@ellysplate: day 25/30 of vegan school 🐰⭐️ yesterday was cruelty free, today let’s talk about why that's NOT the same as vegan (stay with me divas!!!) vegan = no animal-derived ingredients cruelty free = not tested on animals 🚩 "vegan ingredients" but not cruelty free: some brands love to slap a ‘vegan formula’ on their packaging but still allow animal testing, often so they can sell in markets that require it. always check that they have a cruelty free certification before falling for their very sneaky marketing 🫠 🚩 cruelty free but not vegan: many certified cruelty free brands still use ingredients like beeswax or carmine. the logo covers testing, not what's in the tube, here are the ingredients to watch out for… ❌ carmine/CI 75470: red pigment made from crushed beetles, found in pink/red blushes and lipsticks ❌ beeswax/cera alba: check balms, mascaras, lip products ❌ lanolin: from sheep's wool, found in lip balms and creams ❌ shellac: from lac bugs, used in nail polish and some mascaras ❌ guanine / CI 75170: shimmer (mostly eyeshadows) made from fish scales ❌ honey: in lots of lil balms ❌ collagen/keratin/elastin: often from animal tissue, hooves or hair ❌ snail mucin/snail secretion filtrate ❌ silk/sericin ❌ milk/casein

mariaungv :

but it doesn’t make any sense 😭😭 im mad

Bindi :

AND ALSO it can have a leaping bunny on it to say it’s “cruelty free” but it CAN contain animal products. So it’s made of animals but it’s fine bc it wasn’t tested on them ??????????

Kitty Sulyánszki :

use this app guys!! it even checks the thoothpaste, laundry detegent etc.

AlexTheDirtyLittleFemboiPuppy :

Veganism is the moral stance against exploitation. There should be a law against calling non-cruelty free products vegan.

liseaaa.2 :

I beg your pardon? How is that even possible ?

emily🐦‍⬛ :

always look out for the leaping bunny!!

Summer 🏳️‍🌈 :

Which is absolutely absurd! do they not understand what vegan means

tbilisibooks :

that was one more disappointment that hit me like a truck. does their violence ever end?

rae_jonas :

And watch out for these brands that are cruelty free but have parent companies that aren’t

Krish :

Um what 😳

Angel :

And also mink for lashes

amal :

me when i realized it:

⋆. 𐙚˚࿔🌸Isizinha 𝜗𝜚˚⋆🪽 :

What's the point off beeing vegan and then test on animals😭

gentlemeals :

I hate ittt they should change it

enchantress (Duke's version) :

then it's vegetalian not vegan 😭 why would they say it's vegan when vegan is about not exploiting animals.

😜 :

well yeah

kristin :

The worst 😩

vana ^..^ :

aria brey :

Louder 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️❤️‍🩹

kiwiwigi43 :

Seriously?

Cosmetic Injector Rafaela💉 :

Vegan and cruelty free. We have known this for years now.

❀ :

which is so stupid because vegan means not exploiting any animals these companies are scamming us

Amy Elizabeth :

Sorry, what? 😭 I'm literally just getting to grips with vegan products. FFS evil, greedy corporations!

nathan :

ofc it does. testing on animals is a form of exploitation

Matthew Yauch :

Don't let non-vegan marketers tell you what vegan means. I guarantee you if the product says vegan and was tested on animals it is just the word vegan on the package, not the certification label. Name and shame the brand, email them, ask them why they are intentionally misusing the term. Link them the verbage of the certification which says no animal testing. Report them for deceptive marketing.