True Blood Cosmetics on HSN

Thursday August 9th Deborah Lippmann is launching a True Blood inspired line of cosmetics at 8pm on HSN. I love True Blood and I love a good tie-in product, I spent most of the summer in Ulta staring  longingly at NYX's Dark Shadows palette and China Glaze's Hunger Games polishes. I am interested in the polish collection, and will definitely watch the presentation but don't know if I will make a purchase. Deborah Lippmann's other polishes cost about $16 a bottle which is a little steep for my drugstore tastes. Here's a peek at the collection:

Whether you are going to buy or not you should have a look at these hysterical trailers HSN has put out to promote the line. I'll put up links because for whatever reason the videos won't let me embed them. 

Scratch and Bite

Embrace

Are you a True Blood fan? Will you buy?

Urban Decay Decides NOT To Sell In China

Last week we talked about Urban Decay's decision to sell their cosmetics in China, a country that tests on animals. This week UD has released a statement re-confirming their dedication to being cruelty free, and announcing that they will not be selling in China. UD placed their ethics before their wallets, something that unfortunately doesn't happen that often. I'm thrilled, maybe if more cosmetics companies took a page from UD's book China would stop requiring animal testing.

What do you think? Leave a comment below.

Animal Testing Cosmetics in China

Urban Decay is going to be selling its cosmetics in China. The problem: China does animal testing. Urban Decay maintains that they will not do any animal testing in China or anywhere else, but they admit that the Chinese government may separately and independently test their products on animals before they can be sold there. PETA and other animals rights groups say pushing blame on the Chinese government isn’t good enough; the decision to sell in China has placed Urban Decay and other previously cruelty-free brands on a list of companies that are NOT animal friendly. In depth lists can be found online: http://www.mybeautybunny.com/list-non-cruelty-free-brands-selling-china/

I adore animals and do not condone animal testing. I just don’t believe animal testing is necessary anymore, technology has made it possible for us to test the safety of cosmetics without harming animals. China, however, is not the U.S. and this is a requirement for any cosmetics company that wants to sell there. China is a huge emerging market and companies that want to grow are courting the new consumers. So what is a company to do? They want to remain loyal to their ideals, but in order to thrive they also need to constantly expand and find new markets. China’s policies have placed many American cosmetics companies between a rock and a hard place. It is worth mentioning that Urban Decay, who are pioneers in cruelty-free cosmetics, has said that it will advocate alternative animal friendly testing in China. 

Will you be purchasing from any of the brands on the list? Give your opinion in the comments section below.