Cruelty-Free & Vegan Hair Product Guide (2023)

Looking for cruelty-free and vegan hair product brands? This list is curated to ensure ALL brands are 100% vegan and 100% cruelty-free, including their parent company (if they have one).

All brands listed here specialize in hair care, which means they all offer a full line of vegan hair products. I also have lists for specific vegan hair products, such as shampoo and conditioner, styling products, or hair dye. You can find links to these lists and more in the menu or at the bottom of this page.

VEGAN RABBIT STANDARD:

  • 100% VEGAN PRODUCT LINE(NO animal-derived ingredients)
  • 100% CRUELTY-FREE
    • NO animal testing for finished products
    • NO animal testing for ingredients
    • NO selling inmainland China
    • MUST be certified byLeaping Bunny
  • 100% VEGAN & CRUELTY-FREEPARENT COMPANY(if they have one)

How to Use This List

THE HAIR CARE BRANDS ON THIS LIST SHOULD BE YOURFIRST CHOICEWHEN SHOPPING.

If you’re in a location where finding the companies and brands on this list is impossible in stores, try purchasing from these companies using delivery through their website.

BRANDS ARE LISTED A-Z

Cane + Bliss

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Cane + Bliss offers a full line of vegan CBD hair care products including shampoo, conditioner, hair spray, hair texturizer, and leave-in conditioner that are color-safe, sulfate-free, paraben-free, fragrance-free, and biodegradable.

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ColorpHlex

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ColorpHlex is owned by Earthly Body, a cruelty-free and vegan company that makes a variety of personal care products.

ColorpHlex is a hair care brand that creates products for both consumer and professional use. Their line includes hair products such as: shampoo, conditioner, detangler, styling cream, hairspray, shine serum, volumizer, and deep conditioner.

They use ColorStrong Complex™, a patented copolymer of a vegetable–derived protein and a reactive silica based compound to strengthen and repair hair. It targets the damage areas of the hair, which strengthens and repairs the hair, while also dramatically reducing color fadage.

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ColorpHlex uses no parabens, no sulfates, no artificial dyes, no SD alcohols, and no propylene glycol. Like the rest of the brands on this list, they also use no animal ingredients and no animal testing. Their packaging is recyclable and their products are made in the company’s very own solar-powered facility.

Comprehensive Cranium Care

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Comprehensive Cranium Care offers a line of natural, ph-balanced “head wash” for people of all genders with bald heads.

A lot of bald people wash their heads with soap, shampoo, or body wash, but these products often contain detergents that strip the skin of moisture and natural oils. Comprehensive Cranium Care seeks to solve this problem by making products specifically for the sensitive skin of the scalp.

COTE Hair

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COTE Hair makes a line of vegan hair products that are each designed to serve multiple purposes, reducing cost and waste. Their products are made in a facility that runs almost completely on solar power.

All COTE Hair products are sulfate-free, paraben-free, gluten-free, free of artificial colors, GMO-free, and like the rest of the brands on this list are also vegan and cruelty-free.

EMERA CBD Haircare

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EMERA is owned by Earthly Body, a cruelty-free and vegan company that makes a variety of personal care products.

EMERA offers a full line of natural vegan CBD hair care products including shampoo, conditioner, and styling products. Their products are manufactured in the company’s own solar-powered facility.

Each batch of EMERA products arethird-party tested(not on animals) to ensure correct and accurate CBD content and labeling.

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Hemp Seed

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Hemp Seed is owned by Earthly Body, a cruelty-free and vegan company that makes a variety of personal care products.

Hemp Seed offers hemp-based vegan hair products including: shampoo, conditioner, and leave-in treatment. They also offer vegan skincare products.

Their packaging is recyclable and their products are made in the company’s very own solar-powered facility.

Henna Color Lab

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Henna Color Lab is a vegan hair care brand that makes a variety of henna-based hair products like hair dye and beard dye, as well as shampoo, conditioner, dry shampoo, and deep conditioning treatments. They also offer a line of vegan skincare products.

They’re very focused on green, ecologically-conscious, and ethical manufacturing, distributing and sourcing. They strive to treat the planet and their workers with the highest respect.

Kavella Hair Care

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Kavella is a vegan hair care brand that offers an extensive line of vegan hair products that are completely free of sulfates, parabens, gluten, PEGs, formaldehyde-releasing preservatives, methylisothiazolinone (MIT) and methylchloroisothiazolinone (CMIT), synthetic fragrances, phthalates, ethanolamines, siloxanes, and like all of the brands on this list, free of animal-derived ingredients and animal testing.

