Before any new product of cosmetic put on the market, whether it is a cosmetic or a potentially life-saving medicine, the manufactures have to ensure that is safe for humanity. Researches of vivisection would argue that testing products on animals is the only reliable way of doing this. They believe that it is better for an animal to suffer than a human. In my opinion, I can see convincing arguments behind testing drugs on animals for safety purposes, I am strongly opposed to the of using animals to test the safety of cosmetics, and I will outline my reasons below
It cannot be denied that animal testing has helped scientists to make great discoveries in the field of medicine, providing effective drugs , supplements against any fatal diseases. Indeed, many lives have been saved and prolonged due to researches done on lab rats. But In recent years increasingly other new methods of testing products, using cell cultures, which need not involve animals at all. Therefore I would prefer such testing to be kept to a minimum wherever possible.
On the other hand, when it comes to cosmetic products industry I cannot possibly see why it is necessary to these types of testing. We already have far makeup on the market than we will ever need. In fact, some well-know brands always used humans to test their product without any detrimental effects. So in my view , we no longer need to exploit animals in this way for the sake human vanity, and this kind of testing is completely unacceptable
In conclusion, though I agree to a certain extant testing on animals is a necessary evil, must be reserved for essential scientific work and to help end human suffering, but again never for enhancing people appearance.