Hey guys, welcome back and hello to you new people too.
I'm Courtney, this is Phaedra, if you can see her sleeping in the bed.
So, today I want to talk to you about some of the drama that's been going on.
First off, NARS Cosmetics.
NARS decided that they were gonna sell in China.
I think this is a huge mistake on their part.
I'm extremely disappointed in them, like disappointed and disgusted because for years, they always
said they would not test on animals at all but I believe they're doing it because they
think that they're going to make a bunch of money in the Chinese market.
For those of you who don't know, China still requires mandatory animal testing.
Hong Kong is exempt from this testing.
Any brand that decides to sell in mainland China and have a physical storefront, their
products are going to be tested on animals.
It's just how it is.
Now, MAC made the same decision, in 2012, to go into China and basically, NARS gave
almost word for word the same sort of bullshit decision of, "We're gonna change it from within.
We're gonna change China's testing policy from within by being a beauty brand that sells
in China."
It's utter bullshit.
It's ridiculous.
I can't believe they would even try to claim that.
I haven't seen MAC do a single thing to try to eliminate animal testing other than, they
pay all this lip service but they don't have any receipts to back it up.
I'm fully expecting that, that's going to be the same thing with NARS.
I'm really disappointed that this happened.
I have a list on my blog of a bunch of cruelty free alternatives to NARS.
I know a lot of people are really concerned about foundation because NARS is such a great
foundation line for people of color.
The two foundation lines that I recommend you look at are Cover FX, because they're
cruelty free and vegan and they have over 40 global shades of beauty.
How they market their brand is basically they're all about foundations and covering all the
different shades of beauty that exist.
They're a great foundation brand to look at.
They have four or five different formulas so they have a liquid foundation, they have
a cream foundation, they have a powder foundation, they have a BB gel and they also have their
customer cover drop things or whatever.
They've got a lot of different options available.
I also think that you should look at the Ordinary foundation line because I personally, love
the Ordinary Serum Foundation and it comes in, I think 21 different colors.
I think it's an excellent line to look at and you can't beat it for the price point.
It's like a $7 foundation.
Just in case you haven't seen it, I'll put a link up to my review on the Ordinary Serum
Foundation 'cause I did a wear test.
It's amazing.
All right, so that's my feelings on NARS.
Next would be all of the drama with Jeffree Star.
So, as you know, I have purchased Jeffree Star products in the past and I love them.
I thought that they were great.
However, I do not like the things that he has said and done.
I feel like Jeffree has had a pattern of behavior, of behaving badly, of saying things that are
hurtful.
I know that he has made an apology in the past and he made a video apology recently
but I kind of feel like those two apologies may not be enough for the people that he's
hurt.
I kind of feel like he keeps doing things as recently as a week or two ago to hurt people
but then he makes his apology but then he goes back to that same behavior.
In many ways I feel that actions do speak louder than words so if he's going to continue
to do and say things that are really hurtful and harmful then I don't really think that
he's sorry.
I think it's a pattern of behavior and it's a bad pattern.
I really and completely understand why people are upset.
In my opinion, it's not up to me to tell somebody that they need to forgive him or anything
like that, just my perspective.
On that note, I wanted to rant a little bit about how Sephora and Kat Von D are doing
these limited releases that are then coming out later.
It is so obnoxious.
It's obnoxious to me to have to wait up til 3 AM Eastern or Midnight Pacific to buy an
item online that's gonna be sold out if I don't get it within an hour, maybe a little
bit longer, it depends on the item.
I keep seeing all of these releases happen with Sephora, Kat Von D, where they do this
limited release and then you can, later on, either some of the things, like the lipstick,
later on you can buy online and in stores but the eyeshadow, you had to go in the store
because it was never gonna be released again online and I find that really annoying.
I feel like they're trying to create this artificial frenzy and demand and it's almost
like limited edition items all over again even though, like this was limited edition
but the lipsticks aren't Limited Edition.
