One thing that has always bothered me about even trying to stick to animal-friendly products was the idea that the individual ingredients of a product are likely to have been tested on animals even if the final product isn't. I see a couple of people have mentioned this fixed cut-off date concept, and I saw a list someone posted up there that had some companies on it. Is there a handy list online of all the major cosmetic companies and whether they test products and/or use a cut-off date for their ingredients? I would find this incredibly helpful.
Yay for Clinique and Estee Lauder. Not so yay for L'Oreal (already knew about them) and Rimmel. I'm going to have to do some renewing of my make-up/toiletries collection - this is as good an excuse as there ever will be, haha.
God, I love The Body Shop. I'm not terribly bothered by L'Oreal's acquisition of the company, provided TBS stick to their principles. Aside from the quality of their products, I'm convinced much of their popularity also comes down to the animal-friendly aspect. What you've got to remember is that mergers and acquisitions like this really just boil down to finances, shareholders' returns, profits, etc. Maybe it's not great that TBS would associate with a company that does do testing on animals, but the association is pure business, that's the way I look at it. As long as L'Oreal aren't meddling and forcing TBS to change their practices, I don't see a problem in continuing to enjoy TBS's products as normal.
Oh and a random non-animal-testing point worth noting for the socially-conscious: If any of you are amongst those who boycott all Nestle products, let it be known that Nestle own over a quarter of the shareholding and voting rights in the L'Oreal group. Take from that what you will. It's a bit tenuous, but it might bother some people.
(edit: sorry about bumpage of an old thread, btw, saw it as a related thread)
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