Clinique products are sold in more than 100 countries and generate millions of dollars in revenue each year for its parent company. While an affordable and universal lip tint feels convenient for most, the depths of its diversity is monumental. An announcement made through several viral TikTok videos about the product, sawmany recommend the shade for those with a deeper skin tone, specifically those of South East Asian heritage.
The price of these cosmetics makes them available to a very specific clientele. This lip color is sheer, glossy, emollient, lightweight, and easy to layer. Your lips will thank you and everyone will compliment you on that amazing lipstick. I’m not typically one for dark lip colors, so when I opened the Clinique Black Honey, I was doubtful it would work for me—but it glides on in a much more subtle tone than I’d expected.
Since Estee Lauder NIGHT REPAIR does sell products in China, their products were most likely tested on animals there. Not only that, but it’s the brand itself who funds these animal experiments. When you buy a product from a company which tests on animals, you’re telling that company that their practices are okay with you. Conversely, when you refuse to buy from a testing company, you’re telling them that it’s not okay. The hope is that if enough of us do this, the company will see that testing hurts their bottom line and stop doing it.
Clinique has a diverse selection of beauty products, but their foundations and perfumes are some of their leading items. Cover up redness with stay-matte oil-free makeup, don a natural shimmer with Even Better Glow light reflecting makeup broad spectrum SPF 15 and smell like a spring flower with Clinique Happy perfume rollerball. I volunteer at the hospital in my hometown and they have Pacifica cosmetics in the pharmacy so I’ll take a look. I think building my own palette with Sugarpill might be worth it because in the long run I’ll save some money because the pans can be refilled. Right now the one I use is Too Faced’s Chocolate Bons Bons.
While they claim to have “a deep respect for animal welfare”, it seems to be part of careful wording to distract from the fact that they are not cruelty-free. As with Giorgio Armani, Yves Saint Laurent is also owned by L’Oreal, and adheres to L’Oreal’s animal testing policy. As YSL products are sold in mainland China, they unfortunately are not cruelty-free. To be honest, I wasn’t sure about the shade before I put it on.
They are not listed in PETA list of the companies that don’t test on animals. I can, however, blame China, and consider their policies as disgusting. People that live there should be the ones to take care of this big moral problem that they’ve created. Or chose to order them online from other genifique countries. It’s taken some research and creativity to stay cruelty-free when so many of my formerly favorite brands entered the Chinese market, but, as is obvious, I am not “deprived,” at all. I have a lot of La Mer customers that purchase La Mer and take it to China to sell there.
Estée Lauder claims that they are “committed to the elimination of animal testing”, yet they do test on animals where required by law. Since they sell their products in the Chinese market, where animal testing is required, and they aren’t a cruelty-free company. A company can not be considered cruelty-free if they allow their products to be tested on animals where required by law.
Free of allergy causing lanolins, esters, waxes and other wool related ingredients. Free of fragrances and the most common allergy causing botanicals such as balsam of peru, cinnamic aldehyde, propolis and many more. Free of formaldehyde and the most common allergy causing preservatives such as benzalkonium chloride, formaldehyde, benzophenone, methyldibromo glutaronitrile, MCI/MI and others.
It is also the parent company to brands such as NARS and Bare Escentuals . La Mer is an incredibly expensive luxury makeup and skincare brand owned by Estée Lauder. Like their parent company, they test on animals when required by law. Since their products are sold in mainland China, this means they are not cruelty-free. Bobbi Brown states that they test on animals where required by law.