http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:18:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I'm a little confused about this article I read about how this company is growing rabbit corneas in petri dishes -- so that they don't have to torture live rabbits.  Instead, they pour chemicals into fake rabbit corneas grown in petri dishes.  On the one hand, I'm thrilled that ... http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2010/03/09/animal-testing-alternatives-news-company-grows-corneas-lab/ No Animals Were Harmed”® in the filming of HBO’s original and inspirational film Temple Grandin. Grandin, who has autism, is a renowned consultant in animal welfare and livestock care, and is a member of American Humane® Certified’s Scientific Advisory Committee. I just found this on the Free Farmed website!  Was I ... http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2010/03/02/animals-harmed-temple-grandin-movie/ Hi Emily, Enjoying your blog!  Just reading an article you wrote on the leapingbunny.org.  It makes sense that the cosmetics companies can say they don't do animal testing but their suppliers might.  Wondering if you know how I can find out for sure if a manufacturer is really cruelty free?  Is ... http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2010/02/26/dear-emily-find-crueltyfree-suppliers-mineral-makeup-line/ The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil Skin Clearing Facial Wash for Oily/Blemished Skin (1/5 stars) I was at the Body Shop a few months ago, and a very persuasive salesperson persuaded me to buy the Body Shop oily skin sample set.  Unfortunately, the face wash that came with the kit ... http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2010/02/17/body-shop-tea-tree-oil-facial-wash-15-stars/ I caught part of the new made for TV movie on HBO about Temple Grandin a few nights ago.  Since I'm a huge fan of Temple Grandin, I'm really excited about this!  Temple Grandin has done so much to improve the horrible conditions cows face in slaughterhouses.  Thousands of cows ... http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2010/02/13/hbo-movie-temple-grandin/ I was just remembering how after Katrina there were a lot of homeless and hurt animals.  I hadn’t even thought about how an earthquake would affect animals while I was watching the latest people-centric news on the Haiti earthquake, but apparently there are hundreds of homeless and injured animals who ... http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2010/01/23/homeless-hurt-animals-haiti/ These are really, really amazing organic vegan caramel-flavored chocolates!  (They don’t actually have caramel inside them, unfortunately, but they are still very, very good.)  You can find them at any Whole Foods.  There are two other flavors as well, I think — anyway, there’s three different colored boxes of truffles ... http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2010/01/21/love-foods-caramel-truffles/ I’ve had pretty good luck so far cooking vegan meals — my recipe for success is that first of all, I rarely cook!  Amy’s Kitchen frozen dinners, Trader Joe’s frozen products, soup tetrapacks, bags of prewashed salad greens, and fake ice cream are what I “cook” at home.  If any ... http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2010/01/17/vegan-baking-question-2/ A Conditioner for dry and damaged hair with angelica essential oil. I bought a travel-sized version of this along with the shampoo at the L’Occitane buy 2 get one free Christmas sale.  So far, I REALLY like it as well — it’s perfect for my hair — it’s heavy enough ... http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2010/01/16/loccitane-aromachologie-relaxing-action-conditioner-45-stars/ I can’t figure out how to embed this video, but AAVS alerted me to the fact that there’s this GREAT clip of Professor Zee Upton talking about her in vitro skin equivalent that’s being used for wound research, and which has great potential for cosmetic testing.  It’s an animal-free testing ... http://www.livingcrueltyfree.com/2010/01/15/professor-zee-upton-inspirational-2/