However, makeup can have some surprising ingredients.
In order for makeup to be deemed vegan-friendly, it must not contain any animal parts at all.
According toL’Oreal Paris, carmine is a dye mixture of carmine acid salt and crushed insects known as cochineals.
These insects have been used to make red dye for hundreds of years.
The female insects have the cochineal extract extrapolated from them which is mixed with the salt from carmine acid.
Astoundingly, to make just one pound of carmine, 70,000 insects need to be added.
Even mega company Starbucks has used it in the past but has since stopped due to public outcry.
you’re free to also look for a vegan-friendly label on the products.
For those who want to usevegan-friendly makeupbrands exclusively, there are several on the market.