Their line includes hair products such as: various types of shampoo, conditioner, styling creams, moisture mist, teasing powder, volumizing mousse, thermal primer spray, hair spray, color washes, oil treatment, dry shampoo, and protein treatment.

In addition to pledging to never use animal ingredients in their products, Kavella donates part of their profits to animal rights and rescue causes like Soi Dog Foundation, Best Friends Animal Society, Primates Incorporated, and Mercy for Animals.

Little Barn Apothecary

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Little Barn Apothecary makes all natural vegan hair care products including: shampoo, conditioner, hair mist, hair oil, dry shampoo, and texturizer.

They use simple ingredients and small batches to ensure high quality. They also make vegan skincare products and more.

Love Hair

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Love Hair makes pure, natural, and sustainable hair products thatactually work. They are certified cruelty-free by Leaping Bunny and all of their products are certified vegan by Vegan Action.

Their line includes hair products like shampoo, conditioner, treatment mask, dry shampoo, hair oil, and pure coconut oil.

Marrakesh

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Marrakesh is owned by Earthly Body, a cruelty-free and vegan company that makes a variety of personal care products that are free of sulfates, parabens, SD alcohol, propylene glycol, artificial dyes, and phthalates.

Types of products include: shampoo, conditioner, detangler, hair oil, split-end mender, hair spray, and a bunch of other hair styling products. They also offer a line of skincare products.

Marrakesh works with women-led Argan cooperatives in Morocco, uses recyclable packaging, and manufactures all their products in their very own solar-powered facility.

Max Green Alchemy

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Max Green Alchemy makes natural vegan hair care products including shampoo, conditioner, styling gel, smoothing balm, texture paste, sculpting gel, pomade, and more. They also offer skincare products.

All of their products come in recyclable packaging.

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NIUCOCO

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NIUCOCO makes coconut oil-based products which are sulfate, paraben, and phthalate free and formulated with no mineral oil, PEGs, MEA, DEA, TEA, synthetic fragrances, or synthetic dyes. Like the rest of the brands on this list, their entire brand is totally vegan and cruelty-free.

Their line includes hair care products such as: shampoo, conditioner, and a multi-use hair serum.

REVERIE

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REVERIE makes natural, ethically sourced vegan hair products. Their line includes shampoo, conditioner, leave-in treatment, scalp tonic, hair oil, sea mist, and styling balm.

REVERIE products are free of: sulfates, silicones, phthalates, parabens, glycols, petrochemicals, artificial fragrance, dyes, gluten, T.E.A, and D.E.A. They also adhere to the strict guidelines on banned ingredients set forth by the EU Cosmetic Directive. Like the rest of the brands on this list, REVERIE is both cruelty-free and vegan.

Tropic

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Tropic offers natural, sustainably-sourced, ph-balanced, botanical-based vegan hair care products such as hair wash, hair cleanser, hair oil, deep conditioner, and a scalp massager.

They also offer lots of other vegan products including skincare and makeup.

Yarok

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Yarok is a vegan hair care brand that makes non-toxic hair products. Their line includes shampoo, conditioner, hair serum, conditioning masque, leave-in conditioner, dry shampoo, mousse, hair spray, shine serum, styling whip, defining creme, and an entire line with more masculine scents.

They make hair care products for both consumer and professional use.

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Looking to refine your search of cruelty-free and vegan hair products?

Check out these other cruelty-free and vegan hair care lists:

  • Cruelty-Free & Vegan Shampoo & Conditioner
  • Cruelty-Free & Vegan Hair Styling Products

FAQs

Cruelty-Free & Vegan Hair Product Guide? ›

Nevertheless, vegan products may be tested in animals, in which case the product is vegan but not cruelty-free. A product is vegan when there are no animal-derived ingredients on its formulation. Cruelty-free means something has been made without animal testing.

