Did you know that Origins only uses cruelty-free honey and beeswax? Me neither. And do you know what that means? Neither - until now. The company has pledged to only work with honey farmers who sign affidavits declaring that they do not gas their bees in the winter (the unproductive months), which is apparently a common practice in honey farming. Now I’m not the bees’ best friend. I’ve been stung before - it wasn’t fun. And bees may not be as cute and cuddly as, say, a rabbit, but that’s still no excuse to sacrifice them for beauty. No animal, no matter how big or small, should be harmed or killed by our pursuits of vanity. And any company that is not anti animal abuse, or is not working its butt off to phase out animal testing (on ingredients as well as on final products) should be ashamed of itself.

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