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I've recently found out that Garnier is affiliated with Nestlรฉ which is awful. Been using their bleach for a while now because it's affordable and vegan compared to other brands which aren't specifically marked as vegan.

Do any of you guys have recommendations?

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[โ€“] will_a113@lemm.ee 23 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Iโ€™m confused. Assuming youโ€™re talking about bleach for laundry itโ€™s just Sodium Hypochlorite. I donโ€™t see how they could be derived from animals or animal products unless I guess if youโ€™re counting diatoms from billions of years ago.

[โ€“] snuggledick@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I think it's about hair bleach since Garnier (cosmetics/hair product brand) was mentioned. Hair bleach is/was commonly tested on animals, so even though it doesn't contain animal products it's connected to animal cruelty.

[โ€“] nesc@lemmy.cafe -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bleaching or coloring animal hair is cruelty?

[โ€“] snuggledick@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Have you ever bleached your hair? That shit burns AF both on your skin and in your eyes. Now imagine you got bred for the sole purpose of spending your life in a tiny cage where people test painful chemicals on you till you die. Pretty cruel indeed.

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Spot-on. Thanks for the concise explanation

[โ€“] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

[i am trying not to bite here, so damn hard. I need that appreciated.]

[โ€“] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

We're all just star dust after all

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 week ago

Hair bleach as another commenter pointed out

[โ€“] MyatZezou@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For those interested, Garnier is a brand of L'Orรฉal. Nestlรฉ does own about 20% of L'Orรฉal shares, but is not directly involved in Garnier. I'm sorry but I'm sceptical you'll be able to find some mass-produced product not made by a company at least partially owned by assholes...

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 week ago

Sadge, I figured. Maybe Garnier is the next best thing I can get considering most other brands are either not vegan at all or maybe, possibly vegan if vegan-ingredient checker websites are to be trusted.

[โ€“] FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

vegan bleach

Say what now?

[โ€“] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Comments below... Apparently OP is talking about a hair product

[โ€“] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Doesn't make it any less ridiculous. In fact, maybe even more.

[โ€“] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't know about hair bleach... Is it just hydrogen peroxide?

[โ€“] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I belive so. Mostly anyway. Millions of humans are using it voluntarily every day.