
Today, eco- and animalfriendly mail!! This post is totally late, but I've been talking to people all day and Gran was here and then we were invaded by sis and her friend @__@
Gah. Went out twice today; once to the library, and ending up being smiled at and talked to by sweet elderly people who love my coat x3 And then again later with Honeycakes for brow-waxing and picking up mail. The rest of the evening has been spent like the previous three days, along with Rock-a-doodle and Fuglekrigen, two of my absolute favorite movies from my childhood. Gah~ *w*
Anyway, I've been talking alot about how I'm against animal testing ever since I was I dunno...like nine? So now I've finally taken a big step to do something about it; I've been trying my best before too to avoid things that were animal-tested, but I never knew HOW MUCH stuff they test and that pretty much everything you buy at the stores are in some way or other tested, or containing things tested on animals. So, I went over to
CaringConsumer and studied their list of companies who test on animals. I also checked up a similar, Norwegian site, and found that virtually all the products I use every day;
Got2b (Schwartskopf), Garnier, OMO, Jif, Ajax, Rimi-products, Xtra-products, Always, Libresse, O.B, Solidox, Veet, Palmolive and so on...they ALL test on animals. And well, I can't live with myself if I'm talking the talk without chaning my lifestyle, so from now on,
nothing animal tested comes into this house, unless it's strictly prescribed medicine.
From now on, I am buying all my cleaning-stuff and detergents from
ECOVER. Ecover's products are more expensive than ordinary cleaning-products, but they are 100% eco-friendly and absolutely not tested on animals. I'll buy my hair-removal stuff from
ANDREA. And I'm using hygiene products from
Natrucare. I still need to find a brand of deodorant and toothpaste (if I find out the one I use now is tested on animals) that is safe for me to use. But I feel SO much better.
Yes, it's expensive.
Yes, I have to order everything online since we have no stores that sell these things nearby.
It's a bit of a hassle, and I might encounter some troubles here and there when it comes to certain products. But I know that I feel MUCH better about myself. I'm finally standing for the words I speak and making a real statement.
It's a bit of a hassle to find products that replace the ones you usually use, yes, but if you put your mind to it (you can accomplish anything - Gackt)it's not all that hard to find.
And it's worth it: a clean conscience, a better eniviroment, less animal suffering and if we all chip in, maybe even the end of all animal testing in the future.
From March on, a law's passed that says that products made within the EU are not to be tested on animals. YAY.
SO people, really, consider this option. It's not much, but it can make a world of difference. ^-^
And with that, I'm going to bed. Honeycakes already left me on the couch alone >_< But I sort of lost myself in one of my Gackt-sprees... hehe~ ^^;; I want PBX NOOOWWWW TTwTT