As always one of my personal highlights in the Paris fashion week schedule is the big Chanel showcase at Grand Palais, Lagerfeld has gone for some interesting themes in the past few years, some fabulous (AW14’s Chanel Supermarket and AW08 winter wonderland carousel), some questionable (last year’s SS15 collection and feminist march, though he probably did this with the best intentions).
As you guys know I’ve pledged to start investing in the cruelty free beauty mindset and now that I’m starting to finish up a lot of my non-cruelty free make up and beauty stash I can finally start properly supporting the great companies who carry the cruelty free banner.
Now that I’m starting to research brands and products both through just Googling and by reading blog reviews, a common theme that seems to come up in the arguments about the struggle to keep up with cruelty free is that many products are insanely expensive. Whilst that is the case for some – and very often it’s a case of you get what you pay for because these products are a m a z i n g – there are still a load of brands who don’t animal test and are totally affordable.
As it’s ‘Be Cruelty Free Week‘ and as part of the little #blogforbunnies campaign I thought I’d share my own personal top 5 cruelty brands (from the UK high street) that won’t break the bank.
A mini travel post even though I didn’t have to travel that far for this one! With it being the first proper day of sunshine here I decided to heat out of the house and wander down to Oxford Town Hall for Lou Lou’s Vintage Fair. The fair was one of the first of many events I’d pre-researched before moving up – I was keen to know what was happening for for local bloggers to write about! – and is touted as one of the best in the UK.
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