No beauty addict worth her salt purchases products based on their packaging. Slick marketing campaigns and chic little gifts-with-purchase? Strictly amateur hour. We all know those sleek tubes and shiny new boxes are only as good as the products inside – that their beauty is, in fact, much more than skin deep.
There is one area where you always read the fine print, however. Testing beauty products on animals? So not okay. After all, if you wouldn’t want to see it happen to your little sister, how could you condone the same thing being done to your six-week-old kitten, Minx?
It may not always be easy, but you make every effort to ensure that your purchases are cruelty-free. And, thanks to organizations like Leaping Bunny and PETA -- and oh-so-helpful daily digests from green e-newsletter Ideal Bite -- it’s becoming easier than ever to make sure your makeup charms, but never harms.
Click here for a list of companies that never test on animals.
Beauty Loves Sephora loves: Dermalogica, Alba, Too Faced, Pureology, and, of course, the ubiquitous Burt’s Bees
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Fabulous! Arbonne is also great vegan cosmetics and skin care line with amazing products. Aside from testing on animals, a lot of beauty products use animal byproducts in the ingredients themselves - and not just fats from farm animals, but dogs and cats euthanized at shelters too. One common ingredient to watch out for is stearic acid. There are others, but the best thing to do is to avoid companies like Proctor and Gamble, and patronize the companies who care, such as those you listed. Thank you for your recommendations! A great post!
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