Codette: - I can totally see how the smells would kill it. While a job at The Body Shop sounds like good fun the perfumes would give me headaches @o@!! Thank you for the links! I'm going to be heading to Toronto in a month or so and I'm going to check out the Lush store :D:D!!

Ling: Well I suppose it all depends on what you'd classify of reputable. When it comes to the internet it's hard to believe everything. That being said, you can find a lot of articles if you google Animal Rendering Plants.

Cosmetics and Animal Rendering | Jessica Oliver
Animal Rendering Plants…SMH | Health and Beauty by Arbonne
Rendering: The Invisible Industry
Use of Animal Fats in Cosmetics Industries

Just to list a few...

Definitely good to know what you're putting on your skin as it ultimately gets soaked up into your blood stream.