11 Beauty Brands Supprting Breast Cancer Awareness Month

This month is Breast Cancer awareness month, something I alluded to in this post featuring Merci Handy and Coppafeel.  Breast Cancer is a disease which affects many of us in one way or another.  You might have had it, currently are receiving treatment from it, know someone with it or know of someone who didn't survive.  I have had 4 friends with it, one of them is still having treatment which looks hopeful and one has recently been told the disease has spread.

So to raise the profile of Breast Cancer Awareness Month this month a lot of beauty brands are lending their support and have given their products a makeover, many featuring the pink ribbon to support, raise funds for and raise awareness to a range of different charities. Here are just 11 of those brands and their products.

Jo Malone - Red Roses Cologne displays the Pink Ribbon and for every bottle sold, £20 will be donated to Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation. Priced at £88 here..

La Mer Crème de la Mer -La Mer has swapped the signature peach logo to pink for this limited edition mini pot in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness'. £19.50 from every pot sold will be donated In support of The Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign and it is available here for £65.

GHD - the ghd Air™ Hair Dryer in Pink Blush; a limited edition dryer that supports ‘Pink is Good’, the Umberto Veronesi foundation project that supports the scientific research on breast cancer.  Priced at £99 here

Bobbi Brown - This beautiful Pink Peony Blusher and a Mini Face Blender Brush with a pink handle, Bobbi Brown will donate £5 from every sale to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Priced at £35 here.

Elemis - The Hero Collection for Breast Cancer Care. It features Cellular Recovery Skin Bliss Capsules Pink Edition, Pro-Collagen Marine Cream Pink Edition, New Pro-Collagen Neck and Décolleté Balm Pink Edition, Frangipani Monoi Body Oil Pink Edition. Priced at £50 here.

Estee Lauder - Advanced Night Repair, which is an incredible product, has turned Pink in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness month and it also has a pink ribbon key chain too. With 20% of its proceeds going towards the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Priced at £72 here.

Origins - Drink Up Overnight Intensive Mask is one of the best hydrating overnight masks I have tried. In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness the tube has had a pink ribbon make over and £4 from every sale being donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Priced at £25 here.

Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturiser - A jumbo Sized Edition which comes with a Breast Cancer Awareness print and keychain. £2 from this purchase will be donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®. Priced at £38 here.

The Mama Mio Pregnancy Boob Tube Breast Cancer Awareness Edition is the same tried-and-tested, best-selling formulation, updated with limited edition packaging in support of the international Breast Cancer Awareness charity, Look Good Feel Better. Priced at £29.50 here. 

Bumble and Bumble - BB Thickening Spray for Breast Cancer Care. Bumble and Bumble will donate 20% to Breast Cancer Research Foundation from each limited edition Pink Ribbon Spray. Priced here at £23.

Aveda hand Relief - Aveda's hand relief is adorned with a pink ribbon and will donate £2 of each purchase to cruelty-free research through the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Priced at £22 here.

New just in from Tropic Skincare

The multi-award winning Firming Body Cream which is priced at £20 (here) for 250ml and will, throughout the whole of October be donating 10% from the proceeds to Breast Cancer Care.

Every year, 62,000 people in the UK are told they have breast cancer. The diagnosis not only changes their lives forever but also the lives of their family and friends. Breast Cancer Care understands the emotions, challenges and decisions people face every day. They know that everyone’s experience is different. That’s why they are there to offer support and information and campaign for better care.

Breast Cancer Care is the only specialist UK wide charity providing support to people with breast cancer. Their free services include support over the phone with a nurse or someone who’s been there, welcoming online forums, reliable information and local group support. They’ll help people to live life with breast cancer and beyond. From the moment someone notices something isn’t right, through their treatment and beyond, Breast Cancer Care will be there 691,000 people in the UK are currently living with a breast cancer diagnosis. Right now, Breast Cancer Care can’t reach everyone when they need them. With support, they can be here for more people, with care, support and information.

You can have course donate at any time to Breast Cancer Care via JustGiving too and that is my link. 

https://www.justgiving.com/4w350m3/donate/direct/campaign/5567491?&reference=influencer

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Not Another Bunch of Flowers

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I am sure most, if not all of us, will know someone or know of someone with it, has had it or has sadly passed away from what is a truly horrendous disease. I have known, in my lifetime, 4 people who have had it, two of them are still alive and they still fight it.

Not Another Bunch of Flowers is an online web shop set up by Anikka Burton to help friends and family of poorly people make thoughtful gift choices for their loved ones. Anikka herself was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011 aged 33, and has had the full works of chemotherapy, targeted therapy, radiotherapy, hormonal therapy and 5 operations to date. When she was first diagnosed, Anikka’s friends, family and colleagues sent so many bunches of flowers that she ran out of vases, jugs, pint glasses... until she was putting them in saucepans and anything else that would hold water! From here, Not Another Bunch Of Flowers was born.

The first thing we do as humans when someone is unwell is reach for the phone, internet or shop for some flowers.  Flowers, which are bright and beautiful instantly make people feel cheery and much better but, having friends with breast cancer, flowers are a lovely gesture, but sometimes there are other things that can also make the difference and this is why Not Another Bunch Of Flowers is such a great idea.

I know from experience that doing the simple things in life like the shopping, buying ice cubes and even doing the ironing or walking the dog were as much appreciated as the flowers but I also get that buying something other than flowers is sometimes a bit of an alien thought process. So buying an alternative present can be a difficult choice and this is where  Not Another Bunch Of Flowers helps shoppers pick out the right practical gifts for those going through chemo, such as eye masks, button front pyjamas, beanies, and all sorts of bits and bobs you would never have thought of if you hadn’t been through it yourself.

Not Another Bunch of Flowers is generally known for supplying gifts for cancer patients – due to Anikka’s personal story and the resulting PR. However,  Not Another Bunch Of Flowers  also sells general get well gifts, hospital gifts and gifts for mums-to-be and new mums.

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