Independent, Leaping Bunny + PETA certified
| Ingredient transparency | Not readable automatically (script-loaded or published as an image) |
| Ownership | Milani Cosmetics, which operates as Milan Laboratories International and also owns the Jordana brand, has been majority owned by Gryphon Investors, a San Francisco based private equity firm, since a transaction announced 18 May 2018. Founders Ralph Bijou and Laurie Minc retained significant minority stakes and board seats as part of that deal; Bijou continued as President of Jordana Cosmetics and Minc as a Senior Advisor to Milani. No subsequent change of ownership was found. (Privately held) |
| Where made | USA and imported |
| Price | Budget |
| Cruelty free | Yes |
| Vegan | Partial |
| Organic | No |
| Certifications | Leaping Bunny: certified since 2014, confirmed on the live Leaping Bunny register, which lists distribution in the US, Canada, Australia, Brazil, the European Union and other territories; China is not listed.; PETA Beauty Without Bunnies: listed live as cruelty-free, with the page stating verbatim that the company ensures neither ingredients nor finished products are tested on animals, and that suppliers and third parties follow the same standard. No caveats appear on the page.; No organic or Vegan Society Trademark certification was found for any product. |
| Packaging | Plastic |
| External ratings | CFK verified; Leaping Bunny + PETA |
| Lab tested | Not publicly disclosed |
| Clinical studies | Not published |
| Caveat | Not owned by any parent that tests on animals; not 100% vegan |
Claims made for this brand that could not be confirmed in a certifier's own register. A brand website is a claim, not a source.
Milani is often described in its own press materials simply as a 'family owned' company. This should be qualified: Gryphon Investors has held majority ownership since 2018, with the founding family retaining only minority stakes.
Gryphon Investors' majority investment in Milani Cosmetics, 18 May 2018, terms and continuing minority stakes for Ralph Bijou and Laurie Minc http://web.archive.org/web/20260210183548/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gryphon-investors-to-make-majority-investment-in-milani-cosmetics-fast-growing-indie-brand-300650816.html
Leaping Bunny certification since 2014 and distribution country list, read live https://www.leapingbunny.org/brand/milani-0
PETA cruelty-free listing, read live https://crueltyfree.peta.org/company/milani-cosmetics
Why there is no score: Site could not be read. No verdict is given. Neither a full ingredient read nor a check of the certifications against the certifiers own registers has been completed for this brand, so there is no basis for judging it either way. No score is published. No readable product listing could be found at https://milanicosmetics.com, so the catalogue could not be enumerated. A manual product by product read has not yet been completed.
Last checked 22 July 2026.
Not yet independently verified. The certifications listed for this brand are as the brand states them. They have not yet been checked against the certifiers own registers, so they should be read as a claim rather than a confirmed fact.
Ingredients are not present as readable text on the product pages we checked: they appear to be loaded by script or published as an image. They could not be read, categorised or compared automatically, so this brand's formulas are not yet verified here.
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