The Ethics of Beauty Dupes & Copycats | Rivet Rant

ABC News Sydney exposed an ugly side of the beauty industry that we bloggers (and influencers), have definitely contributed to in a way, but even if it's legally okay, is it ethical?

ID: An infographic of an edited image of beauty products superimposed on a dreamy watercolour background (full image further down with description) with a big red X on it and text next to it that reads "Nah, I'm done with this lot". There is handwritten text at the top that reads "#RivetRant" and bottom that reads “(at)rivetlicker”, a sparkly pastel pink/purple/blue border, and an illustration of Lara with an angry expression, holding her palm up in the bottom right corner.

Let's wake up the old school blog format with a good ol' #RivetRant!

LET'S TALK LUPUS || Because Lupus Sucks And Everyone Gets It Wrong || Rivet Licker

In July 2021, I posted a four part series about Lupus on my Instagram grid. Lupus is one of the conditions I have that affects my day-to-day living, and pretty much everything I do, right down to the most mundane tasks!

Image description: Collage on a white background. An askew Polaroid frame with a Bitmoji of Lara sitting on a red couch, gesturing for the reader to sit down with dark blue text above that reads "We need to talk. This is serious.". At the bottom of the frame is black text that reads “let’s talk lupus in detail” in all caps. In the corners of the frame are clip arts; clockwise from top left; an illustration of a medical doctor who is a woman with long black hair and brown skin, wearing a lab coat and stethoscope; a purple butterfly; an illustration of a character crying in pain and resembling Lara, wearing all black and has pink hair, pale skin, and red shadows to represent rashes around the cheeks, neck & arms; a purple lupus awareness ribbon.

This blog post is a collation of those four posts (copypasta), edited for the blog, with added extras I couldn't fit in Instagram captions!

TW: Medical Talk, Disability, Mental Health, Menstruation, Pets with Lupus, Medical Transphobia, etc

I DID AN AT-HOME LASH LIFT || Curled Lashes Eyelash Lifting & Eyebrow Lamination Kit || #RivetReview

A lash lift, or lash perming, can have some dramatic results, including making your eyes look bigger, your lashes look longer and fuller, and just overall make you look like you have lashes if they're dead straight. Eyebrow lamination, performed with the same products, can also save you grooming your brows by having them sit the way that you'd like without the use of brow gels.

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These have become very popular beauty services that are available in salon, but can you achieve the same results with a kit available to anybody? Let's find out!