6 Reasons Why YOU Should Choose The Body Shop
So we all like to look good and are over the moon when we FINALLY find that magic make-up that works perfectly for us, right? But just how many of us really question the immorality and cruelty in the amount of animal experimentation that goes on back there behind the scenes?
Clinique, Mary Kay, Bobbi Brown, Glam Glow and Avon to name a few infamously still pay for animal testing to take place in Eastern countries like China.
I've been buying from The Body Shop for years, it's my number one go-to brand for body butters, lotions and scented oils. Their "Feel So Good" hamper set won me over as the perfect pampering treat. Let's face it, sometimes it's good to be a little selfish...
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As a strong advocate against animal testing- particularly in the make-up and beauty brands I'm interested in, they won me over straight away. Alongside Cruelty Free International, The Body Shop have spent the last 40 years fighting against cosmetic testing on animals. With 80% of countries still permitting animal testing freely, their next aim is to show 8 million signatures to the UN General Assembly in 2018, to put a stop to it once and for all.
It's been an important feature in the consumerist part of my life as it promotes the importance of the maintenance of a healthy and fair trade lifestyle, using recyclable products and natural ingredients and sources to ensure premium quality and considering ethics in testing and employment across the long production line.
By now, it should be easy to come up with at least six advantages of choosing this company over other brands- as demonstrated in their various campaigns over the years (such as Enrich Not Exploit) The Body Shop care about what really matters. They build fair community trading links in poorer parts of Africa that benefit from the business, they consistently consider the importance and well-being of nature, aim to legally ban forms of unethical treatment and cruelty and want to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the environment and improve the planet's current state by saving forest land.
6 Reasons Why You Should Choose Them:
1.) They're vegetarian and vegan friendly.
The Body Shop don't use any ingredients that are produced or extracted through means of animal slaughter. It's pretty rare to find other make-up and skin-care brands that don't use some form of animal-derived ingredient (using ethical or unethical means). Some of their products use organic ingredients such as beeswax, honey or wool grease (lanolin)- sourced from animals but not obtained by slaughter or harmful methods. Some of their products do not contain any animal ingredients- and are considered vegan-friendly.
As I mentoned previously, Body Shop products are marked cruelty-free, something that has always been important to me and attracted me to their brand in the first place. The Body Shop has famously been against all animal cruelty since starting up in 1976- and are continually working towards making it illegal and banning it altogether. All the animal ingredients they do use are harvested from sustainable sources in countries such as Ethiopia and Cameroon.
3.) They consider their global footprint.
When you buy from The Body Shop, you know that the products and ingredients aren't having a negative effect on the environment. They aim to reduce their carbon footprint and electricity and water consumption whilst doing their best to ensure their products are biodegradable and can be broken down easily (even down to their paper carrier bags). They don't use environmentally hazardous chemicals so that our surroundings do not suffer as a consequence.
Their Bio-Bridges project in conjunction with the World Land Trust is working on conserving forests and natural animal habitats. This provides sustainable sources for their products and encourages you- the consumer, to do more to help threatened or endangered species and their environments. This way you know your money is spent wisely and for a good cause when you buy from them.
Supporting fair trade production and community values is important to The Body Shop. They make sure that farmers are not financially exploited and because they use sources from across the world they ensure equal opportunities during the production of their items. The company are in partnership with many organisations that identify and track down chains practicing slave labour through poverty and exploitation in their workplaces. This way their efforts increasingly contribute to benefit human and working rights across the world.
6.) Their message
OK, so who hasn't had low self-worth at some point in their lifetime? For me, there have been times where I have been severely uncomfortable with my own body and what I see in the mirror. This is why I really value the self-esteem boost that The Body Shop promote, stating that looking good comes directly from feeling good. (As I mentioned earlier, the "Feel So Good" beauty treatment set is a winner!) It also occurred to me that compared to other images thrown around in the beauty industry and by it's leading brands, The Body Shop doesn't share material and imagery that is likely to have a negative impact on women's self-esteem. In my opinion, this is a key reason why they've been so successful through brand loyalty over the years.
They are (as they describe themselves) a force for good since '76, and it's good to know your money goes to a good cause whilst enjoying the premium quality of their products.
#foreveragainstanimaltesting
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