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I am a very passionate person and one thing I am extremely passionate about is animal rights. Now, I am in no way a perfect human, I only began transitioning into this lifestyle 6 months ago and still have quite a ways to go. I compiled this list out of my own research and decided to share it, I can only hope it will be useful to someone ◕‿◕ I will update it as frequently as possible, but please feel free to edit, ask questions, or educate me and others. Thank you!!!

♡ Related Links: ♡

Leaping Bunny - Administers Cruelty-Free guidelines internationally and is the most reliable source for “…assurance that no new animal testing is used in any phase of product development by the company, its laboratories, or suppliers.”

Shop Cruelty-Free - Search brands to see if they are Cruelty-Free or Vegan.

White Rabbit Beauty - Sells only Leaping Bunny approved brands.

VitaCost - Has Cruelty-Free, Vegetarian, and Vegan sections to purchase from.

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♡ Key: ♡

Obviously, everything on this list is currently Cruelty-Free (CF).

Ⓥ = Vegan

N = Natural

☆ = personal favorite!

♡ Makeup:♡

100% Pure (Ⓥ N)

Afterglow Cosmetics (Ⓥ N)

☆ The All Natural Face (Ⓥ N)

Alythea  (Ⓥ) Arbonne (Ⓥ) Aromi Beauty (Ⓥ) Au Naturale Glow (Ⓥ)

Avalon Organics(Ⓥ N)

☆ theBalm (CF)

Balm Envy (Ⓥ)  Beauty Without Cruelty (Ⓥ) Beauty Secrets (Ⓥ)

☆ BH Cosmetics (CF)

BITE Beauty (CF) Cheeky Cosmetics (Ⓥ) Cherry Street Cosmetics (Ⓥ) Cosmic Tree (Ⓥ)

Crazy Rumors  (Ⓥ) Cruelty Free Shop (Ⓥ) Devita (Ⓥ) Devine Natural Mineral Cosmetics  (Ⓥ) Earth Diva (Ⓥ) Earth Goddess (Ⓥ) Earthy Essentials  (Ⓥ) Eco Minerals (Ⓥ) Eco Glow Minerals (Ⓥ)

☆ ELF (CF) Elixery (Ⓥ) Emani Minerals (Ⓥ)

☆ essence (CF) Everyday Minerals (Ⓥ)

☆ Fyrinnae (Ⓥ) Gabriel Cosmetics (Ⓥ) Glam Natural Makeup (Ⓥ N)

☆ Hard Candy (CF)

Hurraw! (Ⓥ) Illuminare (Ⓥ) Inkia (Ⓥ)

Juice Beauty (CF N) Killer Cosmetics (Ⓥ) Kett Cosmetics (Ⓥ)

L.A. Colors (CF) Logona (Ⓥ) Lip Ink (Ⓥ) Mad Style Cosmetics (Ⓥ) ☆ Melt cosmetics (Ⓥ) Minerale  (Ⓥ) ☆ Motives Cosmetics (Ⓥ) Modern Minerals Makeup (Ⓥ)

Mountain Minerals (Ⓥ) Musq  (Ⓥ) My Earth (Ⓥ)

Natural Girl Cosmetics (Ⓥ N) ☆ Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics (Ⓥ) Pink Quartz Minerals (Ⓥ) ☆ Pumpkin & Poppy (Ⓥ) Pure Gaisha  (Ⓥ) Prirodna cosmetics (Ⓥ)

Rockeresque (Ⓥ) Rogue Republic (Ⓥ) Scout Cosmetics  (Ⓥ) ☆ Shiro Cosmetics (Ⓥ) Smash Cosmetics (Ⓥ)

☆ Sugar Pill (Ⓥ) Swagger Cosmetics (Ⓥ) Tick Tock (Ⓥ)

☆ Too Faced Cosmetics (CF)

Well 2  (Ⓥ)

Wet N’ Wild (CF)

♡ Brushes: ♡ Alima Pure (Ⓥ) Bare Escentuals (Ⓥ) 

Cozzette (Ⓥ) DermaBrushes (Ⓥ) 

Earth Diva (Ⓥ) Earthy Essentials (Ⓥ) 

Eco Nvey (Ⓥ) ☆ Eco Tools (Ⓥ) ☆ Furless (Ⓥ) Inika (Ⓥ) ☆ Pirouette (Ⓥ) 

☆ Real Techniques (Ⓥ) Vegan Vibrance  (Ⓥ)

♡ Nail Care: ♡ Acquarella Polish (Ⓥ) Anise (Ⓥ) Big Ruby Nail Tattoos (Ⓥ) 

Beauty without cruelty (Ⓥ) Butterlondon (Ⓥ) Colorclub (Ⓥ)

Dreams (CF) Gabriel cosmetics (Ⓥ) 

