Vegan Moisturizers for Your Happiest Summer Skin
Make it the summer of love … for your skin. Sensitive, sunburned, or needing some shimmer, PETA has you covered with our favorite picks for vegan summer moisturizers. Check out the great products below:
For Sunscreen
100% Pure Tomato Lycopene SPF 20 Moisturizer
This little tomato-powered lotion will keep you from looking like one. Protective antioxidant lycopene defends your skin against UVA and UVB rays.
Kiss My Face Sensitive Purely Mineral Sun Spray Lotion 30 SPF
Soothing aloe vera and nourishing safflower-based Hydresia make this a winning combination of sunscreen, after-sun soothing lotion, and moisturizer.
Alba Botanica Hawaiian Sunscreen
This spray sinks in quickly and doesn’t leave skin feeling greasy. The SPF 50 keeps you protected, and reef-friendly ingredients protect the environment.
For Aloe
Max Green Alchemy’s Sun Rescue Cream
Treat sunburned, red, inflamed, and peeling skin with this formulation of cooling and healing plants, including aloe vera, calendula blossom, kukui nut oil, and borage seed oil, with no harsh chemicals.
Aloe Plant
In warmer areas, including California and Florida, many people grow aloe in their yards—and for good reason. Anytime you’ve gotten a bit too much sun on your face or body, pure aloe is the perfect cure-all: It’s organic, cruelty-free, vegan, free of charge, and it heals like a dream.
For Fragrance
Pacifica Coconut Probiotic Water Rehab Cream
With a light, summery coconut scent, this formulation helps revive skin that’s suffering from “a ‘skin hangover’ from stress, poor diet, late nights, pollution and lack of sleep.”
The Body Shop Body Yogurt
The Body Shop has always been a leader in cruelty-free, vegan skin care and cosmetics. The new Body Yogurt line is all about lightweight moisture and fresh scents, including Almond Milk, British Rose, Mango, Moringa, Pink Grapefruit, and Strawberry.
For Shimmer
Pacifica SEA & C Glow Bronzing Body Oil
Just like us, Pacifica’s SEA & C Glow Bronzing Body Oil is pretty and powerful.
100% Pure All Over Glow
Look sun-kissed without the sun using this luminous body bronzer made with aloe, anti-aging coffee cherry, and moisturizing pomegranate oil.
For Special Skin Needs
For Sensitive Skin: Alchimie Forever Dry Skin Balm
Developed by a doctor to help heal skin that’s too sensitive for most products, Alchimie Forever’s Dry Skin Balm is free from parabens, dyes, phthalates, sulfates, gluten, nuts, GMOs, mineral oil, propylene glycol, formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers, and, of course, animal byproducts—and it’s not tested on animals, either.
For Feet: 7th Heaven Foot Pumice & Foot Butter
When summer heat, sand, saltwater, and chlorine leave your feet in need of TLC, this combination of cooling peppermint pumice and nourishing shea nut butter will come to the rescue.
Of course, this isn’t an exhaustive list. More than 4,000 companies are now part of PETA’s cruelty-free database, and many of them offer fully vegan personal-care products that you can feel great about using. While shopping around for your favorites, use the handy “Bunny Free” app to search for a brand or product from your phone. So moisture mavens can enjoy being soft and sweet to themselves, animals, and the planet.
