Makeup Made in the USA

1. ColourPop – (CF)

(Source) Great news, there are some makeup products that are high quality, affordable, and made not only in the US, but right here in Los Angeles! If you haven’t heard about ColourPop yet they have fantastically pigmented lipsticks (called “lippies”), coordinating lip pencils, and eyeshadows that are all $5 each! They come in tons of amazing colors and I really feel that this brand comes up with some of the most interesting, trendy shades on the market. Plus, at $5 a pop you can afford to experiment! This company is also cruelty free and they always post swatches on different skin tones which is also awesome! Their products are currently only available online.

2. theBalm – (CF)

(Source) LOVE this brand. I’m actually going to do a post about my favorite products from theBalm at some point because I recently realized I use a decent amount of their products on a regular basis/it’s one of my most used makeup brands! Kyle Richards is a big fan of their blush.

3. Makeup Geek – (CF)

(Source) I love this company! Affordable, high quality products made by a company lead by a kick ass woman who is passionate about what she does. If you haven’t heard of Makeup Geek yet, their eyeshadow quality is very similar to MACs at a fraction of the cost (only $5.99 each). I also love their pigments and glitters and I’m dying to try their new foiled eyeshadows which have been getting great reviews.

4. LA Splash Cosmetics – (CF)

(Source; Source) This company is all over Instagram with their Smitten Liptint Mousse which is a a velvet matte liquid lipstick that is waterproof, smudge-proof, and won’t transfer or fade. They also come in cool colors like blue and green. These get awesome reviews, yet another product I need to try ASAP!

5. Paula’s Choice – (CF)

(Source) I recently mentioned that I’ve been using a Paula’s Choice Resist Youth-Extending Daily Fluid SPF 50 and it’s been wonderful. I also really love Paula’s website Beautypedia for reviews that use evidence based research instead of opinions when discussing products.

More makeup made in the USA:

• 100% Pure (CF) (made in CA)
• AJ Crimson Beauty (CF) (source: email with CS 8/17/17)
• Alamar Cosmetics (CF)
• AmazingCosmetics (source: email with CS 6/1/15)
• Aromi (CF) (source)
• Au Naturale Cosmetics (CF) (source)
• Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics (CF)(source: email with CS 8/16/17)
• BeautyBlender (CF)(source)
• Bellapierre Cosmetics (CF) (made in CA)
• Besame (CF)(made in LA! source: email with CS 5/25/17)
• Black Moon Cosmetics (CF)(source: email with CS 5/21/18)
• Black Opal (CF)(source: email with CS 5/21/18)
• Clove + Hallow (CF)(source)
• Coloured Raine (CF) (source: email with CS 3/21/16)
• Concrete Minerals (CF) (source: email with CS 6/27/18)
• Dose of Colors (CF)(source)
• Emani (CF)(source)
• Everyday Minerals (CF)(source: email with CS 9/9/18)
• Flower Beauty by Drew Barrymore (CF)(source)
• Glossier (CF)(source)
• Graftobian (CF) (source)
• Gressa (CF) (made in Seattle)(source: email with CS 9/8/18)
• Hush + Dotti (CF) (source)
• JD Glow Cosmetics (CF) (source)
• Jeffree Star Cosmetics (CF)(made in CA! source: email with CS 8/7/17)
• Kett Cosmetics (CF)(source: email with CS 5/21/18)
• KKW Beauty (CF)(Kim Kardashian West Beauty) (source)
• Kosas (CF) (made in CA! source)
• Kylie Cosmetics (CF)(source: email with CS 1/26/17)
• Laura Lee Los Angeles – (CF) USA (made in LA! source: email with CS 9/7/18)
• Lime Crime (CF)(source: chat with CS 3/23/16)
• Makeup Gourmet
• Makeup Monsters (CF) (source)
• Mehron (CF)(source)
• Melt Cosmetics (CF)(made in LA! source: email with CS 3/22/16)
• Merle Norman (CF)(source)
• Mineral Fusion (CF) (source)
• Noyah (CF)(source: email with CS 5/20/18)
• Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics (CF)(source)
• Ofra Cosmetics (CF)(source: email with CS 5/16/18)
• Perfekt (CF)(source)
• Pinkie Swear(CF)(source)
• Plain Jane Beauty (source: email with CS 8/16/17)
• Red Apple Lipstick (CF)
• Reina Rebelde (CF) (source)
• RMS Beauty (CF)(source)
• Rosebud Perfume (CF)(source: email with CS 3/22/16)
• Studio Direct Cosmetics (source)
• Sugarpill Cosmetics (CF)(source)
• Temptu (CF)(source: email with CS 9/7/18)
• Urban Decay (CF)(source: email with CS 5/12/15)
• Vapour Organic Beauty (CF) (source)
• W3ll People (CF) (source)
• Winky Lux (CF)(source)

• Clean Beauty Made in the USA – This is a long list of all kinds of beauty and personal care products made in the USA.
• American Made Beauty Brands – Even more!

