5 Vegan and Cruelty-Free Gel Polish Brands to Keep Your Manicure Looking #Instaready

5 Vegan and Cruelty-Free Gel Polish Brands to Keep Your Manicure Looking #Instaready

For many, a look isn’t quite complete without perfectly polished nails. But if you want a professional, flawless look without an abundance of chemicals, it can be hard to find the right brand.

We’ve found five of the best vegan, cruelty-free gel nail polish companies – which use fewer chemicals than those in the nail salon – that will keep your nails looking on point and keep you on top of your Instagram game.

5 Vegan Gel Polish Brands to Keep Your Manicure Looking #Instaready


1. NCLA Beauty

Fun California-based cruelty-free vegan brand NCLA Beauty offers a number of “Gelous?” gel nail polishes, in a variety of creative colors and shades. Want to go for classic red nails? Opt for Red Lips & Cotton Candy or Cherries & Wine. Or maybe you’re in the mood to get Parisian? Try its French manicure gel starter kit.

According to the brand, there are over 44 products to choose from, and each lasts for up to 21 days.

Browse NCLA’s products here.

2. Nail Supply UK

Nail Supply UK claims to the first supplier in the UK to offer professional vegan, cruelty-free gel polishes. Choose from a variety of chip and smudge-proof colors, including Buttercup, Pink Peony, and Starry Sky. The company’s products are also 5-free, meaning they do not contain the toxic or harmful chemicals formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, toluene, dibutyl phthalate, or camphor, which can often be found in nail salons.

Shop the collection here.

3. Wet n Wild

Affordable cruelty-free beauty brand Wet n Wild offers a multitude of vegan gel nail polishes that won’t break the bank. The polishes don’t even require a top coat to dry and they cure without a lamp! Wet n Wild says, “It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Wonder Gel!…this nail color breakthrough is about to become your nail MVP. Provides up to 2 weeks of color and shine in 1 easy step.”

Check out which 1 Step Wonder colors are vegan here.

4. MO Nails

Founded by a nail technician of 17 years, all of MO Nails products are of professional quality, user-friendly, 100 percent vegan, cruelty-free and 5-free. Available in 15-milliliter bottles, you could spend hours deciding which color to pick, with more than 100 available!

According to MO Nails, “Each [color] represents a special feeling by nature creating mysterious shades in the masterworks of great artists. All our colors are inspired by the latest fashion trends. Every nail-art-fan will find her exclusive colors in the MO Nails collection.”

Browse for yourself here.

5. Madam Glam

Madam Glam’s polishes are 9-free, meaning that’s its products are also free of xylene, ethyl tosylamide, parabens, and acetone, in addition to formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, toluene, dibutyl phthalate, and camphor.

They’re also vegan, cruelty-free, and, of course, beautiful to look at! As well as standard pastels, navy, nudes, and reds, the brand also offers glow-in-the-dark options, as well as holographic shades.

Take a closer look at what the company has to offer here.


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