http://slightlyunhinged.com a collection of random thoughts and ideas Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:14:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/a76429f8717daa9ebe01b9d9f7a7654d?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://slightlyunhinged.com http://slightlyunhinged.com/2009/05/12/win-a-gift-bag-from-pink-by-victorias-secret/ http://slightlyunhinged.com/2009/05/12/win-a-gift-bag-from-pink-by-victorias-secret/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 20:49:25 +0000 Courtnay http://slightlyunhinged.com/?p=142 ]]> I have to confess: I’m totally addicted to bath and beauty products!  My bathroom cabinets are overflowing with more products than I could use in an entire lifetime but still I feel compelled to buy more.  When I’m out shopping, I can pass up clothes and shoes with no problem but I’m always drawn to the beauty products like a moth to a flame.  Buying pretty bottles of sweet-smelling products is a small indulgence that just makes me feel good…and besides, there are far worse addictions I could have, right?  I do have one main requirement for all the products I buy though – they must be cruelty-free.  I just can’t justify buying a product if I know an animal may have been harmed by the company that manufactured it.  Fortunately, more and more companies are committing to cruelty-free practices so it’s much easier than it used to be to find products that comply with this requirement.  Many major manufacturers have now gone cruelty-free, including such well-known brands as Almay, Clinique, Estee Lauder, M.A.C., Prescriptives, Revlon, and Stila.  If you need help finding out which companies are cruelty-free, check out this handy searchable database at PETA’s Caring Consumer website.   To help you get started on your cruelty-free beauty campaign, you can enter to win a bag of natural, organic products from Victoria’s Secret’s PINK Body line, made from 100 percent vegan ingredients…just click on the box below to enter.  Free and cruelty-free…what could be better than that?

Posted in Lifestyle Tagged: Advocacy, animal rights, animal testing, Beauty, shopping ]]> http://slightlyunhinged.com/2009/05/12/win-a-gift-bag-from-pink-by-victorias-secret/feed/ 0 courtnaysb Win a Gift Bag From Victoria's Secret! http://slightlyunhinged.com/2009/04/30/another-reason-to-love-mike-ness/ http://slightlyunhinged.com/2009/04/30/another-reason-to-love-mike-ness/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 01:37:10 +0000 Courtnay http://courtnaysb.wordpress.com/?p=99 ]]> I’ve always liked Mike Ness but today I found out something about him that makes me admire him even more.  Besides being a punk rock icon, he is apparently also a vegetarian and an animal rights activist.  Check out this video on the PETA site and take a look at his “Meat’s Not Green” poster below.  Way to go, Mike…I didn’t think it would be possible but you just got infinitely cooler in my eyes!

Posted in Advocacy Tagged: animal rights, vegetarianism ]]> http://slightlyunhinged.com/2009/04/30/another-reason-to-love-mike-ness/feed/ 1 courtnaysb Mike Ness for Peta