What do animal-friendly cosmetic companies test their products on?

There are a lot of animal friendly cosmetic companies around, like Urban Decay and Burt's Bees, and they say they don't test their products on animals...but what DO they test it on? Anyone know?What do animal-friendly cosmetic companies test their products on?
Well, There are several ways they test their products.


1. If a company knows that all it's ingredients are all natural, they sometimes test on (willing) humans :P


2. There are many fruits and veggies which are genetically closer to human cells that a lot of animals. Things like melon rind is used as a stand in for skin and jack beans better emulate the human cornea.





Alternatives are not only cruelty free, but much cheaper as well.


Hope I helped!What do animal-friendly cosmetic companies test their products on?
Cruelty-free'; labels on products are a fairly good indication that that particular product was not tested on a laboratory animal. Even though the rules and guidelines governing which items can sport a ';cruelty-free'; sticker are fairly lax and unreliable, most companies know that the consumer backlash would be terrific if they lied about their animal testing policies.





However, just because one product bears a label stating that it was not tested on animals, this does not mean that other items in that company鈥檚 range weren鈥檛 used in experiments on animals. For example, Clairol do not test their Herbal Essences range on animals, but the rest of their cosmetic line is still researched in this way.





Top Animal Loving Beauty Companies


A select group of cosmetic companies have become world renowned for their ';animal friendly'; products and the stance that they take against testing beauty products on animals. Some of the most popular are listed below.





The Body Shop


One of the five values that The Body Shop was founded on is ';against animal testing.'; The other four, for interest's sake, are ';support community trade';, ';activate self-esteem';, ';defend human rights';, and ';protect our planet';. Since 1990, the company has not used a single ingredient that was tested on animals. They also actively campaign against testing cosmetics on animals and embrace the use of alternative tests.





Urban Decay


Popular make-up company Urban Decay has always been strongly opposed to animal testing. This company also won an award from PETA recently for ';best cruelty-free cosmetic line.';





Lush


Lush is well known for using fresh, natural ingredients in all of their products. According to their website, they also believe in only buying their supplies from ';companies that test for safety without the involvement of animals.'; Lush tests all of its own products on humans, rather than animals.





Although animal rights organisations continue to work hard for their cause, media and public attention is not currently focused on animal testing. One may hope that, as more people become concerned with what goes into their products and how they are made, they will become aware of the still-too-common testing of beauty products on animals and will decide not to purchase from those companies. Follow these links to read more about animal friendly products and cruelty free corporations.









probably people??