Makeup Reviewed Jul 5, 2026

Ere Perez Natural Cosmetics

Award-winning makeup built from avocado, beetroot, and carrot — still family-owned.

Recall · 2021 · resolved

Voluntary recall — microbial contamination (a serum SKU)

One batch of the Quandong Green Booster Serum was recalled in Australia and rejected at the EU border (Safety Gate/RAPEX) for bacterial and yeast contamination above the ISO limit. A single-batch skincare recall — does not affect the makeup reviewed here. Long resolved.

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Our take

Why We Trust This Brand

A rare unfunded, husband-and-wife-owned brand with no outside investors and no acquisition on record; cruelty-free is Leaping Bunny and PETA certified, not self-claimed.

What's inside

Ingredients & Safety

Food-grade botanicals — the Oat Milk Foundation leads with water and oat milk, plant emollients, glycerin, and vitamin E, colored only by mineral iron-oxide and titanium-dioxide pigments, with a milder sodium-anisate preservation and no parabens.

Certifications

Leaping Bunny PETA Cruelty-Free Credo Clean Standard Vegan (most products)

No listed ingredient is currently on our watch or caution list. This finding applies only to the ingredient list shown below and may not cover every product, variant, market, or reformulation.

Ingredient List Reviewed

Safe Watch Caution
  • Aqua also listed as Aqua, Purified Water
  • Oat Milk (Avena Sativa)
  • Coco-Caprylate/Caprate
  • Glycerine also listed as Glycerine, Vegetable Glycerin
  • Tocopherol (Vitamin E)
  • Glyceryl Caprylate
  • Magnesium Sulfate also listed as Epsom Salt
  • Sodium Anisate
  • Aluminium Starch Octenylsuccinate
  • Citric Acid
  • Sodium Salicylate
  • Polyglyceryl-6 Polyricinoleate
  • Biosaccharide Gum-1
  • Ethylhexylglycerin
  • Sodium Levulinate
  • Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499)
  • Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891)

Formula scope: the disclosed ingredient list captured for this review. Formulas can differ by product, scent, country, and date; compare the current package with this list before deciding.

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Who owns it

Ownership & Independence

Founded around 2002 in Bondi Beach by Ere Perez; her husband Juan Perez is CEO. A 2025 database profile lists it as unfunded with no funding rounds and no investors. US-purchasable via Credo, Ulta, Amazon, and DTC.

Where to buy

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