Our Vegan Hair and Beauty Guide

Elevate your salon experience: discover premium vegan hair & beauty products for professionals

Premium vegan hair and beauty brands with their cruelty-free credentials and innovative formulas are taking over the professional hair and beauty market. As well as their commitment to cruelty-free, vegan brands often trailblaze in other ways; leading the way with innovations in sustainability. As the hair and beauty community is embracing a more ethical approach to product choice, more than ever before, it’s important to know your vegan brands and products.

Why choose vegan?

Market pressures mean that customers are focussed not only on how much they are spending but also on what they are buying. Conscious and considered spending means that customers are looking for vegan products that align with their values, choosing to invest in brands they believe in, trust and feel connected to.

Your Professional Advantage

Vegan Innovation: stay ahead of the curve with cutting-edge vegan formulations that cater to the growing demand for cruelty-free hair and beauty solutions.
Client satisfaction: meet the expectations of eco-conscious clients with products that not only deliver results but also align with their values.
Business growth: differentiate your salon by offering a vegan-friendly experience, attracting a broader clientele and enhancing your business reputation.

Vegan Hair Products

7 need-to-know vegan hair brands

Wunderbar

Wunderbar is a German colour and styling brand that's loved all over Europe. Wunderbar’s colour result has been compared to the big French colour brands but at a fraction of the price. This vegan colour brand is fast becoming the go-to for colourists who need reliable colour but also want to protect their profits. Wunderbar is also known for its 100% vegan, sustainably packaged care and styling range, formulated with argan oil and phyto-keratin and featuring Wunderbar’s trademarked Revitalizing Tri-Complex.

Paul Mitchell

Paul Mitchell, the original vegan friendly brand, is known to being the pioneer in cruelty-free hair care and vegan products since 1980. Their bold and true claim that speaks for itself is, ‘No animal testing. Never have. Never will’.

Olaplex

Known for its damage and repair benefits, Olaplex is devoted to developing and maintaining sustainable vegan products with environmental, social, and economic benefits while protecting public health and the environment over the entire lifecycle. Their range includes all you need for healthy-looking hair from vegan shampoo and conditioner, to vegan hair oil and hair treatments.

Maria Nila

Swedish brand Maria Nila doesn’t believe animals should be part of human vanity, which is why all their products are 100% vegan, animal friendly and come in CO₂ compensated packaging. Maria Nila is famous for developing vegan care and styling products that deliver exceptional performance with a scandi twist on luxury premium haircare.

Redken Shades EQ and Color Gel Lacquers

Whether you’re choosing Shades EQ or Shades EQ Bonder Inside for demi-permanent hair colour, or Color Gels Lacquers or Color Gels Lacquers 10 Minute for permanent hair colour, you can be sure to have picked a powerful formula without animal derived ingredients. Vegan hair colour is emerging as big business and Redken is one of the brands making changes to their formulations to cater for the rising demand in vegan colour products.

Schwarzkopf Professionals Bonacure

Schwarzkopf Professional Bonacure Clean Performance is committed to ethical haircare. Their sustainable portfolio delivers effective results without compromise with 100% vegan, cruelty-free formulas, free from harmful ingredients. Schwarzkopf Professional Bonacure's commitment to clean beauty and advanced skincare-inspired technologies ensures that you not only achieve the best hair results but also contribute to a better, more sustainable future.

LeaLuo

LeaLuo was born out of the beat of the urban lifestyle. In a world where creativity, inclusivity, and community rules are an inspiration, LeaLuo’s hair products are created for experimenting and expressing hairstyles, without compromises. Their innovative 100% vegan and cruelty-free formulas with instant effect are developed for the scalp, hair quality and shine.

Vegan Beauty Products

Maskology

Maskology have created their eco face sheet masks and serum with sustainability in mind, using 100% plant origin ingredients and recyclable packaging. Using the power of nature to find their ingredients from plant based sources.

Skintruth

Skintruth® is a professional vegan skincare, manicure, and pedicure range, which unifies naturally derived and scientifically advanced ingredients to optimise skincare for an enhanced salon experience. Each skincare solution has been carefully formulated with the perfect blend of specialist ingredients and essential oils, without parabens, sulphates or mineral oils.

Tan Truth

Tan Truth is designed and created by experts to deliver flawless colour results and glowing skin. Their vision is to empower everybody, making everyone feel confident and beautiful in their own skin with their 100% vegan and cruelty-free spray tan and self-tan products.

Ardell

Leader of false lashes worldwide, Ardell is renowned for their dedication to creating high-quality, cruelty-free, vegan lashes devoid of animal derived ingredients and testing. Worn and loved by celebrities and make-up artists around the world, you're sure to find your new favourite lash style.

Vegan Nail Products

2AM London

2AM London offers 100% vegan and cruelty-free gel polishes formulated without HEMA and Di-HEMA. With their on-trend shade range and affordable price point, 2AM London is ideal for independent nail technicians or freelancers who need quality at a reasonable price.

OPI Nature Strong

Crafted from sugarcane, manioc, wheat, potatoes, corn, and clay, OPI Nature Strong is cruelty-free and 100% vegan nail polish. Delivering up to 7 days wear, get the most out of your Nature Strong colours with the 3-step system including top and base coats boosted with gentle skincare ingredients for healthy, smooth looking nails.

Red Carpet Manicure

For clients with sensitive skin or HEMA allergies, Red Carpet’s advanced chip-free, HEMA-free formula is a great solution to allow you to continue to offer high revenue gel services rather than needing to switch to lacquer.

OPI Repair Mode

OPI Repair Mode is the first ever bond building, vegan-friendly nail treatment with Patented Ulti-Plex Technology™ that penetrates the nail surface to build new bonds from within. The result? 99% nail keratin repair and stronger, smoother nails.

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