"Please STOP sharing this old, misleading article. NOT HELPFUL! Keep the Tail Wagging please learn facts and truths. You can Google this. Avon does NOT test on animals. Need to combate [sic] the hate with truth…. misleading info does not help.” ~Facebook Comment
This gave me pause because I don't want to be a person who spreads “misleading information,” however, everything I've read tells me that Avon, Mary Kay, and Estee Lauder continue to conduct animal testing. While some companies do their own testing, others pay for third party testing on animals which allows them to say “we don't test on animals.” That statement should be
followed by “but we pay others to do it for us.”
So I kept digging and learned that in August 2019, there was a change. The New Avon split apart from Avon Worldwide. The New Avon Company does not participate in animal testing for their products. However, Avon Worldwide is not considered cruelty-free. From the below information, I gather that Avon purchased within the United States is cruelty-free.
“In August, 2019, New Avon LLC, the privately-held North American company that split from Avon Products, Inc. (Avon Worldwide) in 2016 has entered into a definitive agreement with South Korean consumer goods giant LG Household & Health Care, Ltd., which will purchase the direct-selling cosmetics business for $125 million in cash.” ~ Wikipedia
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