money money money

[pink princess]

why is lipstick so expensive?

and why is mascara the same?

but have you ever noticed how nice mascara smells? or am i the only one?!!

(anyone know a website where it lists the manufacturers of non-animal tested products etc im not too hot on which companies test on animals and its something ive always thought about....)

[smithy87]

Apart from the only obvious one I can think of - The Body Shop - I'm not really sure.

I always rant and rave about testing cosmetics on animals but never research into buying from those who don't.

[pink princess]

ive had a little look round and havent really been that successful, ive seen posts on other message boards saying who does and who doesnt but where they get their information im not sure (so i dont know how reliable it is)

there is also the PETA website but i read it hasnt been updated in a while and isnt strictly accurate (and its a flippin long list too!!)

so if anyone knows can you post it for me??

however also....

back to the mascara smell!!

and the cost of it!

[minks]

I thought body shop as well, however I am a NON make up wearer I refuse to do me up to something I ain't. But sadly my daughter is costing me an arm and a leg in make up. Just jump onto www.dogpile.com and type in mascara and see what you come up with

[smithy87]

Originally Posted by pink princess

ive had a little look round and havent really been that successful, ive seen posts on other message boards saying who does and who doesnt but where they get their information im not sure (so i dont know how reliable it is)

there is also the PETA website but i read it hasnt been updated in a while and isnt strictly accurate (and its a flippin long list too!!)

so if anyone knows can you post it for me??

however also....

back to the mascara smell!!

and the cost of it!

I've never been into mascara sniffing! But it costs a bomb. I use Maybellene (the infamous green and pink one). Is it about £8 or something? But also I've forked out more for an YSL mascara (£17) and it was crap.

I'm more of a lip gloss gal and that's not cheap either. Again, splashed out £14 for a YSL one and it was not as good as a L'Oreal one I've got.

[pink princess]

Originally Posted by smithy87

I've never been into mascara sniffing! But it costs a bomb. I use Maybellene (the infamous green and pink one). Is it about £8 or something? But also I've forked out more for an YSL mascara (£17) and it was crap.

I'm more of a lip gloss gal and that's not cheap either. Again, splashed out £14 for a YSL one and it was not as good as a L'Oreal one I've got.

when you next get a chance give it a go!!! i normaly get a loreal one but the one i like is getting harder and harder to find so ive just bough a max factor one (i think!) ill see how it goes, but yes about £8

lipsticks, dont tend to use them that much either prefer gloss coz it doesnt dry my lips out so much but either way they areboth flippin expensive!!

(think both loreal and max factor animal test......)

[smithy87]

Originally Posted by pink princess

when you next get a chance give it a go!!! i normaly get a loreal one but the one i like is getting harder and harder to find so ive just bough a max factor one (i think!) ill see how it goes, but yes about £8

lipsticks, dont tend to use them that much either prefer gloss coz it doesnt dry my lips out so much but either way they areboth flippin expensive!!

(think both loreal and max factor animal test......)

I find the Max Factor ones thicken really quickly, which I like because I have long lashes and it really shows them off. But some people don't like it going thick.
I don't think the Maybellene one will disappoint you. I buy a few bits from Avon - do they animal test?

[pink princess]

i had a maybelline one a couple of years back but it didnt seem to really do much - but then i was pretty much skint so didnt exactly buy a top range one!!

ooh thick lashes sounds good i have quite big eyes so can carry it off quite well - i think so anyway!!

not sure about avon but i have had stuff from there before too... wonder if their website would say...

[devist8me]

As for mascara, I'm use Loreal myself....seems to thicken the best for me. May try Max Factor too though, I don't think I have. Loreal costs about 7 bucks.

Loreal lipsticks smell good too (havn't smelled the mascara).....the one I have kind of has a cotton candy smell to it. Also, the more you spend on lipstick, the less it dries your lips out, or so it seems to me. About 8 bucks on lipstick but it lasts about a year.

How about liner? Lips and eyes? I just started using them last year and love what a change it can make. But I don't use it everyday, just when I go out now. Plus, those little tubes of liner costs as much, if not more, than lipsticks and mascara!

[pink princess]

true a liner costs about £4/5


i like rimmel soft kohl liner, gives a really nice smudgy smokey look

i started off not wearing it all the time but now its very rare for me not to wear any, its really only if i want to have a total do nothing day when i dont bother, i cant even go out shopping without it tho!!