Are you more likely to buy a product (say, shampoo or any other body care product), if it is labeled as cruelty-free?
I never think to look, tbh. My mom carefully reads and compares everything the container says for eggs, milk, etc. and also researches online what the limits are for the product to legally call themselves whatever. And I'm glad she does.
I think for all these people saying the label doesn't mean anything, it's just an excuse not to inconvenience themselves by limiting what products they buy. Sure, you can have a label and still exercise cruelty in other ways, but a company with a cruelty-free label probably does less cruel things than one without such a label. And looking for those labels is the best/only thing we can do (well, short of online research).
I can't even remember the last time I read the label of a hygiene product thoroughly enough to know if it said that or not tbh.
I'm not sure what "cruelty-free" can mean in an economy that is based on greed.
I only buy product for my hygiene that are cruelty-free or vegan. But I don't use many of them.
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