LOL @ Karen!!! You are beautiful just like you are!! And I can say that with some authority because I've seen you in person!!! There's a huge part of me that wishes no one wore makeup, so I wouldn't feel compelled to do it either.

Right now, I'm sporting a scratch from Mimi under my left eye (she got me in the middle of the night.......must have moved and startled her, several scratches on my left cheek from Roger Cockatiel, who flew into my face today in a panic, a fever blister by my nose, and I also look like I'm going through puberty right now. Geez!!! It would take putty to cover all my mess!!! And we're having a family picture (yes, the new family) taken on Saturday!!!! Yikes!!! Sure hope those Olan Mills people can doctor up my face!!!

Mugsy, I got way off topic here. But I agree with you, that information is grotesque. And to whoever mentioned it, we do have The Body Shop in the US. I know they do no animal testing, and I'm thinking that would mean that they wouldn't use animal by-products in their makeup. But do we know that for sure??