AmyChloeMakeup

Heyy this blog is gonna mostly be about makeup and my opinion on different areas of the beauty industry.

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Negativity surrounding makeup...

People wear makeup for all different reasons, I personally love the creativity side of makeup, I love using bright colours like purples and greens ect.

People wear makeup as way to gain confidence and make themselves happier in their skin which is totally ok. I also wear makeup for this reason I love when I walk past a mirror and I see my highlight looking nice as it makes me feel confident and happy.

The one reason I don't wear makeup for is other people, I don't wear makeup or not wear makeup because I'm hanging out with certain people even if they think it makes me look "fake" and "caked faced". But I think if you wanna cake your face go for it, if you love a nice natural look go for it, a matte look? Go for it who cares what other people think? Everyone ! Well when u say everyone I don't mean that everyone is currently constantly worried about what others think but yes everyone does experience times of insecurity, it's natural we're human it's going to happen. Should we let this determine when we're happy or what we should wear? No absolutely not, what we need to do though is accept that yes it does happen and we are going to feel like this sometimes and embrace it think of things that make you feel better about yourself should it be "heavy" highlight then put some extra on to make yourself happy.

It's so hard to keep your confidence up when everytime you go on social media there's all these posts if these "perfect" girls with their "perfect" hair and their "perfect" makeup. But the reality is is that most of those "perfect" photos are photoshopped or face tuned. That's just the way of social media. The amount of girls and boys who suffer from a mental illness because of the effect that seeing these images on social media has on them.

Another negativity surrounding makeup is gender barriers. Which apparently even in 2019 is still a thing! It's unbelievable the amount of times I've heard people come off with "he's a guy that's disgusting he wears makeup" or "ew why would u do that" I've also even heard people say "what's wrong with you" umm HELLO just so everyone knows everyone you see on TV from the; news presenter; to a big scary biker they all are wearing makeup of some form. I've heard people tell me when I mention this that "they have to wear it" sorry but no they don't. They wear it because it makes them more confident in their body while under all the lights and cameras. "Oh but that's in TV it's different" How? What's the difference between a guy who likes to fill his eyebrows in that goes to school or a mediocre job and a guy in a movie/TV show (no matter how famous) ?

So what's Ur opinion? Let me know. Xo

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Wet N'Wild Test On Animals...?

Wet N'Wild have always claimed to be cruelty free, it was basically part of their trade mark as a brand. But recently they're makeup have been found being sold in a drugstore in China!!

Although always claiming to be completely cruelty free and that they don't sell in China, the cruely free trade mark bunny they have on the back of their products actually means "cruelty free unless animal testing in required by law"

So although the packaging isn't lying the brand embassadors are by not enclosing this information when they are quite happy to go by completely cruelty free.

I personally think they really should have enclosed this information as I've been buying Wet N'Wild thinking that they are completely cruelty free. If it wasn't for '@crueltyfreekitty on Instagram I probably wouldn't have started to research into Wet N'Wild and probably wouldn't know the difference between the bunny trade marks.

So...what do you think? Did you know different bunnies mean different things? Did you know that Wet N'Wild sold in China ? And do you still use them? Also do you want me to make a blog going into further detail about the different bunny trade marks?🖤🖤🖤

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Extreme protests against animals used for makeup testing...

As much as I'm for cruelty free products and speaking out about animal testing to raise awareness these acts of protest can be a bit far in my opinion.

Peaceful protests are brilliant it informs propel about where the luxury items are coming from and how they're tested but when do the peaceful protests become to much ? When do they stop being peaceful and cause distress to the public ?

One of these extreme protests happen in November 2018 when a group of vegans stormed in to a steak house and played recordings of cows in a slaughter house to show the diners. There was about 20 of them in the group. They chanted "it's not food, it's violence" they also held plate cards showing images of animals being slaughtered. The protesters were from a group called "direct action everywhere" one activist gave a speech "no good person could look into the eyes of an animal and think that a meal was more important than their suffering"

Ok, so although it has been reported that there was no violence used this is still an extreme protest as it uses videos of real life slaughter houses to shock people into veganism.