Gosh (Ⓥ) Misa (Ⓥ) ncLA  (Ⓥ) Nail Aid (Ⓥ) No miss (Ⓥ) Nubar (Ⓥ) OCC (Ⓥ) Priti (Ⓥ) Scotch(Ⓥ) ☆ Sparitual (Ⓥ) ☆ Zoya (Ⓥ)

♡ Skincare:  ♡ Aeon Botanica (Ⓥ) Akin (Ⓥ) Amie (Ⓥ) Ayana Organics (Ⓥ N)

Be Genki  (Ⓥ) Be Natural Organics (Ⓥ N)

Beautiful Earth (Ⓥ) Bioethique Organic (Ⓥ N) Blue Ridge Gypsy (Ⓥ) Bonicca ( Ⓥ | also makes cosmetics)

Botani  (Ⓥ) Botanicals For Beauty (Ⓥ) Bronzo (Ⓥ)

Ceela (Ⓥ)

☆ Dermalogica (CF)

Devita (Ⓥ)

Dinga Bear (Ⓥ) Dolphin Organics (Ⓥ N) Dr Danton (Ⓥ) Dr Loretta (Ⓥ) Different Daisy (Ⓥ) Dr Wendy (Ⓥ) Elta (Ⓥ) Envy Tan (Ⓥ) Essential Stuff (Ⓥ)

Florere (Ⓥ) Från Krämer  (Ⓥ) Gourmet Body Treats (Ⓥ) Happy me Skincare  (Ⓥ) Herbal Choice (Ⓥ) Herbology (Ⓥ) Hippy Heaven (Ⓥ)

Hothouse Botanicals (Ⓥ) ☆ Hugo Naturals (Ⓥ N) Keshi Organics (Ⓥ N) Kimberly Sayer (Ⓥ) Kuush  (Ⓥ) KSA Jojoba (Ⓥ N) LaMari   (Ⓥ) Lin Lou (Ⓥ) L’uvalla (Ⓥ) La Bella Pink (Ⓥ) La Isha (Ⓥ) La Natura (Ⓥ) Leap Organics (Ⓥ N)

Lillian Skincare  (Ⓥ) LooLoo’s Escape (Ⓥ) Loving Naturals (Ⓥ N) Malcoms Miracle (Ⓥ) Metamour Skincare (Ⓥ) Metropolis (Ⓥ)

moom  (Ⓥ) MuLondon(Ⓥ)

Mystic Zen (Ⓥ) Naturally Green (Ⓥ)

Nature’s Gate (Ⓥ)

Nude  (Ⓥ)

Odacite (Ⓥ) Organic Grooming (Ⓥ N)

Organic Kama (Ⓥ N) Organic Roseshare (Ⓥ N)

Osea Malibu (Ⓥ) Paradise City (Ⓥ) Planet eve (Ⓥ)

☆ Paula’s Choice (CF) Raw Gaia (Ⓥ) Sanctum  (Ⓥ) Sevi (Ⓥ)

Smartmen (Ⓥ)

Soapwalla  (Ⓥ) Sukin  (Ⓥ) Treasured Earth (Ⓥ)

Tri Nature  (Ⓥ) U little Beauty (Ⓥ) Yaoh (Ⓥ) Y natural (Ⓥ) Y-yo (Ⓥ) Yuva  (Ⓥ) ♡ Bath & Body:  ♡ ABRA  (Ⓥ)

ACURE (CF N) Antho (Ⓥ) Bare Body Soaps (Ⓥ)

Bubble Shack Hawaii (Ⓥ)

☆ Clean Cauldron (CF N) Dixie Bits (Ⓥ) Dr Singha (Ⓥ) Earth Mama Angel Baby Organics (Ⓥ N)

Earth Light Organics (Ⓥ N) Earthly Body (Ⓥ) Emerita (Ⓥ) Enfusia (Ⓥ) Fanciful Fox (Ⓥ)

Free Of (Ⓥ) ☆ Freeman (Ⓥ) Holistic Body Care (Ⓥ) I Love My Muff (Ⓥ) Kalliste (Ⓥ) Keys (Ⓥ) Little Owl (Ⓥ)

☆ Lush (Ⓥ N)

☆ My Konjac Sponge (CF N) Sensibility Soaps (Ⓥ) ☆ Spa Ritual (Ⓥ) Squid Balm (Ⓥ) Well in Hand (Ⓥ) Wildflower Organic Bodycare (Ⓥ N)

♡ Hair Care: ♡ ☆ Abba (Ⓥ) Aesop  (Ⓥ) A’kinAl’chemy  (Ⓥ) Apteka (Ⓥ) Animal Aid (Ⓥ) Australian Organics  (Ⓥ N)

Botanicals (Ⓥ) Colure Hair (Ⓥ) Creo Care (Ⓥ) Daniel FieldDavid Babaii for Wild Aid (Ⓥ) Davroe Hair Wellness  (Ⓥ) Delorenzo (Ⓥ)

Giovanni (mostly Ⓥ)

Green Body Green Planet (Ⓥ)

Honesty Cosmetics (Ⓥ) Kept (Ⓥ) Know! (Ⓥ) Max Green Alchemy (Ⓥ) Micro Broo (Ⓥ) Mixed Chicks (Ⓥ) Muk (Ⓥ) Natures Quest (Ⓥ)

Not You Mothers (CF, ?)

