Typically I don't do a lot to see in the New Year and it is even less often that I set myself New Years resolutions. This year however I have set myself a few resolutions.
1) PASS MY DRIVING TEST. By the end of the year I would love to have my full driving license. I start taking practical lessons when I was in college as I was working two jobs and had a fair amount of disposable income. It did not go well to say the least. Driving just didn't click for me and I ended up spending a lot and never got round to taking my test. But I finish university in the summer of this year, and hopefully myself and/ or Jacob will be able to find some work, this will probably mean moving out of Cornwall and/ or having to commute. It would just be so much easier for both of us if I am not so reliant on Jacob for transport.
2) SAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GO ON HOLIDAY NEXT CHRISTMAS. The driving one plays into this again. Myself and Jacob have been wanting to go away together for as long as we have known each other. Going away now is harder as we do not want to have to rely on anyone to look after Red or put him in a kennel (I'm not sure he would adjust well), but if we are both able to drive then we can drive and take ferry's to loss of different places in Europe and the benefit of this is we can travel WITH RED!
3) TO ONLY USE CRUELTY FREE MAKEUP AND BEAUTY PRODUCTS. So by this I mean anything that I will be putting on my hair, skin and nails. I have already started my cruelty free journey and have been researching and trying products... And thats what I am going to share with you today.
There are a lot of things to consider when making the choice to go cruelty free. A lot of cruelty free bloggers use a similar set of questions when directly contacting companies to determine whether they are truly cruelty free. They are as follows:
1) Do you test on animals?
2) Do you use third party companies to test on animals?
3) Do you have any parent or sister companies that test on animals?
4) Have any of your ingredient, or any of your finished products been tested on animals?
5) Do you distribute in China?
BODY SHOP
When I first started transitioning my products I hadn't done a whole lot of research. I ended up purchasing a few product to try from the Body Shop under the impression they are a cruelty free company. Some time after I bought the products I found out some really disappointing news. Whilst the Body Shop does not test ingredients or finished products on animals, they were bought out in 2006 by L'oreal, who DO test on animals. This does make me uncomfortable because a percentage of my money still would have gone to a company who does test on animals. I therefore will not be purchasing any Body Shop products from now on and when the products I do own get used up, I will be looking for different products to replace them
LUSH
For myself right now I am really enjoying exploring LUSH products with the piece of mind that they are a truly cruelty free company who are an active figure in fighting against animal testing. I strongly urge you to follow this link and read up on their amazing policy on animal testing Lush animal testing policy
SLEEK MAKEUP
I have been using and loving Sleek Makeup for a long time, and I can carry on enjoying them as they are a cruelty free brand! They have some amazing products that a really affordable so they are winning in all areas for me at the moment. Here is a link to a great blogger who first hand contacted them to get them to confirm there cruelty free status: Sleek Makeup animal testing policy.
Some other brands I am currently researching and hope to try out in the future include:
Barry M
Superdrug own brand
Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics
Sugar Pill
Lime Crime
Elf
Ben Nye
Pixi
There are so many great resources and bloggers out there that are dedicating their time to listing and researching cruelty free brands and products. It's really as simple as googling cruelty free blogs, doing your own research and looking for multiple sources and doing first hand research by contacting companies yourself with questions and concerns. As my journey continues and I learn more about different brands and products, I will be sharing all of my finding with you!
Since this has been a pretty lengthy post today I thought it would be fun to do a little makeup tutorial using some of the new cruelty free products I am trying. This isn't a completely cruelty free makeup look as I am still transitioning a lot of my collection, however I will clearly label what is cruelty free and what is not cruelty free!
For this look I used:
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| LUSH Colour Supplement in Dark Pink |
LUSH Colour Supplement in Dark Pink. CRUELTY FREE.
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| Sleek Makeup Contour Kit |
SLEEK MAKEUP Bronzer from the Contour Kit in Medium. CRUELTY FREE.
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| Sleek Makeup Highlighter Palette |
SLEEK MAKEUP Highlighter Palette in Precious Metals. CRUELTY FREE.
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| Sleek Makeup I-Devine Storm Palette |
SLEEK MAKEUP I-Devine Storm Palette, I used the colour Firestorm. CRUELTY FREE.
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| Lush Eyes Right, Motivation, Happiness and Intuitive. The Body Shop Liquid Liner. |
LUSH Eyes Right, Motivation, Happiness and Intuitive. CRUELTY FREE.
THE BODY SHOP Liquid Eyeliner. HAS A PARENT COMPANY WHO IS NOT CRUELTY FREE.
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| Sleek Makeup Brow Kit in Dark. |
SLEEK MAKEUP Brow Kit in Dark. CRUELTY FREE.
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| Maybelline Hollywood Red Lipstick. |
MAYBELLINE 540 Hollywood Red Lipstick. NOT CRUELTY FREE.
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| The Body Shop All In One Face Base. |
THE BODY SHOP All In One Face Base 06. HAS A PARENT COMPANY WHO IS NOT CRUELTY FREE.
And here is how I put these products together:
I really enjoyed wearing this makeup look, and those Lush eye products are amazing, they just do not budge all day and the colours are just beautiful.
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