Have you ever thought about the products you use and whether they’re tested on animals or not? Well, I have. I’ve been using cruelty-free products for nearly two years.
According to Beagle Freedom Project, there are approximately 70,000 dogs that are used for animal testing purposes each year. 96% of those dogs are Beagles. According to the Humane Society International, animals used in animal testing can be suspected to and include: “Forced chemical exposure in toxicity testing, which can include oral force-feeding, forced inhalation, skin or injection into the abdomen, muscle, etc."
- Exposure to drugs, chemicals or infectious disease at levels that cause illness, pain and distress, or death
- Genetic manipulation, e.g., addition or “knocking out” of one or more genes
- Ear-notching and tail-clipping for identification
- Short periods of physical restraint for observation or examination
- Prolonged periods of physical restraint
- Food and water deprivation
- Surgical procedures followed by recovery
- Infliction of wounds, burns and other injuries to study healing
- Infliction of pain to study its physiology and treatment
- Behavioural experiments designed to cause distress, e.g., electric shock or forced swimming
- Other manipulations to create “animal models” of human diseases ranging from cancer to stroke to depression
- Killing by carbon dioxide asphyxiation, neck-breaking, decapitation, or other means”
That is why I am cruelty-free.
First, if you also want to start using cruelty-free products, meaning not tested on animals, download the app Cruelty Cutter. It’s made by Beagle Freedom Project, which rescues beagles from testing facilities. When you download the app, you can then scan product codes and then the app will tell you if the product is cruelty-free or not. However, I have also complied a list of companies that do test on animals and then I will offer you cruelty-free alternatives.
Popular companies that are NOT cruelty-free
3M
Acuvue
Aim
Air Wick
Ajax
Always
Aquafresh
Arm & Hammer
Aussie
Aveeno
Avon
Axe
Band-Aid
Bic Corporation
Carefree
Cetaphil
Chanel
Chapstick
Clairol
Clean & Clear
Clinique
Clorox
Coach
Colgate
Colgate
Coppertone
CoverGirl
Crest
Dial
Dial
Dove
Downy
Drano
EOS
Febreze
Fresh Step
Gillette Co.
Glad
Glade
Got2b
Green Works
Head & Shoulders
Herbal Essences
Irish Spring
Ivory
John Frieda
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson’s
Just for Men
L’Oreal
Lady Speed Stick
Listerine
Lubriderm
Lysol
MAC
Marc Jacobs Fragrance
Mary Kay
Maybelline
Michael Kors
Mr. Clean
Nair
Nature’s Source
Neutrogena
Nice ‘n Easy
Nivea
o.b Tampons
Off
Old Spice
OPI
Palmolive
Pampers
Pantene
Pine-Sol
Pledge
Procter & Gamble
Puffs
Raid
Ralph Lauren Fragrance
Reach
ReNu
Revlon
Right Guard
Rimmel London
ROC
Sally Hansen
S.C. Johnson
Schiek
Scope
Scrubbing Bubbles
Secret
Sensodyne
Sephora
Sinful Colors
Softsoap
Speed Stick
Stayfree
Suave
Swiffer
Teen Spirit
Tide
Tommy Hilfiger
TRESemmé
Unilever
Vaseline
Veet
Vicks
Vidal Sasson
Walgreens
Windex
Woolite
Companies that ARE cruelty-free
Alba Botanical
Alex & Ani
Arbonne
Arctic Fox
Badger
Bareminerals
Bath & Body Works
BH Cosmetics
Buck Naked Skin Company
Burt’s Bees
Clearly Natural
Crystal Body Deodorant
CVS Brand
Dr. Goodpet
Earth Friendly Products
Ecotools
Foster Naturals
Hawaiian Tropic
Hello
Kat Von D
Kiss My Face
Kylie Cosmetics
Lush
Modish Polish
Mountain Girl Botanics
Nars
Nature’s Alchemy
Nature’s Gate
NYX
Paul Mitchell
Pure + Simple
Rite-Aid Brand
Safeway Brand
Seventh Generation
Tarte
Too Faced
Trader Joe’s
Ulta
Urban Decay
Wet ‘n’ Wild
Whole Foods
Yes To
On the Cruelty Cutter app, there is also an area where if you scan a code of a product and it is not cruelty-free, you can find cruelty-free alternatives. Now, go forth and say no to animal testing!
