Would you change brands if you knew a company tested its products on animals?

Choice magazine in Australia recently questioned staff selling cosmetics in a department store about whether the company they worked for tested their products on animals. Some staff said no when in fact the manufacturer does test on animals. This may be ignorance rather than deliberate lying, but I wondered if the knowledge that a company does test its products on animals would affect your purchasing decisions. The companies listed below all carry out testing on animals.

So, do you use cosmetics/products produced by the companies below? Would you continue to use a product you knew was tested on animals? If so why?

Avon
Biotherm
Bobbi Brown
Bumble and Bumble
Chanel
Carefree
Chapstick
Clairol
Clean and Clear
Clinique
Clearasil
Dove
Donna Karan
Elizabeth Arden
Estee Lauder
Garnier
Giorgio Armani
Head & Shoulders
Helena Rubinstein
Herbal Essences
Jurlique
Kerastase
Kiehl’s
La Mer
L’Oreal
L’Occitane
Lancome
M.A.C
Max Factor
Maybelline
Michael Kors
Missoni
Nair
Neutrogena
Olay
Old Spice
Pantene
Ponds
Redken
Revlon
Shiseido
SK-II
Sunsilk
Vee
Vidal Sassoon
(NB: This list is not comprehensive) (SOURCE: Choice Magazine, May 2013)

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I use products from some of these companies but plan to do further research into alternatives. I don’t want to use products tested on animals.