Australian-based company Buddha Body Care has recently launched its entirely vegan line of body and skincare products and they are absolutely sumptuous. Yes, I said SUMPTUOUS, and I mean it, because this stuff is LUXE. They have everything from ridiculously silky vegan body oil to a life-changing Rose Hip Replenishing Oil. All of these super-effective products come in lovely recycled glass bottles and are made without palm oil and are totally organic.

I know I sound like an ad right now, but I am absolutely flipping out for this stuff. These are beautiful, high-quality products that you could gift to your fancy mom and her mind would be blown. I know those of us who care a lot about animals and the Earth and also about looking FLY AF have no shortage of earthy hippie beauty products (and I love a lot of them!), but this is for when you’re ready to take it the next level. 

Not only that; check out how the “About Us” section starts:

We are a matriarchy, a family of like-minded, yet individual women who are mothers, daughters, sisters, aunties, nieces, cousins, wives, friends, godmothers and grandmothers.

Um, yes please? I’d like to support a bunch of awesome women making gorgeous products. Duh.

Bonus: you can order it all over the world, but it’s definitely most affordable in Australia. American stores (specifically those in Los Angeles! I don’t really care about the rest of you! JK I love you; never leave me!), please get on ordering this stuff pronto so I can come and buy all of it immediately. Pretty please. I will keep you in business until 2098! (When I plan on finally saying goodbye to this cruel Earth; I’ll be 120 years old and have skin as soft as a baby thanks to Buddha Body Care!)

(Please note: I was not paid to write this; I just got a selection of the products and fell in absolute love and just wanted to sing its praises like the lunatic I am. Buy it all and thank me later.)

These are at Target for a limited time and I’m loving every crunchy, creamy, chemically fake-cream cheese-y bite. #blessed #happyvalentinesdaytoME

Los Angeles! It’s time to get your VEGAN BEER FEST TICKETS ON. (Yes, I just typed “get your vegan beer fest tickets on”. NERD ALERT.)

ALERT: THIS IS TODAY. ALERT THIS IS NOT A TEST. ALERT.

The NY Times kicked the week off with a hard-hitting, above-the-fold cover story exposing truly depraved meat industry experiments the USDA is conducting—with taxpayer dollars—on farm animals. You can read Wayne Pacelle’s blog on it, sign our action alert, and read Wayne’s letter in today’s NY Times responding to the story.

While the Times was exposing the abuse of farm animals, the first ag-gag bill hearing of the year took place in Washington state this week. There was such overwhelming opposition to the bill that even the ag groups didn’t testify for it, which the bill’s primary sponsor whined was due to them being too “scared.” In fact, opposition has been so strong, one of the bill’s sponsors removed his support for the bill.

Video of the week: I wish my cats could do this.

Cartoon of the week: Thesaurus.