Changing Plain Jane

Este blog é sobre beleza, vida saudável e lifestyle. Tenho um interesse especial em beleza sem químicos nocivos.

This blog is about beauty, healthy life and lifestyles. I have a special interest in Green Beauty.

terça-feira, 30 de junho de 2015

Vegan Mascara Guide

by Tashina Combs 


There are so many brands out there that are cruelty free with vegan options but do not offer a vegan
mascara. 
There are lots of amazing vegan mascaras available. It just takes a little digging to find out what options
are available and then you can find the best vegan mascara for you!
That’s why I decided to create the Vegan Mascara Guide. This guide includes brands that offer cruelty
 free and vegan mascaras of all kinds. Some brands may have waterproof options, different colors, etc. 
All of the brands listed offer mascara that is completely free of animal ingredients.
Continue reading to see the options available in the Vegan Mascara Guide!
The following brands are all cruelty free and have vegan mascara options. Some of these brands also
offer mascaras that are not vegan, so be sure to read ingredients before purchasing. Brands that are
100% vegan are noted. 
The links included are to their vegan options. Please keep in mind that while Logical Harmony will do
our best to  keep the list up to date, from time to time brands do change formulas or add new products.
This means that there is no animal testing anywhere in their supply chain, during production, or on the
finished products. It also means that they make foundations that are free of animal ingredients.
The brands included on this list do not have a parent company who tests on animals. None of the money
used to purchase mascaras from these brands will go to fund any animal testing in any way.
  • Beauty Without Cruelty (100% vegan) – All mascaras!
  • E.L.F. – All mascaras!
  • Emani (100% vegan) – Organic Soy Mascara
  • Gabriel Cosmetics – Gabriel Mascara
  • Glam Natural (100% vegan) – GlamNatural Mascara
  • Gourmet Body Treats (100% vegan) – GBT Luxe Mascara
  • Honeybee Gardens – Truly Natural Mascara
  • Jane Iredale – PureLash Mascara in Black Onyx, PureLash Mascara in Agate Brown
  • Lily Lolo – Lily Lolo Mascara
  • Milani – Grandissimo Lashes
  • Pacifica (100% Vegan) – Aquarian Gaze Mascara, Stellar Gaze Mascara
  • Red Apple Lipstick – The Last Project Mascara
  • Silk Naturals – 100% Natural Mascara
  • The All Natural Face (100% vegan) – All mascaras!
  • Too Faced – Better Than Sex Mascara
  • Wet’n’Wild – MaxVolume Plus Mascara, MegaVolume Mascara
  • ZuZu Luxe – ZuZu Luxe Mascara
Curious what my favorite mascaras are? Watch The Best Cruelty Free & Vegan Mascara video!
If you have a favorite vegan mascara that is missing from this list, please leave a comment and let me
 know! 
Curious about the cruelty free status of a brand? Check out the Cruelty Free & Vegan Brand list!




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segunda-feira, 29 de junho de 2015

3 Quick Ways To Stop Wasting Your Precious Dating Time

Stephen Hussey

I say “precious dating time”.

But all time is precious really.

That’s why my current obsession is with the art of reduction. Cutting the fat. Losing the unnecessary (I had another sentence after this one but it added nothing so now it’s gone).

One great illusion in dating is somehow the idea that more is better. It’s the reassurance that if you’re going on lots of dates, something like progress must be happening.

I’ve found the opposite to be true.

When you cram your schedule with so many dates you have to keep personal cheat notes to identify who you met and where (“Bob from marketing”, “James from the gourmet cheese tasting”, “Clarence from the World of Warcraft convention”), things very quickly become empty and too much like an obligation.

Dating becomes a monster you have to feed with more and more endless (and pointless) events – some other bar or mindless activity to meet new people, some boring conversation with some guy or girl you already know is not your type.

Here are three quick rules I now have to make this whole process a lot more fun, and a lot less time-draining:

1. Meet guys in places you enjoy

Cut out activities you don’t enjoy.

Get off the singles treadmill of going to places you can’t stand (where you’ll meet people you can’t stand) simply because you think you have to.

I’m all for being “out there” and meeting people (most days at least), but that doesn’t mean you ought to spend your precious free time trudging around bars and crappy singles events just because that’s what you heard people do when they’re trying to sniff out a partner.

