Is Strivectin Cruelty-free and Vegan?

Strivectin is a company that makes anti-aging skincare products. According to the brand, it validates its formulas through independent clinical trials that don’t involve animal testing.

The company was launched in 2002 and was acquired in 2009 by Catterton Partners, a private American equity company whose animal testing policy is not known.

But is Strivectin really cruelty-free as it claims? In response to this question, asked by our readers, we have made our findings about Strivectin and will analyze the subject as it relates to the brand below.

Is Strivectin cruelty-free?

Cruelty-free beauty brands are companies which do not involve animals in any form in their clinical test.

Not just that, they must not have suppliers that test on animals, sell their products in stores in regions where animal testing is required by law.

Being cruelty-free is beyond saving animals from ill-treatments and all sorts of endangerment.

Cruelty-free development, production, and after-market procedures help us to use cosmetics and pharmaceutical products that are clinically tested using the most efficient and safe testing methods.

After all, science has proven that animal testing is 90% unreliable and inefficient.

Animal testing has never really worked, and it victimizes the subjects of the experiment.

So, in summary of the earlier paragraph in this section, to be cruelty-free, a company needs to ensure that:

• It’s not testing its products on animals at any stage of development, production, marketing, and after marketing.
• It’s not paying third-party labs or companies to test on animals on its behalf.
• It’s not selling in countries where animal testing is required by law.

In this regard, we can confirm that Strivectin is, indeed, cruelty-free as it claims. The brand recently exited the Chinese market in 2017, to pursue the standardization of its cruelty-free manufacturing policy.

The brand is also certified by PETA as a cruelty-free brand.

Are Strivectin products tested on animals?

The brand doesn’t test on animals, doesn’t sell in China where animal testing is required, and doesn’t pay testers to do this on its behalf. The brand used to test on animals before its exit from the Chinese market, but not anymore.

Do they test on animals when required by law?

Strivectin doesn’t test on animals when required by law as it no longer does business in China, where animal testing is made compulsory for foreign cosmetics brands.

Are Strivectin products sold in China?

Before 2017, Strivectin used to operate in China, but this caused its dissociation with animal-loving beauty brands and consumers, according to the company.

It closed its shops in China and left the market. This means Strivectin products are no longer sold anywhere in stores in China.

However, its products may be shipped to China through cross-border shipping.

Products sold via cross-border shipping are not subjected to animal testing in China, which ensures Strivectin still keeps its status as a cruelty-free brand.

Does Strivectin have cruelty-free certifications?

In 2019, two years after exiting the Chinese market, Strivectin became accredited by PETA’s Beauty Without Bunnies.

And while trying to confirm, we found out that the brand now carries the bunny logo of the Beauty Without Bunnies on its products, as it is now certified by PETA.

Is Strivectin’s parent company cruelty-free and vegan?

Strivectin is currently owned by L. Catterton. However, little is known about the animal testing policy of Catterton Partners since it’s historically not a cosmetics or beauty brand.

It is a private equity firm that only provides financial backing and is only investment-oriented. So, we’re going to assume that it cannot impact Strivectin since it doesn’t have an animal testing policy.

Is Strivectin vegan?

Qualifying as a vegan company implies not having animal ingredients in all products of such companies. However, we found out that Strivectin is not completely vegan.

Almost all of their products are vegan, except for two products, which contain honey from bees and Vitamin D derived from Lanolin, a substance secreted by wooly animals, according to Strivectin.

Some of Strivectin vegan products and collections are provided in the table below:

Anti-Wrinkle

• NEW Wrinkle Recode™ Moisture Rich Barrier Cream
• SD Advanced™ PLUS Intensive Moisturizing Concentrate
• Intensive Eye Concentrate for Wrinkles
• Double Fix™ Treatment
• BlurFector™ Brightening Primer
• NEW Volumizing & Rejuvenating Hand Cream
• SD Advanced™ PLUS Intensive Moisturizing Concentrate

Tighten & Lift

• Peptight™ Tightening & Brightening Face Serum
• More Shape, Less Crepe Duo
• Crepe Control™ Exfoliating Body Scrub
• Crepe Control™ Tightening Body Cream
• NEW Peptight™ 360˚ Tightening Eye Serum

Advanced Retinol

• Advanced Retinol Concentrated Serum
• Advanced Retinol Intensive Night Moisturizer
• S.T.A.R. Light™ Retinol Night Oil
• Advanced Retinol Day Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30
• Advanced Retinol Eye Cream

Advanced Hydration

• Hyaluronic Gel Cushion Cleanser
• Hyaluronic Tripeptide Gel-Cream for Eyes
• NEW Re-Quench Water Cream Hyaluronic + Electrolyte Moisturizer
• NEW Lactic Acid Nightly Retexturizing Serum

Advanced SPFs

• Full Screen™ Broad Spectrum SPF 30 100% Mineral Sunscreen Vanishing Tint

Multi-Action

• Multi-Action Restorative Cream
• Cloudberry Moisture™ Plumping Cream Mask
• Multi-Action R&R Eye Cream
• NEW Super-C Retinol Brighten & Correct Vitamin C Serum

Summary

Strivectin is a cruelty-free brand. It’s a brand that doesn’t test its products on animals in any form. Their products are no longer sold in China, where they are required to test on animals.

Strivectin is now certified by PETA and is almost entirely vegan, except for two products, which contain honey and lanolin by-products. We recommend their products for everyone, especially vegans and those who care for and love animals.