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Cruelty Free Skincare and More

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Everyone likes to look and feel beautiful, and to do this, a lot of people use different products on their skin and hair. But have you ever thought about how we know that those products are safe to use? The truth is that for a long time, people have tested things like makeup, shampoo, and skin-care products on animals to make sure that they won’t be harmful to humans. At times, this testing has been downright cruel to the animals involved, leaving them severely hurt or even dead. In the past, people didn’t really have a choice about whether or not to test things on animals: If they didn’t, they’d have to test them directly on humans instead and potentially hurt people. But advances in science and technology now allow companies to test their products in more humane ways, without using animals as test subjects. As more people choose to buy cruelty-free products, it’s likely that even more companies will choose to stop testing their products on animals.

The Importance of Using Cruelty-Free Products

Cruelty-free products don’t injure animals in any way. Some cruelty-free products are also vegan, meaning that they don’t involve animals at all: They don’t even include animal products, such as honey or lanolin. But whether you choose to use cruelty-free products or go vegan entirely, when you choose not to use things that are tested on animals, you’re saving animals from being hurt. It’s important to stand up for the rights of animals because while animals can feel pain, they can’t stand up for themselves. And when you buy cruelty-free products or encourage your parents to buy them, you’re showing companies that it can actually help them to make more money if they’re kind to animals.

The Benefits of Using Cruelty-Free Products

Helping to protect animals from being hurt is the most obvious benefit of using cruelty-free products, but it’s not the only one. Often, cruelty-free products are also made from natural ingredients. This means that you won’t be putting potentially harmful chemicals on your skin, like parabens, sulfates, and artificial dyes. This is extra-important for people who have sensitive skin or allergies.

Buying cruelty-free products can also be eco-friendly. Many of them come in recyclable containers, and any amount that you rinse down the drain will be less damaging to the environment because there are less toxic chemicals involved. They also often take less processing to make, meaning less use of machinery and electricity that can mean more pollution from power plants.

Using cruelty-free beauty products is also good because it just makes you feel good. You’ll still be able to look great, and you’ll know that no animals had to be hurt in the process. Plus, you can make a real difference in the world by voting with your dollars: When you buy cruelty-free products, that helps the companies that make them to grow, and it makes other companies want to start selling cruelty-free skin-care products, too. By buying cruelty-free, you can help to encourage more companies to stop testing their products on animals.

Organizations That Promote Cruelty-Free Products

There are many organizations that stand up for the rights of animals and promote cruelty-free products. Some organizations publish lists of cruelty-free products for customers to buy. Others develop rating and review systems so that customers can be sure that their skin-care products are cruelty-free without having to take a company’s word for it. These groups also help to pressure companies into giving up animal testing, and they fight for laws against it. Some countries have already banned the sale of products tested on animals, and in America, people are fighting for similar laws in all 50 states.