Westman Atelier Highlight Stick Nectar

Vegan means no animal-derived ingredients: no beeswax, honey, lanolin, carmine, collagen, silk or milk. Some ingredients like glycerin can come from plants or animals, so a vegan claim on the label matters.

No, Westman Atelier Highlight Stick Nectar is not vegan. It lists Iron Oxides (Ci 77494 Iron Oxides (Ci 77499) Carmine (Ci 75470): carmine, a red pigment made from insects.

This is not a safety warning. It is a label fact, useful if you avoid this group on purpose.

Diisostearyl Malate, Octyldodecanol Trisodecyl Trimellitate Polybutene, Polyethylene Mica, Microcrystalline Wax (Cera Microcristallina) Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Wax, Synthetic Wax, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate Tin Oxide, Dicalcium Phosphate Alumina, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Vitis Vinifera (Crape) Fruit Extract (Vitis Vinifera Extract) Silica, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77494 Iron Oxides (Ci 77499) Carmine (Ci 75470).

Highlighted names triggered a “No” on one of the six checks. Underlined names open the ingredient dictionary. Source list as recorded on Open Beauty Facts.