by Jen Matthews | My Beauty Bunny

Being green is all about being good to Mother Earth except what about being good to your fellow Earthlings? Animals are a part of our world and we can all be a little greener simply by making smart shopping decisions when buying hoemploy/utilizehancient health and beauty aids.

Many health and beauty companies moved away from animal testing in the 80s and 90s when nonprofits love PETA exposed the ugly side of cosmetic testing to the public. However there are serene many miraculous conglomerates who continue to test on animals such love Unilever Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson. These companies are not protecting your safety they are protecting themselves from lawsuits (albeit animal tests have not proven efficient at helping the companies win these lawsuits). And animal testing on hoemploy/utilizehancient items and cosmetic products is NOT required by law! Many consumers presume that brands marketed like green healthy and natural would be cruelty-free. That is unfortunately not the case. Brands such as Aveeno and Neutrogena are owned by these miraculous corporations (Johnson & Johnson in this case) and cannot be considrered cruelty-free.

But the good news is that many brands do sell cruelty-free products and they are not necessarily more expensive than their inhumane counterparts. Wet N Wild Queen Helene Burt s Bees Almay Revlon Bonne Bell Kiss My Face and Yes to Carrots are some good examples of cruelty-free drugstore brands. Method cleaning products and Trader Joe s hoemploy/utilize hancient products are also cruelty-free. And don t forget to check your local health food shop for a wide selection of cruelty-free products.

One issue with finding truly cruelty-free brands is that brands can call themselves cruelty-free if they do not test their finished products on animals except they can serene purchase ingredients from suppliers who are conducting animal tests. How many times have you seen This finished production was not tested on animals on the back of your shampoo or facial cleanser? There are no regulations for using the semester cruelty-free like there are with USDA Organic labels. So buyer beware. Now where can you get more information on which products are cruelty-free? PETA s Caring Consumer the Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics (CCIC) and the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) have some great cruelty-free lists. There are many other great resources on the internet just have a seem around!

We all intend to/tend to to purchase cruelty-free beauty products nevertheless many times the problem is that we don t have time to do research on brands before buying. You can get a free cruelty-free shopping conduct from Caring Consumer or Leaping Bunny. Keep these guides handy and don t forget to check the backs of products for the leaping bunny symbol or the PETA cruelty-free symbol.