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| - With my old favourite makeup brands no longer cruelty free, I waltzed into Sephora about a week ago in attempts to replace some old favourites I have phased out. While I don't wear a ton of makeup everyday, I have always liked Sephora for its variety.
While the staff were for the most part friendly, I get the sense that most of them have more of a retail background than strictly cosmetics. For this reason, when I visited last week, I relied mostly on my iPhone to look up various brands, and double check ingredients found in my selections. What did I go home with?
-Some Urban Decay mineral foundation. This brand is incredible. There was a scare earlier this year regarding Urban Decay possibly selling their products in China, where animal testing is required by law (gag). However, after a huge response from their patrons and talks with animal rights organizations, they announced they refuse to sell their products until China until non-animal testing methods are accepted. I feel that turning down such a huge market to maintain their integrity deserves several high fives, and Sephora is the only place I can find this brand.
-Some full-bloom powder blush by Too Faced, as well as some TEDDY BEAR HAIR brushes. Yaaaay.
-A lip tint from OCC. Sephora has recently begun selling these amazing 100% cruelty free, vegan, gluten free lip stains. They are basically like a really concentrated lipstick that you apply with a brush. I fawned over these online for weeks until I found out Sephora had them in store. Right now this location only carries six, but way more shades are available online.
Sephora also carries the Pacifica line of cruelty-free fragrances which are awesome. I also like their Beauty Insider rewards program. While this store is nuts over the holidays, and I often end up answering my own questions with Google searches, I am happy it is here.
*Review 3/30 of Yelp's 30 Day Challenge 2012
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