Why I’m Dropping the Cruelty Free Label
I wasn’t planning on revisiting this topic, but after doing some more thinking, I wanted to add a bit more context to better explain my …
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Why I’m Dropping the Cruelty Free Label
I wasn’t planning on revisiting this topic, but after doing some more thinking, I wanted to add a bit more context to better explain my …
Cruelty-free beauty brands
#Dropping #Cruelty #Free #Label
This topic really depends on one's values. I personally value animal rights and will support brands that don't test on animals. I don´t think beauty products are important and everything has a cruelty-free option anyway.. Ofc we are different people, someone may value beauty products more. I feel that if there's a need to explain oneself a lot, then there might be a personal conflict between one´s actions and values.
Chinese companies are very honest and never lie or take advantage of employees…..hehe…..really? That is what you are saying in a roundabout way?
🚨🚨🚨to anyone reading this, she is lying, this is a cop out! “Extremely unlikely” yeah I definitely want a brand that’s “extremely unlikely” to abuse animals, UM NO, I want a brand who definitely will not. PLEASE TAKE THIS VIDEO DOWN!🚨🚨 i know someone who use to do auditing for animal testing and this is all A LIE!!
I don’t even know who you are but this video is not a good look.. I will not even bother to look at what you’re selling. Clearly you are going in the wrong direction. There are so many other brands that are cruelty free and top quality 🙌🏼
I’ve been in the
I like what you mentioned about the cruelty labeling is always targeting China. I have watched some videos about the animal rescues from Korea. They have mentioned that the dogs which are used for laboratory tests are transported from the US
Make this the top comment!!! A lot of brands are cruelty free but they sell products in China which is required to animal test. However that doesn’t mean the brand itself isn’t cruelty free. But they don’t have the label bc they sell products. However. The company that owns La Roche Posay and Cerave are owed by L’Oréal which has contributed to non animal testing method. So for good news, China has been releasing some of the laws requiring animal testing so you can expect more and more brands to go cruelty free 2. Animal testing should be completely gone by 2035 and should be non existent 3. If you use one of those brands don’t beat Urself up because the product your putting on your face probably wasn’t animal tested for, since it’s illegal in most states. So don’t go crazy and beat yourself up
a large number of NPs are very profitable for certain individuals involved.
You should take these videos down. You know the information is factually incorrect at this point and it’s irresponsible to continue to tell misinformation about leaping bunny. I will make sure they are aware. People are on Reddit still spreading your bad info.
Just because ONE person knows SOMEONE who says China does not test on animals any more, is not valid and sufficient information for me.
"Reach" european laws are absolutely disgusting and scandalous.
Interesting content, right up my alley. Keep talking about this please, it’s important to discuss. It IS quite intriguing that there is so much scrutiny on China while more non cruelty free work could be happening in the EU.
Thank you so much for this video! I love this nuanced take and reminder that there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. We're trying our best to use our dollars to encourage companies to stop animal testing, but we won't always be perfect because so many things are out of our control.
Thoughts on the Ethical Elephant blog?Is it trustworthy?
What you said in this video just sounds like a cop out! Being cruelty free obviously is no longer a priority for you, if it ever ever was to begin with. Choosing to simply not use certified products is ridiculous. Doing that means that you will be okay using products that are DEFINITELY not cruelty free, than using products that most likely are. That is just ridiculous. I will no longer be watching your channel.
appreciate the information but not all that way some need support and deserve it veterans sick children and animals please don’t knock them all some not all !!!!
I think only France has a special exemption in China where their cosmetics get a green light and won't be tested on animals, from what I've read.
Thank you for this amazing video
I really appreciate you talking about this. I'm trying to go completly cruelty free, but it's hard to know what information to trust. Do you have any bloggers you trust and that you would recommend? I've mostly used information from ethical elephant and cruelty free kitty.
