So the amazon man caught me just as I was leaving, so I tried the blinc mascara I ordered. Was sufficiently taken with it to order the Blinc Primer for delivery tonight. I liked the sleek glossiness of it, plus really like the brush. Lengthened and defines well. Not quite enough oomph for me, even with a few coats hence ordering the primer.
Pretty unimpressed by most of the things I tried at the counters to be honest.
Diorshow, pretty good but I think that thing about them all begin the same formula put me off. Chanel- have tried both inimitable and le volume before but really they aren’t for me. Le Volume is too flaky and I don’t like rubber brushes (Inimitable), always end up with cloggy lashes. So tried the Sublime one and didn’t like that brush either. Benefit, just pushed “They’re Real” even when I said I had tried it before and didn’t like it, so I just left it ( I had a sample of the Roller one before too and thought it was too plasticky).
Realised I was being very hard to please and wondered why, then remembered that a lot of the counter brands test on animals again to get into China and got very discouraged.
Had a light bulb moment about why I haven’t found a decent mascara in years- I’d been buying from organic brands online and not finding one, whilst avoiding the counters. Never found an organic one that didn’t smudge. Then started going to counters again sometimes when the no testing on animals in Europe thing came in. But I realise I’m still not comfortable buying from a brand that tests to get into China/doesn’t take ethics seriously. And that pretty much rules out everyone with a counter.
I kind of got out of the habit of thinking about it with all the years buying from the cruelty free/organic websites where evrything is cruelty free or it’s not on them. I’ve had lots of free samples off magazines in the last year or so to keep me going (Clinque, Benefit) when i gave up on the organic one and bought one before Xmas (Chanel Le Volume) and just never really liked it. And I’m now a bit ashamed of myself that I let my standards slide.
In a nutshell I can’t find an organic/natural one that performs well enough to be regular buy and I’m not happy buying one that isn’t properly cruelty free.
So I bought a new frying pan in John Lewis so I can make pancakes tomorrow as our current one is sticking, had a hot chocolate and came home.
Did some internet research and found out that Chantecaille don’t test on animals and don’t sell in China. So will head up to Space NK tomorrow, think they have a Chantecaille counter, didn’t get that far today. Although one of their mascaras is £60. Encouraged by google telling me that blinc don’t test on animals, so maybe that one with the primer is the way to go.