I've recently been feeling really shit and this feeling like shit period of my life threw me back into loving make-up products again. Unfortunately, a few of these products are not cruelty-free/vegan because I bought them before I was really aware or completely on board of buying cruelty-free/vegan make-up products. I thought I would show you what I have in there anyway, because money was already spent on them so I might as well use them instead of throwing them away and not re-purchase. The "after" make-up bag is going to be full of vegan and/or cruelty-free starter products only. Some of them may have parent companies that test on animals, though.
First of all, I have this Jimmy Choo make-up bag which I adore so much. I've had it for years. My mother bought a perfume and this came free with it, I can't see myself ever changing my make-up bag because it's made of that kind of material where you can wipe it down and it's black. Most of the wipe-down make-up bags you can purchase nowadays are super "girly" (I'm not into gender roles, I just don't know what else I can call it) with pink and fluffy animals and pokka-dots and things like that, and it's just not my thing. It's also nice and squishy. :3
Disclaimer: (ish) I don't use all of these products on my face at once. I'm nineteen, I'm old enough to live all on my own but I don't like wearing a lot of make-up because I'm not confident in doing so yet. And I'm still testing out what looks good on me and what doesn't and what works with me and what doesn't, hence why this is a starter kit. Continue!
Let's start with the moisturiser''s first.
I use this Simple Replenishing Rich Moisturiser (currently on sale) which I do love quite a lot. It's quite cheap at £3.99, smells of summer and is nice and creamy and not too oily like my Nivea pots are. I have quite dry skin so it works pretty well for me. My only oily parts are my nose and parts of my cheeks. I love Simple products so much. According to the FAQ, their products are suitable for vegans and don't test on animals but their parent company does who are trying to invest in non-animal testing methods.
Next is something I haven't used much but I got for Christmas from a family friend, it's a Shea lip butter from Marks and Spencers Nature's Ingredients range. The website said that it's not testing on animals and their products are vegetarian. It's creamy, it smells delicious. It doesn't have a colour tint so it's good to put underneath other lip colours. The packaging is really nice. The only thing I don't like is that it's in a pot and not in a stick.
The third one I have is by ELF. I believe ELF doesn't test on animals but I'm unsure about it's vegetarian/vegan status. This is the Elf Conditioning Lip Balm SPF 15 in Blissful Berry. I've had this for what feels like forever. Certainly over a year. It still smells good, it still works, so I don't see reason for getting rid of it. The tint might have changed a bit over time (on the website, it hasn't in my pot). It's just a dark pink/nude colour. I bought it to put under lip colours, but it works pretty well on it's own too. It's not super moisturising but it's pretty good.
Not really a face product but it's on the before list for sure is my ever so loved Elf Zit Zapper. I don't think they sell it anymore (and I'm fairly sure it's bad for your skin anyway), but they do sell this and this as similar products. I do love is so very much, though, as it does it's job. Not as affectively as it used to, but on small spots they can be gone overnight and on the bigger one it dulls down the redness and their size.
Now onto face products, I have this Garnier BB Cream Miracle Skin Perfecter for Sensitive Skin in Light. As you can see from the image above, it's certainly not light. It's quite dark. It's currently on sale for half price, which is what I got for it because I wouldn't pay full price for it and probably wouldn't buy it again. There's nothing wrong with it, I'm just too pale and not the right skin tone but otherwise it works fine. It kind of turns orange on my skin after a short while. I don't want to waste it so I'm going to use it all up and maybe by the time I've finished with it, I'll have a different opinion on it. Otherwise, it's very creamy and not too thick but certainly thicker then other BB creams that I've tried.
I couldn't find it online, but you can find it in stores and if you want to find the rest of it's collection, it's called Undress Your Skin. This is called the MUA Undress Your Skin Illuminating Foundation. It's a great dupe for another foundation I have, the Rimmel London Wake Me Up Foundation. I own both of those shades in Porcelain, but obviously even though it's such a good foundation they do test on animals and the dupe is cheaper too so there's a plus. MUA does not test on animals. Which should be obvious, considering Superdrug is against animal-testing and all products by Superdrug are not testing on animals (but not all of them are vegan).