This is just an example of the protests that happen there is many more incidents than this. All information about the steak house incident has been found on Google.

I've actually seen this type of protest first hand. I was in the main city of where I live, in the city centre when a group of masked people came and stood together to form a square. A few of these people had large TV/tablet sorta things which began to play live videos from slaughter houses. No shocker this shocked me so much that although I've already seen these sorta things due to research that I still needed to walk away.

Protests are great to inform people but when protesters are showing live videos of slaughter houses or animal abuse to the public without their consent it's too far.

The amount of these protests that happen in the middle of the day when the city will be the most busy is shocking. I will say it time and time again like yes voice your opinion it is necessary and it will be heard but not like this. When I stood back from the videos I took a look around and realised the amount of children who were walking about with their parents or the amount of elderly people going for lunch together and they got stopped to watch these heart breaking videos, which no one should have to watch if they want too.

I do want to make it clear though that I'm not vegan or vegetarian. I do try to eat as little Keat as possible and will become vegetarian in the future but right now as I still live with my parents I ear what they put on the table.

So what do you think? Is this too far? How would you feel if you seen these videos why doing some shopping? Tell me below.🖤🖤

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New Makeup brand

Probably everyone has seen that lady Gaga is realising a makeup line that is already up for pre order. If you haven't, well lady Gaga is realising a makeup brand with Haus Labatories which will be sold on Amazon from what I know as well as its own website.

But I've seen people give off about the fact that it's only pre order at the minute but will ship in September which in my own opinion is a long time to wait for pre order but each to their own.

I love lady Gaga and can't wait to try her makeup brand it looks so sleek and professional while the colour choses are limited they seem to be wearable colours while also staying true to Gaga's wacky side. The brand is also vegan and cruelty free which at this point ya know is a win in my opinion.

The products are definitely not drug store and are a bit in the pricier side ranging from $26-$49 which is about £27-£39.50 which gives me the impression that they are more of a high end brand, not drugstore but not designer brand prices either.

As the products haven't been tested online with reviews yet I can't say whether they are worth the money or not, so I'll give an updated review when they are officially released but until then tell me what you think in the comments. Do you think the pre order time is too long? Will it be worth the wait? What about the price? Should they be cheaper/dearer? Or should the prices stay this way? What are your opinions about the packaging and the colour range? Xx

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Favourite Brands

The brands that I use are all cruelty free because I personally don't like the idea that animals get hurt just for me to have luxury items.

My favourite brands are:

-Makeup Reveloution*

-Jeffree Star Cosmetics**

-Bperfect Cosmetics**

-NYX**

-Eyelure**

-Primark Beauty

-B by Superdrug**

-Elf**

These brands are all cruelty free and the ones with a star next to them have a selection of vegan products and the ones with 2 stars are vegan.

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Not my scheduled update but this is the type of looks that I post on my Instagram (amy_chloemakeup)

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Heyyy:)

Hey, I'm Amy. I lovvveee makeup and I'm very opinionated so i thought I'd use Tumblr as a sort of blog to voice my opions on various subjects revolving around the beauty community such as the drama in the beauty community, brands I suport and brands I don't (of course with reason). I would love to turn my passion for makeup into a career in the future, i practice makeup looks non stop on myself and my sisters. I post a lot of these looks on my instagram @amy_chloemakeup so give es a follow to see them. I'd really appreciate it. xxx Non of my looks are facetuned or photoshopped the most editing that has ever been done to any of my posts is snapchat filters, but i think the dog ears or bear filters are pretty easy to realise. I want to stay completely transparent with everyone that comes across/reads my blog so if this changes in the future (which it shouldn't as I personaly like everyone to see the full copstity of my improvement) i will let u know. xxx I'm aiming to post every friday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, as well as any other time or day that i wanna voice my concern or opinion on a topic. xxx Any questions or comments leave them in the comments or PM me or follow my instagram and PM me there xxx