As many of you know, Lush is a leading ethical brand of handmade cosmetics, and I’ve got to confess, it’s one of my favorite brands ever! Lush is living proof that every other brand can also be cruelty free. There is no excuse and major cosmetic companies saying they ‘need more time’ to figure out how to not test on animals is a joke getting old. The law needs to come into effect now, before more animals are forced to suffer needlessly for the sake of greedy, cosmetics producers.

Throughout the year they’ve teamed up with the Humane Society and have been doing everything to stop the animal cruelty non-sense for cosmetic purposes, from petitions to hardcore street campaigns, which makes us really hopeful. If you haven’t signed the petition for a global ban on animal testing yet, please do now.

Alongside their anti-animal testing campaign, Lush announced the creation of the first ever Lush Prize to help bring an end to animal testing in the wake of the continuing failure to ban these practices. They will award a £250,000 prize to promote cruelty-free research.

The Lush Prize will reward groups or individuals working in the field of cruelty-free scientific research, awareness-raising and lobbying. The £250,000 annual prize fund seeks to focus pressure on safety testing for consumer products in a way which complements projects already addressing alternatives to the animal testing of medicines.

If you’re interested to find out more about it, go to LushPrize.org, share it with your brainiac friend or Science studying relative, spread the word. Let’s put an end on animal testing for good!