Comments on: Unilever to Acquire Paula’s Choice

By: Brenda S. Doenitz

Brenda S. Doenitz — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 20:51:56 +0000

I will no longer buy products from Paula’s Choice!! Why sell to a company that tests on animals…? The word is greed.

By: Kara

Kara — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 17:27:53 +0000

Definitely not supporting them. Because logically speaking, you are supporting Unilever by buying Paula’s Choice now. And unfortunately, no matter how many people only buy from Unilever’s cruelty-free subsidiaries, it won’t convince them to get rid of their non cruelty-free companies. Why? Cuz no matter how many people buy from their cruelty free lines, it won’t be more than all of China. (That’s where the major animal-testing market is). It’s like giving money to Unilever’s right hand rather than their left. They will still be laughing their way to the bank, knowing they captured “all” markets. I think the only way to get the message across is to dry up the money entirely. They won’t care otherwise. But I like the idea of mailing them and explaining decisions. Both Paula’s Choice and Unilever. I’m definitely disappointed though. Luckily there are many (completely) cruelty-free companies now with great products, so we don’t suffer for choice 🙂

By: Tashina Combs

Tashina Combs — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 20:22:05 +0000

In reply to Jenn. Thankfully it's through the Leaping Bunny pilot program, which Cruelty-Free International monitors extremely closely. It's the only way currently to actually sell in stores there and avoid animal testing.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 05:30:55 +0000

Paula’s Choice confirmed with me that they have been selling in China since March. Disappointed.

By: Mel Palmer

Mel Palmer — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:24:06 +0000

As always, supporting CF companies owned by non CF parent companies is a personal decision, but I do. It is so very important to let non CF companies know the support there is for CF products. So, I will be emailing Unilver to say how happy I am that they are expanding their CF portfolio and Paula’s choice to let them know I will continue to be a customer. I also emailed Garnier a while back to let them know I was returning as a customer now they are CF. I am sure one lone voice makes little difference, so it would be great if a lot of us could find 5 mins to let Paula’s and Unilver that we are still a customer or leaving as one and why. The CF message is clear either way.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 19:52:45 +0000

When I chatted with a rep at Paula’s Choice today, she said there are no plans to sell the products in mainland China. But on their Twitter earlier this morning their social media team were defending post-consumer testing. Just a point of data to help people make their decisions.