Look To The Stars News: WildAid

Kate Hudson Launches Cruelty Free & Eco-Friendly Hair Products

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:22:06 -0000

Kate Hudson has teamed up with hairdresser David Babaii to launch a new line of cruelty free, environmentally friendly hair care products, with 10% of the profits going to the wildlife charity WildAid.

“I’ve been asked to do a lot of campaigns in the past and this feels like the perfect fit for me,” said Hudson. “And the fact that we can do it in an ecologically responsible and animal-friendly manner that can help preserve wildlife is what makes this truly special.”

Hudson, who spent two years developing the line, decided to create the WildAid range partly out of a concern for the chemicals contained in some hair products.

“All these things we use to penetrate the scalp and our skin – some of them are the worst things we can put on our body,” she told USA Today. “There are a lot of carcinogens.”

The WildAid products are 100% free of sulfates, parabens, petrochemicals and animal products.

“It’s very difficult to make a purely organic product that can pass the sustainability test and that can have a shelf life, but we came up with our shampoos, and we did it. It lathers, it works. I use it, and it doesn’t have all the bad stuff in it.”

The success of the WildAid brand has even prompted Hudson to take on a bigger task – her own line of natural cosmetics.

“I can understand why a lot of people don’t do it. It takes a little more money and more time. I’ve had opportunities to do beauty campaigns, and I’ve always thought, ‘I’m not a model.’ I just felt I was endorsing a product I didn’t know anything about or love — that felt weird to me.”

Kate Hudson Gets Styled for WildAid

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:14:53 -0000

Written by Elizabeth Willoughby

Actress Kate Hudson will be featured in celebrity hairstylist David Babaii’s new line of hair care and styling products, DAVID BABAII FOR WILDAID. The products contain natural ingredients and are free of sulfates, chemical preservatives, animal products and animal testing.

Additionally, a percentage of the revenue from the sales of Babaii’s products will be donated to the wildlife conservation organization WildAid. WildAid, who campaigns worldwide to end illegal wildlife trade, works with governments and communities to raise awareness and stop the buying of endangered wild animals and products.

“I’ve been asked to do a lot of campaigns in the past and this feels like the perfect fit for me,” says Hudson. “The fact that we can do it in an ecologically responsible and animal-friendly manner that can help preserve wildlife is what makes this truly special.”

Together, Hudson and Babaii celebrate “the nature in beauty and the beauty in nature.”

Michelle Yeoh Against Illegal Wildlife Trade

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:56:53 -0000

Written by Elizabeth Willoughby

Actress and former beauty queen Michelle Yeoh has joined WildAid in utilizing YouTube to post videos on the wildlife poaching crisis. WildAid is a non-profit organization that seeks to put an end to illegal wildlife trade “by focusing on awareness to reduce the demand for threatened and endangered species products and to increase public support for wildlife conservation.”

With awareness in mind, using WildAid’s motto: When the buying stops the killing can too, Jackie Chan, Ralph Fiennes, Ang Lee, Minnie Driver and other stars have posted short public service announcement videos on YouTube as well, Chan’s being the most graphic, against the illegal trade and its costs.

WildAid works worldwide with governments, communities and celebrities to make wildlife conservation a global priority.

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