Does Maybelline test on animals?
Not certified cruelty-free. Maybelline states it does not test on animals except where required by law.
Animal testing rarely happens at the brand's own bench. The questions that decide the answer are whether suppliers test, whether the parent company tests, and whether the brand sells through channels that can require post-market testing.
The evidence behind the answer
Cruelty-freeflagged
Not certified cruelty-free. Maybelline states it does not test on animals except where required by law.
Sells in mainland Chinaflagged
Selling through mainland Chinese retail has historically triggered post-market animal testing.
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Maybelline: frequently asked
Does Maybelline test on animals?+
Not certified cruelty-free. Maybelline states it does not test on animals except where required by law.
Maybelline: Cruelty-free?+
Not certified cruelty-free. Maybelline states it does not test on animals except where required by law.
Maybelline: Vegan options?+
Some individual products are vegan-formulated, but the brand holds no third-party vegan certification.
Maybelline: Sells in mainland China?+
Selling through mainland Chinese retail has historically triggered post-market animal testing.
Maybelline: Third-party certified?+
No independent certifications recorded on the products we track.
What is Maybelline's ethics score?+
Maybelline averages —/100 across 0 products we score on certifications, sourcing, labour, packaging and transparency.