Something that has been weighing on my mind for a long time is cruelty-free makeup and beauty so and I want to share some of my thoughts on that with you today. I've seen more and more Youtubers and Bloggers who only want to use and endorse cruelty-free products, along with the tag of 'How Cruel is my Makeup Bag?' it seems like it is finally becoming a forefront in a lot of people's minds. And as such I finally began researching it for myself.
I've never been somebody that agrees with animal testing, particularly in cosmetics. Considering there are so many brands that don't test on animals, its something I see it as completely unnecessary in this day and age. I absolutely love makeup, but its not a necessity to me, I wouldn't die without it. Therefore, I don't see why innocent animals should be harmed in order for me to wear it. For the longest time this is something I've put out of mind, never researched and remained ignorant on. This is not something I'm proud of and something that I want to change going forward. This year (as far as I'm aware) all of the makeup I have bought is from cruelty-free brands, which is something I'm really proud of.
So continuing forward I don't want to buy another makeup or beauty product that has been tested on animals and classing myself as cruelty-free. However, I do still have a number of non-cruelty free products in my makeup collection. I don't want to throw away these products as I feel like that would be wasteful when unfortunately the damage has already been done. As I have things like blushers and bronzers its going to take me years to use all of them up. I want to use Project Pans and declutters to get these out of my collection eventually. I also want to spend some time to find cruelty-free dupes for the non cruelty-free products I love.
This is completely a decision I've made for me and I never want to put other people down or make anyone feel bad if they don't want to be cruelty-free. I completely respect everyone's right to make decisions so I never want to seem like I'm ramming my opinions down somebody's throat. That being said, I also want to use my blog as a place to promote things I really believe in so any new products I review will be cruelty-free. But like I said I will be trying to move some of my current non cruelty-free items out of my collection, so naturally I will be using and talking about these things and I want to make sure I mention whether something is cruelty-free somewhere in the post, so you know. I'm really looking forward to sharing new cruelty-free products I bring in and I hope to provide a bit more information on what you can get your hands on without causing harm to animals.
This is something I am still very new on and things are always changing so although I try my best to do my research on brands there may be hiccups, or I may make mistakes. If you know something I don't about a brand please let me know! Another thing to mention is parent companies. If you don't know some companies are owned by bigger companies, so sometimes while the brand itself may be cruelty-free, the company that owns them may not. I've seen a lot of opposing views about this, but I have decided I will still be buying from these brands as I still want to promote these brands for being cruelty-free themselves. So in places of mistakes or my views being different than yours may be I would always recommend that you do your own research!
Cruelty Free Kitty and Logical Harmony are two websites I find particularly helpful when I'm looking to find out if a company is cruelty free and they are both a great read in general if you're interested in cruelty-free beauty for yourself
What are your thoughts on cruelty-free beauty, even if its completely different to mine I would absolutely love to hear your thoughts!
So continuing forward I don't want to buy another makeup or beauty product that has been tested on animals and classing myself as cruelty-free. However, I do still have a number of non-cruelty free products in my makeup collection. I don't want to throw away these products as I feel like that would be wasteful when unfortunately the damage has already been done. As I have things like blushers and bronzers its going to take me years to use all of them up. I want to use Project Pans and declutters to get these out of my collection eventually. I also want to spend some time to find cruelty-free dupes for the non cruelty-free products I love.
This is completely a decision I've made for me and I never want to put other people down or make anyone feel bad if they don't want to be cruelty-free. I completely respect everyone's right to make decisions so I never want to seem like I'm ramming my opinions down somebody's throat. That being said, I also want to use my blog as a place to promote things I really believe in so any new products I review will be cruelty-free. But like I said I will be trying to move some of my current non cruelty-free items out of my collection, so naturally I will be using and talking about these things and I want to make sure I mention whether something is cruelty-free somewhere in the post, so you know. I'm really looking forward to sharing new cruelty-free products I bring in and I hope to provide a bit more information on what you can get your hands on without causing harm to animals.
This is something I am still very new on and things are always changing so although I try my best to do my research on brands there may be hiccups, or I may make mistakes. If you know something I don't about a brand please let me know! Another thing to mention is parent companies. If you don't know some companies are owned by bigger companies, so sometimes while the brand itself may be cruelty-free, the company that owns them may not. I've seen a lot of opposing views about this, but I have decided I will still be buying from these brands as I still want to promote these brands for being cruelty-free themselves. So in places of mistakes or my views being different than yours may be I would always recommend that you do your own research!
Cruelty Free Kitty and Logical Harmony are two websites I find particularly helpful when I'm looking to find out if a company is cruelty free and they are both a great read in general if you're interested in cruelty-free beauty for yourself
What are your thoughts on cruelty-free beauty, even if its completely different to mine I would absolutely love to hear your thoughts!
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