While they claim to have “a deep respect for animal welfare”, it seems to be part of careful wording to distract from the fact that they are not cruelty-free. As with Giorgio Armani, Yves Saint Laurent is also owned Estee Lauder NIGHT REPAIR by L’Oreal, and adheres to L’Oreal’s animal testing policy. As YSL products are sold in mainland China, they unfortunately are not cruelty-free. To be honest, I wasn’t sure about the shade before I put it on.
The price of these cosmetics makes them available to a very specific clientele. This lip color is sheer, glossy, emollient, lightweight, and easy to layer. Your lips will thank you and everyone will compliment you on that amazing lipstick. I’m not typically one for dark lip colors, so when I opened the Clinique Black Honey, I was doubtful it would work for me—but it glides on in a much more subtle tone than I’d expected.
They are not listed in PETA list of the companies that don’t test on animals. I can, however, blame China, and consider their policies as disgusting. People that live there should be the ones to take care of this big moral problem that they’ve created. Or chose to order them online from other countries. It’s taken some research and creativity to stay cruelty-free when so many of my formerly favorite brands entered the Chinese market, but, as is obvious, I am not “deprived,” at all. I have a lot of La Mer customers that purchase La Mer and take it to China to sell there.
Has affiliate relationships, so we may get a small share of the revenue from your purchases. Also available in a pink honey, this lipstick uses a mix of red, blue and yellow pigments to help produce a flattering and unexpected berry shade. It’s smooth like a balm, but gives your lips a smooth color tint. What many may not know is that Black Honey’s Lancome makeup history goesway back. And thanks to its current ‘Almost Lipstick’ formulation, that originally launched in 1989, the ‘your lips but better’ shade has gained worldwide traction once again. But a beauty company can’t completely ignore industry trends, whether that means a ubiquitous product like highlighter or the decline of IRL shopping.
They now have a huge presence in mainland China – more sales than their native France and Europe, yet they persist in falsely claiming to be free of animal testing. In fact they seem to be actively quite evasive and untruthful about the issue. Animals that are tested for cosmetics suffer terrible pain and misery because they are held in a lab in restraints that keep them suffering for months or more. We care about animals in China as well as everywhere else on the globe. No only do they have Stix, they have traditional cream lipsticks, matte lipsticks, and something called “blur lipstick” which I haven’t figured out yet.
Companies that are cruelty-free do not sell locally in China, or sell there online only, which doesn’t require any animal tests. Similarly to Avon, Mary Kay’s representatives are sometimes responsible for misinformation regarding Mary Kay’s animal testing policy. While they are very vocal about “not testing on animals”, they actually do test on animals where required by law. In the late 1989, they announced a moratorium on animal testing of its products. Sadly, in 2012 they started testing on animals again when they made the decision to join the Chinese market. Dior is owned by LVMH (Louis Vuitton / Moët Hennessy).
Free of the top common allergy causing ingredients , surfactants and harmful hormone-altering chemicals and ingredients. “We also saw significant sales increases across all channels, and heard from our retail partners that consumers were running into the stores and flocking to their sites to buy Black Honey,” Dawkins said. As for the Black Honey blowup, Dawkins said she and her team noticed the trend in July when they saw the hashtags were trending on social media. “It’s appealing for teenagers because it feels more grown-up, but it’s also appealing for people that are my age because it’s a little trendier than a regular bullet lipstick,” Aédo said.