Products not tested on animals

I am a vegetarian looking for brands that do not test on animals.  I'm interested in hair care, skin care, and makeup.  If anyone knows please share.  Thank you.  By the way i'm new here so hopefully I can get a lot of advice and give some as well!

Kiss My Face products are great!  100% vegan

www.kissmyface.com

Mostly skincare--maybe haircare?

There is a good makeup brand too always advertised in Bust and Veg News (and Veg Times too I think)... can't remember the name off hand, but if I find it, I'll post a link

Welcome to the site :)

Well, I can help you with the name of brands NOT to use.  Don't use Procter & Gamble products because they do test on animals.  Some of their products include Covergirl, Herbal Essances, and Nice & Easy Hair colour.  Unilever also had a lot of contraversy surrounding them, so I wouldn't recommend using them.  Im wondering if you're also not using products with animal ingrediants int hem, because a lot of cosmetics do.  Anything with beezwax or lanolin in it comes from animals.  Im not 100% sure, but I don't think that Clinique tests their products on animals, and their products are good quality.  You should read all labels to see if they come with a "cruelty-free" guarentee.

If you have the Body Shop where you live they pride themselves very much on no testing on animals - as for their ingredients - I would be guessing but I don't think they do!  Their products are awesome! 

I can't find that cosmetics line...  but if you go to www.aavs.org, you can find out info on animal testing in products, and get a free guide to compassionate shopping with a packet

And I recommend to anyone new to vegetarianism or veganism (who care about the ethics involved) to check out Veg News Magazine... it is really good.  I keep mentioning it, I know--I am not affiliated with it in any way; I just think it's a pretty comprehensive magazine for the veg community.

vegan_princess - i'm not a vegan or vegetarian...but why would you not use beeswax?  it's left behind by bees - how does it hurt them to use it?  does the same go for honey? basically the same principle... I'm just curious.

bellamama - I use Origins makeup, skin products, and hair care products - www.origins.com At the bottom of the webpg, click on About Origins.  There is a section on "Respecting the world around us for Future Generations" - says this:

?Origins commitment:  Preservation of earth, animal and environment.?  Here?s what that means.  We do no harm to animals and do no animal testing for reasons of good conscience.  Additionally we insist that our suppliers do not test raw materials on animals on our behalf.  We conduct our own, independent tests to assure that our products and ingredients are safe and worthy of your trust.

Besides all that, the makeup is light, and products smell great!

http://www.caringconsumer.com/pdfs/companiesD ontTest.pdf

This is a complete list of companies that don't test on animals. I am sure they missed some but there are a lot on here so it's what I go by a lot....

Just because a label has "Cruelty-Free" or "Not Tested on Animals" doesn't mean its true. The unrestricted use of these phrases by cosmetic companies is possible because there are no legal definitions for these terms. Some companies may apply such claims solely to their finished cosmetic products. However, these companies might rely on raw material suppliers or contract laboratories to do animal testing for them.

I'm pretty wary of the labels that state that the FINISHED product was not tested on animals...has to be some reason for that distinction!

sydthekid...I think the reason for avoiding beeswax/honey is because of the exploitation of the bees and the fact that inevitably some of them are killed in the process of collection.  Similar to why vegans do not eat eggs.  Along similar lines, it's also why many vegans don't wear silk products (the worm is killed when the silk cocoon is harvested).

'This product not tested on animals' and 'this finished product not tested on animals' mean the same thing.  One is just more honest about it.

Even if the company itself does zero animal testing, it is very likely that they did animal testing for most products during research and development.  Even if they did not (risky legally) then any bulk chemicals bought to put into their products were tested on animals, period.  Look at the MSDS (material safety data sheet) for the bulk chemicals.  Where it says 'LD50' and has some number?  That's the lethal dose for 50% of the test population.

Pretty much no commercially produced product is really, truly cruelty free.  It is simply a matter of how much cruelty is in it.  You have to make your own if you want to be sure it didn't hurt anything.

I work for a company that makes sunscreens.  We do zero animal testing in R&D and zero animal testing as a part of quality control - I actually asked in the interview.  But I was sick reading the MSDS's for all the chemicals we buy by the truckload and knowing the filthy studies those clean little letters stand for.