The slightly weird edition: Drunk Elephant rumours, an orgasm candle, vegan beauty products that are anything but, and how Downton Abbey conned you and me (paraphrased). The beauty news and posts in July are definitely something else!
Beauty News
FentySkin will release its initial three products on Friday!!! (Here’s Michelle’s – from Labmuffin – review!)
Clarisonic went under. Every other beauty blogger/vlogger advised people to stock up on brush heads, but who IS actually using a Clarisonic anymore?! (Refinery29)
Sephora Germany introduced a rewards points system. Yay and all that.
Drunk Elephant will supposedly launch at Douglas Germany in Fall.
Boots UK will now carry MAC products in their stores.
Beauty Stories
How a beauty editor from Sri Lanka was pressured into endorsing skin whitening products by Unilever. Horrifying and unacceptable. (Buzzfeednews)
A vegan beauty brand – but its products aren’t vegan. What now? (Beauty Independent)
How the pandemic was/is going for die-hard beauty lovers: buying more makeup? Buying less, but more skincare? A very interesting read. (DazedDigital)
Sustainability
Tracking her purchases made this editor a much more sustainability-conscious consumer. (Fashionista)
Inside the world of Uniqlo, which recently signed on some sustainability plans. (Economist)
Will humanity get used to chaos and disruption due to Covid-19, and consequently sleep on tackling climate change? This is a very scary thought. (Vox)
Life, love and everything else
To boost Europe’s economy, one think tank proposed a new network of ultra rapid train network connecting its capitals and making flying obsolete. YES PLEASE. (Lonely Planet)
In today’s wtf news: Goop releases a candle called This Smells Like My Orgasm. Soooooo – sweaty and slightly fishy with a hint of musk? (The Cut)
Because it’s the last days of pride month: alllllllll the queer rom-coms to binge. (Glamour)
And just because, Tracy of fanserviced-b shared her fave romance novels paired with her fave face masks. THAT’S a concept I’m totally behind!
How a kind of perceived British cozyness clouded the real country. If you read only one post, make it this, it’s excellent. (Longreads)
On the Blog
Ooooh, it’s a good one, let me tell you! First, have you heard of ‘maskne’? If you’re developing spots and inflammation under your protective face coverings, this post is for you. Astrid shared the contents of this year’s (online retailers) Amazingy’s Charity Box – so many amazing (pun intended) sustainable products to discover! She also took one for the team and put together a very extensive post of sunscreens for dark skintones THAT DON’T LEAVE A WHITE CAST. Yessssssssssss.
Also, the 101 on face cleansers (give that one some love, it’s a chonker and took me ages to write). Reviews: Fenty’s new cream blushes (dreamy!) and Paula’s Choice Calm Soothing Toner (less dreamy, more stinky). Also, why I honestly can’t endorse cushion foundations any more. And then there’re products I sloooooooowly came to love, although my initial reaction (and reviews here) was less than favourable.
