Makeup Academy (MUA) is an affordable makeup drugstore brand that is exclusively available at Superdrug stores in the UK.
Is MUA Cruelty-Free?
Makeup Academy (MUA) is cruelty-free; none of their products or ingredients are tested on animals, anywhere in the world.
Is MUA Vegan?
MUA is not entirely vegan brand (yet!). MUA recently announced their entire makeup range will be reformulated to be 100% vegan starting November 1, 2019.
At this time, MUA still has a small number of non-vegan products in their collection.
Please reference below for a current list of MUA vegan products.
MUA Vegan Product List (2019)
Below is a list of MUA products that are suitable for vegans and don’t contain any animal-derived ingredients or by-products.
Face – MUA Vegan
Foundations
Concealers & Color Corrector
- Hide and Conceal Cover Up Stick – Beige, Sand
- Pro-Base Correcting Powder – Green, Lilac, Peach, Yellow
- Pro-Base Correcting Wheel
- Pro-Base Full Coverage Concealer
- Pro-Base Prime & Conceal Correcting Cream
- Pro-Base Prime & Conceal Palette
Powders – Pressed & Loose Powder
- Pro-Base Full Coverage Matte Pressed Powder
- Skin Define Matte Perfect Loose Powder
- Translucent Pressed Powder
- Ultra-fine Loose Setting Powder – Banana Bake, Mattifying Translucent, Neutralising Apricot, Invisible Silk
Primers
- Pro-Base Banana Blur Primer
- Pro-Base Makeup Remover Stick
- Pro-Base Mattifying Flawless Primer
- Pro-Base Moisturising Primer
- Pro-Base Oil Free Primer
- Pro-Base Primer Oil
- Pro-Base Primer Oil With Gold Flakes
- Pro-Base Primer Oil With Tea Tree
- Pro-Base Primer Spray
- Pro-Base Smooth Set & Prime Blur Stick
- Pro-Base Softening Facial Oil Stick
- Pro-Base Soothe & Cool Primer Stick
Blushes
Bronzers
Highlighters
- Glow x MUA Highlight Kit
- GLOW x MUA Shimmer Spray – Glow Up
- Highlight Perfection Matte – Natural Light
- Light Lustre Highlight Duo – Lavish, Majesty, Splendour
- Prism Jelly Highlight – Crystal Cut, Light Spark, Optical
- Prism Loose Powder Highlighter – Emerald Marvel, Oceanic Wonder, Star Illusion
Sprays
- Pro-Base Cooling Spray
- Pro-Base Fixing Spray
- Pro-Base Mattifying Fixing Spray
- Pro-Base Primer Spray
Eyes – MUA Vegan
Eyeliner
- Eye Define Felt Liner
- Gel Eyeliner – Underground
- Intense Colour Eyeliner
- Intense Colour Metallic Eyeliner
- Precision Liner Black
- Shadow Liner – Black Noir, Deep Brown, Ocean Blue
- Waterproof Eyeliner Black
- Winged Wonder Felt Liner
Mascara
- Amplify Volume Mascara – Black, Black/Brown
- Curl Mascara
- Eye Define Mascara – Black
- Eye Define Nourish & Care
- Eye Define Waterproof Mascara
- Lash & Brow Clear Mascara
- Volume Mascara
Brows
- Brow Define Eyebrow Pencil with Blending Brush
- Brow Define Mico Eyebrow Pencil
- Brow Professional Complete Kit – Fair/Mid, Mid/Dark
- Power Brow Sculpting Gel – Mid Brown
Eyeshadow & Pigments
- 6 Shade Eyeshadow Palette – Coral Delights, Dusty Curiosities, Glamour Golds, Natural Essentials, Rusted Wonders, Scorched Marvels, Smokey Shadows, Soft Suedes
- 12 Shade Eyeshadow Palette – Silent Disco
- 15 Shade Eyeshadow Palette – Au Naturel, Colour Burst, Cosmic Vixen, Feather Light, Fire Vixen, Frosted Gleam, Green Goddess, Heavenly Neutral, Shadow Mysteries, Spiced Charm, Twilight Delight
- 25 Shade Eyeshadow Palette – Burning Embers, Cashmere Collective, Matte Supreme, Natural Obsession, Tropical Oceana, Ultimate Undressed
- Elysium Desire Eyeshadow Palette
- Elysium Eyeshadow Palette
- Empire Butterfly Eyeshadow Palette
- Flora Fantasy Eyeshadow Palette
- Force of Nature Eyeshadow Palette
- Glitter Glue
- Glow x MUA Roll On Eye Shimmer
- Ultra Sparkle Duo Glitter Pigments – Bang Bang, Chinese Lantern, Explosive, Fiesta
- Undressed Eyeshadow Palette
- Undress Me Too Eyeshadow Palette
Lips – MUA Vegan
- GLOW x MUA Aurora Shine Lipgloss
- GLOW x MUA Honeyed Lipgloss
- GLOW x MUA Lipstick – Hot Coral
- GLOW x MUA Plumping Lipgloss
- Intense Colour Lip Liner
- Luxe Velvet Matte Lipstick
- Super Stylo Satin Finish Lipstick
- Unique Lip Gloss
This vegan product list is updated as frequently as possible, please be aware that formulations may have changed since the publication of this post. If you have new information to suggest one of the above products isn’t vegan, please email me at info@ethicalelephant.com to let me know.
irene a
May 26, 2017Does MUA also have a Safety Data Sheet for their products? I really need it for business matter.
Can anyone have a copy?Can you share it to me?
Thanks a lot
Renee Sears
February 16, 2017I have just discovered MUA! But I wish I knew which products are vegan and which ones aren’t. From their recent reply some or all may be vegan.
It will be great if they can eventually provide more details and list the vegan products if any.
Great that more companies are going cruelty free. Hopefully more will follow.
The big named brands who still test or use products that have already been tested on animals should be ashamed of themselves!
Jenny
May 9, 2016Some of their products don’t contain any animal ingredients; I checked on the Skin Deep database then tweeted them about specific ingredients and they got back to me π
Vicky Ly
May 9, 2016Really? That’s fantastic! =) I’m happy to hear MUA is willing to disclose that kind of information about their ingredients! Hopefully they’re working on releasing a vegan product list soon!! =)
Thanks for sharing Jenny!
Samantha
February 21, 2017Hi Jenny! Which products are suitable for vegans? xxx