When it comes to actually going on a date my personal rule is to only do something you would want to do anyway.

It becomes a quick way of knowing if you have a connection with the other person. For example, if you absolutely have to go running and exercise at the weekends but the guy thinks you’re insane for leaving the house on a Saturday, you already know this doesn’t have much of a chance anyway.

The person you’re going to be truly happy with is the person who’s going to enjoy doing normal stuff: taking a walk, eating ice cream, looking at dumb videos on your laptop, wandering around a park or museum and just chatting.

The more regular pleasurable activities you incorporate into your dating life, the more effectively you’ll be using your time.

2. Stop going on dates before you’ve established a connection with the guy

Cut out guys with whom you feel no connection.

Whether you meet him online or at a friend’s birthday, try to build some connection and find out if you have rapport before actually spending precious hours hanging out in his company.

It sounds stingy, but there’s nothing worse than showing up to the date and finding out in 5 minutes that you have barely any chemistry.

At the very least, know if you are (a) physically interested, and (b) enjoy his conversation before you choose to give up perfectly good Netflix hours on Saturday night.

3. Stop investing too much time in a first date

Cut the time you invest on a first date.

People park aside way too much time for people they barely know. Dating should be a process of investing a little, making an effort, but still letting the guy earn a place in your schedule.

If you both already happen to feel irresistible chemistry and want nothing more than sit on a couch in an over-priced cocktail bar talking for 4 hours without knowing where the time went: good for you.

For everyone else: start the date by keeping it small.

Book aside an hour and see how things go. You can always move on to another venue spontaneously if you’re both having the time of your lives.

As for the long, interminable, clichéd dinner-dates…save that until you’re bored and married. You’re single for god’s sake.


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Stephen Hussey helped co-write the Get The Guy book and is a wealth of knowledge on dating and relationships.

- See more at: http://www.gettheguy.co.uk/blog/3-quick-ways-to-stop-wasting-precious-dating-time/#sthash.dKIzMfjY.dpuf

sábado, 27 de junho de 2015

Love Lula Beauty Box - May 2015

A LoveLula Box mensal do UK é uma excelente oportunidade de experimentar as diferentes marcas e produtos de beleza naturais/orgânicos/vegan.., que estão disponíveis no site LoveLula .
Esta é a 3º box e última da minha subscrição de 3 meses, se tiverem interessados podem ver esta opção neste link.

A caixa Love Luva vem neste mês de Maio com 3 produtos "Full size" e 2 produtos em tamanho pequeno.

A Lista de produtos são:

REN V-Cense Youth Vitality Cream 15ml
Salcura Skin Repair Moisturiser 50ml
John Masters Organics Orange & Ginseng Exfoliating Body Bar
TEATOX Skinny Detox Loose Leaf Tea
Figs & Rouge Rambling Rose Balm




 Ren V-Cense Youth Vitality Day Cream
Este creme é tem uma formula para "banir o ar cinza urbano". Adoro isso! Ele também combate os sinais de fadiga e reduz linhas finas e as rugas. Certo para mim! Eu experimentei e achei-o muito leve na minha pele. Deu a minha pele uma luminosidade saudável e jovem.

Salcura Skin Repair Moisturiser – 50ml, £9.99
O hidratante é absorvido rapidamente e é rico em minerais de silicato para acalmar e reparar a pele seca, inflamada e irritada. Salcura Zeoderm é adequado para aqueles que podem estar propensos a eczema, psoríase, dermatite e pele seca e prurido. Eu pensei que como tenho tendência a ter a pele sensível, reactiva e desidratada, que este creme me desse a hidratação necessária nestas alturas. Mas não, deixou minha pele muito oleosa, com borbulhas. Uso-o no corpo.

John Masters Organics Orange & Ginseng Exfoliating Body Bar, £7

Eu adorei John Masters Organic Birch and Cedarwood Cleansing and Shaving Bar do Lula Love Box de Março de 2015. E agora tem esta barra esfoliante, ótimo! Este refrescante e rejuvenescimento sabonete esfolia suavemente e cria uma espuma revigorante deixando a pele limpa, macia e suave. Bem, não decepcionou de todo! Adorei a fragrância cítrica. Estou me a tornar uma fã dos John Masters Organics Body Bars. Definitivamente vou readquirir.

