It can be difficult to decide what to say when horrifyingly tragic events take place; in my case, I suffer no such concern. And before I lead you down a path of utter confusion, I am referring to the most recent eruption of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by Israel.

Whilst I hold my own political views about Palestine and the ongoing situation with its neighbour, it is apparent to me that the biggest difference I can make as a consumer, is to avoid businesses which profit from the occupation of Palestine, and therefore profit from human rights abuses.

As an avid beauty product consumer, one of the main areas I can pay attention to is beauty products. I have therefore attempted to compile a list of brands which either: directly profit from Israeli occupation, are owned by companies which profit from the Israeli occupation, are directly or indirectly in support of the Israeli occupation, or brands which decided that when faced with the horror of the human rights abuses against Palestinians, the best thing to do is to discuss anti-semitism and entirely erase any mention of Palestinians whatsoever.

Please be aware that this is not an exhaustive list by any means, I am sure there are many others but this is a list that I managed to pull together.

AERIN

Aramis

AVEDA

Becca

Bobbi Brown

Bumble & Bumble

Clinique

Darphin

DKNY

Donna Karan

Dr.Jart+

Frederic Malle

Ermenegildo Zegna

Estee Lauder

GlamGlow

Jo Malone

Kilian

La Mer

LAB Series

Le Labo

MAC

Michael Kors

Origins

RODIN Olio Lusso

Smashbox

Tom Ford Beauty

Tommy Hilfiger

Too Faced

Lancome

Kiehl’s

Giorgio Armani Beauty

YvesSaintLaurent

Biotherm

HR Helena Rubenstein

Shu Uemura

It Cosmetics

Urban Decay

Ralph Lauren

Mugler

Viktor & Rolf

Valentino

Azzaro

Diesel

Atelier Cologne

Prada

Cacharel

Yuesai

L’Oreal Paris

Garnier

Maybelline New York

NYX

3CE Stylenanda

Essie

Dark & Lovely

Mixa

MG

Niely

La Roche Posay

Vichy

CeraVe

SkinCeuticals

Decleor

L’Oreal Professionnel Paris

Kerastase

Redken

Matrix

Pureology