O.B.I Natural (Ⓥ)

☆ Organix (CF N)

Paul Mitchel (CF, some Ⓥ) Peter Lamas (Ⓥ) Salon Naturals (Ⓥ) Surface (Ⓥ) Tara Smith (Ⓥ) Tisserand (Ⓥ) YarokZerran (Ⓥ)

♡ Hair Dye:  ♡ Daniel Field (Ⓥ) Developlus (Ⓥ) Herbatint  (Ⓥ)

Ion (Ⓥ) ☆ LaRiche Directions (Ⓥ) Light Mountain Hair Color (Ⓥ) ☆ Lush (Ⓥ) ☆ Manic Panic (Ⓥ)

Naturtint (Ⓥ) Special Effects (Ⓥ)

Splat (Ⓥ) Tints of Nature (Ⓥ)

♡ Sun Care: ♡ ☆ Alba Botanica (Ⓥ) Invisible Zinc (Ⓥ) ☆ Kiss My face (Ⓥ) KINeSYS Sunscreen  (Ⓥ) Monimay (Ⓥ) Natural Glow (Ⓥ) 

♡ Dental Care: ♡ Desert Essence (Ⓥ) Dr Sharp (Ⓥ) Eco Dent (Ⓥ) Jack N Jill (Ⓥ) ☆ Jason (Ⓥ) Kiss My Face (Ⓥ) Natures Gate (Ⓥ) Oxyfresh (Ⓥ) Stim-U-Dent (Ⓥ) White Glo (Ⓥ) ♡ Deodorant: ♡ Alba Botanica (Ⓥ) Alvin Connor (Ⓥ) Deodorant Stones (Ⓥ) 

LaMari (Ⓥ) Milcu (Ⓥ) Naturally Fresh Crystal (Ⓥ N)

♡ Perfume: ♡ Green Ritual (Ⓥ) Kai Fragrance (Ⓥ) perfume organic (Ⓥ N) Julian Rouas Paris (Ⓥ) Le Labo (Ⓥ) Malibu (Ⓥ)

☆ Pacifica (Ⓥ)

♡ Body Mod. Aftercare: ♡

☆ Really helpful post about Vegan Tattoos.

After Inked (Ⓥ)

H2Ocean (Ⓥ) Out Of Sea (Ⓥ)

☆ PunkMedics (Ⓥ N | stretching, piercings, tattoos, everything)

♡ Sexual Health & Hygiene: ♡

Earthly Body(Ⓥ)

☆ Glyde(Ⓥ)

Good Clean Love(Ⓥ)

SebaMed (CF)

Sir Richards condoms (Ⓥ) The personal Vegan (Ⓥ)

♡ For Fury Friends ♡

Beach Organics(Ⓥ N)

Castle Baths (CF N)

demes (CF N)

Farm Dog Naturals (Ⓥ N)

ecos (CF)

♡ Household Products ♡

Astonish (CF)

☆ Dr. Bronners Magic Soaps (Ⓥ N)

Earth Alive (CF N)

Eco-Me(Ⓥ N)

Ecover (CF N)

Martha Stewart (CF N)

Miarose (CF)

☆ Seventh Generation(Ⓥ N)

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My sister let me play with her eyes today… This is probably my favorite look I’ve ever done.

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Rat scritches!

It’s a pretty common occurrence. People want to pet rats but the have no idea how. They give them a full-body stroke, a timid pat on the rump, or for some reason just grab the tail - then assume rats don’t like being petted.

Let’s get into how rats like to be touched! The below video is Rex giving us a quick demo of head scritches.

Consent! Get consent before initiating touch. Don’t try to touch a sleeping rat. You can see in the first few seconds of the video I’m bringing a single finger close to his face, slowly, and right where he can see it. I do this so that a) I don’t surprise him and b) he has a chance to let me know his feelings on the matter. In the video he sees me coming and lays his head down, getting ready for some good grooming. You should stop every now and then and initiate touch slowly again to give them a chance to leave and make sure the rat is still ok with being touched.

If you do this and the rat moves away, they are not giving consent to be touched. Come back later, or interact with them in a different way for now. You can see at the end of the video, I offered to keep going and Rex moved away. I immediately stopped touching him. 