What hair product companies are cruelty-free? ›

Top 10 Cruelty-Free Haircare Brands
  • Virtue. Infusing nasty-free formulas with a chic aesthetic, Virtue is paving the way in the hair care industry with products that use innovative technology. ...
  • Shea Moisture. ...
  • Bumble and bumble. ...
  • Paul Mitchell. ...
  • OUAI. ...
  • Aveda. ...
  • Amika. ...
  • American Crew.
Mar 30, 2023

Are vegan hair products cruelty-free? ›

Nevertheless, vegan products may be tested in animals, in which case the product is vegan but not cruelty-free. A product is vegan when there are no animal-derived ingredients on its formulation. Cruelty-free means something has been made without animal testing.

Is Olaplex vegan and cruelty-free? ›

Yes, OLAPLEX is a cruelty-free and vegan brand.

Is Loreal actually cruelty-free? ›

In 1989, L'Oréal completely ceased testing its products on animals, thus 14 years before the regulation required so. Today, L'Oréal no longer tests its ingredients on animals and no longer tolerates any exception to this rule.

Is Pantene vegan and cruelty-free? ›

Pantene is NOT vegan.

Pantene does not claim or market itself to offer any vegan-friendly options. And since Pantene engages in animal testing in some capacity, we wouldn't consider any Pantene products vegan anyways.

What shampoo is 100 vegan and cruelty-free? ›

A good place to double check is Logical Harmony.
  • Carol's Daughter (Offers vegan-friendly shampoos.)
  • Ethique (100% vegan)
  • Hask (Monoi Coconut Oil Shampoo is vegan-friendly.)
  • Love Beauty and Planet (100% vegan)
  • Maui Moisture (Shampoos are vegan-friendly.)
  • Native (All shampoos are vegan.)
  • Pacifica (100% vegan)
Jul 10, 2023

Is tresemmé cruelty-free and vegan? ›

Is Tresemme vegan? Tresemme is cruelty-free but not 100% vegan, meaning that some of their products contain animal-derived ingredients.

Is Covergirl cruelty-free and vegan? ›

Is Covergirl vegan? Covergirl is cruelty-free but not 100% vegan, meaning that some of their products contain animal-derived ingredients.

Is Loreal vegan and cruelty-free? ›

L'Oréal states that they do not test on animals; however, they agree on & pay for third parties to test their products on animals. On top of that, L'Oréal is sold in China and is not vegan, not fragrance-free, or paraben-free.

Is Olay vegan and cruelty-free? ›

Olay is NOT Cruelty-Free. Olay engages in animal testing by allowing its products to be animal-tested. Olay is also owned by P&G, a parent corporation that does engage in animal testing.

Is Neutrogena cruelty-free and vegan? ›

No, Neutrogena is not a vegan brand as it uses ingredients such as beeswax and lanolin in its products. Products that contain no animal-derived ingredients may not also be seen as vegan either since the brand is not cruelty-free. Check out our favourite cruelty-free skincare product recommendations next.

Why is there a lawsuit against Olaplex? ›

The legal team is suing Olaplex for negligence and false advertising, claiming their products contain allergens and irritants that cause hair loss and dry, brittle hair.

Is Aveeno haircare cruelty-free? ›

Aveeno is NOT Cruelty-Free. Aveeno engages in animal testing by allowing its products to be animal-tested. Aveeno is also owned by Kenvue, a parent corporation that does engage in animal testing.

What shampoo companies are cruelty-free? ›

A good place to double check is Logical Harmony.
  • Carol's Daughter (Offers vegan-friendly shampoos.)
  • Ethique (100% vegan)
  • Hask (Monoi Coconut Oil Shampoo is vegan-friendly.)
  • Love Beauty and Planet (100% vegan)
  • Maui Moisture (Shampoos are vegan-friendly.)
  • Native (All shampoos are vegan.)
  • Pacifica (100% vegan)
Jul 10, 2023

Are Pantene products cruelty-free? ›

We do not test our products on animals. Pantene is working closely with governments around the world to provide alternative research methods to eliminate testing on animals, enabling cruelty-free hair care in the beauty industry. In a few countries where Pantene is sold, governments still mandate animal tests.

What companies have switched to cruelty-free? ›

PETA. Search for: Welcome to the searchable database of companies that do and that don't test their products on animals! There are more than 6,200 companies in our database that don't test on animals, including Dove, e.l.f., Herbal Essences, 100% PURE, Dr. Bronner's, Aveda, and Seventh Generation!

Is Covergirl still cruelty-free? ›

COVERGIRL is Leaping Bunny approved by Cruelty Free International, which means we're a Cruelty Free makeup brand across ALL our cosmetic products, EVERYWHERE we're sold.

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