I’ve actually seen people be more willing to take whatever they can get from people online and give nothing back in return except maybe a mention on a blog or video, so while I wonder if these gift certificates will work out it’s not the worst thing I’ve ever seen. It’s probably to send this stuff onto the Vivi Ennui Fails tumblr.

I think the issue is more or less that some people (makeup artists included) don’t want to support a company owned by a person who is not truly invested in living a cruelty-free or animal-friendly lifestyle except when it’s convenient for marketing purposes, who regularly steals other artists work, produces racist campaigns and then acted in a completely unprofessional when she was called out on it, threatens legal action for people speaking out on their experiences with their company, has sent out products containing hair and other debris etc. 

It’s not my place to say what your ethics should be, but I do think some may see using products from a company with such questionable ethics would be seen as endorsement of their actions as well. 

Thank you, this is such a nice message to get! It would be cool if an artist like you set up a coalition of ethical makeup artists!

It looks pink to me, but I’ve been gone for the past few days so they might have been playing around with it to look more like the Babette color.