Prom Cheat Sheet! April 14, 2009
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Prom season is upon us, and you know we want to help you find a cruelty-free look from head to toe! Are we going to buy everything for you? Heck no! We're not made of money, people. However, I put together this little prom cheat sheet, peta2-style, to help you out.
Dresses/Suits
Avoid it: Silk—it's basically tons of dead insects. Silk is derived from the silkworm, and once in the pupae stage, most silkworms are steamed or gassed alive in their cocoons to make silk. It's hard to imagine that anyone could feel beautiful covered in dead insects on prom night ...
And guys, ditch the itchy old wool suits. What is this—1979?
Buy it: Satin dresses made out of polyester or nylon. Tulle is also a really popular choice—you know, usually the bottom part of your dress that makes you feel like a princess—and it's almost always made from a plant. As for suits—Pulin recommends polyester, cotton, or "a nice microfiber."
Nugget is stoked to have a date who is all about being cruelty-free!
Make-up
Avoid it: Products tested on animals. More and more companies are putting the fact that they don't test right there on the label—so keep an eye out for it! If you're still unsure, check out our guide to shopping cruelty-free.
Buy it: Cruelty-free products, of course! If you've got the money and the time, you can always go to a make-up counter and get your make-up done (fun!). Since more and more companies are ditching animal testing than ever before it's ridiculously easy to find cruelty-free companies. Try MAC, Urban Decay, Clinique, or Revlon. To find others, our guide to shopping cruelty-free works for that too.
Hair Styling/Personal Care Products
Avoid it: Animal testing, again! There's no need to subject an animal to cruel testing just to make sure you smell nice for your date—especially when so many alternatives exist.
Buy it: You guessed it—cruelty-free options! Keep your pearly whites in picture-ready form with Tom's of Maine toothpaste and keep yourself from sweating all over your date with Mitchum deodorant. And to keep your hair in place for all that dancing, try products by Giovanni (all products available in most major drugstores).
To complete your night, all you need is the perfect date (and/or an awesome group of friends) and you'll be set! If you put together a great cruelty-free look and would like to get some Street Team points for it, e-mail your photo to us at StreetTeam@peta2.com and we'll give you 1,500 points. And be sure to post your cruelty-free look on your Facebook or MySpace (like you weren't gonna upload tons of prom photos anyway) so all your friends can see just how easy it is to be cruelty-free.
Have fun! Maybe you'll score a kiss like Nugget did!
♥ 
Comments
"And guys, ditch the itchy old wool suits. What is this—1979?"
Hey thats not cool. 1979 must of been nice and quaint compared to our get up and go go modern world of today.
And even though wool isn't needed with the alternatives that are available how again was wool linked to 1979? :)
Well Im a sophomore and I cant go to prom.:(
Posted by: Jasmine Soto at April 14, 2009 8:45 PMWhat if you're not old enough for prom? Will a cruelity-free end-of-the-year/last-day-of-school outfit get points, too?
XD;; -is a points hog-
Aw...Nugget is so adorable! I wish he could be here! It would be photo taking madness! I wouldn't be able to get enough of him lol.
Posted by: Elizabeth at April 15, 2009 12:03 PMim a sophomore... BUT im going to a senior prom
Posted by: caitlin at April 15, 2009 12:24 PMyahh! im a freshman!! hahaha but i still like seeing all my upper classmen friends in their pretty dresses and tux :D
Posted by: Jojo at April 15, 2009 12:35 PMPaul Mitchell also has AWESOME hair products and on the side of the bottle it says PRODUCTS NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS!
or sumthin like that...
Awww what if your a college student!?
Posted by: Kate at April 15, 2009 12:41 PMI got my prom dress, no silk involved ^_^
And sames Caitlin, I'm a sophomore going to a senior prom.
And I wanna give Nugget a big hug!!
Just because some things say not tested on animals,
many companies would rather pay the false advertising fees, than deal with half their customers not buying their products because they do test on animals.
I can't go to prom, and it is my senior year!
My job is crappy, working two-three days a week if I am lucky at a 8.75prhr rate. Trying to save up for a prom dress, and shoes, and ass. and all the above that you need to look good on prom, I can't afford. I am 18 and paying bills, and prom is so out of the question for me. BUT! I am always cruelty-free. It is my way of life. But everyone else going, HAVEFUN!
cant wait! =]
Posted by: taylor at April 15, 2009 2:52 PMthe hair product line called "Enjoy" is also not tested on animals and its great for use on colored or chemically treated hair. I would know... I use it :]
Posted by: Charlie at April 15, 2009 4:20 PMHey my prom date bailed, you in, nugget?
Posted by: Death at April 15, 2009 4:33 PMmy prom wont be for another 5 yrs :) im only 13 but ill remember this when i go to my prom
Posted by: Irish girl :) at April 15, 2009 7:28 PMI want to take Nugget to my prom. No fair.
