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CLIO

Last checked: 2026-10-26 · How I decide

Tests, or sells where required

tested

Tests on animals, or sells where it's required.

Likely tests on animals (my judgement). CLIO isn't certified cruelty-free and has no animal testing statement I could find, but its own company history says it opened a Shanghai branch as 'a core hub for the Chinese market' and set up a joint venture in Guangzhou. China's rules can require animal testing for cosmetics sold there. In my view that makes it more likely than not that its products are tested on animals, so I list it as 'tests'. This is my judgement based on China's rules, not something the brand has said.

Does CLIO test on animals?

Yes, or it sells where animal testing is required. The sources are below. See every company that tests on animals.

a vegan label here doesn't make it cruelty-free. CLIO isn't on the cruelty-free list because of the company's wider testing policy, not because of what's in any one product. Buying a vegan-labelled item from them still puts money behind a company that tests on animals elsewhere in its business.
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Last updated 26 October 2026, checked against the source directory that day. Spotted something out of date? Let me know.

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