The Best Vegan & Cruelty-Free Shampoos

1. Best cruelty-free shampoos
2. Best cruelty-free everyday shampoo
3. Best cruelty-free shampoo for damaged hair
4. Best cruelty-free dry shampoo

5. Best cruelty-free shampoo bars
6. Best everyday shampoos for men
7. Best cruelty-free anti-dandruff shampoos for men
8. Cruelty-free shampoo FAQs

Faith in Nature’s Lavender Geranium Shampoo is a wonderfully soothing shampoo that relaxes the mind and scalp.

Lavender oil is known to promote hair growth and moisturise a dry, itchy scalp that is amazingly softening. Perfect for normal to dryer hair types. And it’s paraben and SLS-free.

• Certified cruelty-free
• Vegan
• Lavender and geranium scented
• Suitable for dryer hair and damaged scalps
• £4.87 for 400ml

As with all Faith in Nature shampoos and conditioners you can also buy a 5 litre refill bottle to reduce plastic waste. Which we would highly recommend.

The savings from reduced deliveries alone makes it far more emissions efficient. Add the manufacturing to that and it’s a no-brainer.

Read our cruelty-free review of Faith in Nature here.

Neal’s Yard is an ever-present everyday favourite for us. And its nutrient-rich Orange Flower Shampoo smells incredible. Our absolute favourite shampoo for everyday use.

• Certified cruelty-free
• Vegan
• Orange flower essence
• Suitable for all hair types
• £7.95
• 200ml

Packed full of moringa – containing vitamins A and B that thickens and nourishes hair – alongside camelia oil – which keeps your hair and scalp moist. It’s low-lathering formula is designed to retain essential oils too.

Neal’s Yard also feature in our favourite vegan and cruelty-free soaps and our vegan and cruelty-free face wash page. 

Read our cruelty-free review of Neal’s Yard here.

Tropic has been one of our favourite cruelty-free brands for a long time. And its Clarifying Hair Wash is a great example of why. Although we’re not sure why it isn’t just called shampoo either.

Ideally suited for sensitive and oily skin it’s packed full of amino acids – these protein building blocks help build bonds between strands, strengthening each follicle and improving blood flow – and babassu oil – which promotes a healthy scalp by restoring elasticity and strength.

• Certified cruelty-free
• Vegan
• Lemon, lime, buchu leaf and mint
• Suitable for dryer hair and damaged scalps
• £16 for 250ml

Tropic is carbon neutral at a company level and its products are all widely recycled and made from sustainable products.

Making a second appearance in the shampoo for damaged hair section, Tropic’s Nourishing Hair Cleanser is another amazing cruelty-free follicle replenisher.

Complete with macadamia oil, arginine and vitamin B5 – packed full of omega fatty acids that restore dry, brittle hair and prevents moisture loss – it’s a great shampoo for all hair types and doesn’t require further conditioning.

• Certified cruelty-free
• Vegan
• Lemon peel extract and peppermint oil scent
• Suitable for all hair types
• £18 for 250ml

We’ve already covered why Aveda is such a brilliant brand – the recyclable, recycled bottles and renewable energy manufacturing speaks for itself.

And this 94% naturally derived shampoo is genuinely luxurious. Beautifully packaged and created.

Packed full of hydrating ingredients and vegan superfoods, the mango butter and coconut oil replenishes dryer hair.

• Certified cruelty-free
• Vegan
• Cocoa, certified organic ginger, cardamom and other pure flower and plant essences
• Suitable for dryer, depleted hair
• £26 for 250ml

Perfect if you feel like your hair has lost is lustre or needs a little pick-me-up.

Read our cruelty-free review of Aveda here.

Aveda makes another appearance on our list – and with good reason..

Its Botanical Repair and Strengthening Shampoo is amazing at protecting and replenishing under-nourished hair. And 95% of women said their hair looked instantly healthier.

• Certified cruelty-free
• Vegan
• Organic ylang-ylang, rose and marjoram (Which we’ve only ever used in cooking) alongside other pure flower and plant essences
• Suitable for all hair types – particularly damaged hair
• £27 for 200ml – sometimes only the larger option is available

Designed to suit all hair-types to gently remove excess sebum (the oily, waxy substance that protects your skin). Aveda’s botanical-based, repairing formula gently cleanses and strengthens hair by building bonds between individual strands.

We had to find a way to include Battle Green on our cruelty-free shampoo list. It has been a company we have watched develop with real interest over the years. Even since it only existed on Etsy.

Its Orange Neroli Dry Shampoo offers an easy and water-free way to wash your hair. 

• Certified cruelty-free
• Vegan
• Orange neroli scented
• Suitable for all hair types, ideally dryer hair and scalps
• £7.95 for 50g

Its primary ingredients – corn starch, arrowroot powder, kaolin clay, aloe vera powder and amla fruit powder – are organic, sustainably sourced and promote moisture, excess oil absorption and anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial properties.

And £7.95 for a 50g jar is more than reasonable. Even if it seems a touch expensive, this stuff lasts.

Read more about Battle Green and whether it is completely cruelty-free and ethical here.

