Sometimes I REALLY hate the people will treat others...... and I don't just mean other people, I mean all creatures, especially ones who have no voice and no choice. I am talking about animals. So, I have made a conscious effort to start buying cruelty free products. I beleive that my household cleaners, hygiene supplies and beauty products do NOT have to be tested on creatures who have no voice and no choice. This has been challenging in that many of these products are expensive, hard to find, and don't work as well. So far, here is what I have found that does work:

Products that I use and I like:
Paul Mitchell shampoo and conditioner
Mary Kay, Revlon, Almay, and Clinique
My soap is made locally by someone in Hannibal
Seventh Generation Laundry detergent and fabric softener
Ecover dish detergent (the best so far but not great)
Eucerin and Aquaphor hand cream
Burt's Bees products (some I like, some I hate)
Bath and Body products (except these are all scented; so they are only good for gift-giving)

Things that I have tried and I don't like:
Method products have a great container (I am a sucker for packaging) but they do NOT clean my dishes at all, I often have to re-wash them and this is wasteful; because of this, I will not try any of their other cleaning products.
Jason deoderant (works for about an hour, then, it FAILS)
Tom's of Maine deoderant (same as above)

As I run out of my current products, I am replacing them with cruelty free ones. I do not recommend throwing everything out and starting over. You have already spent the money, you might as well use it. As I have said before, these products tend to be expensive; so this could be hard on the pocket book.

Revlon and Almay cosmetics are convenient and affordable, so good for them. Also, there is a laundrey detergent brand called Sun that you can get at Walgreen's or Family Dollar/Dollar General type stores that is very inexpensive, however, I have not tried it myself.

So if anyone has any ideas or suggestions, or comments, please feel free to share with me. I welcome the feedback. Also, if you want to know more about animal cruelty, feel free to do some google searches or check out my friend Constantia's site on Tribe, it is eye-opening and heart-wrenching.

Be kind!
~Ailsa~