Oh god, it is weird that there are some people on this earth left, that have compassion & ethics.

You're the weird one.

L'oreal - Tests. Drug Store cosmetics companies that don't test - Revlon/Jane & Almay

Clarins - Does not test.

Redkin - Does test.

IAMS is the worst. Most dog food companies (and cat) DO test on animals, vivisection...it's disgusting. Took me a while to find my aniamls food that wasn't tested on other animals.

It is exhausting searching for animal friendly products, it takes a while, but for me, it's well worth it. Once you know who's safe, it's easy to shop again.

Definitely order the little animal friendly product list from Peta, it really helps as a quick reference when you're out shopping.

There's also whole stores like Trader Joes, where alltheir products are animal friendly.....we'll, except for their meat.

Estee Lauder is animal friendly

Most mainstream companies use vivisection apparently unless they say so....
I think it depends which source you go by. I use BUAV (British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection ...) (http://www.buav.org/)

And they say there are only these that don't test and/or use a fixed cut-off date (FCOD) (meanign they continue to buy in ingredients that may have been animal tested by its suppliers.
So these are ok by them:

BUAV APPROVED:

Clear Spring (Faith in Nature)

Brand: Clear Spring

The Clear Spring range includes cruelty-free products for the dishwasher, washing up liquids, window cleaner, liquid detergent and polishes. Available in health stores and mail order. Telephone: 0161 764 2555. Or shop on line at www.faithinnature.co.uk.

The Laundry

Brand: The Laundry

The Laundry is launching a range of cruelty-free washing up and laundry liquids. To go on their mailing list to receive details of their products when they are launched, email linens@thelaundry.co.uk or telephone 020 7274 3838.

The Co-op

Brand: own-label household products range

The Co-op's own-label household products range includes washing up liquid, washing powder, and polishes & cleaners for your entire home. The Co-op has 1,600+ outlets across the UK. For details contact: 0800 0686727 or visit www.co-op.co.uk.

Click to our GoCrueltyFree mini-site to find out more about the Humane Household Product Standard or go to Heavily Soiled and Stubborn Stains to see other company policies.

Jason Cosmetics

Brand: Heather's Natural and Organic Cleaning Products

Manufactures bath and tile cleaners, window cleaner, all-purpose soap.

Available: Health food stores (limited availability); mail order from the UK distributor on 020 7435 5911.

Aubrey Organics

Brand: Aubrey Organics

Manufactures two household cleansers.

Available: Via the website www.aubrey-organics.com

The London Oil Refining Company

Brand: Astonish

Manufactures a range of household products from upholstery cleaner to bathroom cleaners.

Available: Sainsbury's, Morrisons, John Lewis, Kleeneze catalogue and other retailers. Customer enquiries: 0113 2360036. Website: astonishcleaners.com
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And these are not ok to use (very logn list unfortunately):
COMPANY: Procter & Gamble

PRODUCTS: Hugo Boss, Max Factor, Oil of Olay,
Crest, Head & Shoulders, Pantene Pro-V, Clairol
Herbal Essence, Nice n Easy, Aussie hair products,
Camay soap, Cover Girl, Giorgio Beverly Hills, Old
Spice, Sure, Vidal Sassoon, Clarion, Colorfast,
Mary Quant, Maxi, Noxell, Noxzema, Outdoor Girl,
SK-11, Biactol , Clearasil soap range.

