Last week I was invited to The Body Shop in Queensgate, Peterborough for a make-up consultation and to show my support on banning animal testing in cosmetics. Of course I was up for both of these things and headed into store on one of the late night shopping nights- SO handy when you work full time!!
The Body Shop are
running an extremely important campaign to ban
animal testing. Back in 2013 the collective efforts of The Body Shop and
their partner Cruelty Free International led to a European ban but
unfortunately there is still a shocking 80%
of countries that allow animal testing. The practice of animal testing
needs to be banished everywhere and by signing the petition you can help make
that happen. You can do so online (click here) or in store.
The Body Shop
are so committed to the cause, having
never tested any of their ingredients or products on animals and they never
will, which is one of the reasons I am such a huge fan of them and have been
for many years.
If you’re a long time reader of the blog
or subscriber to my YouTube channel you’ll already know how much I love their
products. I opted for a make-up consultation whilst in store over a skincare or
body consultation as its something different to what I’d usually choose. I already use a lot of their skincare
products and wanted to explore their makeup range. The lovely Michelle was my
consultant and she listened to all my make-up needs and concerns such as the
fact my face is oily AF and I need
powder in my life if I want my face to stay on. She instantly put me at
ease and was so easy to talk to and have fun with.
We tried out the Matte Clay Skin
Clarifying Foundation first as I thought it would work best for my skin, but
surprisingly I wasn’t a fan of the coverage; being a bit too heavy for me personally but if you love a matte full face then
boy... that stuff is FULL COVERAGE. I
was getting serious Nikkie Tutorials vibes from it. Slightly subtler me ended
up going with the Fresh Nude Foundation which was a beautiful medium
coverage and felt really light on the skin. For my eye make-up I told Michelle
that I prefer natural tones and the same for my lips but by the end of the
session she had convinced me to be brave so I said sod it- lets go for a bold
lip.
When I had the final reveal I was SO
chuffed and could not stop smiling! (It was verging on embarrassing how much I
was smiling and staring at myself in the mirror- HA!)
The lip colour reminded me so much of
MAC’s Ruby Woo and really set off the
rest of the makeup. I was really glad I took Michelle’s advice by choosing a
bold colour and I instantly looked refreshed after a long days work. I was also
conveniently ready to head to the pub after too- hurrah! The main feature I
couldn’t stop staring at was my brows. It’s amazing to see how other people do
your makeup and their little twists on it can make you look so different. I had
Michelle do a quick brow demo on herself after so that hopefully I can now perfect
her brow game on myself.
One of the fab things about all the consulations
at The Body Shop is that they’re FREE, making
it the perfect opportunity to try out the products you’re curious about. All
the products I tried during my makeup consultation were available for me to
take home and try as samples so I can see how I get on with them at home.
I also took away the some of the new body and skincare samples to try before I buy which is
available for everyone that wants to sample a product.
Feeling
suitably glam, I then had a little peruse around and picked up two of my Holy
Grail products which I’ve written about before on here before. And
naturally I had to treat myself to one of the Body Butters which I then
realised I could personalise- again for free!!
As I’d been into store to learn specifically about the campaign for cruelty free, I had
to go with the bunny sticker but there are loads of designs you can choose and
would make for a lovely gift too *cough* MOTHERS DAY *cough*
I came away
from my getting glam session with a huge grin on my face and a bag full of
goodies, feeling very very happy. If you do one thing this week, please make
sure you sign the #FOREVERAGAINSTANIMALTESTING
petition and if you’re near a Body Shop, go in and have an explore!
Also thank
you to the wonderful ladies at The Body Shop in Queensgate for having me- you
were the best – especially for taking all my posey photos ;-).
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