Companies that make most of their makeup in the USA

• Ben Nye – (CF) “Nearly all are manufactured in Los Angeles” (source)
• Gabriel Cosmetics – (CF) Made in the USA except pencils are made in Europe. (source: email with CS 9/9/18)
• Gerard Cosmetics – (CF) “Yes, our products are made in the USA with the exception of our lip liners and our eye liner which are made in Germany.”
• Girlactik – (CF) All product is created and manufactured in the US except their mechanical eyeliner (source: email with CS 3/22/16)
• Glo Skin Beauty – (CF) “The majority of products are made in the USA (California, Colorado and Arizona). One exception here, some of our lip products are manufactured in Germany.” (source: email with CS 5/17/18)
• Hynt Beauty – (CF) Most made in the USA (NJ) except eye pencils which are made in Italy. (source: email with CS 9/10/18)
• Ilia Beauty – (CF) “Yes! Our new Mascara is made in Italy. Packaging is in China, but all goods are from the good ol’ US of A.” (source: IG DM 5/20/18)
• Jane Iredale – (CF)Most made in USA except their eye and lip pencils are made in the Czech Republic (source; email with CS 6/4/15)
• Josie Maran – (CF) “Our products are manufactured in the United States, and our Argan Oil is fair trade” (source: email with CS 8/16/17)
• Jouer – (CF) Most made in USA, some made in Europe and Canada (source: email with CS 8/7/17)
• L’Oreal – All of the L’Oreal I own says made in the USA
• Mary Kay – Most made in USA, some made by third-party manufacturers to supplement production (email with CS 3/27/17)
• Maybelline – “Most products sold in the US are manufactured here”
• Philosophy – “Most of our products are manufactured in the US” (source: email with CS 3/28/16)
• Prestige Cosmetics – (CF) “Most of our makeup is made in the USA & Czech Republic. We manufacturer in NY & distribute out of Florida. (source: email with CS 9/10/18)
• Revlon – Most products made in USA (at flagship manufacturing facility in NC)

Makeup Not Entirely Made in the USA

Here’s a list of companies whose makeup is not solely made in the USA. For this list I was trying to just figure out where they were made if it’s not the USA and it’s not an exhaustive list of every country the company makes products in. If you want to find out where a specific product you want to buy is made and don’t have access to the packaging to check, I recommend contacting the company directly. Here are where cosmetics from some other companies are made:

