Which products are tested on animals?

Question

I am strongly against animal testing so i was wondering which COSMETIC products were tested on them.

I'm only really wondering about beauty products as i don't use any cleaning products or anything. Let me know so i can stay away from them! Thanks.

Answer 1

I seem to remember something a couple of years ago about the EU phasing out animal testing for cosmetic products.

LUSH and Body shop are not tested on animals (Body Shop is also one of the only places to do vegan nail polish). I also use a really nice range called "Jason" from my local whole food shop. It's not only not tested on animals, it's all nice natural ingredients - no animal by-products, biodegradable, no parabens.

Answer 2

Most ingredients in cosmetics have been tested on animals at some point, this was banned in Britain in 1998, but only on testing within Britain, companies can still sell products here which have been tested on animals abroad.

The current definitions of cruelty free are as follows;

There are 2 main cruelty free policies; one is the 5yr rolling rule, which means that a company will only use and ingredient which was tested no less than 5yrs ago on animals.

The other is the Fixed Cut Off Date Rule (FCOD), which means that a company will not use any ingredients tested on animals after a certain date.

It is definitely worth checking around a few sources first to find reputable cruelty free brands, as most companies operating within the EU now realise that EU consumers prefer cruelty free, so some "bend" the rules a little or can be a little misleading on advertising etc.

Ones recommended as suitable for vegans (so which have the most stringent controls) include:

Animal Aid

Care For Life

Caurnie Soap Co.

Daniel Field

Honesty

Pure Plant

The following complnies all operate under the FCOD system:

NON-ANIMAL TESTING COMPANIES

Avalon Natural Products  

Kingfisher

Barry M Cosmetics

Liz Earle

Beauty Without Cruelty

Meadowsweet

Bio-D  

Neal’s Yard Remedies

Daniel Field  

Urtekram

Faith In Nature  

Weleda

Green People

Woods of Windsor

Honesty Cosmetics  

Yaoh

Jason Natural Cosmetics    

Also on the cruelty free website at http://www.gocrueltyfree.org/b_shopcruel... you can order a copy of a free booklet with cruelty free companies in it.  There is also an image there of their logo which they only award to cruelty free merchandise.

Answer 3

urban decay and body shop are NOT tested on animals,and they do some cool colours

Answer 4

These companies test on animals.

Chesebrough-Ponds (Fabergé, Ponds, Vaseline)

Clairol (Aussie, Daily Defense, Herbal Essences, Infusium 23)

Johnson & Johnson (Aveeno, Clean & Clear, Lubriderm, Neutrogena, ROC)

L’Oréal U.S.A. (Biotherm, Cacharel, Garnier, Giorgio Armani, Helena Rubinstein, Lancôme, Matrix Essentials, Maybelline, Ralph Lauren Fragrances, Redken, Soft Sheen, Vichy)

New Dana Perfumes

Noxell

Olay Co./Oil of Olay

Pantene

Proctor and Gamble (Clairol, Cover Girl, Gillette, Max Factor, Physique)

Cosmetic companies that DON'T test on animals: http://www.peta2.com/STUFF/s-cf1.asp

http://leapingbunny.org/shopping.php

Thanks for buying cruelty-free!

Answer 5

A lot of them are. if you live in the UK go to the body shop. They are very strict on their policy against animal testing, my fathers factory had to have a full inspection before they were even allowed to sell a tiny part of there product to them.

Answer 6

just type it into google and you should find loads on this subject