DISCLAIMER:
I AM NOT 100% CRUELTY FREE, NOR DO I GO OUT OF MY WAY TO FIND VEGAN COSMETIC
OPTIONS. I DO WHAT I CAN AND PLEASE RESPECT THAT.
So in March
last year I decided that I was going to start going cruelty free. This meant
that I was going to stop using and purchasing cosmetics that are tested on
animals.
How did
you go about this decision?
I was first
introduced to the idea of animal testing in my ethics lessons at school, ever
since then I had felt guilty for using products which have been tested on
animals. Every day I would put on my make-up and feel intense guilt because I
know that potentially animals have been harmed for the sake of my vanity. In
addition, I was also influenced by a number of vloggers such as Laura Lejeune and Kiera Rose who were discussing the benefits of
going cruelty free and their messages really resonated with me!
My first
port of call was make- up, as personally I do not think that is it appropriate
for an animal to die or suffer for my vanity. Make up does not benefit the
human race in any distinct way; we just use it to please ourselves. There are
many lists on the internet which will tell you which brands are cruelty free
and which ones are not. Below is a list which is really useful especially when
you start out being cruelty free.
Although, I
would rather animals not be used in clinical trials when testing for medicine,
I do understand the importance of developing new drugs and how they can help
people who are in need. I hope that in the future we can develop a way of
testing drugs without harming animals but I’m not a scientist so I don’t even
know if that’s possible.
But wait
… Isn’t animal testing illegal in the EU anyway?
Yes my
friends it is, however unfortunate this isn’t the case across the globe! China
is just one example where animal testing is still required by law on all of
their products. As a result if a brand sells to china it will still is testing
on animals as it develops new products.
Where
can I get more information?
So, I’m
going to put a shit ton of links here where you can find out about going
cruelty free and which brands do and do not test. I plan to make a more
in-depth post about many more aspects about going cruelty free in the future!
Always,
Lauren
Twitter- @LaurenCats7
Instagram –
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Goodreads- https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/27290164-lauren
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