[Disclaimer! I am not paid by any of the mentioned companies below. All opinions are my own and all products were purchased by my own money, thank you!]
I have another topic and brand review related post for you readers this week!
As I mentioned before and as we see everyday, brands are getting less and less cruelty-free. Even though some brands like Urban Decay, Tarte and MAC claim to be cruelty-free, they are all either owned by a parent company that tests on animals or now sells to the chinese market, that requires by law to have cosmetics tested on animals before humans. Cruelty-free consumers can start to feel discouraged and confused to which brands will start loyal to their commitments to do no harm to our cuddly and cute friends. I'm going to show you beauty-junkies some dupes for everyday best sellers from non-cruelty-free companies and replace them with even better quality and sometimes cheaper alternatives that do not harm little creatures in the process.
THIS OR THAT?
THIS?Loving the Urban Decay Naked Palette (1,2,3)? Well I used to as well before I went cruelty-free. They are highly pigmented and perfectly picked color schemed palettes that can be used every single day for a natural to dramatic smokey eye. The versatility is amazing and the cost is around 60$ at Sephora. Sounds good right? NOT. Urban Decay is not cruelty-free so even though you have a beautiful eye look, the number of animals harmed have the "dead-eyed" look.
 |
| Urban Decay Naked 1,2,3 [60$] |
THAT! Instead, try the Chocolate Bar palette by Too-faced! Both the regular edition and the Semi-Sweet edition contain the most beautiful highly pigmented and blendable shadows that smell so heavenly! The eye shadows have the delicious smell of chocolate as they are made from cocoa powder! Not only do both editions contain 16 matte and shimmer eyeshadows that can give you the versatility of any type of look! They are long-lasting and contain anti-oxidants so not only does it look beautiful, it's good for your skin. I personally have both palettes and I also have the UD Naked 2 and I cannot deny the difference in quality for the Too-faced ones and that smell of chocolate just brightens my mornings when doing my eye makeup.
 |
| Too-Faced Chocolate Bar Palette [55$-60$] |
 |
| Too-Faced Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar Palette [55$-60$] |
Price comparison?
UD Naked 60$ CA plus tax
Too-Faced 55-60$ CA plus tax
[not much of a difference in my opinion but hey a couple dollars always count!]
Thank you for reading if you made it this far. Please consider your purchases before buying non-cruelty-free, it makes a worlds difference and a difference can sometimes smell like CHOCOLATE :) yum!
STAY HUMANE & UNTIL NEXT TIME!
Sara Pivato
For more information, please visit the websites linked below!
http://www.mybeautybunny.com/category/leaping-bunny/page/4/
https://nevertoomuchglitter.wordpress.com/cruelty-free-beauty/
https://www.toofaced.com/p/eye-shadow-palettes/chocolate-bar-eye-shadow-collection/
Loved this! I had no idea that UD was testing on animals!! Makes me think twice about purchasing brands-should be informing myself of the brand and how it tests. Does too faced advertise that they are cruelty free?
ReplyDeleteToo-faced does advertise it online and on some of the actual boxes of their products when purchased. Though many people still don't know about it. Great point :) Check out my post coming today about spin and how companies use it to cover up the fact that they are selling out to other companies that do test on animals.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your input and question :). Greatly appreciated.