This is huge. Huge.

The European Union announced last week that they are still on track for a total ban on all personal care products tested on animals. It is something that has been in the works for awhile and the target date is 2013.

The article goes on to explain that cosmetic companies have pleaded for an extension as alternatives to animal testing can be found.

Oh please. This ban is not new news.

Regardless, this is a game changer for the industry. And what companies still test on animals you may be wondering? Prepare yourself.

Companies that still test on animals (and associated brands) include:
  • Alcon Labs
  • Allergan, Inc.
  • Answer
  • Arm & Hammer
  • ArmorAll
  • Arrid
  • Axe
  • Aziza
  • Bain de Soleil
  • Ban Roll-on
  • Banana Boat
  • Bausch & Lomb
  • Benckiser
  • BenGay
  • Biotherm
  • Block Drug Co. Inc.
  • Bounty
  • Boyle-Midway
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
  • Cacherel
  • Cargill
  • Carpet Fresh
  • Carter-Wallace
  • Chesebrough-Ponds
  • Church & Dwight
  • Clarion
  • Clairol
  • Clear Choice
  • Clorox
  • Commerce Drug Co.
  • Consumer Value Stores
  • Coppertone
  • Coty
  • Cover Girl
  • Crest
  • Dana Perfumes
  • Dawn
  • Del Laboratories
  • Desitin
  • Dial Corporation
  • Diversey
  • Dove
  • Dow Brands
  • Drackett Products Co.
  • Drano
  • EcoLab
  • Eli Lilly & Co.
  • El Sanofi Inc.
  • Elizabeth Arden
  • Erno Laszlo
  • Faberge
  • Fantastik
  • Fendi
  • Final Net
  • Finesse
  • First Response
  • Flame Glow
  • Garnier
  • Giorgio Armani
  • Givaudan-Roure
  • Glade
  • Glass Plus
  • Helena Rubinstein
  • Helene Curtis Industries
  • Huggies
  • ISO
  • Ivory
  • Jhirmack
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Johnson Products Co.
  • Jovan
  • Kaboom
  • Keri
  • Kimberly-Clark Corp
  • Kiwi Brands
  • Kleenex
  • Lady’s Choice
  • Lancaster
  • Lancome
  • Lava
  • Lever Brothers
  • Lipton
  • Listerine
  • L’Oreal USA
  • Lubriderm
  • Lux
  • Lysol
  • Matrix Essentials
  • Max Factor
  • Maybelline
  • Mead
  • Mop & Glo
  • Nair
  • Naturelle
  • Neutrogena
  • Neutron Industries, Inc.
  • Olean
  • Orange Glo
  • Oscar de la Renta
  • OxiClean
  • Pantene
  • Parfums International
  • Pearl Drops
  • Pennex
  • Pfizer, Inc.
  • Pine-Sol
  • Plax
  • Playtex Corporation
  • Pledge
  • Polident
  • Ponds
  • Post-It
  • Prestige Brands
  • Prince Matchabelli
  • Proctor & Gamble Co.
  • Quintessence
  • Raid
  • Ralph Lauren Fragrances
  • Reckitt Benckiser
  • Redken
  • Resolve
  • Richardson-Vicks
  • Sally Beauty Supply
  • Sally Hansen
  • Sanofi
  • SC Johnson & Son
  • Schering-Plough
  • Scotch
  • Scott Paper Co.
  • Scrub Free
  • Sensodyne
  • Signal
  • SmithKline Beecham
  • Snobal
  • SoftSheen
  • S.O.S.
  • Stanhome Inc.
  • Sterling Drug
  • Suave
  • Sun Star
  • Sunsilk
  • TCB Naturals
  • Tegrin
  • 3M
  • Tide
  • Tilex
  • Trojan
  • Truvia
  • Unilever
  • Vaseline
  • Vichy
  • Vidal Sassoon
  • Visine
  • Vivid
  • Warner-Lambert
  • Westwood Pharmaceuticals
  • White Shoulders
  • Whitehall Laboratories
  • Windex
  • Woolite

Huh. Just a wee list. Now if only Canada would follow in these progressive footsteps.

Be beautiful. Feel good about it.