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Shopping Cruelty Free – Tesco

Shopping Cruelty free – Tesco

Out of the four leading supermarket chains in the UK, Tesco is at the top with a total of 3,433 stores. With that in mind I thought that it would be a good idea to see which cruelty free makeup brands you can pick up while doing your weekly big shop.

Tesco sell so many makeup products from so many brands but not all are cruelty free.

How do I know the products are cruelty free?

The hard part is that it’s not easy to tell which brand is animal friendly or not. One thing to look out for is the leaping bunny logo. This can be found on back of packaging and advertisements.

I have had a look though all the makeup brands that Tesco sell and have put together a list below. I have highlighted in pink the animal friendly ones. The brands I am not 100% sure on have been left black for now.

Active Active Living Ardell Lashes
Astor Bad Apple Badegquo
Barry M Bask Bauer
Baumhaus Becca Bellapierre Cosmetics
Benefit Bluesky Body Collection
Bosign Bourjois Bourjois Paris
Burberry Burt’s Bees Butter London
Caili Cola California Tan Calvin Klein
Candy Chanel China Glaze
Ciate Ciate Clatins
Clinique Collection Collection 2000
Collistar Constance Carroll Coryse Salome
Coty Cover Girl Covermark
Covershoot Crabtree & Evelyn Cutex
Decleor Derma Treatments Devoted Creations
Dolce & Gabbana Dr Bronners Duri
Eco Tan Eco Tools Ed Hardy
Elizabeth Arden Emerald Bay Essie
Estee Lauder Excellence Fable
Fashionista Fiesta Sun Fineline
Fred Bennett Fusion Beauty Galt
Gold Serums Guerlain Guinot
Harbour Housewares Helena Rubinstein Hempz
High Definition Brows High Street TV High Tech Cosmetics
HoMedics Imagination Iman
Inca Intrigue Jemma KIdd
JESSICA Jewel City JML
Kardashian Karin Herzog Katie Price
Kent L’Occitane Provence L’Oreal
L’Oreal Paris La Prairie Lala
Lancome Lashaholic Laura Mercier
Laval Leichner Leighton Denny
Lentheric Look Good Feel Better Mabelline
MAC Magic Mirror Magnitone
Makeup Revolution Makeup Revolution London Manhattan
Marvel Max Factor Mayelline
Mayfair MD Formula Mi-Pac
Mineral Magic Minisun Miss Etoile
Miss Sporty MoYou MUA
My Furniture N.Y.C Nail Magic
Nailed London Nails Inc NARS
Nicholus Winter Nicka K Nina Ricci
NYX O.P.I OC Tan In Colour
Once Upon a Time Opticare Organic & Botanic
Origins Outdoor Girl Paint Glow
Palladio Peau d’OR Pink poppy
Power Tan Pretty Pro Tan
Pupa QVS Ready, Set, Go
Real Techniques Reflections by BaByliss Reisentel
Revlon Rimmel London Rinkit
Royal Rubis Switxerland Sally Hansen
Salon System Shiseideo Simplehuman
Sisley Stargazer Sunkissed
Supre Tan Synergy TAN TannyMaxx
Technics The Contemporary Home W7
Yurily Yves Sait Laurent Zone Denmark

Where can I find a local store?

You cannot go far without bumping into a Tesco store as most towns thought the UK have more than one. What you want to look for is the Tesco super or Tesco Express stores as these are the ones that will more likely sell makeup products.

To find one near to you, take a look at the Tesco store finder.

Can I shop online?

Yes, you can! The Tesco website is really very good. You’re more likely to find the product you are after online as the website has much more variety than a Tesco store and has more readily available stock.

To access all of their makeup products you need to go to www.tesco.com/direct/. This is where you can find all the non-food products.

First you need to navigate your way to the makeup section of the website.  This is located under ‘Health & Beauty’ A direct link is here.

Good thing is, Tesco has made this very easy with their website navigation.

The Tesco website has a nice filter and the best way to have direct access to a cruelty free brand is to scroll down to the ‘brand’ section and the filter which is located on the left had side of the page. Click on ‘view all’ to see all of the makeup brands.

From there you can select as many brands as you wish. Once you are happy just click ‘Apply’.

Once you have decided which item you want to perchance you can order to collect in-store or get it delivered to straight to your door.

There you have it, it’s that simple.

Can I get Tesco club points with makeup?

Yes. You can collect Tesco club points with all products sold in Tesco stores.

If you’re just starting out on your cruelty free journey and want to know more, take a look here.

Shopping Cruelty free – The Body Shop

How could we not talk about The Body Shop in our cruelty free shopping guides. 

The Body Shop is a pioneer for cruelty free products, they are completely against animal testing. Exactly the sort of Company that we love! All of their products they sell are 100% cruelty free.

They started campaigning to end testing cosmetics on animals in the late 80s, miles ahead of any other global cosmetics companies.

Ever since they have continued to promote the cruelty free lifestyle with various campaigns, the latest being #ForeverAgainstAnimalTesting, find our more here. If you haven’t done so already I highly recommend signing their international petition to end animal testing. So far, they have over 3.8 Million signatures, it goes to show how many people care for the wellbeing of animals.

Where can I find a local store?

