Did you know many highly successful and commonly used cosmetic brands use animal testing? If you’re an animal lover trying to avoid products that use animals to test their products, it may seem like there are not many options. Fortunately, there are several widely sold cosmetic companies that test their products without animals!
Here’s some of the companies that are safe for the animal lover’s skin:
Bare Escentuals
Bonne Bell
Burt’s Bees
E.L.F. Cosmetics
LUSH Cosmetics
Manic Panic
Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics
Physicians Formula
Tarte Cosmetics
The Body Shop
Too Faced Cosmetics
Urban Decay
Victoria’s Secret
wet n wild
You can find many of these products at the local CVS, Rite Aid, or Target.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not require that companies use animals in testing cosmetics. According to their website, the FDA complies with law, regulations, and policies on animal testing such as the Animal Welfare Act and the Public Health Service Policy of Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Their website also states that the FDA advocates the use of alternatives to whole-animal testing.
To find out if your favorite cosmetic brand tests on animals, click here.