ADDRESS: Procter & Gamble UK, Consumer
Relations Department, PO Box 420, Newcastle upon
Tyne, NE27 0YA TEL: 0191 297 8217


COMPANY: Colgate Palmolive

PRODUCTS: Colgate toothpaste, Colgate shave
cream, Palmolive, Soft Soap, Lady Speed stick,
Mennen speed stick, Vel beauty bar

ADDRESS: Colgate-Palmolive, Consumer Affairs
Guildford Business Park, Middleton Road,
Guildford, Surrey, GU2 8JZ
TEL: 00800 321 321 32


COMPANY: Unilever

PRODUCTS: All Clear shampoo, Cutex Denim,
Calvin Klein cosmetics, Cerutto 1881, Chloe,
Escape, Eternity, Jean Louis Scherrer, Karl
Lagerfeld, Narcisse, Obsession, Valentino

ADDRESS: Unilever, Safety and Environmental
Assurance Centre, Unilever House, Blackfriars,
London, EC4P 4BQ TEL: 020 7822 5291


COMPANY: LOreal

PRODUCTS: Elvive, Elnett, Studio Line, Plenitude,
Feria, Recital, LOreal, Colour Cosmetics, Garnier
Fructis, Garnier Ambre Solaire, Garnier Nutralia,
Garnier Belle Colour, Maybelline, Freestyle,
Excellence, Castings, Anais Anais, La vie en rose,
Biotherm, Giorgio Armani, Helena Rubenstein,
Lancome, Ralph Lauren, Cacharel, Redken, Vichy,
Matrix

ADDRESS: LOreal (UK) Ltd, 255 Hammersmith
Road, London W6 8AZ TEL: 020 8762 4620


COMPANY: Lever Faberge
(subsidiary of Unilever)

PRODUCTS: Mentadent, Signal, Ponds, Vaseline
Intensive Care skin products, Pears shampoo &
soap, Sure deodorant, Impulse, Addiction, Sunsilk
haircare, Timotei, Organics, Lynx, Brut, Aquatonic,
Shield soap/ deodorant / perfume, Lux, Dove,
Knights Castile, Salon Selectives, Physio Sport,
Lifebuoy, Harmony

ADDRESS: Lever Faberge, Consumer Studies
Centre, Coal Road, Seacroft, Leeds LS14 2AR TEL:
0800 272583


COMPANY: Bristol-Myers Company
Ltd

PRODUCTS: Clairol Nice 'n' Easy, Natural
Instincts, Glints, Herbal Essences, Lasting Colour,
Loving Care, Born Blonde, Mum, Mum Botanicals,
Hydrience

ADDRESS: Bristol-Myers Company Ltd,
Swakeleys House, Ickenham, Uxbridge, UB10 8NS
TEL: 01895 628000


COMPANY: Schwarzkopf & Henkel

PRODUCTS: Gliss shampoo, Mont Saint Michel,
Scorpio, La Perla, Sergio Tacchini, Krizia, Fiorucci

ADDRESS: Schwarzkopf Ltd, Schwarzkopf &
Henkel Cosmetics, Penn Road, Aylesbury, Bucks,
HP21 8HL TEL: 01296 314020


COMPANY: Bourjois Limited

ADDRESS: Bourjois Limited, Queens Way,
Croydon, CR9 4DL TEL: 020 8667 1966
ALL PRODUCTS: Bourjois brand


COMPANY: COTY

PRODUCTS: Rimmel, Adidas, Sensiq, Cutex

ADDRESS: Coty UK Ltd, Consumer Relations
Department, Eureka Park, Ashford, Kent, TN25
4AQ TEL: 01233 625076

COMPANY: Beiersdorf

PRODUCTS: Nivea, La Prairie, Atrixo

ADDRESS: Beiersdorf UK Ltd, Consumer
Relations, 3500 Parkside, Birmingham Business
Park, Birmingham, B37 7YS
TEL: 0121 327 4750


COMPANY: Bristol-Myers Company
Ltd

PRODUCTS: Clairol Nice 'n' Easy, Natural
Instincts, Glints, Herbal Essences, Lasting Colour,
Loving Care, Born Blonde, Mum, Mum Botanicals,

