Yes, that's right! 80 days until I complete my journey!
This last trimester I am studying Makeup Fundamentals, Photographic Makeup and Advanced Beauty (which is acne facials and body electrical treatments).
It seems like it should be a fairly easy trimester, and the classes I have had so far have been pretty straight forward. I'm hoping that I will be good at makeup as I haven't found a subject yet that I am absolutely ecstatic about.
When I got back to college this year, they had removed the skin care range A.S.A.P (which is what I personally use and recommend) and changed to another awesome range called OrganicSpa which is an Australian owned, totally natural and certified organic, vegan and cruelty free (and never sold in evil China!)...how good is that!? Though the products are natural, they still make claim to be very active on the skin. I'm yet to experience them more and have only had one facial so far myself with the products, but they seem fairly decent and have something for everyone. I am of course sad to see the A.S.A.P range leave the college after just having rereleased their products as paraben free and will continue to use them, but I do plan to try OrganicSpa sometime in the future.
As my time at the College of Natural Beauty draws to an end, I am pondering on my experience there and have a few things to say about them...
As a college who claims to be environmentally conscious, I am a little disappointed about the lack of recycling. The college does not recycle paper and seems to use quite a bit of it too.
Quite a lot of water is wasted with the washing up of utensils after a treatment and I feel that the college would be more water efficient in the long run if they just installed some dishwashers in the classrooms (and perhaps updated some furniture while they're at it, i.e. the rubbish bins).
If you have read my blog, you may well know that the number one thing I am very passionate about is defending animal rights and I have been largely disappointed about how much this natural college don't give (pardon me) shit about this issue. You would think that a college with their apparent morals would be run by people who are passionate about the issue of animal rights in the beauty industry. You would think it would be a requirement of their staff to share the morals of the college they are teaching at.
They have such an amazing platform also to educate 100s of new beauty therapists about animal ethics in beauty. It would be an amazing addition to the curriculum to add at least one powerpoint early in the course to educate about animal testing, animal products in cosmetics and tools etc. Up until this year the college had actually been providing a makeup brush roll kit that contained animal hair brushes...can you believe that!? It makes me wonder if they even know anything about where that hair comes from. When I mentioned it in makeup class the other day, my teacher said that most often the animals are groomed for their hair...well I know much much better that animal hair brushes are just byproducts of the barbaric and inhumane FUR and MEAT industries. Industries where animals are factory produced, live in terror and caged, not afforded any basic rights or even a quick and painless death. Why should any creature that feels pain, fear and is capable of feeling joy be subjected to suffering at the hands of humans and for human gain?
Being cruelty free is so easy guys. There is literally no excuse. You have online shopping at your fingertips, smartphones to research products while shopping and the capacity to feel compassion. Get on the bandwagon!
