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on Oct 06 2025
Shipping Restored to the USA – A Journey of Perseverance, Potions & Patience
For those who’ve been waiting across the ocean the wait is finally over. 🖤VE Cosmetics is once again shipping to the USA, and our vegan, cruelty-free, gothic creations can finally fly back to their American altars.
A Little Backstory
When international shipping rules shifted, our small (and very human!) indie brand was hit hard. Tariffs, customs changes, and courier complications made sending parcels to the EU and later the USA nearly impossible for a while.
For a one-woman business, it was more than just an inconvenience; it was a heartbreak. Watching our overseas coven struggle to restock their favourites, knowing orders couldn’t cross borders, felt like a spell gone wrong.
But every witch knows curses are breakable ..
The Learning Curve
Over the last few months, we’ve worked tirelessly to understand and implement tariff systems, update checkout automation, and test courier options that balance affordability with reliability. It’s been a journey of spreadsheets, shipping codes, and sheer willpower but today, it’s paid off.
✨ We’re thrilled to say that VE Cosmetics now ships again to the USA.
Our ethical, vegan, and cruelty-free makeup is once again available to beauty lovers worldwide (we cannot however ship our Fragrances to the USA and Canada yet).
Why It Matters
VE Cosmetics has always been more than a brand. It’s a community bound by shared values, compassion, rebellion, and the magick of self-expression.
Re-opening shipping to our US Coven isn’t just about business; it’s about connection, accessibility, and bringing our alt beauty family back together.
So wherever you are, whether painting sigils with our eyeliners in Scotland or summoning glamour in Salem we’re back, ready to deliver the magick to your door.
Because beauty, like magick, should have no borders. 🌍✨
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Important information for my customers in the USA
on Aug 07 2025
Super important shipping update to my Customers in the USA.
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🎩 Gothic Glam Meets High Society: VE Cosmetics Takes Vanity Fair 🎩
on Jul 24 2025
🎩 Gothic Glam Meets High Society: VE Cosmetics Takes Vanity Fair 🎩
Hold onto your top hats, because VE Cosmetics has just made another grand entrance—this time in the chambers of Vanity Fair (Deutschland)! It’s surreal to see our little coven of ethical alchemists featured under the headline “Ethics and Innovation: How VE Cosmetics Is Reshaping Beauty Standards”—you can read the full piece here
After 10 years of stirring the cauldron of change—offering our expertise for free, empowering manufacturers to craft truly vegan lines, and shouting loudly enough to expose child exploitation in mica mines—it seems the world is finally listening.
But let’s be clear: this isn’t mere glitz.This is validation.Our unwavering ethics, our science-first approach, and our relentless advocacy have earned a seat at the high table.
In the world of beauty, where profit often trumps principles, we chose a different path. We chose transparent formulations, cruelty-free certifications, and community over capital. We insisted that beauty shouldn't cost the earth—or human lives.
Seeing our hard work featured in Vanity Fair isn’t just a trophy. It’s proof that ethical innovation does demand respect. It signals that the industry is waking up to a new standard—one rooted in accountability, compassion, and radical creativity.
This recognition isn’t just ours—it belongs to every ethical pioneer, every consumer who refuses to compromise, and every marginalized voice we amplify through our brand.
So we tip our hat (and sharpen our eyeliner) to this moment. Because it's official:
Ethics are luxe. Innovation is power. And alternative brands? We're the future.
With pride, defiance, and just a touch of flair,Lynsey
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🕯️ From the Shadows to the Spotlight: VE Cosmetics in Forbes 🕯️
on Jul 24 2025
🕯️ From the Shadows to the Spotlight: VE Cosmetics in Forbes 🕯️
It finally happened.We clawed our way out of the underworld — and straight into Forbes. Yes, that Forbes.
After over a decade of conjuring up ethical chaos in an industry addicted to glossing over cruelty, we’re honoured (and a little bit gobsmacked) to be featured in an article that shines a light on what we’ve been fighting for since day one. You can read it here: VE Cosmetics: How One Company is Reshaping Beauty Through Science and Advocacy
This isn’t just press. This is a reckoning.
For years, VE Cosmetics has put principles before profit — a decision that doesn’t make the path easy, but makes it worth it. While others focused on market trends, we were knee-deep in science, ethics, and magick, helping manufacturers strip away animal by-products, expose greenwashing, and create genuinely vegan alternatives.
And we did it for free.Why? Because real change doesn’t happen when you're watching the bottom line. It happens when you're willing to get your hands dirty — metaphorically, and occasionally with a lot of spilled glitter.
We've stood against child exploitation in mica mining. We've challenged complacency in cruelty-free claims. We've raised our voices (and our eyeliner wands) against industry giants because silence was never our style.
To see this work recognised in a publication like Forbes? That’s not just a win for us.It’s a win for every alternative brand that’s been told they’re “too niche.”For every customer who’s chosen ethics over aesthetics.For every gothic soul who’s felt unseen in a beige beauty landscape.
This moment is proof that being unapologetically us — black lipstick, sharp ethics, and all — was always the right path.
We’re not done. We’re just getting louder.
Thank you for walking this path with us. Here's to building a better beauty industry — one spell, one serum, and one rebellion at a time.
