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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

Flaxbee

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2. I know -- Urban Decay is one of them that was recently bought out -- they're

Reply to LeftyMom (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 31, 2013, 03:54 PM

Mar 2013

withdrawing from China, but the parent company (maybe L'Oreal?) isn't.

Though, with the ban on animal testing now in place in Europe, I don't understand how the big companies like Estee Lauder, etc., can get by with the duplicity.

And heck, I guess I'm happier supporting the smaller companies that don't have the reach to expand into China, anyway. Seems like Juice Beauty, Too Faced and some others are staying away from China, and are still independent.

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Cosmetics / shampoos / body care. Conflicting lists. [View all] Flaxbee Mar 2013 OP

A lot of companies have recently changed animal testing policies in order to sell in China, LeftyMom Mar 2013 #1

I know -- Urban Decay is one of them that was recently bought out -- they're Flaxbee Mar 2013 #2