Hidden Animal Products

congrats on making the decision. Every person who goes vegan reduces the profits of the animal abusers.
My advice is to go easy. At first i went after the micro ingredients and really over did it. I was a little over enthusiastic. Veganism should be easy.
And it the end it's your choice what you do and dont do. Each person has to choose for themselves where to draw the line, and it's all a learning process.
you can never be 100% cruelty free, but you can try

thanks man but i dont think im getting ahead of myself or anything iv already made all the big changes i just wanna stop useing other animal products i just need some help in finding out what they are  can anyone help me?

Do you know about gelatin? Avoid that if possible. I can't think of many other hidden nasties right now but I'll get back to you if I do!

thankyou yeah thats the other thing iv gott keep an eye on lol

Totally agree! I went nuts too for the first year or so. Not only did it make me look like a "vegan nazi" but it also distanced me from others, which is very depressing considering everyone I know is omni.

I now just avoid the obvious non-vegan things like:
- meat/fish/dairy/eggs/honey
- gelatine/rennet/animal emulsifier 471/code 120
- leather/suede/silk
- cosmetics/toiletries/dishwashing/cleaning products tested on animals.
- Zoos/circusus/races

Wow, that was a long list, lol. But... an easy one!

And congrats for making the change!

EDIT: check out www.choosecrueltyfree.org.au for cruelty free beauty/cleaning products.

It takes a while to really know everything. I've been doing this for years and there will always be something new to learn. I don't think anyone lives 100% cruelty free purely because there are so many ingredients etc that we don't know about. All we can do is our best to live the most cruelty-free way we possibly can.
In saying that the first step is to get to know your ingredients. I've actually made a massive list which you can take a look at here which might help you: http://www.vegantasmania.com/p/food.html
Otherwise always look up what you're buying into. As far as cosmetics go I have a couple of apps on my phone to tell me what ingredients etc are good and bad so I can always look them up while standing in the isle. A bit of a hassle but totally worth it. Otherwise look up the products at home before shopping.

Here is something you may find quite interesting:
http://www.ted.com/talks/christien_meindertsma_on_pig_05049.html

Steric acid, apparently it is in just about everything rubber. Steric acid in foods = vegetable derived, but steric acid in rubber = animal derived. Just to complicate things more. I learned that the other day trying to source vegan friendly car tyres.

thats really really good what your doing!!! but some of these products could be cruelty free. like maybe free range eggs ''etc''. but you said you threw away you leather, wool, and things like that . but why you throw them away that animals going in the bin, you should keeps then because there already dead and you have it, you could of kept them but never bought anymore