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Elizabeth Arden is neither cruelty-free nor vegan. It personally tests ingredients and products on animals and works with suppliers or third parties who do so, selling products in markets where animal testing can be mandated.
Is Elizabeth Arden Cruelty-Free?
Elizabeth Arden is not cruelty-free!
The brand – like its parent company Revlon – performs animal tests on its products and ingredients, where it is required by law. Also working with suppliers who work under the same guidelines.
Elizabeth Arden features on our list of brands who are not cruelty-free.
Elizabeth Arden Ethical Overview
- No Elizabeth Arden isn’t cruelty-free
- Yes it sells products in China
- No Elizabeth Arden isn’t vegan as it uses multiple animal derived products in it’s formulae
- It isn’t palm oil-free
- Elizabeth Arden is owned by Revlon, an American multinational cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care company
Is Elizabeth Arden sold in China?
Yes Elizabeth Arden sells products in mainland China. On the brand’s page about animal testing it states it performs tests on animals in markets where it is required by law.
And selling imported cosmetics in China still puts products at risk of being tested on animals in pre or post market.
Whilst we cannot now claim that countries involved in selling products in China can be cruelty-free, China’s animal testing policy is no longer as black and white is it seemed.
Is Elizabeth Arden Vegan?
Elizabeth Arden is not a vegan brand. Whilst some of the products are free-from animal byproducts, the brand is complicit in animal testing around the world and can’t be considered vegan.
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FAQs
As of June 2016 Elizabeth Arden is owned by Revlon in a deal worth £611 million.
No Elizabeth Arden isn’t certified cruelty-free by any organisations because the brand is complicit in cosmetic animal testing. Featuring in PETA’s ‘does test on animals’ database.
Whilst it may not personally test on animals or work with suppliers who do, it does sell products in China.
No Elizabeth Arden isn’t Leaping Bunny certified as it is not cruelty-free. It features on PETA’s ‘tests on animals’ database.
Elizabeth Arden either test on animals personally, works with suppliers / third parties who test on animals on the brand’s behalf or both. Whilst also selling products in markets where this can be mandated by law.
No Elizabeth Arden is not paraben, synthetic fragrance or phthalate free.
Multiple products contains all the above ingredients, including the Elizabeth 8 Hour Derm Cream. It is made with many potentially harmful ingredients including petrolatum – like Vaseline – fragrance and Propylparaben.
Elizabeth Arden is not palm-oil free. .
The brand inherits its parent company’s (Revlon) palm-oil status. Which claims to have been improving its supplier traceability and procuring from suppliers who have a responsible sourcing process.
However neither Elizabeth Arden or Revlon appear to be a member of the RSPO.
