Cruelty Free.....

[treehugger]

I am currently trying to find Spanish products that are not tested on animals, shampoo, shower gel, razors etc etc but I am finding it really hard.
A few Mercadona products have the "not tested on animals" on them but not for the things I want - can anyone help me to compile a list of cruelty free products please.
It is very frustrating.

[AllanChef]

Hi there
Well... I was doing the same thing here on Venezuela but I noticed that products are all tested So I made my reserach and I found that rawvegans actually dont use anything of this stuff, so I barely use soap, for instance I use a very hard towel to exfoliate my skin and my hair doesnt need shampoo anymore and guess what? It looks better and healthier than before!

[sunwukung]

and isn´t your head itchy?

[AllanChef]

Not at all. In this case a person told me: "You are going to be itchy for a few weeks, this is probably the adjustment period" And he was right!
A friend actually asked me: What shampoo are you using? You have a lovely hair
I use a comb to remove the dead particles of the scalp and thats it.

[sunwukung]

A very interesting thing, and what do you use for the body?

[AllanChef]

Some cheap soap that doest have much chemicals just for under the arms and intimate parts
But for the rest of the body I use a hard towel. I took this idea from macrobiotics. His pioneer George Oshawa recommends that after the shower you should use the towel for the entire body so you can be exfoaliated.
Before the towel experiment I had a very dry skin and now is glowing
Im not saying this is the answer but it works very well for me
I do use deodorant by the way

[treehugger]

Thanks for the replies.

The main things I am looking for is shampoo, shower gel, deodorant for my hubby (I use crystal rock deodorant and LOVE it!) and razor blades.
I currently get things ordered from the UK that I know and trust to be vegan as well as cruelty free - but I can no longer afford to do this. My local health food shop sells eco cruelty free cleaning products which is GREAT, but....

I caught the sticky post in the "Restaurantes, Cafés y Tiendas" forum here and noticed there are products listed in there which I will have to investigate properly as there were a few discrepancies. For instance the Body Shop is listed as cruelty free, which is true - they do NOT test their products on animals, BUT they are owned by L'oreal who DO test on animals and I don't want to give my money to any such company. The same is true of Mabeylline and Ecover. Ecover have been struck off the Vegan Society's list as their products are tested on water fleas and rabbit blood.

So I want to make absolute sure before I buy any products...and I gotta be quick 'cos I'm running out of shampoo....FAST!

[AllanChef]

They test their products on rabbits blood? Bloody hell!

[treehugger]

Yeah.
A refusal to agree a cut-off date for animal testing has left green cleaning brand Ecover stripped of its Vegan Society logo, according to a recent joint statement.

The Belgian company's biodegradable and phosphate-free products - which include washing-up liquid, washing powder and more - are tested on water fleas and rabbit blood to detect danger, respectively, to aquatic life and human skin.

While the EU definition of animal testing doesn't include invertebrates such as water fleas, the Vegan Society's founding criteria does.

The main sticking point between the charity and eco cleaning business was Ecover's refusal to submit to a cut-off date for specific products to be free of animal-tested products.

Instead, the green cleaning co is continuing a 'five year rolling rule' that means although it pledges not to use today's animal-tested ingredients in its products for the next five years, it could theoretically include them in 2013.

full story here

Obviously Ecover's main concern and role is providing green cleaning products and solutions. They are not mainly a vegan thinking company they are an environmental friendly thinking company.
I know the Vegan Society has strict rules that companies must abide by and adhere to in order to be allowed to display the Vegan Society logo on their products, it's one of the reasons I love them and trust them so much.

[AllanChef]

Its a sad thing they use animals for testing rather than testing the product on themselves
Hope you find what you`re looking for