MAC no more.

So as you all have probably heard MAC have been taken off the cruelty free PETA list. 

I'm not actually someone who concentrates on whether or not a product has been tested on animals because to be brutally honest, I never actually knew animals suffered for what we use.

I sound so stupid saying this but I discovered it about 3 days ago and I'm absolutely horrified.

As soon as I watched the PETA videos and read some articles about it I felt like such a horrible human being. I was literally crying to my mum about it (which convinced her to go cruelty free too!) and I came to the decision that I will use up all the products I have, because it's no really that helpful if I just throw it all away and it's a waste of my money, once all the product has gone I'll only purchase things from a cruelty free company. I am so upset that MAC went back on their anti animal testing pledge in mid March, if I knew this I probably wouldn't have bought their eye pencil. I'm going to try my best to only review and buy cruelty free products from now on. :)

I hope some of you guys agree with this but obviously I don't want to make anyone change their opinion because of something I believe.

Anyway, I'm going shopping on Saturday because I've ran out of so many products :( I'm thinking of getting the Chanel VitaLumiere Aqua foundation so stay tuned for a review of that within the next week or so. I'm also going to be visiting LUSH and getting a lot of new shampoos, conditioners and skin treatments so I might do a quick haul of what I buy later on Saturday. 

Love you all!

-B x

Distressed mess (MAC Eye Pencil in Coffee)

So, I recently purchased my first ever MAC cosmetic. I guess I've never really gone for having MAC before because I find it to be over priced and I didn't really want to fork over a lot of money for a make up product I wasn't sure I'd like. However, I am the biggest punter in the world and after watching loads of MAC reviews I decided to take the plunge and it came at the perfect time as I'd ran out of my usual eye liner.

I have to say that firstly, my visit to MAC wasn't one I'd say I enjoyed. The 'make up artists' were quite snooty and the atmosphere in general wasn't very welcoming. Anyway, I did end up buying a MAC eye pencil in coffee for £12.50 which considering I generally just use high street eyeliners like Rimmel is an incredible amount so I have to admit I was expecting great things for the price. 

The eyeliner itself is a really pretty and natural chocolate brown colour which I love. It's so girly and I'm not normally someone who likes brown eyeliner but this one really caught my eye.

When I first applied it I was so impressed, it looks so casual but pretty and I thought that straight away it was going to become a make up bag staple. I applied it to my waterline and a thin line on my eyelid just to give a really awake and fresh look, another comment I do have to make is that the pencil is incredible soft when you apply it. It's almost a kind of moose, definitely not a rough as some of the high street brands I've used in the past.

But. After just a few hours it looked dreadful, my eyes looked worn down and the eyeliner had smudged like crazy so all in all I'm pretty disappointed. I would hasten to mention that I have only used it a few times so I'm going to keep trying it out and see whether I'm just using it wrong or I was having a particularly bad make up day (it happens to us all) so I'll keep you guys updated on any changed but for the moment I'd definitely recommend that you save your money and stay away from this product.

Anyway, I'll leave some swatches and a picture of the product below. If you guys have tried this product and have something to say then please let me know what you thought and what MAC products would you recommend to a new user? 

Thanks for reading and if you like my blog then leave some comments, follow me and if you do any cool blogs then let me know and I'll definitely check those out.

- B x