What's in your LIPSTICK?
Actually I had NEVER thought of this before until yesterday when a fellow blogger brought to my attention that Maybelline was testing on animals. Really!!! I could not believe it... my favorite mascara of all times was being tested on animals?? What to do!! What to do!! I love my XXL EXTENSIONS Waterproof Mascara and also my XXL Volume Mascara so so so much, I was very sad to find this news out. I hate it that animals are being misused and treated cruel for our gain.
So during my research I also found out that, of all things.... not only my mascara was involved with animals, but my .... oh no ... it could not be... my lipstick too. :(
What's in your LIPSTICK?
What I found out was not pretty at all, although the lipstick does make me look pretty ;)
Lipstick contains many ingredients that comes from animals, which is animal cruelty.
Most all lipsticks contain beeswax, lanolin oil, carmine - which is ground up beetles used as a dye or colouring, but the most shocking thing that I found was this.. and I will link the sites that I found the info on below this post. * "Other types of wax used are animal and plant waxes." A commonly UNKNOWN fact: Lipstick contains a very inexpensive fat which is brain and spinal cord fat from older cows. The FDA has told cosmetics makers they can no longer use brain and spinal cord tissue from older cattle in lipstick, hair sprays, and other products, reports The Associated Press. The fact that they were used at all will likely surprise millions of women who use these products daily. And that's not the only surprise....... The new FDA regulations still allow use of these animal tissues in cosmetics as long as they come from younger cattle.
From the most expensive brands to the regular drug store brands they all contain some sort of animal ingredients.
Does this surprise you?
Does this make you change your mind on your lipstick?
Does this make you think about using lipstick?
As for me, well..... I will still use my Maybelline mascara as it is one of my favorites, but I am in no way in favour of them testing on animals!! I will still use lipstick although I will always think about what is in it, ha ha ha after reading and knowing what I know now. It's very difficult to find a lipstick without animal products. All lipsticks that are pictured here have animal products in them, that means, all my favorite lipsticks have some sort of animal product in them. :(
What will you do, post your comment and let me know if this will affect you?
Wishing all my dear friends a beautiful day!!
Hugs & Kisses
Love,
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Hi Shelley, wow, this is an eye-opening post! I didn't know about any of this.
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Ciao Rose,
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, it's great to see you, and also for following as well.
Yes, it truly is a real eye opener... I had no idea about this either until the other day. If you check out the links on the bottom of my post, you will find the sources that I got the info from.
Wishing you a really great Saturday!!
Hugs & Kisses,
Love,
Shelley
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Hello Shelley,
ReplyDeletethank you so much for your sweet comment!
I'm happy to hear you like my blog and I'll be glad to follow yours!
Let's stay in touch!
Kiss from Italy,
xx Sonja
Ciao Sonja,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the visit... it's great to see you, and also for following me.
I sure miss Italy... it was home to me for so long... I lived in Milano, what part are you in? Italy is such a beautiful country!!!
I will love to stay in touch... Happy Blogging my friend!!
Have a great weekend!!
Hugs & Kisses,
Love,
Shelley
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Thank you for your sweet comment Shelley!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog too, and I'm a follower now :D
Ciao Sara,
ReplyDeleteYour are so welcome!!
Thank you for the nice comment as well, and also for following.
Your more then welcome to come back at anytime.
Enjoy your weekend!!
Hugs & Kisses,
Love,
Shelley
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Wow, this is a really interesting blog. I knew a lot of lipstick came from animal fat, many comes from whale fat. It doesn't change my mind on lipstick but it will probably make me look into information on companies/ingredients before i make a purchase. No company should be testing on animals!
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www.DolledUpDaily.com
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Thanks for commenting and thanks for following! following you now too, return the favour and all that. nice blog you have here! looking forward to seeing more xx
ReplyDeleteCiao Haylee,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for stopping in for a visit and also for following, its great to see you. Haylee Sweetheart... I tried to follow your blog as well because it is so beautiful, but I can not find your follow button on your blog. Please let me know where it is, and I will go back and follow you to return the favor... Your blog is very interesting and very beautiful, as are you!!
Have a great Day Bella!!
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Ciao Hannah,
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Its great to see you stop in for a visit, you are welcome at any time as well, and also for following me. Your blog is also very beauiful and also very interesting. I am a lover of beauty blogs, and always find them interesting... ;)
Have a great weekend!!
Hugs & Kisses to all my dear friends!!
Love,
Shelley
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Dear Shelley,
ReplyDeleteI knew that some companies did animal testing , but never thought in a million dreams that MAYBELLINE would do something like that!! its so sad actually, I would be more careful in the future while choosing my brands..but i love maybelline lipsticks..
there are some brands that dont do any form of animal testing and contain all natural ingredients, but they dont make such pretty lip colors like Loreal and Revlon and maybelline.. ;)
visit my blog when you have time, follow me if you like, i'll always follow you back!
