Comments on: Blog Action Day: A List of Cruelty-Free, Organic Products http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:48:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Emily http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/#comment-89638 Emily Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:48:14 +0000 http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/#comment-89638 Wow -- that is a great advertisement for Lush! I am impressed by your advocacy skills. :) Wow — that is a great advertisement for Lush! I am impressed by your advocacy skills. :)

]]> By: Darwin http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/#comment-87687 Darwin Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:32:06 +0000 http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/#comment-87687 Hello! I think that Lush should be put on the list. :) Not only do they offer organic and fair trade ingredients in ALL of their products, plus Vegan products as well, they are very, very ethical. They involve themselves in environmental issues, humanitarian rights and issues, and animal conservation/preservation and issues. The founder of the company, Mark Constantine, is very vocal about these issues, and some of Lush's money is spent towards bailing out the activists who go around pushing for the things mentioned above. I don't know of any other company that gives their all towards those issues, care this much about what people put on their skin, what people use to bathe with and shower in, and what they use as their daily cosmetics routine. I don't know about you guys, but all other cosmetics companies use synthetics that I really don't know what's in them. :P Lush uses synthetics, too, but only rarely. And they've been on the market for years, so there's tonnes of research on them. Plush, they're all plant based, not chemical based. Perhaps Lush isn;t CCIC-approved (or maybe they are, I am not sure), but I think that they would be worth mentioning on this list. :) I would rant about the Body Shoppe's history.... but that's something else. ;) *cough* Lied to their customers about not testing on animals for years/using good, fresh ingredients *cough* Thanks for listening. Excellent guide you have up for people just getting into this. :) Keep it up! Hello!
I think that Lush should be put on the list. :)
Not only do they offer organic and fair trade ingredients in ALL of their products, plus Vegan products as well, they are very, very ethical. They involve themselves in environmental issues, humanitarian rights and issues, and animal conservation/preservation and issues. The founder of the company, Mark Constantine, is very vocal about these issues, and some of Lush’s money is spent towards bailing out the activists who go around pushing for the things mentioned above. I don’t know of any other company that gives their all towards those issues, care this much about what people put on their skin, what people use to bathe with and shower in, and what they use as their daily cosmetics routine. I don’t know about you guys, but all other cosmetics companies use synthetics that I really don’t know what’s in them. :P Lush uses synthetics, too, but only rarely. And they’ve been on the market for years, so there’s tonnes of research on them. Plush, they’re all plant based, not chemical based. Perhaps Lush isn;t CCIC-approved (or maybe they are, I am not sure), but I think that they would be worth mentioning on this list. :) I would rant about the Body Shoppe’s history…. but that’s something else. ;) *cough* Lied to their customers about not testing on animals for years/using good, fresh ingredients *cough*

Thanks for listening. Excellent guide you have up for people just getting into this. :) Keep it up!

]]> By: Emily http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/#comment-71826 Emily Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:19:28 +0000 http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/#comment-71826 Dear Shazia, So glad I could help! Dear Shazia,

So glad I could help!

]]> By: Shazia http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/#comment-71821 Shazia Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:46:00 +0000 http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/#comment-71821 This list of Organic product. This product is very workable and have useful quality. I like this quality very well. This list of Organic product. This product is very workable and have useful quality. I like this quality very well.

]]> By: Emily http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/#comment-71789 Emily Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:41:03 +0000 http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/#comment-71789 Hi Ann! You're very welcome! Ooh -- you've really picked up on something it takes most people months to figure out. The term "cruelty-free" is extremely vague. It's used to mean all sorts of things by all sorts of people. Unfortunately, its most accepted use is "animal-testing-free." So that's what I use it to mean. It really SHOULD mean vegan AND animal-testing-free, but most often, it doesn't. (Why? I don't understand. Historic reasons, perhaps?) However, the good news is that it's (fairly) easy to determine whether a product is vegan or not. Read the ingredients on the back. There's a huge vegan mafia out there trying to determine what is, and isn't vegan. Though there are still some grey areas -- is refined sugar vegan? Not if you're a stickler -- because animal byproducts are used in the refining process to make it. So, for me anyway, I'm mostly interested in certifying what is, and is not, animal-testing-free, because I can't determine that by looking at the bottle. (Though arguably, you can't bring the list of the numerous polysyllabic chemical ingredients that are, and are not vegan, with you to the store without looking like a total dork. But that's a separate issue.) So, to answer your question -- I'm sorry to disappoint you, but Mary Kay is not certified vegan by anybody. It may have animal products in it. It's just certified animal-testing-free. So no lab rats were tortured to produce Mary Kay products, but there might be animal matter inside the products. Sorry! (I feel odd suggesting it, because I have no experience with it, but have you considered Arbonne? It's a lot like Mary Kay, but is both animal-testing-free, and vegan.) Anyway, I fully support your defining "cruelty-free" as both vegan and non-animal-tested, and I hope the big players in the U.S. come around to that definition in the future. It would be REALLY NICE if PETA and the Leaping Bunny people would go along with that idea. Vegan Action actually has a vegan and cruelty-free list out there, it's the only one I know of: http://www.vegan.org/campaigns/certification/company_list/index.html Anyway, thanks for writing in, and you've made me remember that I've always wanted to come up with a list of vegan, animal-testing-free products, on my own. I'll definitely want to create one of those some time this year, perhaps. :) Hi Ann!

