Have you ever thought about the products you use and whether they’re tested on animals or not? Well, I have. I’ve been using cruelty-free products for nearly two years.

According to Beagle Freedom Project, there are approximately 70,000 dogs that are used for animal testing purposes each year. 96% of those dogs are Beagles. According to the Humane Society International, animals used in animal testing can be suspected to and include: “Forced chemical exposure in toxicity testing, which can include oral force-feeding, forced inhalation, skin or injection into the abdomen, muscle, etc."

• Exposure to drugs, chemicals or infectious disease at levels that cause illness, pain and distress, or death
• Genetic manipulation, e.g., addition or “knocking out” of one or more genes
• Ear-notching and tail-clipping for identification
• Short periods of physical restraint for observation or examination
• Prolonged periods of physical restraint
• Food and water deprivation
• Surgical procedures followed by recovery
• Infliction of wounds, burns and other injuries to study healing
• Infliction of pain to study its physiology and treatment
• Behavioural experiments designed to cause distress, e.g., electric shock or forced swimming
• Other manipulations to create “animal models” of human diseases ranging from cancer to stroke to depression
• Killing by carbon dioxide asphyxiation, neck-breaking, decapitation, or other means”

That is why I am cruelty-free.

First, if you also want to start using cruelty-free products, meaning not tested on animals, download the app Cruelty Cutter. It’s made by Beagle Freedom Project, which rescues beagles from testing facilities. When you download the app, you can then scan product codes and then the app will tell you if the product is cruelty-free or not. However, I have also complied a list of companies that do test on animals and then I will offer you cruelty-free alternatives.

Popular companies that are NOT cruelty-free

3M

Acuvue

Aim

Air Wick

Ajax

Always

Aquafresh

Arm & Hammer

Aussie

Aveeno

Avon

Axe

Band-Aid

Bic Corporation

Carefree

Cetaphil

Chanel

Chapstick

Clairol

Clean & Clear

Clinique

Clorox

Coach

Colgate

Colgate

Coppertone

CoverGirl

Crest

Dial

Dial

Dove

Downy

Drano

EOS

Febreze

Fresh Step

Gillette Co.

Glad

Glade

Got2b

Green Works

Head & Shoulders

Herbal Essences

Irish Spring

Ivory

John Frieda

Johnson & Johnson

Johnson’s

Just for Men

L’Oreal

Lady Speed Stick

Listerine

Lubriderm

Lysol

MAC

Marc Jacobs Fragrance

Mary Kay

Maybelline

Michael Kors

Mr. Clean

Nair

Nature’s Source

Neutrogena

Nice ‘n Easy

Nivea

o.b Tampons

Off

Old Spice

OPI

Palmolive

Pampers

Pantene

Pine-Sol

Pledge

Procter & Gamble

Puffs

Raid

Ralph Lauren Fragrance

Reach

ReNu

Revlon

Right Guard

Rimmel London

ROC

Sally Hansen

S.C. Johnson

Schiek

Scope

Scrubbing Bubbles

Secret

Sensodyne

Sephora

Sinful Colors

Softsoap

Speed Stick

Stayfree

Suave

Swiffer

Teen Spirit

Tide

Tommy Hilfiger

TRESemmé

Unilever

Vaseline

Veet

Vicks

Vidal Sasson

Walgreens

Windex

Woolite

Companies that ARE cruelty-free

Alba Botanical

Alex & Ani

Arbonne

Arctic Fox

Badger

Bareminerals

Bath & Body Works

BH Cosmetics

Buck Naked Skin Company

Burt’s Bees

Clearly Natural

Crystal Body Deodorant

CVS Brand

Dr. Goodpet

Earth Friendly Products

Ecotools

Foster Naturals

Hawaiian Tropic

Hello

Kat Von D

Kiss My Face

Kylie Cosmetics

Lush

Modish Polish

Mountain Girl Botanics

Nars

Nature’s Alchemy

Nature’s Gate

NYX

Paul Mitchell

Pure + Simple

Rite-Aid Brand

Safeway Brand

Seventh Generation

Tarte

Too Faced

Trader Joe’s

Ulta

Urban Decay

Wet ‘n’ Wild

Whole Foods

Yes To

On the Cruelty Cutter app, there is also an area where if you scan a code of a product and it is not cruelty-free, you can find cruelty-free alternatives. Now, go forth and say no to animal testing!