My Point of View

The other day I went to the mall and went to The Body Shop and I bought some lip butter (cocoa nut smelling) and this worked really well. I usually have very bad chapped lips in the winter but once I stared using the lip butter I did not have chapped lips that offten. (I still had some chapped lips) The Body Shop were very helpful and happy. Thank you The Body Shop for helping!

Susan's Point of View

Here’s a review for all the older ladies! (Hopefully Beyoncé will come up with a song for us soon! Lol!) I am a 50-year-old Mom with dry skin and a couple of age spots (eewww!). Running out of my daytime face cream, I decided to try “Wise Woman Regenerating Day Cream” from The Body Shop ( http://www.thebodyshop-usa.com/bodyshop/ It was not cheap, ($32.00).

Loved the store, there were lots of great smelling creams and lotions to try. (Moroccan Rose is a standout, I’m a fan of florals anyway). The Nature’s Minerals Loose Face Powder looked good on the back of my hand, excellent coverage and a matte finish, but was so messy to use, I decided not to buy it. There was a lot of information available about their philosophy, fair-trade practices, environmentally-friendly packaging and, of course, their stand against testing on animals. (http://www.thebodyshop-usa.com/bodyshop/values/index.jsp If you don’t want to read labels but still be animal- and planet-friendly, this would be a convenient way to shop.

The store manager was friendly and energetic and knew her product line. I was disappointed to discover the daily moisturizer for women my age had no sunscreen, but I decided to try it anyway, since my foundation has an spf of 20. The name of the product made me think of pictures like this, http://flickr.com/photos/kazkapades/272225375 beautiful to be sure, but not the look I’m going for. However, the lotions feels GREAT. It has a little bit of subtle sparkle that works for me, too, and a very light but pleasant scent.

I will definitely shop at The Body Shop again, although I probably won’t buy the “Wise Woman” face cream again, it was expensive and had no sunscreen.

Thanks Susan!

About The Body Shop

The Body Shop is a store that was founded by Dame Anita Roddick it has been more than 30 years since she started her jorney with the idea "businesses have the power to do good." Now The Body Shop is a store that is commited to using and selling products that are all natural and not tested on animals.
Some interesting facts about The Body Shop

•We became the first cosmetics company to source sustainably harvested palm oil and introduce the ingredient into the beauty industry, working in partnership with a certified organic producer in Colombia, in 2007.

•n early 2008 we introduced 100% PCR bottles (post consumer recycled) while all our PET bottles (polyethylene terephthalate) currently contain at the minimum 30% recycled material, with a target to convert to 100% within the next 12 months.

•Our unique Community Trade program creates sustainable trading relationships with disadvantaged communities around the world and provides essential income to more than 25,000 people across the globe.

•The Body Shop® continues to raise awareness and funding for women across the world affected by domestic violence in 2008. Our Stop Violence In The Home campaign runs in more than 55 countries and has raised in excess of US$4 million.

•In 2008 we continued to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS among young people, working with MTV Networks International. This campaign funds the Staying Alive Foundation, a grass roots organization supporting young people internationally.

•We have committed to becoming Carbon Neutral by 2010, ensuring that carbon dioxide emissions from the company's core retail business worldwide are reduced.

•We're committed to trading ethically - our sourcing team is trained in ethical audits and we only trade with suppliers who are committed to our Code of Conduct for Suppliers.
(Those were copied strate from The Body Shop website)

Please visit http://www.thebodyshop-usa.com/bodyshop/index.jsp?cm_re=Tyra_MoroccanRoseValentines-_-Navigation-_-logo
for more information and to buy products from The Body Shop! Thank you!

Why Even Test?

There is no real reason that people and make up companies test on animals, the animals have different reactions than humans do. So why do makeup companies test on animals? Makeup companies test on animals because they think that the makeup will have the same effect on them as it may us, which is not true. The companies also (as I said in an earlier post) have to make sure that the makeup is safe for humans and shipping in large amounts.

Testing Without Animals

There are ways to find out whether the product is harmful to humans with out using and harming animals. This is called Neutral Red Uptake Assay, this is when they take alive cells in glass dish and put a drop or two of the chemical or product in the glass dish with the alive cells. Then they come back later and see how the cells reacted with the chemical mixture. This is also called "in vitro" or literally "in glass". This does not involve animals or humans in the testing. This does not hurt any one or any thing. This type of testing does not involve animals or humans and does prove whether or not the product being tested can be harmful or even deadly.

Countries and Animal Testing

Since so many people believe that testing on animal is cruel and not right most makeup companies claim that they don't test on animals. But by trading standards the makeup must be tested some how to make sure that the product is not harmful to humans. In some countries you can meet these standards. But in the U.S and Japan some companies have to test on animals to meet these standards.

Introduction

Some makeup companies test their makeup on animals. Most of the makeup companies test their eye make up on rabbits and rabbits don't have tear ducts (what make us cry) like us so they force open the eye and put the make up on the eye. It feels like getting soap in your eye and it burns. Since the rabbits don't have tear ducts it burns the eye and eventually it will eat away at the eye. This also may cause the animals to struggle (because of the pain) agenst the straints and brake their necks so they die. This is all cause by testing makeup on rabbits. The poor little bunnies! This is just one of the many problems that testing makeup on animals cause.