Hydrience

ADDRESS: Bristol-Myers Company Ltd,

Swakeleys House, Ickenham, Uxbridge, UB10 8NS

TEL: 01895 628000



COMPANY: Schwarzkopf & Henkel

PRODUCTS: Gliss shampoo, Mont Saint Michel,

Scorpio, La Perla, Sergio Tacchini, Krizia, Fiorucci

ADDRESS: Schwarzkopf Ltd, Schwarzkopf &

Henkel Cosmetics, Penn Road, Aylesbury, Bucks,

HP21 8HL TEL: 01296 314020



COMPANY: Bourjois Limited

ADDRESS: Bourjois Limited, Queens Way,

Croydon, CR9 4DL TEL: 020 8667 1966

ALL PRODUCTS: Bourjois brand



COMPANY: COTY

PRODUCTS: Rimmel, Adidas, Sensiq, Cutex

ADDRESS: Coty UK Ltd, Consumer Relations

Department, Eureka Park, Ashford, Kent, TN25

4AQ TEL: 01233 625076



COMPANY: Beiersdorf

PRODUCTS: Nivea, La Prairie, Atrixo

ADDRESS: Beiersdorf UK Ltd, Consumer

Relations, 3500 Parkside, Birmingham Business

Park, Birmingham, B37 7YS

TEL: 0121 327 4750

PRODUCTS: Clairol Nice 'n' Easy, Natural

Instincts, Glints, Herbal Essences, Lasting Colour,

Loving Care, Born Blonde, Mum, Mum Botanicals,

Hydrience

ADDRESS: Bristol-Myers Company Ltd,

Swakeleys House, Ickenham, Uxbridge, UB10 8NS

TEL: 01895 628000



COMPANY: Schwarzkopf & Henkel

PRODUCTS: Gliss shampoo, Mont Saint Michel,

Scorpio, La Perla, Sergio Tacchini, Krizia, Fiorucci

ADDRESS: Schwarzkopf Ltd, Schwarzkopf &

Henkel Cosmetics, Penn Road, Aylesbury, Bucks,

HP21 8HL TEL: 01296 314020



COMPANY: Bourjois Limited

ADDRESS: Bourjois Limited, Queens Way,

Croydon, CR9 4DL TEL: 020 8667 1966

ALL PRODUCTS: Bourjois brand



COMPANY: COTY

PRODUCTS: Rimmel, Adidas, Sensiq, Cutex

ADDRESS: Coty UK Ltd, Consumer Relations

Department, Eureka Park, Ashford, Kent, TN25

4AQ TEL: 01233 625076


COMPANY: Beiersdorf

PRODUCTS: Nivea, La Prairie, Atrixo

ADDRESS: Beiersdorf UK Ltd, Consumer

Relations, 3500 Parkside, Birmingham Business

Park, Birmingham, B37 7YS

TEL: 0121 327 4750



PRODUCTS: Clairol Nice 'n' Easy, Natural

Instincts, Glints, Herbal Essences, Lasting Colour.
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Animal Testing Companies - Pet Food
NESTLE Purina Pet Foods

PRODUCTS:

OMOLENE 100® ACTIVE PLEASURE
OMOLENE 200® PERFORMANCE
HORSE CHOW 200®
STRATEGY®
OMOLENE 300® GROWTH
EQUINE SENIOR®
EQUINE ADULT®
EQUINE JUNIOR®
HORSE CHOW 100®
OMOLENE 200® PERFORMANCE
COMPLETE ADVANTAGE®
HORSE CHOW 100®
Alpo®
Beneful®
Come 'N Get It®
Dog Chow®
Mighty Dog®
Pro Plan®
Puppy Chow®
Purina® HiPro
Purina® Kibbles and Chunks
Purina® Moist & Meaty
Purina ONE
Purina Veterinary Diets
Treats
Beggin' Strips®
Busy Bone
Cheweez
Chew-rific
Dogwiches
Purina Essentials
T Bonz®
Litter
secondnature®
Cat Chow®
Chef's Blend®
Deli-Cat®
Fancy Feast®
Felix
Friskies®
Kit 'N Kaboodle®
Kitten Chow®
Purina ONE
Pro Plan®
Purina Veterinary Diets
Tender Vittles®
Treats
AquariYums
Purina Essentials
Whisker Lickin's®
Tidy Cats®
Yesterday's News®

