UnSun Cosmetics

Last Updated: January 17, 2022

How Ethical Is UnSun Cosmetics?

Make a positive impact by supporting companies with the same values and ethics as what matters most to you. To navigate and find ethical brands, here's a summary of UnSun Cosmetics' ethics and initiatives.

Ethical Analysis

Is UnSun Cosmetics cruelty-free, vegan, or sustainable? We’ve got the answers here! Read below for more details on UnSun’s policies.
UnSun is cruelty-free. None of UnSun’s ingredients, formulations, or finished products are tested on animals, anywhere in the world.
Not all of UnSun’s products are vegan but they have some vegan options.
UnSun does not claim or market itself as a sustainable company.
UnSun products come in plastic packaging. I couldn’t find anything stating they’re working on reducing their use of virgin plastic in their product packaging.

About UnSun Cosmetics

UnSun offers mineral-based, broad-spectrum SPF 30 UVA/UVB sun protection for all skin tones.
COMPANY BASED IN: USA
PRODUCTS MADE IN: USA
PRODUCTS: Sun Care
CERTIFICATIONS: Leaping Bunny, Cruelty Free International

UnSun Cosmetics

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UnSun Cosmetics is Cruelty-Free

UnSun Cosmetics has confirmed they do not test their products or ingredients on animals or ask others to test on their behalf. Their suppliers also do not test on animals, nor do they allow their products to be tested on animals when required by law. And finally, their products are not sold in stores in mainland China or any other country that may require animal testing.

By our standards, we would consider UnSun Cosmetics to be Cruelty-Free.

Cruelty-Free Policies

Note that there is no legal definition for the label ‘Cruelty-Free.’ It can mean different things to different people. But Cruelty-Free is generally used to imply no animal testing. More specifically, the ingredients, formulation, or finished product are not tested on animals at any stage of product development.

At ethical elephant, we always assess a company’s cruelty-free policy using our Cruelty-Free Checklist. This ensures no animal testing was performed by the brand itself, its suppliers, and by any third parties.

Also, note that Cruelty-Free and Vegan don’t always mean the same thing.

UnSun Cosmetics is Not 100% Vegan

‘Vegan’ in cosmetics can refer to an entire brand that is 100% Vegan or a specific product is vegan.

In the case of UnSun Cosmetics, not all of their products are vegan.

How to know which of UnSun Cosmetics products are vegan?

Unfortunately, UnSun Cosmetics does not clearly mark which of their products are vegan. So you’ll have to ask them if a specific product you’re interested in is vegan or not.

When I asked Unsun Cosmetics if they’re a 100% vegan brand, they told me:

However, because we use beeswax in our Mineral Tinted face sunscreen, it cannot be considered vegan.

Vegan Policies

Similar to ‘Cruelty-Free,’ there is no standard or legal definition for the label ‘Vegan.’ But it usually means no animal-derived ingredients or animal by-products.

Some common animal products used in cosmetics include carmine, lanolin, snail mucus, beeswax, honey, pearl or silk-derived ingredients, animal-based glycerin, keratin, and squalene.

There are plant-based and synthetic alternatives to animal-derived ingredients. But it’s sometimes difficult to know with certainty whether a product is vegan just by reading the ingredient list.

So it’s best to ask the company and manufacturers to ensure the ingredients they’ve chosen to use were from non-animal sources.


I hope this article helped you to understand UnSun Cosmetics’s cruelty-free and vegan status and by choosing cruelty-free together, we can help end animal testing for cosmetics once and for all!

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