The coalition government's plans for the coming five years could make good reading for natural beauty enthusiasts.

Among the discussions of public deficit and pension entitlements, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have also set out an aim to ban animal testing entirely.

"We will end the testing of household products on animals and work to reduce the use of animals in scientific research," the document reads.

The commitment to promoting natural beauty production techniques is just one of the aims set out in the 36-page document, The Coalition: our programme for government.

In the foreword to the policy document, which has been thrashed out in the weeks since the general election on May 6th, prime minister David Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg speak of the "historic" nature of the latest parliamentary session.

They note that their document is the first collaboration of its kind between two major political parties for more than 50 years.