I'm sticking with it. The companies have tried to break the system for years, and this is yet another effort to do it. If there's no leaping bunny, it doesn't get my business. It might not be perfect, but there has to be something, otherwise we'll start seeing chimpanzees and rabbits with their eyes forced open, and shaved to allow creams to be smeared on them. If you try to add nuances, the movement will lose its power, and big stores will stop doing it. PETA has always been a tad problematic, but they're not the only nonprofit around.
To be fair, I was so sceptic about the title of the video, but you ara making good points here that caused my doubts as well, but you was uncomfortable to question these labels and organisations. Thank you for sharing, it's interesting to learn a bit how NPO work. "Follow the money" principle always helps.
Thank you for this video! As someone who is just starting to transition to cruelty free it’s been confusing and it’s been so helpful to know that not everything is as black and white as it’s made out to be and trying your best is ultimately all you can do.
love this and found it to be very informative. Thank you for taking the risk to make this video. I do have a question for you. How should one go about figuring out if something is actually tested on animals? I'm currently looking for a new foundation and don't want to support animal testing, or unethical practices in obtaining ingredients for products. If you, or someone in this thread could point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
I love this videos pov. I feel similar about the subject where i will do my best to support cf brands but also its so much bigger than just the makeup. Clothes, house products, furniture, cars, i mean the list is endless but we can do what we can n every little thing counts. It shouldn’t be all or nothing ❤
I concur with Sarah Rose. I come from a similar background. In addition, I do NOT trust Leaping Bunny wholeheartedly. It is inhumane to place the blame all on China. More than half of the US nation tests on animals.
So what does this mean moving forward as someone who wants to use cruelty-free products ? Because it now seems like a lose-win situation as now cruelty-free products need to be second guessed into whether they are truly cruelty-free :/ I just discovered your video and it has been really informative
Cute cat video bomb 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 Choosing only cruelty free stuff made me save a lot of money 😉
I'm trying to understand… if China has changed its procedures, then why should we boycott any cosmetic products anymore? … because lately China has been the only reason, why some products have to be boycotted, because only they are testing on animals, or have I misunderstood something?…
I'm still wondering why your criticisms would be a reason for you to drop the cruelty-free label of products – are you saying you will use cosmetics with a cruelty-free label but without assurance from either of these sources? I think as long as they've stated they're cruelty-free, I think it's useful to be aware whether that's a self-declared, they've been registered with leaping bunny/peta or recommended by a reputable blogger like Cruelty-free Kitty. I think those organisations and bloggers are useful from both perspectives.
Leaping Bunny should maybe promote more the work they do behind the scenes. Regardless of the larger pay gap issue that most companies have, it makes sense to me a non-profit org needs to be funded somehow through donations or investors, and part of Leaping Bunny's credibility is with the consumer too as much as it is for other businesses, even a YouTube Influencer. This is not exactly an easy business case to win people over from either side as we know many people do not feel close enough to the issue. There is a very big difference to how a blogger operates because they are indeed dedicating and having to use limited resources compared to a non-profit org that would be impossible to operate without some funding, it's just not realistic to believe money is only needed to make profit. It's important to point out Leaping Bunny has a number of organisations associated with it and work with both the EU and China regulators, one of the demonstrations was part of their involvement leading into the change to EU legislations some years back, and trying to work on a solution to incentivise brands to not use animal testing on all sides. The brand sign-ups alone is also an achievement to get funding this way to while promoting anti-testing on animals – such a buy-in in the past has been a massive challenge. I don't think this mission should be seen as complete, all the issues on current access and knowledge to testing you mentioned are very much ongoing challenges.
Should we really choose to question them given there is some assurance they are campaigning, instead of accepting those we really have less assurance over who could be enabling or utilising testing? Does this not derail the basic ongoing mission to
not support animal testing at the very least (which is a big mission in itself)?
Painting all non-profits with the same brush is a mistake. People are encouraged to do their research on each and every non-profit they are considering support for. Reputable non-profits are required to be transparent and provide clear reporting on their activities. There are good organizations out there doing VERY good work.