As far as the actual product is, it's great. It's a bit too liquid-y, though, it gets everywhere. It dries slowly, too. It's build able, though. It matches my skin tone (as much as a high street brand can match your skin tone). It does make me look a little less dead. I do like it a lot. It retails for about £5, but in stores is very often on sale for £3. It's an awesome foundation if you're just starting off with make-up so you don't have to go through the I'm-Orange stage.
Next I have this highly hyped powder, Rimmel London Stay Matte in Transparent. Like I said in the introduction, I did not know this brand tested on animals and it was bought before I was informed about it. I do hope Rimmel goes to the cruelty-free side in my lifetime because this powder is amazing. It's thick, it does what it says on the tin. I love it very much. And it's very cheap and good as a starter powder, it retails for about £4 so it's cheap too. I don't wear make-up very often and when I do I wear a light layer, so it's going to take a while to get through it. It's going to be fairly difficult to find a dupe for it too that's cruelty-free/vegan (but I did have one by Elf that was amazing so maybe I should make another purchase from their store soon...).
I went on their website and was very happy to know that Collection does not test on animals and I love love love their products. I adore them. They work so well, they're cheap and they have such a variety and they're always long lasting, whether it says so on the product or not. Because I needed a concealer and it was raved about on YouTube so much, I bought a Collection Lasting Perfection Ultimate Wear Concealer in Fair. I've only used this once, it was a purchase from yesterday. I love it a lot, as you can see from the pictures it does hide my dark under-eye circles and rids of red spots. Because I don't want to waste it, I won't use it on my red cheeks and hope that foundation will do that for me but if not I will be on the hunt for make-up to hide my red cheeks.
I have been eye-ing this one up for a while and was thrilled in myself to finally purchase it. It's the Collection Matt Lip Butter in Marshmallow Pink. I was originally going to go for the coral colour, but it wasn't close to my lip colour and it's a lot more orange then it is coral. It might have looked different on my lips, I don't know, I might get it though because again I've only used this once but I adore it. The colour is so good. It's drying, considering that it's a matte lip colour, but it doesn't bother me much. It looks a little bright for me only because I'm not comfortable in calling attention to myself, but because I do like my lips a lot I'll be fine with that. I wore it in the rain yesterday and it didn't come off at all. I love it a lot. The packaging is cute but, because it's so cheap, the lipstick broke off from the actual tube thing inside and now I have to be really careful with it which is a huge bummer but I love the colour so I'm going to try to make it work. Maybe it was me not being careful or buying a faulty product.
Another product that is tested on animals but was bought before I knew that is the Maybelline Baby Lips in Electric Pink. The colour looks vibrant in the packaging but obviously is not because of what it's used for and I do like that. I like how it adds a little bit of colour without being too bright. I wear this with concealer and that's about it, just to make me feel good. I won't be re-purchasing because, obviously, I don't want to buy a product tested on animals due to my personal morals.
I don't really wear blush because I'm not a huge fan of blush, but I do own a nice glittery coral colour by MUA in the shade Lolly. It's very pretty, and if I use a very light brushing of this I will use it. I also don't want to waste it. I know now that I don't really like using blusher so I won't use it in the future. But once all my make-up is on and my red is gone from my face, I do look pale and without colour but I notice that when I use lip colours it's fine and I actually like the pale complexion look. I'm still trying stuff out, so I'm certainly no pro at this. It's very...oh words, why do you abandon me so. The powder goes everywhere is what I'm trying to say. It makes a bloody mess!
I only have two products left, they're both brushes. I don't have a mascara because I haven't found a mascara that I like yet. All the recommendations have been from brands that test on animals so if you have one that you like that is also cruelty-free, please do direct my way.
First, I have my ever so adored Elf Kabuki Face Brush. I bought this so long ago and it needs a wash but otherwise it's wonderful and soft and does the job, and it looks so nice. I can't imagine using a brush of any other. It's fantastic. My second brush is a stippling brush from Wilkinson's new brush range. It's okay, it does the job and it was a cheap brush but the hairs do come out. I tried this once on the back of my hand and it blends it out nicely but I don't want brush hairs on my face. Sorry! I'm going to use it anyway and see what I can do or if it improves in time, but it's getting replaced. Which is a shame because I bought another brush from them (which is lost) that I absolutely loved and now I can't find.
So that's all I have in my make-up bag. Thank you so much for reading, and I'll see you in my next post.
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