Is it vegan?
Beeswax
Beeswax is the wax honeybees secrete to build their comb. On an ingredient list it appears as Cera Alba, usually followed by “(Beeswax)”.
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Choose your flavour- On a list as
- Cera Alba (Beeswax)
- What it does
- Wax: structure, glide and a protective film
- Where it comes from
- Animal: secreted by honeybees
- Vegan?
- No
Why it’s in a formula
It gives a lipstick its structure and glide, lets a mascara hold a curl, and forms a soft, protective film in a rich cream. Few waxes do all three as easily, which is why it turns up in so many formulas.
- It is not vegan. Many vegetarians use it; most vegans avoid it.
- “Synthetic Beeswax” is different: a lab-made blend of fatty esters built to behave like beeswax, with no bees involved. Le Rouge uses it.
- Candelilla and carnauba are the plant waxes that most often stand in for it.
Without beeswax
Vegan by their own published lists.
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Where you’ll find it at Divina
Read from each piece’s published ingredient list. 6 pieces.
L'Éclat
Lip Gloss
$44
Listed as Cera Alba (Beeswax)
Not vegan: lanolin and beeswax, and some shades may contain carmine
La Teinte
Lip Gloss Stain
$40
Listed as Cera Alba (Beeswax)
Not vegan in every shade: beeswax in sixteen of its twenty-two shades, and most may contain carmine; Shy, Cinnamon, Rose, Firedown and Dazzle read vegan
Questions
Is beeswax vegan?
No. It is made by bees, so vegans avoid it. Many vegetarians are fine with it.
Is beeswax vegetarian?
Yes, by most definitions: bees make it and no animal is killed to collect it. It is not vegan.
Can a product with beeswax be cruelty-free?
Cruelty-free and vegan answer different questions. Cruelty-free means the product was not tested on animals; vegan means nothing in it comes from an animal. Every Divina piece is cruelty-free, and the ones that list beeswax say on their own pages that they aren’t vegan.
Is synthetic beeswax vegan?
Yes, by its name and make-up: it is a mixture of lab-made fatty esters designed to mimic beeswax. It contains no beeswax.
Which Divina pieces contain beeswax?
The list on this page is read from each piece’s published ingredient list at every build, so it is always current. Each one says on its own page that it isn’t vegan, or isn’t vegan in every shade.
How we know: every ingredient list on this site is the manufacturer’s own, read piece by piece and shade by shade, and the pieces above are worked out from those lists each time the site is built. Ingredient names and functions follow the EU’s CosIng database. This page describes cosmetic ingredients; it isn’t medical advice.
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