Photo: The Vegan Kind Box
Subscription boxes are everywhere right now. They’re the perfect way to try out a range of different products, without breaking into your savings – so we love that there are now options for people who prefer vegan and cruelty free brands!
Maybe you’re thinking about going vegan, maybe you want to learn more about kind or environmentally conscious brands, or maybe you just want to treat yourself… Whatever your reason, getting surprise presents every month is great, and playing with your new beauty products totally counts as self care!
With Love London
Box Type: Monthly
Price: £30 for a single box, £65 for a three-month trial
Contains: Dairy and gluten free snacks and beauty and stationary products from independent British brands
Ethics: Cruelty Free, Natural
With Love boxes offer you a wide range of products, so you can try out natural alternatives for all your essentials! Focusing on British brands, the With Love team aims to help you get back to basics and embrace the ‘simpler things in life’.
Box Type: Monthly
Price: £12.50 per box
Contains: 5 products, valuing around £40
Ethics: Cruelty Free, Organic
Love Lula works with more than 200 brands, and has been voted by the Independent as one of the best overall beauty boxes available right now (up there with big brand subscription services, like Birchbox)!
Box Type: Monthly
Price: £14.99 per box, or £40.50 for 3 boxes
Contains: Beauty products worth at least £35
Ethics: Cruelty Free
Named after their founder’s dog, Pippa, the Pip Box shares our aim in ending animal testing! The monthly boxes hold a great selection of cruelty free brands, with some amazingly affordable ethical alternatives to big brand beauty, skincare and haircare products. 50p from each box sold is donated to support Cruelty Free charities.
Box Type: Monthly
Price: £24.95 a month, with discounts for 3 and 6 month subscriptions
Contains: 5-6 skincare and beauty products, valuing at least £50
Ethics: Natural, Vegan, Cruelty Free
The Natural Beauty Box works with award-winning products, and helps build awareness for lesser-known independent brands. With boxes worth £50 and over, and all their subscription deals, you can receive some great products at amazing value! 50p from each box is given to charity.
Box Type: Every other month
Price: £30 for an Original, £18 for a Mini Box
Contains: The Original box contains 5-7 products, and the Mini has 3-5 products, (all full-sized)
Ethics: Natural, Organic, Ethically Sourced, Cruelty Free
This new box has already been awarded a Sublime Good Brand endorsement badge! Founded by a Makeup Artist, the Vertue Box focuses on green beauty and health and works with both award winning and new, independent brands. The box includes hair oils, makeup, skincare and beauty products, and health supplements. Unlike other boxes, it can be personalised to fit your skin, hair and fragrance type, do you know you’re getting the right products to suit you! Not only are the brands carefully chosen to fit the Vertue ethical criteria, they use eco-friendly packaging, and donate 10% of their profits to charity.
Box Type: Quarterly
Price: £15 a box
Contains: 5-7 beauty products (mix of full sized and sample), worth around £30
Ethics: Vegan, Cruelty Free
This quarterly box is great for people who don’t want to pay huge amounts each month, or just want some time to test out each product. The Vegan Kind also offers a monthly lifestyle box with food, drinks and household toiletries for £10 a box. 10p from each box is given to an animal-related charity, like the Dr Hadwen Trust – a charity dedicated to medical research without animal testing.
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