dimethylaminopropylamine ...
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What non-vegetarian and/or non-vegan ingredients can be found in cosmetics?
Cosmetics are very complex products (lots of different substances) and it is quite hard to really understand if one product is 100% vegan or not.
This article touches the surface of some non-vegan ...
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Is there any good quality make-up brand which is 100% vegan?
A good drugstore makeup brand would be elf cosmetics - I love their affordable brushes and highlighter! Milk Makeup, Inika, Kat Von D (if you're okay with her) and Everyday Minerals are great if you ...
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Is there any good quality make-up brand which is 100% vegan?
There is UK-based PHB ethical beauty which has large ranges of skincare and make up products. I have bought skincare products (moisturisers, hand creams, soaps) from them and found them to be of good ...
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