Animal Testing....

So Sarah brought  up the fact of how important it is for people not to use product that are tested on animals.

This single cause is why i became vegetarian ages ago. This is what alarmed me and this was the reason why for the first time ever i started thinking of how cruel humans are to animals and from that day on, i never ate any animal meat and then before you knew it i was here Vegan and proud :)

PETA did a list of companies that test on animals -
http://www.peta.org/living/beauty-and-personal-care/companies/default.aspx

But what i did, was, i took all the products that are available in South Africa and handed it out at my house warming party, but i told you about that ages ago....in fact i think it might of been my very first post.....WOW it's been a long time!

Anyway, i thought I'd do a bit of a revision, so here are the companies that test on animals and a list of a few of the products they produce....personally i avoid these companies like a plague! Now if you had to ask any of my friends, they would tell you i am a product....mmm...there's no better way to say it - a product wh&#e!

I LOVE PRODUCTS!!! Stuff for my hair, for my nails, for the house, for my face, for my body, for EVERYTHING!!! EEK the thought of a new product with new 'extra special's' (new innovations) wow boy does it make me sweat.  So you can imagine when i found out that my brilliant moisturiser was tested on monkeys and rabbits and dogs! I nearly puked...i threw out everything, it was thousands and thousands of rands but i just couldn't deal with putting my face cream on and thinking of those animals...

IT WAS LIKE I WAS PUTTING PURE SUFFERING ON MY FACE....

Every time i squirted it out of the bottle, the thought of the screams that must come from the labs gave me a chill.

Its hard though, every time an advert comes on with the latest and greatest my heart says -"YAY NEW PRODUCTS" But then i think of these pictures and sometimes i feel like throwing things at the TV.

BOYCOTT THESE COMPANIES!!! -

Procter & Gamble -Gilette Co                      Always                     Max factor
                                      Pampers                        Vicks                       Old Spice
                                      Fabreeze                       Head&Shoulders      Olay
                                      Pantene                         Tide

L'oreal  -                       Garnier                          Lacome                      Maybelline
                                     Vichy                            Giorgio Armani            Ralph Lauren Fragrances
                                     Red Ken

Unilever -                      Axe                               Lux                             Sunsilk
                                     Dove                             Ponds                         Vaseline

Church & Dwight -   Close up                        Nair                            Mentadent

Johnson & Johnson -Listerine                         Neutrogene                 Clean & Clear

S.C Johnson -                 Glade                             Raid                            Pledge
                                      Windex 

Rickitt Benckiser -          Veet                               Easy off

Clorox -                         Glad

Bic Corporation

And no the most important thing of all - THERE ARE PRODUCTS OUT THERE OTHER THAN THESE, IF YOU NEED HELP FINDING THEM ASK ME :)

So when i go shopping all i do is check the back of every product and read who makes it...simple huh.




PLEASE TRY IT!

Ok so I'm off to ponder on campaigns...

Have a fabulous day and try doing one thing for the animal kingdom even if it is changing your soap ;)

Kindness and STAX of Hope.

Kelly-Leigh