Showing posts with label cruelty free. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cruelty free. Show all posts

Monday, 10 March 2014

B. Micellar water

Hi Beauts.

Removing make up can be such a chore, I for one never find it fun. I basically want to remove every trace as quickly as humanly possible, so I went on the hunt for some new products that would make the task a little quicker.
A new product to enter my skincare routine is B. Micellar water.




I have tried other micellar waters and liked them at the time (now I'm only using cruelty free, they're black listed :p) so figured I'd try this one and see if it could replace an eye make up remover I used to use. Nobody wants to be scrubbing at their eyes, so I wanted to find something that would basically melt away my eye make up with very little effort, and I think I've found it.

The big test for me was the removal of my waterproof liquid liner. I dropped a small amount of this onto 2 cotton pads and gently pressed them onto my eyes, I left them for around 30 seconds and took them off. Not all but the majority of my mascara and eyeliner came off, so I ever so gently swiped over my eyes to remove the last of the products. This didn't sting or irritate my eyes at all, I don't have sensitive eyes, but sometimes eye removers I've tried in the past can irritate a little.
 I must admit, when I first bought this I didn't think you got much bang for your buck because the bottle is quite tall and thin. I also thought that this would be an open top bottle, but it's not. It has a plastic cap over the top with a small hole so you can control how much product you want to use. 

I've used this every night for a few weeks and I haven't used a huge amount. Appearances can be deceiving! I've tried this to remove the rest of my make up too, before doing a proper cleanse, and I only need 2 cotton pads to remove everything. It's such a great product for removing any and all make up in my opinion, and I'd say it would be fine for even sensitive skin types too. 

 Superdrug currently have the B. Make up and skincare range on offer.

What do you use to remove your make up?

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