So if you read my June Lust List post from a couple
of weeks past, you’ll know that I was starting to look into ensuring that all
of my cosmetics and beauty purchases are cruelty free. I’ve been a vegetarian for 8 months now, and
I recently discovered that the majority of the brands that I use on a day to
day basis are far from being suitable for vegetarians. I have no idea why, but it had honestly never
crossed my mind to look into this sooner.
I had assumed that testing on animals didn’t happen anymore – however that
couldn’t be further from the truth. So
with this new information, I took it upon myself to do some research and went
ahead and made all of the relevant changes.
The majority of my new make-up buys took the form
of the Superdrug B. range – as this is a brand that I have used in the past and
very much enjoyed! Not only is this
brand cruelty free, but they also pride themselves in being 100% suitable for
vegans, which is pretty impressive for a relatively new brand. Covering everything from nail polish to
foundation to pallets – they legit have something for everyone regardless of
their skin tone, type and preferred finish!
There was four items that I needed and two items I
wanted: foundation, mascara, blusher and press powder being the needs and highlighter
and concealer being the wants. I picked
a great time to decide to update my cosmetics too – as the B. make-up was
marked down by 50%! My first stop was the mascara – as I saw they only had the two varieties to
choose from – waterproof or not. As I
had selected the non water proof and was scanning through the range – I spied
an eye make-up palette that contained four eye shadows, a brow kit and a full size mascara
for just £4.99. The mascara I had in my
hand cost £4.99 alone – so of course I wasn’t going to say no to that! I’m not a eye shadow gal myself, and I’m not
really in any need for a new brow kit – but this will keep until I run out
making it a win-win situation!
Next was the press powder – which is one of the
items I’ve used in the past and have been very pleased with. Packaged
in a little compact format with a mirror for application, I picked this gem up
for just £3.99 – which pleases me greatly as it is so big that I know this will
do me for a solid month at least.
Blush was my next go to, however I became slightly
distracted by another one of the face palette.
£4.99 for a reasonable sizing of press powder, foundation, concealer and
highlighter – I got so excited by this that I actually forgot to pick up my
blush and had to do another trip the next day.
As my closest store was all out of the foundations
of the B. range – which is not surprising as these giant bottles were only
£4.99 during this promotion (!) – I took a quick trip into the Superdrug in
town the next day to see if I could get lucky. Unfortunately
it was the same story in this store too, however I did find myself a few gems
that I could have missed out on had I not made the visit!
After a quick Google search when I was in store, I
was delighted to find that Barry M are a cruelty free brand. The packaging on the Flawless Matte Finish
really appealed to me, and they had the most perfect shade for me too, so I
just had to pick it up for the £5.99.
Back to the B. range and I was able to pick up their Whipped Blush for
£3.99 as well as a Prepared Blemish Control Primer (£4.99) and a Beauty Blender
(£4.99) – making my whole make up bag transformation a total of just £34.99 –
which is really impressive considering that these are all high quality products
that do not promote animal testing!
I’ll get round to telling you all a little but more
about the products at some point in the near future, but for now I just wanted
to show you all how easy it is to make the change when you do just a little bit
of research – and that by making the change it doesn’t have to break the
bank! Some companies will charge up to
£30 for one singular product – so the fact that I got my entire make up bag for
just an extra £4.99 is something to brag about!
Have you tried out any of the B. range yet? What’s your favourite?
Until the next one,
