Brand Breakdown: Is Marie Veronique a Clean Beauty Brand?
Background on Marie Veronique
Marie Veronique Nadeau founded Marie Veronique over 10 years ago and is a nationally recognized formulator and beauty expert. She collaborates with her daughter, Jay Nadeau, physicist and bio-medical engineer, to carefully choose each ingredient in her products to address the causes of aging at the source.
Is Marie Veronique as clean as they claim to be? We reviewed the brand to find out.
How we Rank the Brand
Green Heart – We approve of this brand’s products and they contain zero known toxins.
Yellow Heart – We approve of most ingredients in this brand’s products, they might contain some toxins or known allergies.
Red Heart – We suggest you proceed with caution and limit your expose and use to this brand’s products as there are toxins present.
Ingredients of Marie Veronique
Marie Veronique’s products are very high quality and one of the clean beauty brands that work well for many skin types. Their website states that they are “a small batch producer and pioneer in clean, microbiome-friendly, efficacious topicals for skin health. Our products support skin health for every skin type and tone — acne, dryness, symptomatic skin, and more — with a particular emphasis on the science of age delay. “
Below you will see a snapshot of their Multi Retinol Night Emulsion.
Breaking Down the Ingredients
Marie Veronique does not contain any ingredients that would need to be highlighted due to sensitivities, allergies, or toxins; except for those who are pregnant and cannot use retinol.
Retinol
A short note on the retinol they use. Marie Veronique’s website states “We use retinol, not retinoic acid, which most people—even those with sensitive skin—can tolerate. We moderate potential irritation by including salicylic acid, a powerful anti-inflammatory that allows us to use higher concentrations of retinol than you’ll find in other retinol products. The retinol is encapsulated so it can exist in a low pH environment without degrading. We use the other vitamins necessary for skin repair, L-ascorbic acid (stabilized) and vitamin E, to take advantage of the synergistic effect to be gained from using all three vitamin powerhouses together. The end solution is Gentle Retinol Night Serum—it delivers results like a Retin-A product but without the irritation.”
If sensitive or pregnant, their Vitamins C+E+Ferulic Serum is a great alternative.
Going Beyond Beauty
Sustainability
Marie Veronique is “devoted to the health of Mother Nature”. Their website states, “We have always made conscious choices to reduce or eliminate packaging; years ago we opted to forego outer packaging by putting our ingredients on the bottles products come in, which wasn’t popular at the time. We also decided to use glass bottles instead of plastic, and recycled materials for our shipping packaging.”
Giving Back
MV does not state anywhere on their site if they give back.
Cruelty- Free/ Vegan
MV does not test on animals and some of their formulas derived from animals or are animal by-products therefore are not vegan. Their website does give a list of 14 vegan products.
Certified Organic
Marie Veronique is not certified organic but prioritize using organic ingredients.
Where is it Manufactured
Marie creates small batches out of their headquarters in Berkeley, CA.
Parent Company
Marie Veronique is not owned by a parent company.
Final Rating:
Marie Veronique is a fabulous brand! We believe their quality of ingredients, transparency, and formulas really give them an edge in the clean beauty market space.
We would recommend this Brand.
