Say NO to Animal Cruelty: Learn how to Avoid Makeup Companies who Still Test on Animals

Every time you deny spending your hard earned money on a product manufactured by a company that tests on animals, you are making a difference in the fight against animal cruelty! You may think that quite like many noble causes, it seems as if one person can hardly make a difference - and that your lone boycott would never significantly help but think again.

Refusing to support corporations who practice unethical procedures in their laboratories can spread as far and fast as a juicy rumor! Spreading the message to your girlfriends, sister, and mother about only purchasing makeup products with animal cruelty-free labels can lead your consumer savvy loved ones to withhold their business from corrupt companies, too! In turn, your girlfriends spread the word to their girlfriends, who spread it to theirs, and so forth. Those companies stuck in the past that still abuse living creatures simply for an aesthetic value need to be shown that it will not be tolerated. But realistically, in order for this realization to come about, a severe drop in sales must happen. We can help bring this about one consumer at a time.

Still think avoiding companies that test on animals is hard? Not at all! For one thing, online shopping has made the task of selecting cruelty-free products a lot easier. Just to give you a head start in your quest for equality among of all living animals, here's a list of some companies to avoid. You may be surprised…a product in your purse right now could have been tested on animals.

• Cover Girl
• L'Oreal
• Maybelline
• Max Factor
• Rimmel

Here are a list of companies that do not test on animals.

• Revlon
• Almay
• MAC
• Burt's Bee's
• Milani
• SinfulColors
• Bonne Bell
• Jane
• E.L.F
• Vital Radiance
• Physician's Formula and Prestige
• Aveda
• Beauty Without Cruelty
• Darphin
• Ecco Bella
• Hemp Organics
• Jurlique
• Kiss My Face

So now you know! Make the difference and start becoming wise to animal-cruelty products today!

- By Samantha Manning