• Alima Pure – (CF) USA, Italy, China (source: email with CS 9/7/18)
• Almay – USA, China, Czech Republic, Germany & their goal is to have all of their products made in their North Carolina factory by 2016 according to replies from Almay to people pissed about their Simply American campaign (source)
• Anastasia Beverly Hills – (CF) USA, Korea, China
• Anna Sui Cosmetics – Japan, China, Taiwan (source: email with CS 9/7/18)
• Ardency Inn – (CF) Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, USA
• Avon – China (source)
• Bare Minerals/Bare Escentuals – USA, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, brushes made in China (source: email with CS 6/8/15)
• BECCA – (CF) USA, Italy, Germany
• Benefit Cosmetics – France
• BH Cosmetics – (CF) China
• Billion Dollar Brows – (CF) Mexico
• BITE Beauty – (CF) Canada
• Blinc – (CF) USA, Japan, China, Germany (source: email with CS 9/7/18)
• Bobbi Brown – “Various facilities worldwide” (source: email with CS 4/14/16)
• Catrice Cosmetics – (CF) Europe and worldwide (source: email with CS 9/7/18)
• Chantecaille – (CF) Europe (source: email with CS 5/21/18)
• Charlotte Tilbury – (CF) Switzerland and Italy (source: email with CS 8/7/17)
• Ciate London – (CF) Italy (source: email with CS 9/7/18)
• Clinique – USA, Canada, “globally made” (source: email with CS 8/7/17)
• Coty – China
• CoverFX – (CF) Canada, Italy
• CoverGirl – (CF) USA, “globally made”
• Dior – France
• ELF – (CF) China
• EM Cosmetics – (CF) USA, Japan (source: email with CS 5/21/18)
• Essence – (CF) Poland
• Estee Lauder – Belgium
• Eyeko – (CF) S. Korea
• Face Atelier – (CF) Canada
• Fenty Beauty by Rihanna – (CF) Italy
• Fitglow Beauty – (CF) Canada
• Fresh – France
• Giorgio Armani – France
• Gosh Cosmetics – (CF) Italy
• Honest Beauty – Italy, Czech Republic, China (source: email with CS 5/16/18)
• Hourglass– (CF) USA, Europe
• House of Lashes – (CF) Korea
• HUDA Beauty – (CF) Germany, Italy, China (source: email with CS 12/13/17)
• Illamasqua – (CF) Germany, Australia, Italy, Thailand
• Inglot – (CF) Poland
• Innisfree – Korea
• IT Cosmetics – (CF) China, Korea
• Jafra Cosmetics – (CF) Mexico (source)
• j.Cat Beauty – (CF) Globally made, based in LA (source: email with CS 5/14/18)
• Jordana Cosmetics (CF) Italy, USA
• Juvia’s Place – (CF) USA, China (source: email with CS 8/9/17)
• Kat Von D – (CF) Italy
• Kevyn Aucoin Beauty – (CF) China
• KIKO – (CF) USA and Europe
• Kjaer Weis – (CF) Italy (source: email with CS 9/7/18)
• Koh Gen Do – (CF) Japan
• Kryolan – (CF) Germany
• LA Girl – (CF) China
• Laura Geller – (CF) Italy (source: email with CS 5/16/18)
• Laura Mercier – (CF) USA, Japan, Europe
• MAC – HQ in Canada; Canada, Italy, Belgium
• Makeup Atelier – (CF) Manufacture own products in Portugal (source: email with CS 9/10/18)
• Makeup Forever – France
• Mally Beauty – (CF) Italy, Germany
• Milani – (CF) Italy, Germany
• Milk Makeup – (CF) USA and Europe (source: email with CS 1/26/17)
• Morphe – (CF) HQ in LA; China
• NARS – Canada
• Natasha Denona – (CF) Italy
• Neutrogena – HQ in LA; USA and globally made
• NYC – China
• NYX – (CF) HQ in LA; Made in Germany, Taiwan, China, S. Korea
• The Ordinary – Canada
• Pacifica (CF) – USA, China
• PAT MCGRATH LABS – Italy
• Physician’s Formula – (CF) USA, Canada, Europe, Japan (source: email with CS 9/7/18)
• Pinch of Colour – (CF) South Korea (source: email with CS 5/21/18)
• Pinky Rose Cosmetics – (CF) USA, China
• Pixi Beauty – (CF) USA, UK, Korea (source: email with CS 9/7/18)
• PUR Cosmetics (CF) USA, China “formulated in the USA”
• Real Her – China (source: IG DM 5/21/18)
• Rimmel London – Germany
• Saint Cosmetics – (CF) Canada (source: IG DM 5/20/18)
• Sappho New Paradigm (CF) Canada (source: email with CS 9/11/18)
• SEPHORA Collection – Europe- France, Italy, Germany
• Shany Cosmetics – (CF) USA, China
• Sigma Beauty – (CF) China
• Sisley Paris – Italy
• Smashbox – (CF) HQ in LA; USA (Los Angeles) and China
• Smith & Cult – (CF) USA, Canada, Italy (source: email with CS 9/11/18)
• Stila – (CF) USA, China
• Stowaway Beauty – (CF) Korea, Italy
• Tarte – (CF) USA, Canada, China, Italy, Korea
• Tom Ford – Canada
• Too Faced – (CF) Canada
• Veil Cosmetics – (CF) Canada (source: email with CS 9/8/18)
• Viseart – France
• Wander Beauty – (CF) USA and Korea (source: email with CS 5/15/18)
• Wet N Wild – (CF)China
• Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) – France
• Zuii Organic – (CF) Australia

Update: As of 8/16/17 I’ve started to add (CF) to the list to signify Cruelty Free brands.