As well, we are fortunate that our biggest retail partner – Boots The Chemists- upholds the very same standards by funding through an organisation called FRAME, which is the FUND for the REPLACEMENT of ANIMALS in MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS) in an effort to eliminate reliance in the industry on animal testing That said – and because we feel it necessary to be transparent and to educate EVERYBODY – it’s important for you to know that no retailer or manufacturer can categorically state that ‘none’ of their raw materials or ingredients have – at some time in the past- been tested on animals. YEEEESH.)Īt Soap & Glory, we uphold very strict guidelines through our regularly audited manufacturing partners that uphold the ‘no animal testing’ policy. (Although you might argue about that if you’d seen the condition of some of their feet. We understand that animal testing is a key concern for a growing number of consumers and at Soap & Glory, we can confidently state that all of our formulations are safety and efficacy tested on people. This question and answer are copied below. In the FAQ section on Soap and Glory’s website, they have a question directly addressing animal testing. SOAP AND GLORY HOCUS FOCUS LOTION FULLIf you’d like a full breakdown on this topic, check out the Ethical Elephant’s article. In our option, it is hard to justify that a product is cruelty-free if it includes animal-based products, but this is how the beauty industry labels their products. We choose to use these definitions in our analyses because they are often the definitions used by those in the beauty industry. Therefore, it is possible that a product could be “vegan” but not “cruelty-free” if the product contains no animal-based ingredients, but it is tested on animals due to a certain country’s regulations. “Cruelty-Free” products are those that no animal testing occurs on the product or any of its ingredients. “Vegan” products are those that contain no animal-derived ingredients. With all lifestyle brand and product analyses we produce at Veg Knowledge, we use the same definitions for vegan and cruelty-free. While “vegan” and “cruelty-free” are often used interchangeability by beauty brands and consumers, they actually mean two different things.
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