Recently, I was asked what products, other than facial care and cosmetics, fall into the Animal Tested zone? Let me tell you, the list is massive. Pretty much every aspect of personal care is involved in animal testing. Here you go, hair products, soap and bath, fragrance, oral care, deodorant, feminine hygiene, laundry, cleaning and miscellaneous household goods. Are you surprised? Did you have any idea? Most people say yes and no respectively, to those two questions. It’s a dirty little secret.
This post is to answer questions I’ve received and help you make informed purchasing decisions based on your personal needs. You will notice that a massive list of products is listed which makes one think “what IS cruelty-free?” “How do I possibly stay cruelty-free?” Some products are pretty hard to live without, feminine hygiene for one, am I right ladies? I hope that one-day companies will comply with consumer demand and use the new methods that are being developed and stop the practice of animal testing. In the meantime, you can write to companies and ask why they continue with this practice? You can ask them why they don’t use the existing databases of ingredients safe to humans and animals?
The most comprehensive list of Animal-Tested Products and the companies that participate is put out by PETA. For this post, I will reference The Cruelty-Free Kitty as they supplement PETA’s list with their research, put them in succinct lists and I don’t need to reinvent the wheel here. Cruelty-Free Kitty has done a fabulous job, and I thank them!
I prefer to use the list of offending companies rather than the list of companies or products certified cruelty-free. Why? Because many Cruelty-Free companies aren’t approved by an organization. Why not? Because they likely let their record speak for itself and haven’t gone through the certification process.
Here we go, The Animal Tested Products List, I too was surprised!
Table of Contents
Hair Products
Alberto V05
Aussie
Bumble and Bumble
Clairol
Fekkai
Got2b
Head & Shoulders
Herbal Essences
Hoyu
Joico
John Frieda
Just for Men
Kao USA
Kerastase
Matrix Essentials
Mizani
Natural Instincts
Nexxus
Nice ?n Easy
Pantene
Physique
Redken
Rogaine
Schwarzkopf
Sebastian Professional
Soft & Beautiful
SoftSheen
Suave
Sunsilk
TRESemmé
Vidal Sassoon
Soap and Bath
Dial
Dove
H2O Plus
Irish Spring
Ivory
Johnson?s
Lux
Purpose
Shower to Shower
Softsoap
Wella
Fragrance
Acqua Di Parma
Aramis
Balenciaga
Bvlgari
Cacharel
Christina Aguilera Perfumes
Cire Trudon
Coach
Donna Karan
Dunhill Fragrances
Elizabeth Arden
Escada Fragrances
Gucci Fragrances
Hugo Boss
Jo Malone
Kenzo
Lacoste Fragrances
Marc Jacobs Fragrances
Michael Kors
Missoni
Odin
Ralph Lauren Fragrances
Tommy Hilfiger
Viktor & Rolf
Oral Care
Aim
Aquafresh
Close-up
Colgate
Crest
Listerine
Mentadent
Pearl Drops
Reach
Scope
Sensodyne
Signal
Deodorant
Arrid
Axe
Dry Idea
FDS
Lady Speed Stick
Mitchum Deodorant
Old Spice
Right Guard
Secret
Soft & Dri
Speed Stick
Feminine Hygiene
Always
Carefree
Femfresh
o.b Tampons
Stayfree
Laundry
Comfort
Downy
Purex
Suavitel
Shout
Spray ?N Wash
Static Gaurd
Sunlight
Tide
Woolite
Cleaning
Air Wick
Ajax
Armor All
Calgon
Clorox
Dermassage
Drano
Easy-Off
Ever Clean
Fabuloso
Fantastik
Febreze
Finish
Formula 409
Fresh Step
Glad
Glade
Green Works
Joy
Kaboom
Liquid Plumr
Lysol
Melaleuca
Mr. Clean
Murphy Oil Soap
Nature?s Source
Old English
Oomph!
Oust
OxiClean
Palmolive
Pine-Sol
Pledge
Raid
Renuzit
Resolve
Rid-X
S.O.S.
Scoop Away
Scrubbing Bubbles
Soft Scrub
Swiffer
Tilex
Windex
Shaving
Bic Corporation
Braun
Gillette Co.
Nair
Veet
Miscellaneous
3M
Acuvue
Arm & Hammer
Band-Aid
Hill?s
Mead
Off
Pampers
Puffs
ReNu
Savlon
Vaseline
Vicks
So now you’re thinking, if all the above are Animal Tested Products, what do I use now? It’s a question I’m trying to help answer. Yes, this site focuses on cosmetic products, and eventually, I will branch out. In the meantime, use can use this list as a starting point for your household shopping. If you have any questions feel free to drop me a comment or an email and I’ll do my best to help you out!
All the best,
Sydney
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