Living Cruelty Free

My name is Emily, and I’m a cruelty-freeist — I’m really opposed to causing needless animal suffering. This blog chronicles my spending a year (and counting!) of buying toiletries made by companies whose final products AND initial ingredients were never, ever tested on animals. Other than that, I’m your regular run of the mill vegetarian trying to go vegan (but I am a strong supporter of humane omnivorism since I used to be a carnivore — I don’t think you’re scum if you eat meat, I just hope you’ll consider switching to not supporting horrific factory farming conditions). I live in the San Francisco bay area, I have a dog I cook food for, and I hope I can help you if you’re thinking of adding more cruelty-freeism to your life!

Monday, March 31, 2008

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• About Me

  

  I'm Emily. I've created this blog to document my switch to buying only CCIC-approved 100%-animal-testing-free cosmetic/household products . . .

• What is the CCIC?

  

  The CCIC is the gold standard for products that have not been tested on animals. I only buy products that are on the CCIC's list. Click here to visit the CCIC's website.

• About This Blog

  

  I write about four topics . . .

• Cruelty-Free Companies

  

  There are many cruelty-free companies . . .

• Alternatives to Animal Testing

  

  Why yes, there ARE alternatives to using animals in scientific experiments . . .

• Skin Cancer and UVA Rays

  

  Most sunscreens won't protect you from skin cancer . . .

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