Comments on: The Ultimate Guide to Help You Go Cruelty-Free

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 04:29:36 +0000

This site has been my holy Grail. I don’t like going to Peta because I always end up on a sad page. I don’t have any social media so I have no where to discuss this transition. You have helped me so much. I am a meat eater. I eat bird, fish and beef. I purchase most my meat from local farms. It would be to big of a change to go full vegan for my family but I do trick them into vegetarian days. Shhhhhh. My main issue has always been why are they testing my tampons, dish soap and makeup on animals. That seems insane. Like an actual criminally insane person attacking animals… One day (3 weeks ago) I said no more. I found out that most of my every day makeup is good. I replaced my mascara because I couldn’t stand the thought of bunnies being poked in the eye with wands. I’m just going to use up the rest of everything else and not replace it because I have an unhealthy amount of makeup pallets. The biggest mistake my boyfriend made was sending me to the grocery store alone. I needed window cleaner and as I sadly looked at the cleaners for 10+ mins, I noticed a teeny section right behind me that had bottles that said eco all over it. I browsed the brands and googled them all and bought all new cleaning supplies. As first my boyfriend got annoyed because we already had everything but then he used the dish soap to wash his butter popcorn hands and said it’s the most amazing soap he has ever used and now he loves that brand and is excited to run out of the stuff we have already. He has become supportive to my craziness. After 3 weeks, all I have left to change is paper products (paper towel, toilet paper…) And lady products. I’m going to a new store tomorrow as I will need to get that stuff soon anyways.

Sorry for the longness of this reply. I just wanted to say thank you. A lot of sites will say that its is not cruilty free if there’s a parent company or if there’s bugs or milk in it. Maybe one day I will go completely vegan in my product choices but like you said, start slow.

By: Georgia

Georgia — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 01:47:11 +0000

I would love to know if you know of any cruelty-free sheet masks! I love sheet masks but since I am transitioning to cruelty-free I am having a hard time figuring out if the ones I use are or are not! Since a lot of them come out of Korea it is hard to find info on them! Thank you so much! xx

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 21:42:05 +0000

I loved your article! It is so difficult to go to make that transition. I have found my answer with Mineral Fusion. They make the best natural, vegan, cruelty-free products I have found. Since I am a lip gloss lover, I tried their Liquid Lip Gloss first and loved it! That led my to their 3-in-1 Color Stick. It works on your lips, cheek and eyes. You should try it if you have not. Mineral Fusion Mineral Cosmetics is a 5-star in my book!

By: Tashina Combs

Tashina Combs — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:14:57 +0000

In reply to VBB. Thanks for the feedback, VBB! :) You are accurate that most brands sold at these stores aren't cruelty free. Those links went to guides I have created to help people know what brands at each are cruelty free. I just added in a notation of that to help clarify.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 05:12:29 +0000

Hey Tashina,

Thanks for the tips. I am currently in the process of transitioning into using only vegan skin care and make up and your site has helped me tremendously.

You’re awesome. Keep it up 🙂

Drea xxx

By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 01:41:03 +0000

These are awesome tips! I think sometimes with people the overwhelming feeling just overpowers everything, so it’s great to hear about how people who are successfully vegan and cruelty free managed to do it! Thanks so much for this! (And everything else you do, too!) 🙂

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:50:21 +0000

That is all great advice! I’ve been transitioning to vegan/cruelty free for the last year. I have followed every advice you listed above. I’d only add that subscribing to a monthly box like Petit Vour or Vegan Cuts helped me the most. It exposed me to samples of brands I’d never heard of and ended up loving and ordering myself (like Blissoma and Harvey Prince) without the expense of buying a full size product not knowing if it would work for me. I have very sensitive skin and have reacted to so many products in the past especially mascara. What has amazed me in this process is that I have not had a bad reaction to any product I’ve sampled yet including many different kinds of mascara brands. That has been the biggest motivation for me to continue to switch over to cruelty free. I still have a ways to go. The brands/products that I’ve had the hardest time transitioning from have been Listerine, Dove soap, and Secret Deodorant. However, it is something I look forward to finding replacements for this next year.

By: VBB

VBB — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:36:22 +0000

Hi Tashina,
In the article above, mentioning Sephora, Ulta, Nordstroms and Target as places to shop it is directly implied that those stores have cruelty free brands. However the reality is that the largest percentage of the assortment in all these is stores consists of brands that test on animals..Estee Lauder, Lancome, Clinique, Mac, Bobbi Brown, Clarins, Creme De La Mer, Neutrogena etc…
You may not have meant to imply this. You should clarify.
VBB

By: Monica

Monica — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:41:57 +0000

I love the idea of subscribing to a vegan/cruelty free beauty box!