Transitioning To Cruelty Free

 

Over the past 6 months I have been doing a lot of researching and learning a lot about what goes on behind the scenes of the cosmetic and beauty industry. It had brought me to tears thinking of what is happening to these adorable little bunnies, guinea pigs, mice, rats, dogs, cats, birds, and sadly many more animals. These animals are forced to swallow or inhale the tested substance as well as have chemicals burn their skin and eyes. It is incredibly heartbreaking and truly does bring me to tears. 

Two of my favourite websites for Cruelty Free cosmetics and skincare are: Logical Harmony & Cruelty Free Kitty. Both websites have a lot of information and share a ton of incredible products that are all cruelty free and Logical Harmony is a complete Vegan blog (She also has an really amazing YouTube that I am constantly watching and rewatching!)

I wanted to share with you some of the brands sold at our favourite makeup store, Sephora, that are 100% cruelty free. There are more then you would think, I was SO happy to hear that I can continue to buy some of my absolute favourite brands, and on the other side of the spectrum have been very disappointed that there are many brands and products I no longer want to support. 

CRUELTY FREE BRANDS SOLD AT SEPHORA: You can go directly to their page to shop at Sephora by clicking on their name!

• Anastasia Beverly Hills
• Becca
• BeautyBlender
• Bite Beauty
• BareMinerals
• Blinc
• Buxom
• Besame Cosmetics
• butter LONDON
• CoverFX
• Ciate London
• Deborah Lippmann
• Derma Doctor
• DryBar
• Dr. Dennis Gross 
• Drunk Elephant
• DUO
• First Aid Beauty
• Hourglass Cosmetics
• Jack Black
• Josie Maran
• Kat Von D
• Kate Somerville
• Korres
• Lavanila
• Murad
• NARS
• Nude Skincare
• Ole Henrikson
• Perfekt
• Perricone MD
• REN
• Sunday Riley
• T3
• Tarte
• Tatcha
• Too Faced
• Urban Decay
• WEN by Chaz Dean

Above are all of the brands listed on the Canadian Sephora website that are Cruelty Free - there may be more on the US website! If I have forgotten any or made a mistake, please do leave me a comment and I will try to fix it as quickly as possible.

Now, I titled this post "Transitioning to Cruelty Free" because I do have products from brands such as Bobbi Brown (my HG Foundation!), MAC, and Benefit that I do use and love. When it comes to these brands and products - I love animals more then I love makeup. What I am planning on doing is finishing up these products and then not repurchasing them, as much as I love the Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation!

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What are your favourite Cruelty Free brands and products? Thank you for reading my blog post!

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Transitioning To Cruelty Free

Josie Maran Coconut Watercolour Cheek Gelée - Poppy Paradise

It's been a day over a week since my last post, and I blame my stressful exam schedule on that! After this coming Wednesday though I'll be on Christmas break and I have so many blog posts and YT Videos planned! Yippie.

I have been eyeing the Josie Maran Coconut Watercolour Cheek Gelee ($29.00) for ages now, I loved the idea of a gel blush that is natural and long wearing. Whenever I went into Sephora I would swatch all the shades on the back of my hand and I just loved how smooth and water-like they were, so I just had to add another blush to my collection.

The shade I picked up is Poppy Paradise. It is a very bright hot pink in the sturdy glass jar, but blends out so softly and wearable. Personally I like to apply my blush a little further back then the average spot, being the apples of the cheeks. I like to apply mine directly on my cheek bone and higher up just so I can get some more shape to my face. I definitely think that this product is a stain because it lasts AGES on my skin! I will apply it in the morning around 6:30 am and when I get home from my day at 5:00 or 6:00 pm it will still be sitting right where I placed it many hours earlier. In the photo below where you can see it on my cheeks, you can also see how it had stained my ring finger which I used to dot in on my cheeks and used my middle finger to blend it out. I also like the application of using my finger more then I do a stippling brush. I find the colour to be such a natural flush that I find myself reaching for this almost everyday! It really does brighten up your face, especially if you're feeling extra tired that day.

Although it is 50% Coconut Water & Vitamin E rich Argan Oil I didn't necessarily find it super moisturizing, but that doesn't bother me too much as I really do love the product. I did try them on my lips to see if they would have the same lasting power on my lips (aka a lipstain) and I will admit that they made my lips feel very dry, but I don't even think they were targeted as a lip & cheek stain, so again that doesn't bother me!

I can't wait to try more shades of these, I would love to own them all! Do give them a try!


What are your current favourite blushers?

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Josie Maran Coconut Watercolour Cheek Gelée - Poppy Paradise