Ps: i am now officially curious about that heart shaped lipstick in the picture,lol
hugs,
Nelly
www.massacredmascara.blogspot.com
wow amazing, and i loved reading it...thank you...an eye opener ...i have been using this brand for a long time..will be considering other brands now^^
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Ciao @Evil Nelly,
ReplyDeleteI think that I answered your question on your blog, but not sure.. and for those of you who wanted to know... the heart shaped lipstick is an AVON brand. I'm not sure that you can get it anymore because it was last summers collection. It's really beautiful... and I love the heart shape.. its very different.
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Ciao @Mi_Mi
It's not only Maybelline, it's other brands like MAC, L'Oreal, and many other famous brands as well, and also high end brands. I have to look now when I buy a lipstick to see what is in it. But nonetheless, I am still going to use a lipstick as much as I dislike what is inside it... awww the price we pay for beauty!!!
Thanks for your comments!!!
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Have a great day!!!
Dear Shelley,
ReplyDeleteYes I got the answer in my blog, Thank you! Too bad it isnt available anymore :( They look so cute!
xoxo
Nelly
www.massacredmascara.blogspot.com
They are sadly part of the L'Oreal group which all test on animals. Heres a link to all the L'Oreal owned brands. http://www.loreal.com/_en/_ww/brands-l-oreal.aspx They bought out the Body Shop many years ago which was previously cruelty free as far as i'm aware. And they sneakily say all their 'finished products' arnt tested on animals, which means once the product is packaged and ready to go on the shelf... There should be a law on it really because its incredibly misleading. Ooops that turned into a little rant there, sorry! xx
ReplyDeleteCiao @Katie Lou,
ReplyDeleteYes, I did know that they were a part of the L'Oreal group and that L'Oreal test on animals.
You can go ahead and rant all you want... I know exactly how you feel... it can be really frustrating. I know that they say that the Body Shop is cruelty free.. but do they have animal byproducts in their ingredients list... that I am not to sure of!!
Anyway.. Thank you so much for your comment and your link.. I appreciate it. Also.. a big think you for the follow... it really means the world to me.
Hope that you have an awesome weekend Bella.
Hugs & Kisses,
Love,
Shelley
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Interesting....I'm not sure I'm convinced it's animal cruelty though. I mean, there are lots of young cattle killed for use as veal, so if the animal is already killed for such a purpose, isn't it resourceful to use other bits of the cattle for other things instead of it going to waste?
ReplyDeleteAs for the animal testing, how do they test it on animals? My first thought is a big jersey cow with mascara and lipstick on....but I'm guessing that's not the case. HA HA!
Ciao @Cheryl,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment and for your visit.. it's great to see you stop in.
If they use the animal byproducts in cosmetics from the same animal that they kill for food, maybe it does not sound that bad... but still gross. I don't like the idea of putting animal spin or cows brains on my lips.. ha ha.
As for the animal testing... its animal cruelty what they do... its not big jerseys with mascara or lipstick, but its small rabbits that the inject things into their eyes, and eventually they go blind and they have to kill them, its not right, well, for me I don't think that it's right anyway.. others have their own opinion. I wish it was as pretty as a picture as you painted .. that would be quite funny, and yet .. cute.. ha ha ha.
Here is a site you can read... http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animal-testing-101.aspx
Thanks for stopping in.. I hope you come back more often. I'd love that!!
Have a really great day!!
Hugs & Kisses,
Love ya!!
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Ciao Laura,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for stopping in for a visit and also for your comment.
I have never heard of Arbonne before until I Googled it... they sound interesting!!
But we really do have to be careful of the ingredients of what is in our make up products and its not only lipstick!
Hope you have an awesome day!!
Hugs & Kisses Sprinkled with lots of love
Shelley
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I'm using this information for a school project. Hey if a look pretty with my lipstick i'm find but i hate animal testing. ha ha ha =(
ReplyDeleteCiao.. Thanks for stopping in and visiting, and also for your comment.
DeleteI hope that your school project goes well...
I know what you mean... I love lipstick, as you can see in the photos, all colours, all brands.. and lipstick is hard to give up thats for sure!!
Have a great day!!
Hugs & Kisses Sprinkled with lots of love
Shelley
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How can you honestly keep using these products now that you have this awareness ? Just for the sake of some false conditioning of what beauty is,pleeeeease wake up and see your beautiful as you are !!!
Deletehi shelly,
ReplyDeleteone brand that is not using animal products in their lipsticks is CHAMBOR, so now you and all the other girls have a choice..