Ulta Beauty is a retailer that offers makeup, hair care, skin care, fragrance, bath, and gift products. The company has a Conscious Beauty program that includes a Made Without List and Clean Ingredients standards. The Made Without List features beauty products with non-toxic and clean ingredients, excluding parabens, phthalates, and more. Brands participating in the Clean Ingredients pillar of Conscious Beauty at Ulta Beauty all formulate their hair, skin, makeup, body, and fragrance products without the ingredients noted on the Made Without List.
The Clean Ingredients standards at Ulta Beauty include products made with non-toxic ingredients and exclude parabens, phthalates, and other ingredients on the Made Without List. However, its important to note that Conscious Beauty at Ulta Beauty standards do not apply to products on clearance.
Ulta Beauty requires suppliers of its private-label formulated products to disclose to it ingredients and has internal staff who review the submissions for compliance against the retailers Beyond Restricted Substances List (BRSL) . The disclosure includes both fragrance ingredients and known impurities. However, Ulta Beauty has not publicized its safer chemicals policy or BRSL, has no public BRML, and has not committed to disclosing any of those items in 2021.
In summary, Ulta Beauty offers a Conscious Beauty program that includes a Made Without List and Clean Ingredients standards. The company requires suppliers of its private-label formulated products to disclose ingredients and has internal staff who review the submissions for compliance against the retailers BRSL. However, Ulta Beauty has not publicized its safer chemicals policy or BRSL, has no public BRML, and has not committed to disclosing any of those items in 2021.