There are so many brands that we use on a daily basis that destroy an animal's life, and we don't even know it. It starts with something as simple as skincare or shampoo. We fall in love with the outcome of the product and continue buying more without even realizing we are taking or hurting an animal's life. Personally I am saddened at the number of products I own that test on animals. It's obviously not something any brand would display right on the front of the bottle, so how are we supposed to know anything about this. These little lives are being ruined for our human needs. The worst part of it all is the number of brands that aren't cruelty-free. We need to stop hurting these lives and make a difference. The next time you're doing your makeup or washing your hair, do some research to find out if that brand tests on animals. Here's a list of some cruelty-free brands:

Anastasia Beverly Hills

Aveda

BareMinerals

Bath and Body Works

Bite Beauty

Burt's Bees

Buxom

Colourpop

Conair

E.L.F.

Evanger's

Herbal Essentials (Natural beauty)

IT Cosmetics

Kat Von D

Like Crime

Lush

Manic Panic

NYX

Paul Mitchell

Sugarpill Cosmetics

The Body Shop

Too Faced

Trader Joe's

Urban Decay

Wet n' WildWhole Foods

Brands That Animal Test:

3M

Acuvue

Air Wick

Almay

Always

Arm + Hammer

Aveeno

Avon

Band Aid

Benefit Cosmetics

BIC

Bobbi Brown

Bounce

Bounty

CalvinKlein

Chapstick

Clarisonic

Clean + Clear

Clinique

Clorox

Coach

Comet

Cover Girl

Crest

Dawn

Degree

Dial

Dior

Dolce + Gabana

Dove

Downy

Dr. Brandt

Dr. Jart

Estee Lauder

Febreeze

Fendi

got2be

Gain

Garnier

Gilette

Giorgio Armani

Givenchy

Glade

Head + Shoulders

Herbal Essences

Hugo Boss

Jimmy Choo

Johnson + Johnson

L'Oreal

Lancome

Listerine

Lysol

M.A.C.

Makeup Forever

Mary Kay

Maybelline

Michael Kors

Mr. Clean

Neutrogena

Nexxus

Olay

Old Spice

Organix

Origins

OxiClean

Pampers

Pantene

Pine-Sol

Post-It

Prada

Proctor & Gamble

Puffs

Purex

Ralph Lauren

Redken

Revlon

S.C Johnson

Scope

Scotch

Secret

Sephora Brand

St. Ives

Suave

Swiffer

Tide

Tilex

Tresseme

Vaseline

Venus

Vera Wang

Victoria's Secret

Visine

Windex