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Cruelty-free Beauty Products in my travel bag

Three Inexpensive Brands of Cruelty-free Beauty Products in my travel bag

As we all know, 2020 turned out to be a non-traveling year for many of us. My husband and I were last on a trip in January 2020 to Vegas and are so grateful to have had that experience before “shut down.” So in the meantime, my cosmetics bag is packed with cruelty-free beauty products and ready to go – as soon as there is a Covid vaccine!

I value beauty brands that aren’t tested on animals. As a consumer and dog mom, I like to buy products that align with my values. So below are my favorite cruelty-free beauty products I take with me when I travel.

And, as always, I’m using cruelty-free beauty products at home too. Ya know, in this unending Staycation that we call 2020.

My favorite cruelty-free beauty products are from inexpensive, easy-to-find brands:

  • Cover Girl
  • Burt’s Bees
  • The Body Shop

All three of these brands are on the Leaping Bunny list, the gold-standard of cruelty-free products. A Leaping Bunny certification means that the company agrees to do no future animal testing on either the finished product or any of its ingredients.

And actually, the USA is behind-the-times in regard to testing on animals. The European Union banned the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals. So in the meantime, as an American consumer, I use the Leaping Bunny list to choose cruelty-free brands when it comes to beauty products, bath soap, dish soap, laundry soap, etc.

Read on to see what cruelty-free beauty products I have in my travel bag…

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How I earned over $300 for my Travel Fund via Ibotta

Again in 2018, I had a good experience using the Ibotta shopping app to boost my travel fund.

I added $301.54 to my travel fund in 2018!

This was all money earned by using the Ibotta shopping app. (It’s not money that I siphoned off from paycheck earnings.)

(This post contains an affiliate link. If you use my link to join Ibotta, I receive a small commission at no cost to you. I thank you for your support of SureFooted Travel!)

In this post I’ll share:

  • what trip I’m saving for
  • how to use the Ibotta app
  • how to maximize your travel fund
  • why we’re pushing back our big trip to 2020 or later

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