Tuesday 23 September 2014

Cruelty free haul- skincare

Cruelty free skincare time!
I treated myself to a few new cleansers and a moisturiser from Lush in Belfast and the Body Shop Online.
I got:

The Body Shop Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter £12 (but I got it on a deal for 40% off, free postage and a mystery free gift) Click here to buy
The smell of this is amazing! It is good at taking makeup off, but it does take a bit of getting used to, if you've never used Cleansing balms before. I'm torn between this and the Lush cleansing balm I got below, because this is more expensive and it's quite hard compared to Ultrabland, but does smell nicer. 

The Body Shop Vitamin E Moisture Cream £11 (but it was free for me!) click here to buy
This face cream is lovely!! I have really dry skin and it moisturises so well. 

Lush Angels on Bare Skin £6.40 
This is my new favourite cleanser scrub! It has cleared up my skin quite a bit too. I would use this in the mornings and use a cleansing balm in the evenings. 
And a little sample of Ultrabland click here to buy
This cleansing balm is nice, it's like putting soft butter on your face! Strange, but it removes all your makeup and leaves your face a bit of moisture too. 

I'm quite pleased with all of the products I bought, and they are all cruelty free too which is an added bonus! 
I absolutely ADORE Lush, and I can't wait for the Christmas stuff to come in! I have a wishlist made for it and for the Body Shop! 

What do you think of Cruelty free skincare?

Tuesday 16 September 2014

Cruelty free wishlist

After seeing my pitifully small stash of cruelty free cosmetics, I realised I really need to buy some new stuff! So this is what I will buy when I've used up some of my current makeup.

Foundation
stripped
£14
I love this brand, and their lipgloss is fantastic, so I would really like to see if their other products are as good. You can order little samples of their foundations too and see which colour is the best. 

Concealer 
Kick Ass Concealer™
£10
Soap and Glory is famous for their bath stuff, so you can forget that they sell makeup too!! I've heard great things about this concealer, and I love that it has a little setting powder too! 

Bronzer
Click for enlarged view 
£13
This product looks so cute with it's wee honeycomb pattern, and it also comes in a very light shade which is perfect for my milk white Northern Irish skin!

Eyeshadow
£14.50

I am obsessed with Lush, but funnily enough I've never tried their cosmetics! This colour looks gorgeous as well, so I think this would be a great first buy. 

Lipstick 
Gelly Hi Shine Lips - Vega (Cherry Red)
£4.99 
Barry M is an amazing brand, and after testing some of these lip things (is it a stick? gloss? I've no idea) in Superdrug the other day, I think they would be great!

I'm glad that these brands are cruelty free, it makes my change a lot easier! 

Monday 15 September 2014

Switching to Cruelty-free cosmetics

Prepare yourself to cry:


I have just decided to switch to Cruelty-free cosmetics(because of so many different reasons, not least the absolute wrongness of supporting animal testing), but I'm struggling because it's a bit confusing!

So basically 'not tested on animals' means
-not testing on animals (duh)

BUT it also means:
-not being owned by a company that does (because then animal testing is still being funded)
-not selling in China (because to sell in China you are required by law to test on animals)

So, it depends on each person what your definition of cruelty free is, but anything with this symbol fits all of the above criteria.

This link really explains the symbols well! 


So, I'm using up my current makeup and stuff before I replace them with cruelty free options.

Check http://www.gocrueltyfree.org/ out, and see what you think of going cruelty free!


Copper eyeshadow

Copper is one of my favourite eyeshadow colours,i t's really pretty on blue eyes, and I just love metallic eyeshadows.





Products I used 
Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in Warm Medium 
 Benefit Stay don't Stray Eye primer 
Sleek Eye Dust in Inferno 
MUA Undress me too Palette - copper shade 
Maybelline Gel Liner in Black 
Collection Eyebrow pencil in Blonde
Maybelline the Falsies mascara


Hope you liked this post! 

Friday 12 September 2014

Autumn Resolutions

Instead of New Years Resolutions (let's be real, no one keeps to them) I've decided to do Autumn Resolutions/Back to Uni Resolutions!!

- Obligatory Fitness Resolution 
Get fit- isn't that a resolution staple? I've tried ToneItUp in the past, and it was really good so I'd try this again and stick to it this time... maybe

- Use more colour in makeup 
I'm thinking Urban decay Vice palette instead of Naked palette etc

- Learn Mandarin
I am a language junkie. I absolutely love learning new ones, and mandarin seems so interesting and challenging!

- Take things away from my Pinterest beauty wishlist 
I have a Beauty wishlist on Pinterest that is ridiculously big, so I would like to try some things from it and take those pins away rather than adding new products I would like to try.

- Make all the recipes on my Pinterest recipe list 
Pinterest is like a disease, it takes over your life!!! My recipe list is about 120 long, so I would need to get started!!

What are your resolutions?

This week's haul


 This week I got 4 new products, so I decided to share them with you!


I got: 
MUA Matte Lipstick in peachy keen http://www.muastore.co.uk/matte-lipstick-peachy-keen


The only product I actually bought was the MUA lipstick, it was £1 from Superdrug.(BARGAIN)
I was given the Sleek eye dust by a friend, and the other 2 were free samples. Boots had an offer on, if you went to a Benefit counter there, you could swap any old eyeliner for a sample of their new gel liner, so of course I had to take advantage of this!
The Bareminerals sample came via the post, but you can also get a sample at Bareminerals counters too. 

So far, I really like all of these products!! The Eye dust and lipstick are gorgeous colours (as you can see below), and the eyeliner and foundation are quite good products too!
The eyeliner takes a bit of getting used to, and by the time you've got the hang of it, the tiny sample has run out!
The foundation is nice, it's very natural and quite light coverage. I would like to try the special brush that BareMinerals have developed to use with the foundation.

Left- Sleek Eye dust 
Right- MUA lipstick 



 Hope you liked this post!




Wednesday 10 September 2014

That's it!

I've posted all of my content from my old blog, so from now on it's new stuff!


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