Makeup Reviewed Jul 5, 2026

River Organics

Hand-poured, plastic-free vegan lip and cheek color from a small North Carolina indie.

Our take

Why We Trust This Brand

Genuinely independent and small — hand-poured, founder-run, certified vegan and Leaping Bunny, still actively selling.

What's inside

Ingredients & Safety

Short, food-grade-looking oil and wax formulas — organic coconut and safflower oils, candelilla wax, cocoa and mango butters, vitamin E, and non-nano zinc oxide — with mineral color. No synthetic fragrance, dye, or petroleum.

Certifications

Vegan Society (Certified Vegan) Leaping Bunny Plastic-Free / Zero-Waste Certified-Organic key ingredients

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
  • Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil
  • Macadamia Integrifolia Seed Oil
  • Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax
  • Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter
  • Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter
  • Caprylhydroxamic Acid
  • Tocopherol (Vitamin E)
  • Glyceryl Caprylate
  • Glycerin also listed as Glycerine, Vegetable Glycerin
  • Mica (CI 77019)
  • Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891)
  • Iron Oxide (CI 77491)
  • Manganese Violet (CI 77742)

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.

Who owns it

Ownership & Independence

Founded around 2016 by Corinne Lefebvre and Fabien Scorza; the brand describes itself as founder-owned and hand-produced in North Carolina, with no acquisition or funding on record.

Where to buy

Key Products

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