Posted by: Karen at April 15, 2009 8:08 PMThere is such a thing as Vegan silk, they wait until the silk worm... well moth now leaves the cocoon then boil it. :] no death involved..... just a long wait.
Posted by: Rogue at April 15, 2009 10:02 PMAwwwe nugget is ADORABLE
i wish i had a date liek that when i was a senior haha ;D
This is an awesome blog and hooray for all companies stopping testing on animals! :DD
I didn't know that there was Vegan-friendly silk, that's a very interesting fact. Thanks!
Posted by: Kenneth at April 16, 2009 10:47 AMThese are some great tips.
It's a good thing that I had a formal last year and I had a satin dress and made sure when I got my makeup done, it wasn't animal tested.
=]
i want nugget to be my prom date.
;D
Heyy i have 8th grade dance coming up in may, And i am gettin everything that is not tested on animals, Its going to be fun nd i wont be mad at myself,because i will know that i didnt hurt any animals while i had fun=]]
Krystal
Posted by: krystal at April 16, 2009 10:17 PMI missed my prom.. I wish I could have gone.. oh well.
Posted by: Amanda LaRock at April 17, 2009 9:42 AMThis is so great! I've been looking prom tips that are vegan and this is so helpful, thank you guys and girls so much!
Posted by: at April 17, 2009 11:54 AMim going to prom in May and im only a freshman!
Posted by: Stef at April 19, 2009 12:02 AMTom's of main is now owned by Colgate, which tests on animals!
Posted by: Amanda at April 19, 2009 8:41 PMawe, i want nugget as my prom date!
aww tehe cute i'm going 2 prom this saterday my date is my bff lol we gonna party all night. tanx this was a big help =D
~Bruno
i loveee that lil chick!
her dress is prettttty
and im proud to say my dresses are all made of nylon and nottt silk
Silk feels gross to me anyway. how can you dance in something so clingy?
Posted by: Cailyn at April 21, 2009 7:44 AMAw, next year when i go to prom i want nugget to be my date!!!
Posted by: courtney at April 21, 2009 4:39 PMWow this is nice my sisters prom is tomorrow but she won't listen to me i guess being 12 and having her be 17 makes all the difference ♥ PETA2 to death ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ "]
yea i cant go to prom cause i dont have a DATE...................................................................
Posted by: rebecca tyler at April 23, 2009 3:20 PMyea well i cant go 2 prom cause i dont make a DATE...............................................................................
Posted by: rbecca at April 23, 2009 3:22 PMbah... I'm so glad the 'prom' days... and high school... are over.
Posted by: katie at April 27, 2009 11:02 PMWe should be able to buy little nuggets!
Posted by: Matteo at April 28, 2009 4:53 PMKasey,
There is an organization called Becca's Closet, started by a girl who wanted everyone to be able to attend prom. They will help you buy a prom dress. Check it out at www.BeccasCloset.org. Hope it helps.
Cheers,
Glenn
Glenn@YeckArt.com
I wish I'd read this before I went to my Year 12 ball (I'm Australian, we call it a ball here, not a prom) because my dress is made out of silk and I never made the connection :(
I hope my boyfriend's suit wasn't made out of wool, but it's not like he'd care anyway, he thinks vegetarians and animal rights activists in general are all hypocrites because we apparently all care more about animals than people >:|
Naww, nugget is so cute, can't believe I ever ate him! Eugh! Vegetarian pride :) I've been a vegetarian for five years and I've never regretted it for a second :) Cruelty free!
But I digress. I hope one day silk is a thing of the past, and EVERYTHING is cruelty free. Give it a couple of hundred years, and people will be saying, God, can you believe people used to wear and eat animals? How disgusting!
Love you Nugget :)
Posted by: Lauren at May 9, 2009 10:00 AMdoes junior prom count? :]
Posted by: emily at May 13, 2009 3:51 PMeven alberto doesn't test on animals it says on the bottles
Posted by: Stefania at May 14, 2009 6:14 PMi bought TRESemme hair products since they aren't tested on animals and my mom ran out of her products so she used mine. she said they work better than the animal tested ones so now she's buying products that aren't tested on animals INCLUDING MAKPE UP :D which makes me feel so cool. like i really made a difference in some way.
WOAH.... de ja vu! ^
Posted by: dani at May 16, 2009 1:11 PMOmfg. Yes.
WE SHOULD MAKE MINI NUGGETS!!!
Ill buy a few.
Prom was sooo much fun and cruelty free! I went out and got a new pair of non-leather shoes just for it! :)
Posted by: Jordon at May 18, 2009 10:02 PMhonestly im new at this vegitarian thing but its soo nice to see other teens that care as much as i do now if only we can get the word out to our schools that whould be excelent
Posted by: kim at May 19, 2009 7:38 PMI thought nugget was a chick.... *thinks for a bit* ... lol pun. MY DRESS IS CRULTY FREE!!!! and from a second hand shop....
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that's so cute! nugget's mustache brings all the girls to the yard! lol
Posted by: Lizzy at April 14, 2009 2:06 PM