🖤 With eternal gratitude,Lynsey & the VE Coven
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Business Insider New York Features VE Cosmetics!
on Jul 21 2025
o be recognised on a global stage for doing what we believe in — creating gothic, cruelty-free beauty without harming animals or the planet — is nothing short of magickal. 🌱🕯️
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🖤 Lynsey Drewett Nominated for Business Mum of the Year 🖤
on Jul 13 2025
Lynsey Drewett, the visionary founder of VE Cosmetics, has recently been recognised for her outstanding achievements, earning a nomination for the prestigious Business Mum of the Year Award at the Women in Business Awards.
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on Jan 24 2025
New Year Sale!
Be quick grab a whopping 25% extra off all our sale items and our Magical Essence liquid pigments.
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on Dec 30 2024
Huge apologies to everyone who applied to our Collabs network and has been sat waiting. We have been spammed with so many companies sending applications to sell us products that I admittedy fell way behind with checking applications.
I have just deleted 3 pages of spam applications and now we are almost caught up with all your applications.
Welcome aboard to the successful applicants.
We cannot currently accept any applications from artists/influencers based in the EU due to new regulations - but we hope to have this resolved next month.
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on Dec 09 2024
PLEASE NOTE EU/NI SHIPPING WILL BE TEMPORARILY DISABLED ON THE 11TH DECEMBER - AFTER THIS DATE WE WILL BE UNABLE TO SHIP ORDERS TO EUROPE AND NORTHERN IRELAND. THIS IS A TEMPORARY MEASURE HOWEVER WE DO NOT HAVE A DATE AS TO WHEN THIS OPTION WILL RESUME AS OF YET.
As always this time of year gets extremely busy at sorting offices so you are best to order as early as possible to avoid any disappointment. Please note we have no control over parcels once they are handed over to the couriers.
UK Shipping: 18th December
EU/NI: 10th December.
USA & rest of the world: 13th December
We will still ship after this dates and will continue to ship unto December 23rd.
Thank you so much for your support as always and have a wonderful holiday season.
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Charitable Donations & other Friday musings....
on Nov 29 2024
I am extremely proud of what VE Cosmetics are achieving as a small independent company....however I cannot accept an invitation to The House of Lords and be OK with myself. Therefore after declining the invitation I have decided that I will donate the money it would have cost to Travel to London to Charity.
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Europe and Northern Ireland Shipping
on Nov 25 2024
Important Shipping Updates for Europe and Northern Ireland.
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on Nov 01 2023
Celebrate the essence of compassion and harmony on World Vegan Day, as we envision a world where peace reigns and all beings are free from anguish.
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on Apr 19 2023
🖤 VE Cosmetics at The House of Lords – A Pledge Against Bloodsports 🖤
This past week has been surreal in the best way — VE Cosmetics was invited to the House of Lords to publicly pledge our stance against bloodsports.
But let’s be clear: this isn’t just about “not hunting.”It’s about refusing to align with any company, brand, or system that profits from or promotes cruelty — whether through hunting, shooting, or animal fighting. This is a zero-tolerance vow. A mark of ethical rebellion.
We proudly signed the Business Without Bloodsports pledge alongside The League Against Cruel Sports, solidifying what we’ve stood for since day one: no animal should ever suffer for profit, power, or pleasure.
As a vegan-owned, witch-run brand, we’ve always used our platform to advocate for more than just lipstick. This is about justice, ethics, and accountability — for animals, for the environment, and for every conscious consumer who deserves better.
You’ll now see the official pledge badge displayed on our site — a sigil of our continued commitment to cruelty-free living and fearless transparency.
🕯️ Beauty shouldn’t come with blood on its hands. And with VE Cosmetics — it never will.
#VECosmetics #HouseOfLords #AntiBloodsports #CrueltyFreeAlways #WitchOwned #VeganBeauty #GothicEthics #TheLeagueAgainstCruelSports #BeautyWithoutBlood
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Christmas and the cost of living ....
on Dec 28 2022
🖤 Giving Back This Yule – A Little Magick Shared 🖤
At VE Cosmetics, we’ve never just been about makeup — we’re about making a difference. Real beauty is rooted in compassion, and this Yule, we had the honour of giving a little magick back.
This year, we donated over £1,000 worth of stock to families who were struggling to put gifts under the tree. In a world that often feels cold and unjust, being able to bring even a flicker of warmth, joy, and relief has been the greatest gift we could ask for.
We know it’s not much in the grand scheme of things — but if it helped ease even a little bit of worry, then it was worth every spell, swipe, and sleepless night.
🕯️ Thank you for supporting this brand and allowing us to pay it forward.Wishing you a Blessed Yule and a New Year filled with light, strength, and shadow-kissed kindness.
#VECosmetics #YuleBlessings #GothicHeart #GiveBackWithMagick #VeganBeauty #WitchOwned #CrueltyFreeKindness #BeautyWithPurpose #EthicalGlamour
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on Jan 20 2021
We have donated some eyeshadow palettes and skincare to the local Women's Refuge for staff and residents with extras to raffle/sell to raise much needed funds to support survivors of domestic violence.
Please consider checking them out here if you can help with any fundraising.
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on Nov 20 2020
We have donated a few boxes of Palettes to Cleethorpes Wildlife rescue to sell to raise much needed funds.
Please check them out here
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on Mar 15 2018
Vegan makeup but not neutrals.....we like colour, and gothic bold tones.
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on Jan 01 2015
VE Cosmetics, your ethical gothic beauty brand.
Vegan and cruelty free and always will be.