Cruelty Free - Kinda Easy ( A Beginners Look at Brands and Products)

Updated on September 18th, 2015
The Shopping Guide

http://softerfootsteps.blogspot.com/p/the-list-animal-friendly-brands-products.html 

So far this is the list I have.  These brands are listed on the Peta and Leaping Bunny website certified cruelty free /do not test on animals.  They can be purchased in local retailers, large pharmacy chains or supermarkets, aka easy to find products.  The pics will of course be award winning and all my own.


Everyday shower products
Aveda - Hair products
The Body Shop (CF The Leaping Bunny/ Peta)
Burts Bees
Ecotools Brushes (CF & Vegan- Peta) available almost everywhere. 
Kevin Murphy
L'Oreal Ever Pure Line ONLY (Peta website) available in Ralph's $7.99 / Tesco Ireland €8.99 and other retailers. 
Morroccan Oil
OGX Beauty Pure and Simple hair care ($9.99 CVS for oil / available in Tesco Ireland for a similar price) https://www.ogxbeauty.com/faqs/ 
Paul Mitchell
Pureology 

Yes to Carrots shower products (CF Peta / The Leaping Bunny) €6.99 and upward available in Boots Ireland /CVS, Target and other retailers)

Makeup 
Elf Cosmetics
NYX Cosmetics
The Body Shop
Physicians Formula (CF -Peta ) Target, CVS
Josie Maran Cosmetics (CF- Peta) Sephora
Derma e (CF -Peta-Vegan)
 
Cleaning/ Household Products
Ecover
The Honest Company (CF -Peta)
Mrs. Meyers Clean Day (Peta / The Leaping Bunny)
Seventh Generation (CF- Peta/ the Leaping Bunny)

I'll begin with beauty products

I am a or was a product junky, a marketeers dream. Gullible and always searching for the holy grail of hair products, foundation, moisturiser, mascara and a believer that eyeliner is a lifeliner. Who doesn't love a nice makeup brush? I do love makeup but not in a Kim K way.
As I stare into my (filthy hasn't seen a cloth in the longest while) make up bag I am very pleased to see that some of my everyday items are cruelty free (CF) / do not test on animals. This was completely unbeknownst to me. Hashtag happyface!  They do however live inharmonious-ly side by side their cruel neighbours.  It is the neighbours I wish to banish. 

I'm proud as punch with some of these products staring back at me from the

landfill that is my makeup bag, reviews below.
I will continue to buy and research new products and list the brands I have found to be animal friendly, where I bought them, what I thought of them and how much they cost. 

My Profile: Skin is dry/ combination-ey, pale, pink and freckly (sounds like a dream) and prone to the beautiful monthly breakout. Awesome legs though... Just saying.
Brunette: Good, shiny dyed hair but as I age grey-fully is leaning a little toward the dry side. Dandruff frequents me ...sometimes.
Teeth: Strong and all my own. Not mustard yellow or anything but not LA blue either. Can be a little sensitive as with my emotions.  

Updated on September 18th, 2015
The Shopping Guide

http://softerfootsteps.blogspot.com/p/the-list-animal-friendly-brands-products.html