{"id":351913,"date":"2023-10-27T08:57:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T12:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/?p=351913"},"modified":"2023-10-27T08:57:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T12:57:06","slug":"a-deep-dive-into-clean-beauty-and-petas-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/2023\/10\/27\/a-deep-dive-into-clean-beauty-and-petas-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"A Deep Dive Into “Clean” Beauty and PETA’s Pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PETA’s famous bunny logo, which can be found on their approved products. Photo: PETA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In the past few years, and especially as the internet makeup scene has flourished, attention has been brought to whether or not beauty products and brands are \u201ccruelty free.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, is an organization that pledges to establish and protect animal rights, marking brands that they deem \u201ccruelty free\u201d with their signature bunny logo. Looking for this bunny on a product may seem like a quick and accurate way to assess a company\u2019s morals and commitment to sustainability, but in reality, it\u2019s much more complicated. In order to receive one of their bunnies on a product, PETA requires that \u201ccompanies and brands must commit never to conduct, commission, pay for, or allow tests on animals at any phase of development, for both ingredients and final products.\u201d This may seem all-encompassing, but in reality, it leaves space for a lot of interpretations and gray areas that allow companies to mislead consumers. PETA\u2019s pledge does not directly prohibit large corporations from hiring third parties with questionable methods, and does not look into the practices of these third parties before marking a company \u201ccruelty free.\u201d This means that companies can get away with making general statements about their individual commitment to clean beauty that are technically true, but don\u2019t factor in the work of foreign third parties, deceiving consumers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, L\u2019Or\u00e9al, the parent company of Maybelline, CeraVe, NYX and Garnier, claims not to test any products or ingredients on animals, and used to be featured on PETA\u2019s \u201cDo Not Test\u201d list. However, since their products are sold in China, where animal testing is required by law, L\u2019Or\u00e9al is not truly a \u201cclean\u201d brand, and was taken off of PETA\u2019s \u201cDo Not Test\u201d list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it may not be as easy as checking for a bunny cartoon, websites like Cruelty Free Kitty and Ethical Elephant, who do extensive research and present their results in a quick article, make the switch to cruelty free beauty products as easy as a quick google. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you discover that a product you\u2019ve been using or a company you\u2019ve been buying from isn’t cruelty free and you\u2019ve been trying to switch to clean beauty, it is important to remember that you should not immediately discard said product. That would be incredibly wasteful, which is the opposite of what the \u201cclean beauty\u201d movement advocates for. A more sustainable option would be to use that product until it\u2019s empty, and then, when you\u2019re going to buy refills, try a clean or \u201ccruelty free\u201d alternative. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the past few years, and especially as the internet makeup scene has flourished, attention has been brought to whether or not beauty products and brands are \u201ccruelty free.\u201d  People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, is an organization that pledges to establish and protect animal rights, markingContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":486,"featured_media":351916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-julia-goode25paceacademy-org","post-351913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/files\/2023\/09\/cleanbeautyRGB.jpg?fit=1008%2C672&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1TYqQ-1ty1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/486"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351913"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352258,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351913\/revisions\/352258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}