Teatox Skinny Detox
Estou sempre interessada em experimentar novos tipos de chás. Este chá utiliza o poder natural de ingredientes seleccionados orgânicos ("Lemongrass", ervas dente de leão, erva-mate, bagas de goji, chá verde Sencha, raiz de gengibre, folhas de bétula, folhas de urtiga, "ervas goldenrod" & ervas cavalinha) cheios de ervas de detox e propriedades desintoxicantes. Gostei do sabor, senti -me bem.

Figs & Rouge Rambling Rose Balm, £5
A embalagem é muito bonita. Neste bálsamo multi-propósito é criado com óleos de rosa mosqueta e  de gerânio rosa para hidratação intensa nos lábios, corpo e rosto. O cheiro de rosa é delicioso.

Adorei a experiência de receber durante 3 meses estas surpresas, espero repetir brevemente.

Já conheciam esta box ou alguns dos produtos?
xoxo

Translation 

The LoveLula Box monthly UK is an excellent opportunity to try different brands and natural beauty products / organic / vegan .. that are available on LoveLula site.
This is the 3rd and final box of my subscription of three months, if they are interested can see this option in this link for the outside UK or this one for UK residents.

The Love Lula Beauty Box of May 2015 comes with 3 products "Full size" and 2products in small size.


The List of products are:


REN V-Cense Youth Vitality Cream 15ml
Salcura Skin Repair Moisturiser 50ml
John Masters Organics Orange & Ginseng Exfoliating Body Bar
TEATOX Skinny Detox Loose Leaf Tea
Figs & Rouge Rambling Rose Balm



Ren V-Cense Youth Vitality Day Cream

This travel size cream is formulated to banish urban grey. Love that! It also combats signs of fatigue and reduces fine lines and wrinkles. Right for me! I tried and felt very light on my skin. Gave me a healthy and youthful luminosity.

Salcura Skin Repair Moisturiser – 50ml, £9.99

The moisturiser is absorbed quickly and is rich in silicate minerals to soothe and repair dry, inflamed and irritated skin. Salcura Zeoderm is suitable for those who may be prone to eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis and dry and itchy skin. I thought as I tend to have sensitive, reactive and dehydrated skin time to time, that this cream would give me the hydration needed. But no, left my skin very oily with spots. I only use it on my body.


John Masters Organics Orange & Ginseng Exfoliating Body Bar, £7

I loved John Masters Organic Birch and Cedarwood Cleansing and Shaving Bar from the Lovelula Box from march 2015. And now got the exfoliating body bar, great! This refreshing and rejuvenating Body Bar gently exfoliates and creates na invigorating lather leaving skin clear, soft and smooth. Well, did not disappoint! Loved the citrus fragrance. I become a John Masters Organics Body Bars. I will definitely repurchase.

Teatox Skinny Detox

I’m always interested in trying new types of teas. This treatment tea uses the natural power of selected organic ingredients (Lemongrass, dandelion herbs, yerba mate, goji berries, sencha green tea, ginger root, birch leaves, nettle leaves, goldenrod herbs & horsetail herbs) full of cleansing herbs and detoxifying properties. I liked, tasted very well. Felt detox!

Figs & Rouge Rambling Rose Balm, £5

The packaging is very pretty. This multi-purpose balm is created with rosehip and rose geranium oils for intense moisturisation on lips, body and face. The scent of rose is delicious.


Loved the experience of receiving these surprises for 3 months, I hope to repeat soon.


Already knew this box or some of the products?
xoxo

Essie Clamblake - a creamy red-orange.


Escolhi para este verão este verniz da Essie na cor Clamblake. O que acham desta cor, linda não é?

xoxo
LN

☀ Healthy Summer Desserts ☀ Popsicles

How to: Perfect Winged Eyeliner! (New Technique!)


A técnica consiste em fazer primeiro uns pontinhos, que depois servem de guia para executar o delineado. Parece facilitar bastante.

terça-feira, 23 de junho de 2015

The Best Cruelty Free Contour Palettes! - Logical Harmony




With so many contour palettes and contour kits available, it can be hard to know which will work for you. An even bigger question – which arecruelty free and vegan? I have tried nearly every cruelty free and vegan option out there. In this video, I share what I think are the best vegan and cruelty free contour palette options for beginners, everyday use, and makeup junkies.

Products mentioned in this video are:

The Best Cruelty Free Contour Palettes
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