The body Shop has a major presence on the high street and most towns and cities have a store. Currently they have a total of 264 stores thought the UK. To find the nearest high street The Body Shop store you can search here.

Can I shop online?

Yes, you can! If you are more of an online shopper then they have a pretty awesome online store. You can purchase their whole range from the comfort of your home and browse through their tips & advice articles which are really good. Another majour plus to their website is that you can read the reviews before you buy so if you are not sure about a product you can get feedback from real customers to put your mind at ease.

Each product on their website features a ‘How to use’ section. Some are really basic and have just a line or two and others have videos.

Some of the benefits are: 

  • Money of voucher codes
  • Special offers
  • Free delivery on orders over £10
  • Whole range of products
  • Access to tips & advice
  • Customer reviews
  • How to use videos

What products to they sell at The Body Shop?

They sell a whole lot. So much in-fact it would be almost impossible to list them all in this article. What I will do is break down the main product sections and give you direct links to them.

Face

Body

Hair

Makeup

Fragrance

Does The Body Shop sell anything else?

You’re in luck, yes, they do. You can also buy gift bags and boxes as well as gift sets for him and her which are perfect for those special occasions.

Some best sellers from The Body Shop

Here are some of the best sellers form their online store. I have tried to pick a wide range of items and aren’t in any particular order.

Ginger Anti-Dandruff Shampoo

This shampoo is specifically for dry/flaky scalps. It’s a highly recommended shampoo that soothes the scalp from irritation and itchiness.

Best for:

  • Dandruff
  • Dry/flaky scalps
  • Itchy scalps

From £2.00

Shea Nourishing Body Butter

This is an all-round must have body moisturiser. It come in 50ml, 200ml and 400ml tubs and perfect for people who suffer from very dry skin. It has a nutty scent which claims to last 48 hours from application.

Best for:

  • Very dry skin
  • Long lasting moisturiser

From £15.00

Vitamin E Night Cream 

I included this night time moisturising cream as it caters for all skin types, it’s a well-rounded product. It’s one of The Body Shop’s best sellers and I can see why with hundreds of positive reviews.

Best for:

  • Dry skin
  • Night time use

£14.00

Matte Lip Liquid

Available in 17 shades this long-lasting lipstick is suitable for most people. It’s 100% vegetarian and gluten free.

Best for:

  • 100% Vegetarian
  • Long lasting
  • 17 shades

£6.00

There we have it! Conclusion, The Body Shop is fantastic and one of the best places to shop cruelty free. If you want to browse other cruelty free makeup brands we take a look at our cruelty free makeup brands list or if you are just sarting out you can found out more here.

How to shop cruelty free at Amazon

Amazon is the largest online retailer in the world. You can pretty much order anything you want form there and have it in your hands as quick as the next day. They sell plenty of cruelty free brands too! 

It’s amazing, but with so many products to choose from it’s difficult to know if what you are buying is truly animal friendly.

With that in mind I thought this guide would help people who are not sure. The best place to start is to know the brands that are cruelty free and do not test their products on animals. To make it easier I have filtered our cruelty free makeup list just for brands that sell on Amazon below.

This list is a work in progress, we will be updating the list weekly.

*The bands listed below are all makeup brands.

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How to start on amazon?

If you know exactly what you want to buy then it’s easy, just search for the item in the search bar at the top of the site. More than likely if Amazon sell the specific product the search result would bring up what you are looking to purchase.

Not sure what product you want to buy?

There are two ways to navigate the website:

  1. Using the navigation dropdown and find a category that suits. His is effective, but is difficult to filter out the search results for cruelty free products.
  2. Probably the best way is to search a term in the search field at the top of the website. For example; if you are interested in lipstick, you would input ‘cruelty free lipstick’ this will then give you more accurate search results and filter out all the non-cruelty free brands.

Not 100% sure the product is cruelty free?

One a products page you will find reviews and these are well worth looking at. On a cruelty free product, other people who have purchased it are most likely living the cruelty free lifestyle the same as you are. If the products aren’t cruelty free this would more than likely been flagged up in the reviews. It’s also a great way to find out if the makeup product is any good or not.

I want to purchase similar items

Amazon has a great feature where it will list ‘Frequently bought together’ products. This sits below the products listing. A really easy way to see similar products and buy them quickly without spending too much time online searching.

Just below sits another great feature ‘Customers who bought this item also bought’. Here you will see multiple items that are often bought with the products you are looking at.

How do I know the products are cruelty free?

This is where you need to have done a bit of research, the product(s) that you are buying may state they are cruelty free but they are owned by a larger company that sell their products in China which by law test their cosmetic products on animals, more on that here.

One thing to look out for is the Leaping Bunny Logo, this is a good indicator that the brand do not test on animals. Not all brands that are cruelty free have this logo as they are smaller independent outfits.

Good thing is if you look at the list above then these are all makeup brands that are cruelty free. if you are still not sure see our list of companies that test on aniamls.

Quick links

On Amazon, you can tailor your searches. Very useful to narrow down products and filter out most of the brands you would not want to buy. I have some searches below to give you quick access to cruelty free products.

Makeup

Foundation

Lipstick

Mascara

Nail polish

If there is anything else you would like to know about shopping cruelty free at amazon please leave a comment below.

If you are not a fan of shopping on amazon, have put together a list of cruelty free brands here.