I don't know, I just find it frustrating.
I don't think it benefits the consumer at all.
I think it just benefits the brand and it's very frustrating and I know I'm not alone
in this.
I know plenty of other people who really hate the pressure to buy limited edition items
because then you rush out and buy something and you may not actually love it or may not
even really use it and once you get it you're like, "Oh, I'm really not excited by this."
Anyway, enough of me ranting.
I did want to let you know that I was at BlogHer convention in Orlando last weekend and it
was awesome, I had a great time.
In a couple weeks I'm gonna be in Las Vegas for CosmoProf I'm really looking forward to
that.
I'm going to try to get videos scheduled for you for when I'm gone so that you have something
to watch and poor Phaedra is going to be very mopey because I'm gonna be gone.
Anyway, thanks for letting me rant at you.
How are you guys doing?
Please be sure to let me know in the comments below.
If you liked this video and found it entertaining, please give it a thumbs up and share.
Thanks so much for watching.
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Ankerberg: Yeah.
And, Ed, one more, and that is the post-tribulation view, that basically the rapture is going
to happen.
Again we've got it in the Bible, it's got to happen somewhere, okay?
But they say you go all the way through the tribulation and you get right to the end,
and just before you get there, or right at the end, something happens.
Tell us what it is.
Hindson: Yeah, in that view, the rapture takes place post, after, the time of tribulation.
So they view a time of tribulation coming, usually as seven years; they view a rapture
coming; but they put the rapture at the end of the time of tribulation.
Often saying things like, "Well, the Church has always suffered persecution, why would
we expect to miss persecution at the time of these judgments?"
etc.
But there's a huge difference between persecution and the divine wrath of God.
The wrath of God is poured out in the book of Revelation, and what you're really saying
is that the bride of Christ is going to suffer the wrath of Christ who opens the seals?
The wrath of God who pours out the bowl judgments?
And yet somehow the bride is going to survive until the very end.
It's like beat up the bride and get her ready for eternity.
To me that's like Protestant purgatory.
I think it's clear Jesus took the wrath for us on the cross.
When He died in our place, the punishment against our sin was upon Him on the cross.
We deserve the wrath, but we won't receive the wrath because Jesus took the wrath of
God for us.
Rhodes: You know, right in keeping with that, Ed, is 1 Thessalonians 4:18 which talks about
"therefore encourage each other with these words."
The post-trib view just doesn't fit with that.
The Church is going to go through the tribulation through the seal judgments and the trumpet
judgments and the bowl judgments, and through Armageddon, "therefore encourage each other
with these words"?
Ankerberg: Yeah, I mean, I think with all these views, you know, you get to the mid-point
of the tribulation, some scholars have calculated that you've got a billion people that have
died through the calamities.
So peace and safety is not there at that spot.
And we're going to talk about other verses in the Bible that actually talk about this
and say Jesus is going to keep us from all of that.
He's going to rescue us from all of that.
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- If you're part of any kind of movement
there's purists and a pragmatist.
Entrepreneurs by nature are pragmatists, you know.
We got to satisfy the market.
If I just wanted to force my eating views
on everybody else I'd go out of business,
so you have to sell what ultimately what people want to buy.
You can't have your own belief system
interfere with that too much
or you're not going to succeed in business,
so you have to serve your customers,
you just can't foist your own belief system
on other people, that's just crazy.
But the thing about it is
purists judge you for heresy.
In any kind of movement
people that don't tow the orthodox line
are seen as heretics.
So, in a lot of ways I'm very hated in the vegan community
because I'm seen as a heretic.
You know, you know, John Mackey,
and yet you still sell animals.
That's intolerable for them, intolerable
and it's like I don't want to sell animals,
stop buying them.
It's not my fault you people are eating meat.
I'm not eating them.
However, the market wants to eat animal foods.
We're going to sell animal food.
We're just going to do it as humanely
and as consciously as we can do it.
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