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1. Deb

   November 3rd, 2007 at 3:07 pm

   Just to let you know, you may want to remove “The Body Shop” from your cruelty free list. While the body shop itself does not test on animals, they were recently bought by L’Oreal - a company that does test on animals.



2. Emily

   November 3rd, 2007 at 3:30 pm

   Well, actually I like include the Body Shop because I’ve heard that it’s a good idea to buy “good” products from “bad” companies — it encourages those companies to move production away from “bad” products and towards “good” ones. So I keep the Body Shop, Tom’s of Maine, Elon Essentials, etc, on the list of cruelty-free products despite the fact that they are owned by companies that do test their other products on animals. (However, I do put a note beside each company that is a subsidiary of another company that does test on animals on my cruelty-free companies page — there’s just not enough room on the poll page.)

   http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/lists-of-cruelty-free-companies/



3. Bruce

   February 16th, 2008 at 11:43 am

   Hi Emily,
   I tried to vote, but it wouldn’t work for some reason… I vote for Earth Friendly Products. They received the 2007 Proggy Award from PETA as the best line of cruelty-free household cleaning products. I really like their Ecos Ultra Concentrated Lemon Grass Laundry Liquid. It smells great, and has fabric softener built in. Plus it doesn’t cost a lot per load. I also like their Pear and their Grapefruit Dishmates and their Parsley All Purpose Cleaner. I like that they use organic essential oils, supporting sustainable agriculture. You have a great website. Thanks! Bruce



4. Emily

   February 16th, 2008 at 1:59 pm

   Hi Bruce,

   I’m so sorry the poll isn’t working! I’ll email you as soon as I’ve fixed it so you can vote for Earth Friendly Products. They sound like a great company — I’ll have to buy some myself sometime!

   Regards,
   Emily



5. Alison

   November 1st, 2009 at 10:11 pm

   Hi Emily

   I see you like a lot of dermalogica products but say they aren’t vegan. Can you tell me what they do to not be vegan?

   I contacted them a little while back to ask which products were and weren’t vegan (they say on their website that none of their cleansers contain any animal products) and they said :

   ” Dear Alison,

   Thank you for your enquiry regarding Dermalogica’ s product formulations.

   Dermalogica is a brand that passionately believes in using only the best ingredients available. We are very proud to have always avoided using any form of animal derivates within all of our skin care formulations. ”

   many thanks and love your site!

   Alison



6. Emily

   January 24th, 2010 at 6:40 pm

   Hi!

   Unfortunately, it’s not a matter of what Dermalogica does that makes it not vegan, it’s what they don’t do. Specifically, they do not call themselves a vegan company. So I am loath to call them one. There are a few ways a company can have an ingredients list that doesn’t mention any animal products, yet not be vegan. Usually they have an intermediate step that involves animals. Carmine, for example, is a dye made from beetles, which are then killed. Wines are often filtered with bone char as an intermediate step. I don’t know exactly what Dermalogica is doing that isn’t vegan, but I’ll take its word for it that it’s not.

   I’m a little concerned by their word usage in the letter they sent you — being vegan is kind of black and white and easily understandable, and I much prefer a company coming out and saying whether it’s vegan or not rather than talking about animal products. I don’t really know what “always avoided using any form of animal derivatives within all of our skin care formulations” means. Does it mean they allow animal derivatives in their non-skin-care products? They use bone char for filtration? It’s difficult to say.