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!

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

June Monthly Digest

Here are the topics I covered in June:

I joined some social networks: I’m Joining Social Networks — Myspace and Facebook! (I now have a bunch of wonderful friends! It’s so nice to have met all of you! I swear I’ll start doing more cruelty-free community-building stuff on Facebook and Myspace in the near future.)

I read Australia’s and France’s lists of 100%-cruelty-free companies carefully and found a few companies that are commonly available on American shelves, which made me very happy: Things I Learned From Reading Australia’s List of 100%-Animal-Testing Free Products, Things I Learned from Reading the French 100%-Animal-Testing-Free Company List.

I reviewed two 100%-cruelty-free products: Hard Candy Sorbet Lip Gloss (4/5 stars), Juice Organics Lip Amplifier (2/5 stars)

I revamped my lists of cruelty-free companies — I put up a list of 100%-Cruelty-Free Companies, a list of 50%-Cruelty-Free Companies, and a list of Cruel Companies that Test on Animals. I also explained Why I Describe Some Companies as 50%-Cruelty-Free, and Others as 100%-Cruelty-Free.

My list of things I wish I could find from cruelty-free companies remains the same as last month. If you’re a cruelty-free company, could you please look into making these? I’d be ever so grateful :)

1) Unscented, aluminum-containing deodorant.

2) Instant stain remover wipes.

3) Teeth whitening strips.

4) Eye drops.

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posted by Emily at 3:19 pm  

2 Comments »

  1. Similasan’s an eyedrop brand that doesn’t test on animals

    Comment by Sia — July 24, 2008 @ 9:13 am

  2. Hi Sia,

    You’re so sweet to keep me informed about eye drops! Unfortunately while I think Similasan looks like a great company, I don’t count Similasan as a brand that doesn’t test on animals — I count it as a 50%-cruelty-free-company. I only count products that are on the CCIC’s list as being 100%-cruelty-free. I have a list of 100%-cruelty free companies here:

    http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2008/06/19/100-cruelty-free-companies/

    and a list of 50%-cruelty-free companies here:

    http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2008/06/22/50-cruelty-free-companies/

    Regards,
    Emily

    Comment by Emily — August 1, 2008 @ 11:54 pm

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