Sunday, November 2, 2014

Dogs, Lipstick, and Kisses, Oh My!

Anyone who knows me, knows I LOVE lipstick. It adds so much personality to a simple outfit. Today, I was wearing a purple Wet N Wild lipstick. I went out to feed my dog at around 5:00, still wearing the lipstick. When he came up to me, I gave him a kiss on the head. I wasn't thinking about my lipstick transferring onto him, until I saw a tinny bit of purple on his white fur. Now, I don't believe my lipstick has ever transferred to him before today, but I'm not sure. It kind of worried me because I don't think lipstick is safe for dogs.. I mean, if we can't test makeup on animals, I'm pretty sure it shouldn't transfer to them. (To clear things up, I am COMPLETELY against testing makeup on animals.) So I decided I would look up some things about makeup getting on dogs.



          I looked up, "Is lipstick on a dog's fur harmful?" All I could find was an answer about cats. But I figured cats and dogs and somewhat similar, so that is what I'm going off of. According to vetinfo.com, "My Brother Put Lipstick on  my Cat, What should I Do?" It says it is completely fine for lipstick to get on a cat's (or in my case, a dog's) fur. It says lipstick is made of inert ingredients such as petroleum jelly, bees wax, flavoring, fragrances, and natural pigments. Although the lipstick may claim it is "animal testing free," sometimes in the life span of each ingredient, they were tested on animals, even if the company of the makeup brand didn't do it themselves. This was done to make sure it was safe for human use.  
       In all honestly, I was probably just paranoid. But I've seen the horrific picture of how animals look after they get makeup tested on them, and I didn't want my dog to get sick or anything even though the lipstick was not ingested. It's disgusting knowing people will put an innocent animal through such horrible pain just to test makeup. It is time for all of us to take a stand and give these poor innocent animals a voice. Here is a list of companies/brands that STILL test their products on animals.  http://www.thevegetariansite.com/ethics_test.htm Take a stand. 

Work Cited: 
Feldman, Leah. "My Brother Put Lipstick on My Dog, What Should I Do?" Vetinfor. N.p 19 Apr. 2011. Web. 2 Nov. 2014. 
Sparkle, Marcella. "Stop Animal Testing." Pinterest. N.p, 1 Jan. 2012. Web. Nov. 2014

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5 comments:

  1. lfariasNovember 4, 2014 at 7:31 PM

    I work really hard to only by animal friendly products--the things we have done to animals in the name of making us beautiful are horrific. Great blog.

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  2. Anthony CarrilloNovember 6, 2014 at 9:32 PM

    I don't know anything at all about make up but I love animals and I know the two don't mix. I don't know how anyone could live with themselves knowing that what they are doing is killing animals.

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  3. UnknownNovember 7, 2014 at 8:50 AM

    I understand your panic because my cat tends to lick me when I have lotion on and it freaks me out too. I think there is a different between cats and dogs. My cats fur is more sensitive than dogs. I also believe that animal testing should be stopped!

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  4. UnknownNovember 7, 2014 at 11:18 AM

    I don't really think your lipstick is harmful to your dog. because i believe the fur of your dog protects the dog. Nice blog:)

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  5. UnknownNovember 7, 2014 at 1:15 PM

    I am also against make up testing on animals . I mean its bad enough that we don't treat them equally but, now we also abuse the power of testing products on them.

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