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Lush

The Canadian Seal Hunt is never a pleasant topic to cover and it’s expected that the current hunt this year will kill over 300,000 seals.

Lush Cosmetics, a company adored by several celebs, such as Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, and Jude Law, offers cruelty-free cosmetics to animal lovers and is now extending its business principles in an effort to curb the seal hunt.

From the Lush website:

“We believe that the consumer has the ability to make powerful choices everyday and this is why we are reaching out to you, our customer, to help end the Canadian Commercial Seal Hunt. Most of you shop with LUSH not only because we make wonderful handmade products for your bath, hair and body but also because of who we are and what we believe in. We believe in making products by hand, using fresh ingredients, not testing on animals, supporting our communities and protecting the planet.”

“Governments around the globe, including the US, have spoken out against Canada’s seal hunt. The seal hunt is essentially government sanctioned cruelty to animals. Recent polls show that nearly 69% of Canadians and nearly 80% of Americans are opposed to the seal hunt. Yet, the government continues to spend millions of Canadian taxpayers dollars to help support it.”

Lush has drafted an online petition that will be sent from Lush’s headquarters to the Prime Minster of Canada. So far, over 9,000 signatures have been collected!

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Hmm…which vegan product do I like the most? Does it matter, since I’m a gorgeous model who can afford them all?

Yes, Miranda Kerr was a lucky woman recently as she got to help Victoria’s Secret launch an event in Los Angeles.

Here she’s standing next to the company’s new line of vegan, organic products, PINK.

PINK products contain natural things like soy milk, come in eco-friendly packaging and are completely animal friendly, being both vegan and not tested on animals.

We must say standing next to the product line makes her look even better. Hopefully, she went home and slathered some of that cruelty-free goodness all over her body. 

This Victoria’s Secret Angel has just earned an extra pair of wings!

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You’re always on the lookout for products that are vegan, cruelty-free, and natural, right? Here’s one more brand to add to your list.

Original Bombshell has hand and body moisturizers that are vegan, paraben and cruelty-free.

With product names like “Primp and Pamper”, “Spoil Me”, “Oh So Smooth”, and “Ooh…baby!” you know you aren’t missing anything.

Our very own vegetarian singer Joss Stone loves these products, but she’s not the only celebrity to dig them.

To view stars like Selena Gomez, Christina Aguilera, and Melanie Griffith showing their Bombshell love visit Originalbombshell.com.

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Ethical beauty product consumers have long known about specialty brands like Aubrey Organics, that pledge to not use animal ingredients and do not contain dangerous chemicals.

But mainstream companies are catching on that beauty really is more than skin deep-all those toxins in some cosmetics are being absorbed into our systems and some studies show cause all sorts of maladies from skin irritation to cancer.

From the Victoria’s Secret Press Release:

INTRODUCING PINK BODY, a unique line of skin-loving and earth-friendly products created specifically for the pink girl. She spoke. We listened. The result? A more personalized approach to everyday body care using organic and vegan ingredients, powerful natural formulas and eco-friendly packaging.

Victoria’s Secret PINK collection features 100% natural, organic, vegan ingredients such as oatmeal, citrus, mint, coffee beans and soy milk. And absolutely no animal testing. 

Coffee beans? Soy Milk? Sounds delicious, we know, but the products are only meant to be applied externally. Sorry. 

The collection features four categories: Energizing, Nourishing, Soothing, and Essentials for dull, dry, sensitive skin, and everyday needs that any beauty type can use.

While this of course isn’t your $2 tube of lip balm, prices are reasonable, from $8 for lip butter to $15 for energizing body lotion.

Check out the entire collection of Victoria Secret’s PINK Body and shop for the vegan product that suits your skin best.

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Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi will be honored by the Humane Society next month for their love of animals, so it’s both ironic and disappointing that it’s been brought to our attention that vegan Ellen is the Cover gal for Cover Girl cosmetics, a company that still tests on animals.

Even more ironic, the ads featuring Ellen will debut around the time she is given her award.

Deceiver.com put its ever so sarcastic slant on things:

Proposition 2, eh? I remember that. It was right around the time she signed up to become Cover Girl’s newest spokesmodel, despite the fact the beauty company is the largest that still tests on animals. Die, bunnies!

Ironically those print ads just started appearing in the March issues of all the magazines. Great timing there, HSUS.
 
We’ve learned before that celebrities don’t always investigate companies before representing them. We’ve also learned that celebrities make decisions that seem to completely contradict other behaviors.

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Victoria Beckham and Dannii Mingoue have expressed excitement about a range of vegan beauty products created by English beautician Deborah Mitchell, according to the Shropshire Star.

Not long ago, Ms. Mitchell was a mobile beautician with barely enough profits to make ends meet. Now she has a salon in London where she caters to stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and Claudia Schiffer and flies to the U.S. to take care of star clients there.

Her product line, Heaven, is completely vegan and she thinks that’s part of what made her so successful.

“My products are completely organic and accredited by the Soil Association. They are vegan friendly and have all gone through stringent tests, sometimes for many years. I design it and then improve on it.”

Heaven products are sold in many countries from Britain to America to South Africa and are currently being negotiated to be sold in Dubai.

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Skin Care For Athletes is an all natural, organic skin care line that does not contain any animal or animal byproducts. Recently the company was invited by GBK productions to attend the 2008 Golden Goggle Awards and present their goodies in the VIP Gift Bag.

Several athletes and celebrities were there to enjoy it, including “Ugly Betty” star Ana Ortiz, who plays Betty’s older (and very sexy) sister, Hilda.

“I love[it], love the smell and it feels so nice,” she was quoted as saying of the Tri-Body Moisturizing Spray.

It’s fantastic to see a cruelty free product being given props by celebrities, such as when Whoopi Goldberg was excited to hear the PureOlogy product she was using was vegan.

We at the Veg Star personally like Aubrey Organics products. Most are vegan, and of course none are tested on animals.

Do you have a beauty or personal care product that’s cruelty free you enjoy?

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Whoopi Goldberg hosted the 62nd Annual Tony Awards this year with PureOlogy Serious Colour Care being the haircare sponsor of the event.

Pureology Products are marketed as both cruelty free and vegan and a source says Miss Goldberg was very excited to learn a product she was trying on that night, NanoWorks Shampoo and Condition, was vegan.

Although we are not sure if Goldberg is a vegetarian, we surely hope this excitement spreads into other areas of her life and she chooses more products that are vegan, green, and earth and animal friendly for her lifestyle!

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