Cruelty Free

I'm trying to be more conscientious of the products I buy.  It doesn't make sense to me that companies are still testing on animals.  I never really paid much attention to labels and things like that but now that's what I seem to be doing.

Mostly all of the products I was using were testing on animals.  It was frustrating and disappointing. I seriously wondered if it was worth it. It's not easy locating cruelty free things in the stores I go to but I really am trying.  

I'm not a vegan or a vegetarian.  So I guess in a sense I'm a hypocrite.  Why is it not ok for a product to be tested on an animal but killing one for food is fine?  Essentially, it's not. However, I personally believe that animals provide a protein that my body craves as I get older.  I will do my best to start researching places that butcher meat humanly.  (Yes, there is such a thing.)  Who knows? Maybe as I do my research I'll find that I don't really like the whole butchering process and go off meat all together.  But one step at a time.

I'm also not going to sit here and tell people that they need to boycott every company that tests on animals.  Mostly because it's not going to matter.  If people haven't boycotted by now, knowing that it's being done, they're not going to listen to me.  I can only worry about myself. I can bring to light what I'm finding out and if someone comes across it and is affected enough to make a change, then wonderful.

http://features.peta.org/cruelty-free-company-search/index.aspx


That link is to search for brands that are cruelty free.  Or if you are currently using a brand you can type it in to see if it's cruelty free or not.

I'm also subscribed to Vegan Cuts beauty box. What I'm going to start doing is share/review the items that I've received through them, as well as the products that I've found on my own.  I know that there are tons of beauty blogs out there but it will give me something new to talk about.  This isn't going to be a blog that focuses on beauty mind you, but I think it will be nice to change things up every few posts.  There will even be pictures.  Woohoo!  

~Yarrow