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Showing posts with label B.. Show all posts

Friday, 4 April 2014

B. Vibrant Lip and cheek colour crayons

Hi Beauts.

Around two months ago I won a competition on Instagram with B. and Superdrug, where I won the B. Vibrant lip and cheek colour crayons.
I haven't tried anything from their make up range before, but I do use their micellar water on a daily basis (I have a full review here) and I love it.

There are five shades in the lip and cheek colour collection from a pinky mauve to a vibrant red.





Each crayon is packaged in a sturdy grey tube (very sleek if you ask me) with a silver twisty end that allows you to get more product rather than having to search for a pencil sharpener and lastly, the name of each shade is placed on a colour coordinated sticker on the bottom of each crayon.

I found each shade to be extremely pigmented, smooth and creamy to apply and they all have a pretty glossy finish.
I haven't tried any out as a cheek product as I don't think I'm daring enough for the brighter shades, but they did seem to blend out great on the back of my hand, however as a lip product I love them.

As I mentioned earlier, these are highly pigmented and extremely long lasting. I'd say I got around 3 to 4 hours wear and don't find them at all drying on my lips throughout the day. The brighter shades, mainly 'Orient' did seem to stain my lips a little more than the others (not a bad thing may I add)




The lighting seemed to change every time I swatched for some reason

All in all I'm so impressed with these and can't wait to sport the brighter ones in the summer. I think out of them all, my favourite two have to be 'Prom' and ' Goji' which are the more wearable of the five.

These retail for £6.99 and can be found on the B. stand in most Superdrug's.

Have you tried anything from the brand? 

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