Faith in Nature’s Lavender and Geranium shampoo bar is cruelty-free, plastic-free and offers a sustainable way of reducing waste in your beauty regime.

• £5.79
• 85g
• Vegan and cruelty-free
• Paraben and sulfate-free
• Plastic-free, recyclable, compostable packaging

The all-natural product is also paraben and sulfate-free cardboard packaging is recyclable AND compostable. And at £5.79 for 85g, it lasts significantly longer than regular shampoo.

And a definite favourite in our best vegan, cruelty-free and eco-friendly products page. 

We were first introduced to Foamie shampoo bars through one of Adelle’s cruelty-free subscription boxes and never looked back. Probably our go-to shampoo bar(s) of choice.

• £6.90 – £9.99
• 80g
• Vegan and cruelty-free
• Paraben and sulfate-free
• 100% plastic-free – having two bottles of shampoo – on average – per bar

As we’ve tried to reduce our plastic consumption, the little steps you take cumulatively make a big difference. And we were really surprised at how lustrous and healthy our hair felt afterwards.

And the biggest selling point for us is that each scented bar has a different purpose – the Coconut Shampoo is designed for normal hair whilst the Hibiscus Shampoo is for damaged hair. Whatever your need, Foamie will be able to supply it.

Foamie also feature as one of our favourite cruelty-free haircare brands.

Aveda’s Nurturing Shampoo Bar is a 94% naturally derived shampoo that is created with abyssinian oil – a natural silicone alternative that nourishes hair, leaving it shiny and soft.

• £14
• 100g
• Vegan and cruelty-free
• Paraben and sulfate-free
• 100% plastic-free
• 100% post-consumer recycled paper carton

100% of the formula waste from the bar is donated to Clean The World Foundation. A project that recycles it into new soap bars for the WASH Education Program Hygiene Kits provided to vulnerable communities.

And it’s wonderfully scented. Full of organic lavender, ylang ylang and petit grain.

Harry’s 2-in-1 Shampoo has been my go-to hair cleaning product for the last couple of years – primarily driven around Christmas time. Initially I was a little wary of getting shampoo for Christmas, but it’s been a brilliant stocking filler and the branding looks beautiful. 

It’s definitely a gentle cleaning product and I’ve found my hair – which is relatively thick and neither dry nor greasy – reacts really well to almost daily use. Which I haven’t found with many other shampoos. 

• £8
• 414ml
• Certified cruelty-free
• Vegan
• Peppermint, eucalyptus and lavender scented
• Suitable for all hair-types

And I have always loved rejuvenating smelling cleaning products. So the peppermint, eucalyptus and lavender hits the proverbial nail on the head. The fact it’s paraben and sulfate-free is just a nice added bonus.

Read our cruelty-free review of Harry’s here.

Faith in Nature is always a go-to source of haircare and cleaning products because they all smell – and look – so good. And their Grapefruit Orange Shampoo is no exception.

An all-natural shampoo that is so invigorating, paraben and SLS-free and great value. And pairs brilliantly with the same scented conditioner.

• £5.79
• 400ml
• Certified cruelty-free
• Vegan
• Orange and grapefruit scented
• Suitable for all hair-types

If – like us – you’re looking to reduce your plastic waste, then you can also bulk buy a 5 litre refill bottle. Which is exactly what we did!  

Aveda’s Pure-formance Shampoo is definitely the most luxurious option on the list – and if I’m being honest not something I would normally buy regularly. But receiving or giving it as a present is a very welcome treat!

• £21
• 300ml
• Certified cruelty-free
• Vegan
• Spearmint, vetiver, lavender and other pure flower and plant essences
• Suitable for normal – dry hair

Aveda product manufacturing is 100% wind and solar powered with 100% post-consumer recycled PET packaging. And the bigger the bottle you buy, the more eco-friendly it becomes.

A litre bottle uses up to 28% less plastic. It has a strong claim to be the most eco-friendly company on our list.

Harry’s Anti-Dandruff Shampoo fortunately isn’t a shampoo I need to use very often as I don’t tend to get dry, flaky or itchy scalps.

But the one time I needed to get rid of oily product build-up, this absolutely did the trick.

But if you do then this is perfect. The aloe vera and lavender is designed to calm and soothe your scalp and they even have a super-strength version to treat severe itchiness.

• £8
• 414ml
• Certified cruelty-free
• Vegan
• Aloe vera and lavender scented

Another cracker from my all-time favourite cruelty-free brand.

Another Christmas gift that made me wonder what people really thought of my hair, Bulldog’s Anti-Dandruff Shampoo works equally as well as Harry’s.

What I love about Harry’s is the sleek product itself. It just looks so good in the bathroom.

What I love about Bulldog’s shampoo is that it is sulfate and synthetic thickener-free, all-natural fragrance and the bottle is made out of 100% post-consumer recycled plastic.

Oh and it works of course. Like I said, I’m still dandruff-free!

• £5.50
• 300ml
• Certified cruelty-free
• Vegan
• Lemon, bergamot, peppermint, lavender and eucalyptus

Read our cruelty-free review of Bulldog and its ethics.