February 1, 2010
Has Your Skin Care Body Lotion Been Tested On Animals?
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Thankfully, it's getting easier and easier to find quality products like skin care body lotions that are cruelty free. "Cruelty free" means that the product was not tested on animals. This is another form of... |
Thankfully, it's getting easier and easier to find quality products like skin care body lotions that are cruelty free. "Cruelty free" means that the product was not tested on animals. This is another form of medical testing on animals, who often go through extremely painful procedures without any anesthetics or euthanization. These tests are considered unnecessary by a good portion of the scientific community. In just twenty years, the buying public has demanded less and less animal testing in their skin care body lotions and still gets great skin.
The Leaping Bunny Logo
Around 1996, there really was no national certification standard to make sure that those products listed as "cruelty free" really WERE cruelty free. In response to the confusion, in the city of brotherly love (Philadelphia), the Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics was born. When a skin care body lotion or other kind of cosmetic meets their standards, they are allowed to use a logo of a leaping bunny.
Major Companies
Since 1996, some major players in the beauty care and cosmetics business have gone cruelty free and get the Leaping Bunny logo. And their quality hasn't suffered at all. These companies include Avalon Natural Products, The Body Shop, Kiss My Face, Mary Kay, Paul Mitchell and Tom's Of Maine. Some of these products are available in department stores, grocery stores and in specialty shops or websites.
Remember, the leaping bunny logo does not necessarily mean a product is organic. Although "organic" is more and more meaning "cruelty free", there are some products and skin care body lotions that are organic, but are not cruelty free. You need to look for another label from the FDA (for you Americans) to see if the product is certified organic.
Affordable Luxury
Skin care body lotions are one of the most versatile and affordable beauty products. It feels good going on, it smells good for a long while and leaves you feeling pampered. They come in all kinds of scents and moisturizing content. They make thoughtful and inexpensive gifts, because they are the kind of thing every body needs but usually forget to buy.
Make sure the container says it is a body lotion, or "hand and body lotion". Lotions just for the face are made of different stuff – and are usually quite expensive! Some intensive hand lotions are really only for super dry skin. A good bet is buying a skin care body lotion that is for normal or sensitive skins…that have the leaping bunny logo, of course.
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