Showing posts with label Burts Bees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Burts Bees. Show all posts

Wednesday, 15 January 2014

My favourite.......skin and hair products

Hi Beauts.

Today I wanted to share with you all my favourite skincare and hair products. For a while now, I've been using and buying products that haven't been tested on animals so I've completely changed everything that I use. I've actually come across some amazing things products that have been working wonders for my skin.



Face wipes: Superdrug facial cleansing wipes. I usually use these to remove my make up before doing a full cleanse, just to make sure I remove everything.

Face wash: NSPA hot cloth cleanser. I absolutely love this (full review coming soon) It's such an easy and quick product to use, and leaves my skin feeling so soft.

Toner: Lush Tea tree water. I bought this in the Boxing Day sale, and I'm so glad I did. It's very refreshing on the skin and I think has helped keep any spots at bay.

Moisturiser: Lush Enzymion. I don't have the full size of this at the ment, but have had a sample in the past. This is without a doubt the best moisturiser for oily skin. It mattifies straight away, and helps keep my make up in place all day. For my evening moisturiser, I'm loving NSPA's Deep hydrating facial oil (another review coming your way soon)

Spot treatment: Lush grease Lightning. Another goodie I picked up in the Boxing Day sale, and one I've been loving (yet another review coming at ya soon) This is hands down the best spot treatment I've used so far!



Eye cream: Superdrug vitamin E cream. As I'm getting older I'm becomming more aware that I need to protect my skin from signs of aging, eye wrinkles being one of those signs. I haven't noticed a big difference since using this, but I like to think it's helping.

Lip balm: Burt's Bees lip balm with Pink grapefruit. This has kept my lips so smooth and soft, and it smells amazing! 

Hand cream: Superdrug intensive hand cream. I always suffer from dry hands and this has worked a treat, especially in the colder months. I'm also a huge fan of Lush's Lemony flutter cuticle butter.

Body wash: Soap and Glory's clean on me. Again I don't have this to hand but it's one of my all time favourites. It smells amazing and leaves my skin super soft.

Body lotion: Molton Brown Paradisiac pink pepperpod. I absolutely adore this scent, it's so fruity and fresh. And the lotion itself soaks into the skin pretty quickly. I also LOVE soap and Glory's Righteous butter too.

Hair treatment: Superdrug's coconut oil. I've never been one for putting treatments and the such on my hair, but for the past few months I've been using this once a week and it's left my hair so silky and more manageable. I love it.

Well, that's my current skincare loves. I'm sure as the months go on I'll find others to add. What are you loving at the minute?

Stacey x

Friday, 10 January 2014

Brands that are against animal testing

Hi Beauts. 

You probably all already know by now, that I've stopped buying products that have been tested on animals. It's something that's actually hit me pretty hard after seeing a picture online (by accident) and it's something that I feel really strongly about.

I've made it my mission to find out as many brands as I can that don't actually use animal testing, and wanted to post a list of the brands I've found. A couple of lovely girls actually sent me links to online lists, so I shall link those too at the end.

Not everyone has the same opinions on animal testing, and that's fine. I'm not going to bang on about it in every post I write, but I just wanted to give my two cents in this post. Anywhoo, for those that are interested here is said list I have compiled: (I've tried to link as many as I could)

A

Ardell
Along came Betty (Sold at Tesco)

B

Burt's Bees
B. Skincare and make up
Balm Balm
Butter London
Balance Me
Batiste
Balmi

C

Ciate
China glaze

D

Deborah Lippmann
Dermalogica 

E

E.O.S
Essence (Can be found in some Wilkinsons stores)
Eco Tools

F

Fake Bake
FashionistA
Famous Cosmetics

G

Gosh

H

Hard Candy

I

Illamasqua 
Inglot

J

Jergens
John Frieda
Josie Maran Cosmetics

K

Kat Von D

L

Lime Crime
Lavera
L.A Girl

M

Marks and Spencer (Own Brand)
Melvita
Model Co
Murad
Milani
Mavala


N

Nails inc
Nubar
Next (Own brand)
Neals Yard

O

O.C.C
Orly

P

Prestige


Q


R


S

Superdrug (Own branded products)
Stila
Soap and Glory
Sainsburys (Own branded products)
Sally Hansen
Soft Lips
Sleek

T

The Balm
Tesco (Own branded products)
The Body Shop 

U


V

Vivo (Stocked in larger Tesco stores)

W

Wet and Wild

X

Y

Z

Zoya

* The Body Shop and Urban Decay are both owned by L'oreal, however both brands are PETA/Leaping Bunny approved

If you know of any other brands I've missed out, please feel feel to leave them in the comments and I'll be sure to add them in. 

For more brands, PETA has an endless list of others too.
Another great site with a more extensive list is HERE and HERE

Hope this is helpful to some of you.

Stacey x








Sunday, 22 December 2013

Superdrug, Barry M and The Body shop haul

Hi Beauts.

Today I wanted to share a few things that I bought whilst in town, mainly from Superdrug, but first I wanted to share my thoughts on something that has hit me pretty hard - Animal testing. 

Now, if you follow me on twitter then you'll already know this but I've decided to stop buying any and all products that use animal testing in any way. I won't go on too much about it as I'm drafting up a post solely on the subject, but I saw a picture on a website that literally broke my heart. I've always known that animal testing happened, but I didn't realise the extent of it or how many brands and companies use/allow it.

After hours (yup hours) of looking into which brands do and don't test on animals, I found out that one of my favourite shops doesn't test it's products. Which shop is that? Superdrug. Superdrug's OWN BRAND is NOT tested on animals. After binning my current hair care, skin care etc i headed out to Superdrug (and a few other places) to stock up on their own branded products (Which I've actually heard great things about anyway) and thought I'd share what I got. 

Superdrug 


* 48 hour protection Anti perspirant deodrant in Cotton - 89p
* Pro Vitamin full volume shampoo and conditioner - £1.12 each
* Cucumber facial cleansing wipes - 99p

The Body Shop


* Seaweed deep cleansing facial wash - £8.00
* Seaweed mattifying moisture lotion - £11.00

I had a 40% off code, so instead of my total being £19.00 it was £11.40

Boots


* Burt's Bees lip balm in grapefruit - £3.69
* Rimmel stay matte pressed powder in translucent - £3.99

Tesco


* Barry M Gelly-Hi shine nail polish in Lychee - £3.99
* Barry M flawless matte foundation in Ivory - £5.99
* Barry M matte nail paint in Crush - £3.99

Tesco currently have Barry M products on a 3 for 2 offer

I'm so pleased that I've found a few more of my favourite brands don't test on animals!

Hope you've all had a fab Sunday Beauts! 

Stacey x