I haven’t been able to wear Revlon or Clinique, my favorite lipsticks, in ages since I found out that they are sold in China. Hey, can you make a blog on Indian cruelty-free cosmetics and how to rectify them? As Indian brands don’t use a logo of a leaping bunny or as such, it’s really difficult to know which brands are 100% cruelty-free. Smashbox is owned by Estee Launder so Studio Skin in not a cruelty free alternative to Double Wear.
After a refill for City Block, it was time for one of the brand’s promotions where if you spend a certain dollar amount, your order comes with a big bag of samples. Clinique City Block was Laura Feinstein’s gateway product for Clinique. After getting her skin read, she found out years of driving in college had damaged her skin on the left side and she knew she had to get serious about sun coverage. City Block gave her sun coverage, but didn’t solve her other skin problems.
All products are independently selected, tested or recommended by our team of experts.If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. Well, the product is currently not available on Sephora or MECCA and is sold out on Clinique’s website. However, many have called out the impressive dupes of the product that are seemingly still available. And while Clinique’s Almost Lipstick boasts the best longevity, essentially turning into a lip stain on the pout, these dupes aren’t too far behind. Nowadays, it seems as if the only way to get a new beauty product on our radar is to allow TikTok users to discover it, film their review and wait for the news of the discovery to go viral.
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.
Benefit also currently sells its products in Sephora stores across China and shows no intention of pulling out of China. While their website says “Giorgio Armani does not use animals to test its products”, this is very misleading. They are owned by L’Oreal, and they share L’Oreal’s policy to test on animals when required by law. Since Giorgio Armani’s products are sold in mainland China, this, of course, means they are not cruelty-free, as they are therefore subject to animal testing. Like L’Oreal, Revlon is a privately held company which tests on animals where required by law.
Since they sell their products in China, this means they are subject to animal testing and thus they are not a cruelty-free brand. They are owned by Estée Lauder, which as mentioned above, genifique shares the same policy to test when required by law. Covergirl may use adorable kittens in their advertising campaigns to give off a cute and cuddly image, but they still test on animals!
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.
No, because if you boycott a certain brand, their sales and popularity are going down and they need to react. You can not boycott a certain country’s laws, especially if you are not from that country. Do you think that people that make the laws in China care what some random person from another country thinks about their laws? Glad to see that there are so many people that use cruelty free products, my skin and hair are healthier. Since La Mer’s makeup is formulated with unique ingredients, it is a bit challenging to find exact dupes. However, I would definitely recommend the foundations and other products from 100% Pure, as they have luxurious formulations that are a bit more affordable.
LipSafe is the same as “Top Free” and free of LANOLIN too, Lip Safe aka the kissing badge keeps your lips more kissable. Sign up for Clinique newsletters, and you’ll receive 15% off your first order. Limited edition gift sets were also readily available. The Great Skin Everywhere set featured the full-sized Liquid Facial Soap Mild Cleanser, Clarifying Lotion 2 Liquid Exfoliator and Dramatically Different™ Moisturizing Lotion+, along with their miniature versions. Despite having a total value of $96.50, it was on sale for just $68. Moving on to fragrances, the Clinique Happy perfume spray has hints of citrus, flowers, grapefruit and other refreshing scents.
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 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.