No matter how much you look at the components of the products you use and try to learn a little more about what makes them, surely more than once and more than twice you are left with the question of whether they test or not. With animals. These applications to verify if a product or a brand is cruelty-free will seem very interesting to you.
These Apps will help you verify if a cosmetic has NOT been tested on animals
The term Cruelty-Free is on everyone’s lips, it is not that it is a fad; rather it is a movement that tries to change the current situation. It wants consumers to echo the brands that do not test their cosmetics (make-up bases, lipsticks, creams, shower gels…) on animals to avoid mistreatment, cruelty, and the damage that is caused to these beings with each one of the tests that are usually necessary before launching a product on the market.
While there are still countries that consider these tests are mandatory and necessary, in others, they are beginning to be prohibited. What is clear is that the user has the last word with his purchase. How to know if a cosmetic has been tested on animals? These applications will be of great help to you, the information they contain is synchronized with PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) data, which is a double guarantee.
Bunny Free
Cruelty-free cosmetic brands do not take long to request the seal that recognizes them as such to let their customers know. With everything and with this, it is worth taking a look at the Bunny Free app. Simple and intuitive, it will help you to know if the nail polish you are thinking of buying has been tested on animals or not, since it informs you of the brands that do tests on animals as well as those that do not. You will only have to scan the barcode of the article or search for the name in the browser to answer your question. Simple, right?
Cruelty cutter
‘Cruelty-free shopping’ is what we can read when we look for this app. With this application, we will be able to know if the brand in general, or the product, in particular, is considered free of animal cruelty. Scan the barcode with your device’s camera and, if you wish, share the result with you. You have the option ‘add product’ available if it turns out that you cannot find it in their database so that they can register it.
Cruelty-Free
It looks similar to the previous one, and it serves the same purpose, but this Cruelty-Free one has been created by the “Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics” (CCIC) through the Leaping Bunny Program. There are more than 200 companies certified by said Leaping Bunny program. Like the previous ones, you only have to scan the code to find the information you are looking for. What you will not be able to do, at least for now, is filtered by those brands that have vegan products.
Think Dirty
Product has been tested on animals, but it does let you know the ingredients of cosmetics and personal care, therefore, you will be able to check if they are vegan and, if they are, you know that they also have to be cruelty-free because they do not use animals for any experiments.