Where to touch Rats allogroom (groom each other) all the time. Sometimes it’s to assert dominance but a lot of the time it’s just a sign of friendship. (link) When rats allogroom, it’s on the back of the neck, the cheeks, the face, and the shoulders. When petting a rat, you are mimicking allogrooming behaviour, so you should go for the same spots. Some rats, like Rex, will even groom you in return.

Where not to touch Don’t touch the back past the shoulders - that’s where rats aim to touch each other when fighting. (link) Being touched on the rump tells the rat that you’re attacking them. Don’t grab the tail. Most rats don’t mind too much if you touch their tail, but it’s not a favourite grooming spot. NEVER pick up a rat by the tail.

Scritches! You’re mimicking allogrooming, so you don’t want to just stroke the fur in one direction repeatedly. Use a couple of fingers to rub with back-and-forth motions. I call this “scritching”. You don’t need to make your touch so light the rat can’t feel it. Really get in there and give them a good scritching. Of course, they are small, so you do have to be gentle. If the rat squeaks you are doing it too hard!

All rats are different! Please keep in mind that all rats are unique individuals. They all have their own preferences on how much, how often, where, and how they like to be touched.

Head scritches are the most basic type of rat petting and a great way to interact with a rat you don’t know very well. There are lots of other ways that your rats might like to be touched, like belly rubs. Work with your rats to find out their preferences. Try things with them and observe what they like.

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Fish pedicures

This is Garra rufa, a species of fish related to carp and minnows. They are native to the Central and Northern Middle East. In their natural habitats, they eat aufwuchs, the combination of algae and very small animals that grows on things in fresh water. They use their flat round mouths to suck their food off logs and rocks. (link) (link) Adult G. rufa can reach a length of 16cm (6 inches) and they are active, social fish that love to explore and hide in their surroundings. (link)

When there’s plenty of food around, they are happy to just scrape up algae, but when the food supply is scarce and unreliable, they suck on to other fish to try to get some algae off their scales.

This behaviour is the reason behind their common name: “doctor fish”. When G. rufa are very hungry, they will very gently eat dead skin flakes from human feet, even though this is not their usual diet or an ideal food for them. A spa treatment involving placing your feet in a tank full of G. rufa has recently gaining popularity in the UK and some states in the US, however it is illegal in some states.

The fish pedicure involves a great deal of abuse.

The fish only scrape dead skin from feet when they are very hungry. They must be starved in order for them to perform the pedicures. (link) (link)

The natural diet of G. rufa is algae and small bugs, not old foot skin. Even if their diets are supplemented, they can’t survive on skin flakes.

The adult size of G. rufa is 16cm, but the individuals used in salons are only a couple of cm long. They are babies. Due to the stressful conditions, they die before reaching adulthood.

G. rufa rarely breed in captivity as they have very specific requirements for breeding. As it is the easiest way, some facilities that breed the fish for the salons force the fish to breed by injecting them with hormones and manually spawning them. (link) (link) (cw: The second link is a video of the process. It’s not graphic but it does include footage of fish out of water and receiving injections.) The injections are painful and physically damage the fish. The procedure involves removing them from the tanks which is stressful for fish.

Despite their dwindling numbers in their natural habitats in Turkey, free-living fish are captured for export and use in salons.

G. rufa are imported for use in salons. Who knows what kinds of conditions they are kept in during the days of travel time.

Testing of G. rufa imported to the UK from Indonesia for use in spas revealed that the fish were carrying several strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria which were not only harmful to fish, but also cause serious infections in humans. (link)

These are inquisitive, active, social fish who love to explore their surroundings and hide in logs and under plants. (link) In salons, they are kept in overcrowded and completely barren tanks with nowhere to hide and nothing to explore. This must be extremely frustrating and stressful for them.

The biggest claim that salons make about the benefits of fish pedicures is that they are a treatment for psoriasis. People with psoriasis are at a higher risk of contracting an infection from the fish. (link)

When G. rufa are hungry and there is no other food source, they will latch onto other fish to try to scrape some algae off their scales. Unfortunately, they can injure other fish by doing this as they can suck off their protective layer of slime, or even their scales. (link) The fish kept in salons must be starved, and are kept in very crowded conditions, so they are very likely to harm each other in this way.

As it is difficult to breed G. rufa, some fish suppliers sell other species in their place. A species of cichlid called a Chin Chin is the most common fake. When they are a few months old, they grow teeth which allow them bite through skin. At only 5 months old, to prevent them from biting people, they are killed and replaced with babies. (link)

When you pay for a fish pedicure, you are supporting an industry that starves fish and denies them their full and natural lives in their own habitats. Fish pedicures have no proven benefits except to temporarily alleviate the symptoms of psoriasis - but people with psoriasis are at risk of contracting an infection from the procedure.

Fish pedicures are dangerous for you and mean short miserable lives for hundreds of fish.

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