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

                                                                              

A thought from me...

I am officially going into the luney bin...I've now discovered my space, i mean come on is there anymore freaking networks i have to join, arg and dealing with 2 profiles is hectic...1 spread the word....2 Kelly-Leigh Blignaut.

WOW, my question to the world is -

IS IT POSSIBLE TO HANDLE STUDYING, NETWORKING, WORK, HOUSE CLEANING, GIRLFRIENDISM, SOCIAL LIFE, HEALTHY EATING, EXERCISE, ACTIVISM, CREATING GROUP EVENTS, BEING A DIPLOMATIC CITIZEN, DOING TAX?

IS IT POSSIBLE?

I can't give up anything it's to hard to choose...plus there is so much more i need to do...i need to help more...

All i know is that we as humans need to push our limits as much as we can because then we can achieve greatness.

The fact that I'm whining is that i need you all to understand that arriving for an anti-fur shoot or even protest, stopping eating meat or eggs and milk, changing from sunlight liquid to PnP dish washing liquid....all of these things help...take the most simplest one and try it, because i evolved by trying one.

Sarah Harrison has a 5 step plan as to how you can help animals...it is so simple that its scary as to why people don't try it.

My around the block point is...

If i can find time in my day to change my soap when i go to shops to one that doesn't test on animals then you sure as hell can change yours.

Need the info or help? Get hold of me i will help and lead you in the right direction...

Push yourself....because other need it.

Have a great Thursday :)

Kindness and Hope

Kelly-Leigh

Diarise...

So can you feel the anticipation of the photo's coming out of photo shop land?

I can, phew i can't wait for them to be done! Then i can hand them out to all the eager beavers :)

Just thought I'd tell you about my advent calender - well it's non existent, i have absolutely no clue how to put up a calender with all the event coming up so a strange post will have to do, here goes -

4 November - Seminar on Animal Rights
5 November - Show
6 November - Skin Trade movie
27 November - Fur Free Protest

Ok so the seminar on animal rights -This is the e-mail i got sent -

Dear All,

The South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (SAIFAC) invites you to a presentation on the topic of “Animal Rights in Practice: Defending Animals Through the Law” by Shannon Keith.


The details of the event are as follows:

Venue: SAIFAC Seminar Room, The Old Fort, Constitution Hill, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
Date: Thursday 4 November 2010
Time: 17h00 for 17h30 – 19h00

Shannon Keith is is an attorney in California, working on animal rights issues, as well as an award-winning documentary filmmaker for her documentary Behind the Mask. She has been involved with several precedent setting cases in California in the field of animal law and is a Professor at the Ventura College of Law. She has also formed a her non-profit organization ARME (Animal Rescue, Media & Education) and has her own production company, Uncaged Films (www.uncagedfilms.com). She has been brought to South Africa by Beauty Without Cruelty and will also speak at a screening of her new film, ‘The Skin Trade’ at Nu Metro Hyde Park on 06 November 2010.

Please RSVP to Dolores Joseph (Dolores@saifac.org.za) if you would like to come for catering purposes.

And as for the 2 movie nights - Here's what i got sent -

 

And as for the protest, all i know for now is it is in Hyde Park from 11am - 1pm on the islands near the mall...as soon as i know more i'll let you know :)

Yup and that's the update for the next few events, and we haven't even started the new plans of Spread The Words Events....Phew my diary is getting super busy!

Plus now i'm thinking of taking up a sporty type extra muriel...i need to get some form of exercise in, i mean im fulling to the brim with other things except sporty stuff, so that's next on my list ;)

Being a complete healthy, happy, good valued, working woman is hard especially cause it includes all the other stax of stuff that i have to do during the day....it's exhausting!

Anyway persistance is key and if i keep going at it hopefully it will become super easily...HOPEFULLY...YOU ALL BETTER BE HOLDING THUMBS!

I gotta dash...i've got a few things to pack away before i go home.

Keep smiling!

Kindness, Hope and a touch of Inspiration :)

Kelly-Leigh