Whiskas Pet Foods

PRODUCTS:

Products Home

WHISKAS Twists
WHISKAS Cravers
WHISKAS Senior
WHISKAS with Vita-Bites®
WHISKAS Singles
WHISKAS Dentabits
WHISKAS Kitten
WHISKAS Milk Plus®
WHISKAS Cans
WHISKAS Selects
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Supermarket (own-brands)

These companies do not conduct or commission animal tests for their household products but they do not operate a fixed cut-off date (FCOD) and therefore continue to buy in ingredients that may have been animal tested by their suppliers:

ASDA
ALDI
Budgens
Costcutter
Lidl
Londis
Marks & Spencer
Netto
Nisa (owns Budgens, Londis & Costcutter)Sainsbury's
Safeway
Somerfield
(Also own Gateway & Kwiksave)
Superdrug
Tesco
Waitrose (own-brand)
Wilkinson
WM Morrison
Other companies
ACDORange includes: Acdo laundry powder; Glo White super whitener, travel wash, stain remover, curtain whitener; Dr Beckmann colour run remover, Rescue stain remover, oven cleaner and microwave cleaner.
Dri-Pack
Dylon International Ltd
Ecover
Green Beans
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nivea doesnt test on animals!

Was just going by BUAV info, maybe it's out of date? Not to worry..

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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Deux hommes font une promenade amicale. L'un des deux porte un parapluie à son bras.
Il se met à pleuvoir. L'homme n'ouvre pas son parapluie et l'autre lui demande pourquoi.
- Parce que ça ne servirait à rien, lui répond son ami. Il est plein de trous.
- Alors, pourquoi l'as-tu pris?
- Parce que je ne pensais pas qu'il pleuvrait.

The Buav approved companies list is a list of products that are not tested and/or apply the fixed cut off rule.

sugar cosmetics sold at sephora and ulta are tested on girls not animals

Co-Op's own brand of cat food....GOD what a lifesaver. I stopped giving my (fussy) cat Go-Cat when I found out they were owned by Nestlé down the line... and as a bonus, it's animal friendly...their shampoo's really nice, too.

For cosmetics it's great, because my favourite products are from LUSH and Urban Decay, both very animal-friendly.

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On an animal-rights/vegetarian theme, did u hear about the mars bar thing btw, that they were going to re-introduce animal fats so it wouldn't be veggie anymore? there was so much pressure, they couldn't in the end.

Anyhew,
What do u guys usually stick with company wise now?
I'm pretty stuck on Nivea now and gonna have to order make-up off the net. don't think I can afford the big companies that don't test and have a fixed cut off date.
I used to use Tesco, but they don't have a fixed cut off date.

This is terrifying!! I mean, I am trying so hard to be animal cruelty concious but its getting harder.

I mean I use vaseline, nivea, herbal essences, colgate, gillette, l'oreal makeup, rimmel make up....and its all bad.

I would use more Lush and Body shop as i prefer them by miles buy its just the money. I think when my student loan comes in I may replace all my skin care and haircare products.

Tesco have started a natural range, I hope its ok as it looks really nice.

Nives is fine. I use that.
but you're right it is difficult. I had to learn not to beat myself up about it if I get something wrong, you can only research so much! Try your best that's the motto.

As I say I think Tesco doesn't use the cut off rule so some ingredients in the past might have been tested for new products...

Yeah. Well, I think I may just have to keep on searching lol. Or just stick to body shop/lush for skincare and mac and urban decay for make up.

Whats the story with Benefit? do they test on animals? I dont think i saw them on the list but i may have missed them...

Not sure about benefit.

