Beauty Brands that Test on Animals

Animal testing for cosmetics in 2021 is unnecessary, inhumane, and outdated. Here’s a list of cosmetics, beauty, fragrance, and household cleaning brands that are still testing on animals.

Most of the brands mentioned below are selling their products in China, where animal testing is required by law for most imported cosmetics. To learn more about China’s Animal Testing Laws in 2021, see this post here.

→ Update! ethical elephant’s New Brand Directory now features a search bar and includes animal-tested brands, grey-area brands, and cruelty-free brands all in one place. Please reference our new brand directory to search and see if a brand tests on animals or not.

If you want to learn more, click on the company to be redirected to a corresponding page detailing why the company is on this list.

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Unclear Policies

Click through to each brand’s name to be redirected to a corresponding page that explains why these brands have unclear policies.

• Avon¹
• Bumble and Bumble²
• Charlotte Tilbury
• Dove
• Essie
• First Aid Beauty
• Honest Company
• Jack Black
• Kevyn Aucoin
• Laura Mercier
• LORAC Cosmetics
• Love Beauty and Planet
• Pat McGrath Labs
• Sally Hansen
• Soap & Glory
• Wet N Wild
• Younique

¹I have moved Avon from ‘Brands to Avoid’ to ‘Unclear Policies’ while I investigate the new changes to their animal testing statements and claims that they are able to sell in China without animal testing. I will post an update once I have gathered all of the relevant information. (April 16, 2021)

²Bumble and Bumble is owned by Estee Lauder, a parent company that is NOT cruelty-free. Although Bumble and Bumble is PETA-Certified cruelty-free, I haven’t been able to get a straight answer from the brand. And they keep re-stating Estee Lauder’s animal testing policy in their responses. Until I can get more information, Bumble and Bumble is on our Unclear Policies list.