How do find out if a cosmetic product has been tested on animals?

I heard herbal esences shampoo is but would really like to know if this is true. I am not against animal testing on medicines as they are really dangerous but it is not nessecary for cosmetics. Somebody told me about how the animals lose all their hair and are really traumitised and I don't think its right when its not nessesary. Do you agree? Can I find out is this true?How do find out if a cosmetic product has been tested on animals?
herbal essence is tested on animals it is made by proctor and gamble and this is what they say





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you will find a full list hereHow do find out if a cosmetic product has been tested on animals?
read on the back of the product or write to the manufacturing company i think its usually proctor and gamble...look them up! or look up animal testing and see what rreally happens to the animals if your that worried about it
Test it on your own animal.





If it has some kind of allergic reation or dies, then it was probably never tested on animals.
it ususally states on the product if it has been tested on animals. Personally I used herbal essence, thinking it would be lovely, but it was crap. Would never use it again. I don't think animals should be used for cosmetic testing.
try readin' the label luv, askin' the guy/galbehind the counter or phoning the number of the company...again, on the label.





Everythings written on the label...hopefully.
I wish I knew as I always thought that they put a little sign on the packaging to tell you if it's been tested on animals or not. Personally I have a lot of allergies so normally if I use makeup that's been tested on them I no about it!!! I use herbal essence and did not know that, but it's really good for my hair!
Most products that don't test on animals have a pair of rabbit ears or some animal icon on the back.





They don't wash the animals in the shampoo but they put it in their eyes as they can't cry to remove it. It's sickening. Any animal testing, medical or cosmetic, is sickening. You've seen what medical testing can do to humans but you say it's ok to do it to animals that can't cry out to show how much pain they are in.





All companies that test on animals





Avon Cosmetics


Jeyes


Beiersdorf


Johnson %26amp; Johnson


The Body Shop/


L鈥橭real+ Lancome


Chanel Lever


Faberg茅


Christion Dior


L鈥橭real/Nestl茅


Clinique


Miners Cosmetics


Colgate Palmolive PZ Cussons


Coty


Reckitt Benckiser


Ecover*


Revlon


Est茅e Lauder


SC Johnson


FCUK


Virgin Vie


Garnier


Yardley


Givenchy


Yves Rocher


GlaxoSmithKline


Yves Saint Laurent


Helena Rubenstein


Unilever


Proctor %26amp; Gamble





or are afiliated with animal testing such as Natwest Bank (Huntingdon Life Sciences). They make a fortune from what they bank.








Companies that don't test on animals





Avalon Natural Products


Kingfisher


Barry M Cosmetics


Liz Earle


Beauty Without Cruelty


Meadowsweet


Bio-D Montagne


Jeunesse


Daniel Field


Neal鈥檚 Yard Remedies


Faith In Nature


Urtekram


Green People


Weleda


Honesty Cosmetics


Woods of Windsor


Jason Natural Cosmetics


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PETA
Well. They usually just write - ';This product is not tested on animals.'; And if you don't believe just try it on an animal ( which is awful) and you'll see.
I pretty much go by the rule that if a product doesn't say whether it tests on animals or not, then it probably does. Companies who don't test on animals tend to have a message on their products shouting it out.





I've looked at the website, and Herbal Essences is produced by a huge company called Proctor and Gamble, who produce a hell of a lot of products. This company DO test their products in animals. Look at their website and you will probably be shocked by the number of products that you use everday that are tested on animals. Are Pringles so important that hundreds of animals need to live in misery?





Animals are just seen by these companies as a tool for them to ultimately make more money out of their gimmicky (and probably crap and useless) products.
I am very concerned about this also - so what I tend to do is check my lipstick on my cat first and see if he flinches.
write to the company or read the containers
Yup i agree with you! Usually you can see if it has been tested on animalos by the bottom or side of the packaging, for example my charles worthington shampoo says it has been tested but not on animals. so i feel comfortable using it.
In the UK, there should be a little rabbit symbol on the packaging so show that no animal testing occurred.
Rub it in a rabbit's eye, then you know for sure that it has been tested!
look on the back
Go to PETA's website at:


http://www.caringconsumer.com/resources_companies.asp
There is a book you can buy which tells you which companies test on animals and which other companies they are part of or own etc. I don't know what it's called but my friend has it. Basically, make up wise, you're talking Clarins olny! Most others test on them but shampoo I'm not sure. If you Google 'do Clairol test on animals?' it should give you a link to a document which will provide names of companies which do and don't.