Whether you actively follow a vegan lifestyle or like to make small changes where you can, finding premium vegan makeup can sometimes feel like a challenge. For some, finding vegan makeup is essential; you want everything in your routine to be vegan – and from brands that cater for all needs, from vegan makeup brushes right through to a setting spray.
I spoke to Escentual Merchandiser and self-confessed vegan beauty addict, Eleni, to discover her favourite vegan beauty by peeking into her vegan makeup tutorial – I even picked up some top makeup tips along the way!
Discover how Eleni created this beautiful makeup look using all vegan makeup…
The Glowy Vegan Setting Spray
The Need-To-Knows:
✓ Vegan & cruelty-free
✓ Locks in makeup for up to 16 hours
✓ Infused with glow-giving vitamin C
Why It’s Part Of Eleni’s Beauty Routine:
There’s more than meets the eye when it comes to the Urban Decay Vitamin C Setting Spray – Eleni loves to use it as both a setting spray and a primer!
The spray is a glowier version of the original best-selling All Nighter as it’s enriched with vitamin C and cactus water to offer a boost of hydration. It creates a fresh and thoroughly quenched base for the rest of Eleni’s makeup look, while ensuring it stays put.
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The Vegan Makeup Brushes
The Need-To-Knows:
✓ Vegan & cruelty-free
✓ Includes ten mini versions of iconic RT beauty tools
✓ Covers every step of your makeup routine – base, blush, eyes and brows included
Why It’s Part Of Eleni’s Beauty Routine:
No matter what makeup look Eleni creates, she always relies on Real Techniques to have the perfect brush for the job. For this gorgeous look, Eleni used the Travel Fantasy Mini Brush Kit, which has all of your complexion and eye brush essentials included. Each one is vegan – both the fibres and the glue do not feature any animal-derived ingredients.
Another top tip? Yes, the cool holographic bag is perfect for travelling, but Eleni also uses it to clean her brushes. She fills the bag with brush cleaner, pops the brushes in and shakes it to quickly cleanse between every makeup use before setting them out to dry.
The Vegan Powder Foundation
The Need-To-Knows:
✓ Vegan & cruelty-free
✓ Offers 16 hours’ full coverage with a natural matte finish
✓ Resistant to sweat, humidity and transferring
✓ Improves skin texture and tone over time.
Why It’s Part Of Eleni’s Beauty Routine:
The bareMinerals BAREPRO Powder Foundation bridges the gap between skincare and flawless coverage – and, of course, this incredible foundation is vegan!
Eleni’s go-to shade is Fair 10 Cool. She loves its silky matte finish and how lightweight it feels. But, the full-coverage BAREPRO Powder doesn’t just look good – it works wonders too. It smooths and brightens your skin using a pineapple complex, while hydrating and smoothing out skin texture.
The All-In-One Vegan Bronzer
The Need-To-Knows:
✓ Vegan & cruelty-free
✓ Offers the glow of a bronzer and the flush of a blush
✓ Smooth the look of imperfections and brightens skin
Why It’s Part Of Eleni’s Beauty Routine:
I’m completely obsessed with Eleni’s glow – and in her own words, it’s all thanks to the bareMinerals Blonzer – a hybrid between a blusher and a bronzer. Her favourite shade, Kiss Of Copper, creates a beautiful terracotta flush. The shine isn’t glittery but gives a gorgeous healthy glow.
Eleni uses a ‘W’ motion to apply the Blonzer to her cheeks, before adding a kiss of Blonzer to the tip of her nose to complete her bronzed glowy look.
The Travel-Friendly Vegan Eyeshadow
The Need-To-Knows:
✓ Vegan & cruelty-free
✓ Features six of the most wanted Naked Wild West shades
✓ Includes a range of velvety shimmer and matte eyeshadows
✓ Offers up to 12 hours’ wear
Why It’s Part Of Eleni’s Beauty Routine:
Urban Decay are renowned for their eyeshadow palettes, but did you know that a lot of them are vegan? Every new Urban Decay shadow launch going forward will only feature vegan ingredients.
But that certainly doesn’t affect the high-impact colour payoff you expect from UD. Their more recent releases continue to deliver blendable pigmented eyeshadows that make your eyes pop. Eleni’s personal favourite is the Naked Wild West Mini – the green shade ‘bud’ suits her aesthetic perfectly! If you want even more variety, why not try the larger Naked Wild West palette.
The Lash-Boosting Natural Mascara
The Need-To-Knows:
✓ Vegan & cruelty-free
✓ Volumising and lash-separating mascara
✓ Offers 16 hours of wear
Why It’s Part Of Eleni’s Beauty Routine:
Featuring only 13 natural ingredients, Urban Decay’s plant-powered Wild Greens Mascara is designed to transform lashes so they’re full and fluffy. As Eleni coated her lashes, it really looked like she’d applied falsies – the mascara creates instant lift for full, separated-out lashes from morning to evening.
The Ultra-Nourishing Vegan Lipstick
The Need-To-Knows:
✓ Vegan & cruelty-free
✓ Offers bold colour payoff with a creamy satin finish
✓ Improves the condition of your lips with each use
Why It’s Part Of Eleni’s Beauty Routine:
bareMinerals have created a lipstick that is long-lasting, highly pigmented, made from 76% natural and vegan ingredients – it couldn’t get better!
Not only does the Mineralist Hydra Lipstick feel incredibly smooth and hydrating, but it also plumps lines.away. Eleni is wearing shade ‘Insight’ as it’s her perfect nude hue, but you’ll often see her rocking some of the bolder shades – there are 25 to choose from!
Over to you…
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