You’re very welcome! Ooh — you’ve really picked up on something it takes most people months to figure out. The term “cruelty-free” is extremely vague. It’s used to mean all sorts of things by all sorts of people. Unfortunately, its most accepted use is “animal-testing-free.” So that’s what I use it to mean. It really SHOULD mean vegan AND animal-testing-free, but most often, it doesn’t. (Why? I don’t understand. Historic reasons, perhaps?)

However, the good news is that it’s (fairly) easy to determine whether a product is vegan or not. Read the ingredients on the back. There’s a huge vegan mafia out there trying to determine what is, and isn’t vegan. Though there are still some grey areas — is refined sugar vegan? Not if you’re a stickler — because animal byproducts are used in the refining process to make it.

So, for me anyway, I’m mostly interested in certifying what is, and is not, animal-testing-free, because I can’t determine that by looking at the bottle. (Though arguably, you can’t bring the list of the numerous polysyllabic chemical ingredients that are, and are not vegan, with you to the store without looking like a total dork. But that’s a separate issue.)

So, to answer your question — I’m sorry to disappoint you, but Mary Kay is not certified vegan by anybody. It may have animal products in it. It’s just certified animal-testing-free. So no lab rats were tortured to produce Mary Kay products, but there might be animal matter inside the products. Sorry!

(I feel odd suggesting it, because I have no experience with it, but have you considered Arbonne? It’s a lot like Mary Kay, but is both animal-testing-free, and vegan.)

Anyway, I fully support your defining “cruelty-free” as both vegan and non-animal-tested, and I hope the big players in the U.S. come around to that definition in the future. It would be REALLY NICE if PETA and the Leaping Bunny people would go along with that idea.

Vegan Action actually has a vegan and cruelty-free list out there, it’s the only one I know of:

http://www.vegan.org/campaigns/certification/company_list/index.html

Anyway, thanks for writing in, and you’ve made me remember that I’ve always wanted to come up with a list of vegan, animal-testing-free products, on my own. I’ll definitely want to create one of those some time this year, perhaps. :)

]]> By: Ann http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/#comment-71776 Ann Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:07:09 +0000 http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/#comment-71776 Hello Emily, Thanks for your website. I'm inquiring further about the definition of cruelty free. To me, cruelty free means no animal ingredients as well as no testing individual ingredients and no testing the final product on animals, nor no outsourcing to do so. Do you subscribe to that? If so, does that mean that Mary Kay cosmetics uses no animal ingredients? I think they do....Hope to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks! Hello Emily,

Thanks for your website. I’m inquiring further about the definition of cruelty free. To me, cruelty free means no animal ingredients as well as no testing individual ingredients and no testing the final product on animals, nor no outsourcing to do so. Do you subscribe to that? If so, does that mean that Mary Kay cosmetics uses no animal ingredients? I think they do….Hope to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks!

]]> By: Emily http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/#comment-48598 Emily Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:56:36 +0000 http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/#comment-48598 Hi Kate! I'm so glad my site has helped you in any way -- and I'm so glad to find another cruelty-freeist! Your blog looks wonderful, by the way -- I love the anti-animal testing and pro-prop-2 posts (and the color scheme -- that's very pretty!) -- I think I'll add you to my blogroll :) Regards, Hi Kate!

I’m so glad my site has helped you in any way — and I’m so glad to find another cruelty-freeist! Your blog looks wonderful, by the way — I love the anti-animal testing and pro-prop-2 posts (and the color scheme — that’s very pretty!) — I think I’ll add you to my blogroll :)

Regards,

]]> By: Kate http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/#comment-48495 Kate Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:30:56 +0000 http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-a-list-of-cruelty-free-organic-brands/#comment-48495 Thank you for giving us so many resources on cruelty free products. It wasn't until about a year ago that I really started to research products I was using and I was shocked at what they actually put in our cosmetics! It's actually really scary! So now, I only use products that have organic ingredients and do not test on animals. It's great that there's websites like this to educate people because most people are really naive to what goes into popular products in grocery and drug store chains. If you have time, check out my blog, sweetfuzz.com. It's a lifestyle blog about natural living. Thanks again! Thank you for giving us so many resources on cruelty free products. It wasn’t until about a year ago that I really started to research products I was using and I was shocked at what they actually put in our cosmetics! It’s actually really scary! So now, I only use products that have organic ingredients and do not test on animals. It’s great that there’s websites like this to educate people because most people are really naive to what goes into popular products in grocery and drug store chains. If you have time, check out my blog, sweetfuzz.com. It’s a lifestyle blog about natural living. Thanks again!

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