Link to another list of tested untested:
Cruelty Free Shopping Guide: Non-animal testing companies and products

Good article about why Tesco is a no no:
Zoe Wood, retail correspondent
Sunday June 10, 2007
The Observer

American union officials have sounded their strongest warning yet to Tesco, stating that they will impede the retailer's West Coast debut with mass picketing if it does not talk to them.
'The market Tesco is entering is very heavily unionised,' said United Food and Commercial Workers' (UFCW) spokeswoman Jill Cashen. 'It is in its financial best interests to enter into a union relationship. We have in the past successfully mobilised our community to turn business away from companies who are not offering union representation to employees.'


Article continues

The UFCW, which has 1.3 million members in North America and 165,000 in California, argues that non-union stores pay workers lower wages and scrimp on benefits. It waged a two-year war in California against Mexican giant Grupo Gigante, which finally relented.
The threat came as Tesco's US chief executive, Tim Mason, provided details of Fresh & Easy, the chain of convenience-style stores it will launch this autumn. Tesco is investing £250m a year in the start-up it believes could eventually rival its £35bn UK operation. 'There is no point going to America to build a small business,' said Mason.

Tesco believes the 10,000 sq ft 'neighborhood markets' will help alter the American diet by offering shoppers fresher, more nutritious food on their doorstep. 'People like to shop in their neighbourhoods, if they are in touch on price and quality,' said Mason 'The food will be fresher and offer better value.' Half the retail offer will be own-brand Fresh & Easy products, which contain no trans-fats or artificial flavourings. Tesco will also put a sell-by date on fruit, which is not industry practice in America.

Fresh & Easy aims to attract a 'broad church' of shoppers from wealthy Californians to blue-collar workers. It will also cater for the American love of steak and coffee. 'Steak is an iconic product, but Americans are less fussy about wine,' said Mason. 'Coffee is more important because they drink so much of it.'

Tesco will launch Fresh & Easy simultaneously in Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego and Las Vegas, and expects to have 50 shops open by February.

The British retailer recently had a skirmish with UK super-union Unite, but in general has a constructive relationship with labour organisations here. Mason said Tesco hadn't decided on US industrial relations policy yet, but analysts expect it to follow the non-union example of competitors such as Whole Foods and Wal-Mart. Tesco has yet to embark on a recruitment drive, but is promising to pay better than Wal-Mart, which is pilloried by UFCW over pay and benefits.

Mason appeared to rule out acquisition as a way to accelerate the growth of Fresh & Easy: businesses in the US went for 'a very full price', he said.

Mason added that there were no immediate plans to open its traditional supermarkets or launch Tesco ClubCard in America, but added 'never say never'.

Stand by your cruelty-free claims, says BUAV

Leading supermarkets are threatened with being named and shamed by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) for being complicit in testing their cosmetic products on animals.

The BUAV claims consumers are being misled by leading stores which say their cosmetic products are not tested on animals. It has written to Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's warning them they risk losing tens of thousands of customers if they fail to crack down on cosmetics suppliers who test ingredients on animals.

The BUAV says animal welfare is high on consumers' list of concerns. It says that while most supermarkets say their products aren't tested on animals, the ingredients in them often are.

The BUAV has established a rigorous 'leaping bunny' kite mark that it awards to firms that ensure no animal testing occurs at any stage in the production of its cosmetics.

Earlier this month, Marks and Spencer became the first mainstream retailer to be given the BUAV kitemark. The Body Shop and the Co-op have long been committed to avoiding animal testing.

BUAV chief executive Michelle Thew said: 'I want to say to the rest of the high street: "Step up to the plate and end animal testing".'

A Sainsbury's spokesman said it was open to the BUAV's suggestions of signing up to a Humane Cosmetics Standard.

Nick Mathiason

great. i bought things by suave, bic and loreal today. im a bad animal lover . i had no idea these products wee tested on animals.

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You didn't know L'Oreal tested on animals? That's why so many people were upset that Anita Roddick sold them The Body Shop.

The best way to see if your products are cruelty-free is just to check the packaging. Most of them say either "Dermatologically tested" or "Not tested on animals".

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