Peachy Keen

After a recent trip to my local MAC, something The Mother has been saying for years finally struck a chord. Not only do I buy too much make up, but I repeatedly buy the same sorts of products. I was looking at the mass amount of blushes available, and was slightly overwhelmed until one of the artists came up and recommended Springsheen. Although I was initially looking for something more bronze, I instantly fell in love with its peachy tones. Money handed over, thank you ma'am.

Only to get home and discover that I had three other almost identical blushes. Doh! At the beginning I was a little miffed, having spent over twenty euro on such a similar product. But then rationalised that its a colour that suits me and as long as I don't buy another one (hopefully) equally similar life is peachy. Yeaah?

So the moral of this story? I should probably invest in a variety of products, but hey, I probably won't need to repurchase for a while!

Do you hoard similar make up? Don't even get me started on eyeshadows..

Nars Orgasm - A peachy pink with shimmer, but not glitter. Believe me, I am not a glitter person; so its fab.

Sleek Rose Gold - Sleek's dupe of Nars Orgasm and they are almost identical. If you have one, you really don't need the other. Oops.

Nars Orgasm Multiple - Ditto. Double Oops.

MAC Springsheen - Although very similar to both the Nars and Sleek blushes, its slightly more of a peach. Again, its probably not a necessity. Triple Oops.

While I Love My Make Up...

I love my dogs more...

Like the saddo I am, last night I ended up watching Legally Blonde 2 (absolute disaster of a film) on the television. This morning while doing my college essay I began thinking about today's post. Animal Testing. Anyone will tell you that I'm against wearing fur, but strangely animal testing in regards to cosmetic companies was never something I paid attention to. I would never buy a make up product knowing it was tested on animals - BUT - being the slight makeup snob that I am, I was under the insane and inaccurate belief that because the products I buy are more high end, no animal testing would be carried out to produce them.

Fail, Julie.

After doing a small amount of research on the subject (my poor college essay!), and watching some really disturbing videos about the treatment of animals being tested on, I thought I'd share with you some of the information I found out. There's little point in debating the pros and cons of it, as in my eyes its just wrong. Pixiwoo have a list of companies that don't test on animals in full here, and those that are safe include MAC, Nars, MUFE, Eyeko, Beauté, Laura Mercier, Urban Decay, Sleek, Estee Lauder and Illamasqua. Phew! Thank God, if they tested on animals most of my make up would be in the bin.

Those that are ambiguous in their animal cruelty policy include L'Oreal, D&G, Max Factor, Rimmel and Benefit. As much as I loved my Benefit foundation and was ready to repurchase, I definitely won't be doing so now. As for the others they've been removed from my make up drawer. For a list of all the companies that DO NOT test on animals click here. While I love make up and the little collection I have going on, not at the cost of an animals life. This time the price of beauty is too high.

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What do you think about animal testing? Do you knowingly use products tested on animals?

I Don't Love It

Enter my MAC 100 Followers Giveaway!

I'm not that hard to please.

And I love Sleek. Their eyeshadow palettes are some of my favourites. But..

I bought Sleek's Blush in Rose Gold a few weeks ago and was excited at the prospect of it being a dupe to Nars Orgasm. I haven't tried the Nars version but if this is anything to go by I don't want to. I don't mind shimmer. It can make me happy at times. But this is so shimmery and just doesn't suit me. Having naturally "flushed" cheeks (ie. red) I try to combat this as best I can, but this Sleek blush makes me look like I've been running a marathon. And a long one at that. This probably suits everyone else, but with my complexion, I just have to give it a miss!

I also purchased the Face and Body Highlighter in Peach Shimmer, which is the lightest shade (hence the pale Irish skin). It looked so promising on the website and even when it was delivered to my door I felt a sense of kiddish excitement. Complete disappointment. Although it has a lovely texture, I would need to have lashings of fake tan on to wear this. And I'm not that pale - I don't see how it can be the lightest shade. It almost comes across as a gold eyeshadow (like Amber Lights). Either way, it doesn't come out the way it looks or the way I expected. Hmph.

On the brightside the Sleek Nocturnal Kajal liner (what looks like a tampon) is a new fave! Have you tried these out?