those companies that test make up on animals - do their products also contain animal fats etc and vice versa? I have an issue with both but an even bigger issue with the latter. I am aware that my ex favourite brand (rimmel) tests their products on anilmals but do their goods contain whale fat and other animal by products? I've checked everywhere for this but I think I can't find it because ir's a dumb question maybe. All sensible answers welcome. Thanks!
2007-10-24 22:04:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
It's not a stupid question at all. Some companies will test on animals (or test some ingredients, but not the finished product on animals) and have no animal ingredients. However, they are not vegan because of the animal testing thing. Some companies have strict policies in place against animal testing (such as Lush), but do use animal products. Lush is all vegetarian, and most of their products are vegan, but a few do contain honey, beeswax, lanolin, dairy products, and eggs. I don't think The Body Shop has anything that's free of animal ingredients, and they sold out to L'Oreal anyway.
It seems the E-number system was designed to obfuscate what's in people's cosmetics to protect the companies. I am glad the U.S. does not use that.
Urban Decay and Hard Candy have a list of what's vegan on their website, and you can print it out to carry with you. Smashbox doesn't test on animals, but they also don't consider insects to be animals and use beeswax and carmine in many of their items. Zuzu Luxe is an all-vegan line of cosmetics, but I don't know if it's available across the pond.
2007-10-25 08:43:51 · answer #1 · answered by VeggieTart -- Let's Go Caps! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is not a stupid question as the major brands make no effort to inform you about the ingredients they use. As a result I am afraid I do not know whether Rimmel products are vegetarian or not, however i would doubt it.
The good news is that there are lots of good brands out there that aren't hard to get hold of which are either entirely veggie or vegan or some of their range is and are not tested on animals either.
Good ones easily available in the UK are Barry M, Body Shop, Aveda and Beauty without Cruelty. These can be bought on your high street: Barry M is available from Superdrug, Aveda usually in House of Fraser and Beauty without Cruelty in some health shops and chemists. There are even more products available online through shops like the ones listed below (the first 3 are UK based the 4th is USA).
2007-10-24 23:53:01 · answer #2 · answered by Thedafftone 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Anything that contains lanolin (the grease that is taken from sheeps' wool) contains some animal fat. It is one of the main ingredients in 99.9 percent of all creams and potions sold of the pharmacy counter and accounts for many of the allergies people suffer from their use.
Your best bet would be to go for a totally animal free variety such as Body Shop which certainly is all made from plants - and no, I am not in their employ, just do not like animal testing/ingredients and flare up with rashes from lanolin - and petrolium jelly. But one question to you. What is this question doing in the Food and Drink section of the Yahoo answers!
2007-10-25 01:06:33 · answer #3 · answered by zakiit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The vegan society has a list of their approved products here, i.e. guaranteed free from animal ingredients and not connected with animal testing, they put their logo on them apparently.
http://www.vegansociety.com/html/business/trademark/listings/
This seems to be your only safe option for the time being till you can get more information, I think that the last answerer makes a good point.
(btw I don't think it's a stupid question at all)!
Have you tried a google search for whale oil to see what it actually does go into?
There's a list of all types of animal ingredients commonly found (even in not-tested-on animals products) here, but it doesn't mention brand names:
http://www.animalfreezone.co.uk/AnimalFreeCosmetics.html
2007-10-24 22:28:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
My favorite brand, Urban Decay, has a vegan section:
http://urbandecay.com/vegan.cfm. It's great stuff.
Not all their products are vegan, but at least the effort is there which is more than I can say for Rimmel, Cover Girl etc al.
2007-10-25 04:38:51 · answer #5 · answered by AH0030 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm sorry i don't know the answer to your question but i wear rimmel make-up and you have made me think twice now as i didn't realise they tested their make-up on animals. i really hope they dont contain whale fat. i'm shocked.
2007-10-24 22:08:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
i thought that the majority of them did
its such a good selling point to be able to say that your product doesnt that i would think they would advertise the fact if that was the case
all the best
Ian
2007-10-24 22:13:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
sorry, i dont know for certain but if u live in england on T.V. there is a programme that talks about what is in ur makeup
sorry i cant remember what its called but try and look for it on T.V. guides
x
2007-10-25 00:14:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't no it really worries me now i think its ridiculous that a big brand like that would do things of that sort its sick and unneeded.: ( thanx i'm gonna try and find out to!p.s i don't think its a stupid q eather
2007-10-24 23:17:04 · answer #9 · answered by hot-sauce 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I thought these days it was all synthetic chemicals. You could email the manufacturers and ask..
2007-10-24 22:08:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