Why VEGAN and CRUELTY-FREE?

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Vegan means only plant-based ingredients, completely no animal-derived ingredients
Cruelty-Free means no animal testing

Animal testing are done by companies formulating with chemicals (usually called to replace more expensive natural ingredients) to identify the level of toxicity of a particular compound. Research shows that oftentimes what is poison for animals is not necessarily poison for people and vice versa, therefore it’s not even too practical!Have you heard that dogs can’t eat chocolate? Human beings certainly can, and vegans certainly enjoy dark chocolate!(and yes, dark chocolate is VEGAN)
to know more also check our video here.

What about animal-derived ingredients? If one can get all that is needed for the beautiful skin from plants, why use animal-derived products? Not to mention, some of them can be quite occlusive or irritating, with sensitive individuals developing dermatitis (for example, lanolin).

Often, the name of the ingredient doesn’t suggest animal origin, so here is the condensed list of the most widely used animal-derived ingredients:
carmine (crushed bugs in red and deep pink lipsticks, eye shadows and other color cosmetics)
hyaluronic acid (from beef in anti-aging serums)
silk products (from bugs in creams and hair conditioners)
tallow (animal fat in soaps)
lanolin (from sheep wool)
musk (from deer glands in perfumery)
ambergris (from whales in perfumery)
egg lecithin, whites, powder
milk products (usually come from factory farmed animals treated with hormones and kept continuously pregnant to produce milk)
bee products (honey, pollen, beeswax, etc.)
placenta
collagen (from beef and pork)
pearl powder
emu oil

Some of them may seem fairly innocent, for example milk, as they are not associated with animal slaughter. But there can be a heartbreaking underlying story of animal abuse, unethical practices and factory farming (which is also one of the most environmentally destructive industries today).

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为什么要用纯素和无动物实验的产品？

翻译：夏初蕾
审读：Angela Wood

纯素是指只使用纯植物原料，完全没有动物衍生成分。
零残忍是指无动物实验

一些使用化学配方的公司采用动物实验来测定某种特定合成物的毒性等级（通常用此取代一些更贵的自然原料）。研究显示通常对动物有毒性的物质对人类不一定有毒，反之亦然。因此这种测试甚至根本就不实用！你听说过狗不可以吃巧克力吗？但人类就可以，当然素食者也可以吃黑巧克力（是的，黑巧克力是纯素的）！想要了解更多，可以观看我们的视频: 动物实验1,2,3

那关于有动物衍生成分的呢？如果我们能够完全依靠植物获取美丽肌肤而所需的一切，为什么还要使用含有动物衍生成分的产品呢？更别提某些相当闭塞或刺激的成分了，对敏感人群而言它们会导致皮炎（比如：羊脂）。
通常情况下，产品成分的名称不会显示其来自于动物，所以以下是最常用的动物衍生成分的列表：
胭脂红/洋红（深粉色唇膏、眼影、和其他彩妆产品使用的被碾碎的虫子）
透明质酸（抗衰老精华素中使用的牛肉提取物）
顺滑产品（乳霜和护发素中使用的甲虫类）
脂（肥皂中使用的动物脂肪）
羊毛脂（从羊毛中提取）
麝香（香水中使用的鹿腺提取物）
龙涎香（香水中使用的鲸鱼提取物）
鸡蛋卵磷脂、蛋白、奶粉
奶制品（通常来自工厂化农场，动物被注射荷尔蒙，并不断受孕以持续产奶）
蜂产品（蜂蜜、花粉、蜂蜡，等等）
胎盘
胶原（从牛肉和猪肉中提取）
珍珠粉
鸸鹋油

它们中的某些看上去也许很无辜，比如牛奶，因为它们并不牵涉到杀生。但其中可能会隐藏着一些令人心碎的故事，如动物虐待，非人道行为和工厂化农场经营（也是当今最破坏环境的工业之一）。

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