7 Of The Best Natural, Vegan Foundations

Sustainable beauty brands emphasize natural, vegan, and cruelty-free ingredients in their makeup products, including foundations. These brands avoid petrochemical-derived ingredients, such as parabens, sulfates, and phthalates.

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While the definition of "natural" products can be subjective, we use it here to describe products made from bio-based ingredients.nts.

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We know foundation isn't one-size-fits-all, so we've rounded up vegan and natural options for different skin types and sensitivities.

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Vegan Foundation Stick from Attitude

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A foundation stick that's EWG VERIFIED™, cruelty-free, and completely plastic-free. This light-coverage stick glides on smoothly and blends effortlessly, giving you a natural-looking base that works with any skin type. Fragrance-free and dermatologically tested, it comes in FSC-certified biodegradable cardboard packaging, and for every product purchased, Attitude plants a tree. The solid, travel-friendly format makes it easy to toss in your bag for touch-ups on the go.

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Mushroom Foundation from Axiology

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Enriched with reishi and snow mushrooms, this is the world's first foundation powered by mushrooms. The creamy, lightweight texture provides sheer to medium coverage with a supple, bouncy satin finish that enhances your natural features without feeling heavy. Whether you're tackling under-eye circles, blemishes, or pigmentation concerns, Fungdation works seamlessly across different skin types. Plus, it's plant-based, cruelty-free, plastic-free, and handmade in the USA.

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Glowy Super Skin Tint Foundation from Saie

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Saie's Glowy Super Skin Tint Foundation is 85% skincare serum and 15% weightless pigment, delivering medium coverage with a luminous, second-skin finish. The vegan and cruelty-free formula is infused with ingredients like hyaluronic acid and rice bran peptides, which visibly plump, hydrate, and brighten your skin. Saie claims that the formula is so breathable and weightless, you'll forget you're wearing foundation at all.

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Natural Foundation from Odylique

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Odylique's Natural Foundation is formulated for sensitive skin, offering a lightweight, breathable formula that delivers buildable light-to-medium coverage with a beautiful satin finish. It doubles as skincare and works across multiple skin types — whether you have sensitive, normal, combination, oily, mature, or dry skin. Plus, it's vegan and cruelty-free.

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Mineral Foundation from Tropic Skincare

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A lightweight powder that delivers soft, seamless full coverage without any heaviness. It glides over your skin like silk, thanks to light-diffusing particles that boost your natural radiance while active botanicals like olive leaf and vitamin E keep your skin nourished. The formula is enriched with SPF for added protection, and it's vegan, cruelty-free, and comes with a refill solution to cut down on waste.

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Refresh Foundation from Elate Beauty

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This foundation is perfect for anyone who loves a minimalist routine. It's tinted just enough to even out your skin tone while staying sheer enough to let your freckles shine through. The formula features bamboo stem extract to restore elasticity and hyaluronic acid to lock in moisture, holding up to 1000x its weight in water. This vegan and cruelty-free foundation comes in a refillable glass bottle with a recyclable plastic pump. You can simply clean and reuse the pump when you need a refill.

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Mineral Foundation from Zerra & Co.

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Zerra & Co.'s Mineral Foundation breaks away from the typical plastic-packaged, cakey foundations loaded with questionable ingredients. This one comes in a bamboo sifter jar that's 100% plastic-free and endlessly refillable with compostable pouches. The formula is clean — talc-free, preservative-free, fragrance-free, and aluminum-free, making it safe even for sensitive skin. Finely milled powders give you flawless coverage without weight or caking, with a buildable application that lets you choose between light and medium coverage.

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