MY FAVORITE CERTIFICATION OF ALL, CRUELTY FREE PRODUCTS. My favorite certif ication of all, Cruelty Free Products. There are three organizations that certify companies to be cruelty f ree. Now remember, brands do not have to have these certif ications , they only do so if they want to. As the millennial that I am I love seeing that a cosmetic i am buying is cruelty-f ree! The Humane Animal Society states in their website, “Government regulations often require numerous different animal-poisoning tests to assess the hazards of a single new chemical, pesticide or medicinal product.” Imagine being forcefully fed a toxic chemical which in turn is killing you, being tied down to breath harsh chemicals for hours, being injected poisonous chemicals on to your skin and even worse no pain relief for any of this kind of testing procedures…How horrible! There is nothing humane about animal testing. Some of the most common animals used for testing are pigs, bunnies, sheep, beagles and mice. According to Invitro International, which are pioneers in the development of testing alternatives, “To measure the trends towards cruelty-f ree cosmetics, many research f irms combine cruelty-f ree and vegan cosmetics together. The business research and consulting f irm, Grand View Research, says that the global vegan cosmetics market size was worth an estimated USD 12.9 billion in 2017.” WOW!… Exciting news!
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