DU make-up wearers! BOYCOTT estee lauder!

[slor]

Deep rethug ties, and the chimp is trying to put an unqualified family member on the Federal Reserve Board.

[sasha031]

1. thanks for letting us know

:)

[ronnykmarshall]

2. Ah SHIT!

Now what the hell am I gonna do with all them Estee gift packs?

[blm]

3. hmmm.... you always struck me as a MAC man

.

[slor]

9. Well, I guess you can use what you have...

but please do not buy anymore, ok?

[ronnykmarshall]

12. I'll donate it to an old drag queen's home.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. Who can afford estee lauder?!!

sheez - even Cover Girl is getting too expensive. Besides, except for the pretty packaging and the spritzing salesgirls, it's all the same.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

10. Ditto! I have to look for 2 for one sales at my local drug store! :)

[MissMarple]

21. Great site on make up and skin care.

www.cosmeticscop.com "Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me" is her book. It has lots of good information. Paula Begoun says there are good products in every price range.

Eww...that's too bad about Estee Lauder. But they did sell me some things that are not appropriate for my skin type. I guess they loose out. Lancome is owned by L'Oreal. I think that's French. ;)

[MoonRiver]

5. I heard that too on Lou Dobbs. Glad I shop organic cruelty free.

And, the products are just as good. :kick:

[mtnester]

31. Mineral makeup for me

lots of knowledgable folks make it that follow strict FDA labeling rules, organic and not tested on animals in any way. Plus it is paraben free, unlike other makeup.

My skin has never been better in my life for it. Plus, it is No Chem No Syn.

I have not purchased over the counter makeup in more than two years.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

6. Huh?

Damned if I understand the reason for this boycott.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

7. I can't boycott MAC (even though Estee Lauder bought them)

But I have no problem staying away from Estee Lauder makeup itself, if that helps. MAC is the only makeup that I have purchased for the last 12 years and I love their products.

[Tanuki]

8. Are you sure?

I remember reading that Estee Lauder Co. was solidly "blue", so I just googled and found this:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/special_reports/mojo_400/68_lauder.html
<snip> "But Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Kenneth Cole, and Tommy Hilfiger give the bulk of their contributions to Democrats. So does the largest individual donor from the fashion world, Leonard Lauder, chairman of his mother Estee's eponymous cosmetic company..,"

[MoonRiver]

13. Interesting. I heard a segment on Lou Dobbs that said Estee

Lauder corp. was a long time contributer to the Repukes. The segment was about some new crony * has appointed. He is married to an Estee heiress.
:shrug:

[slor]

14. That is weird...

lou dobbs just briefly discussed their long long relationship with repigs. I guess it may be based on commercial interests, as it takes alot of make-up to make rethugs presentable.

[globalvillage]

11. According to buyblue

They're 80% blue

http://www.buyblue.org/node/845/view/summary

edit for link

edit for another link

except for one of the family, they look pretty blue.

http://www.buyblue.org/node/845/view/financials

[slor]

16. Again, that is weird...the way lou dobbs just said it...

I would not be surprised if several members of the lauder family had birdshot in them!

[truth2power]

17. And if you boycott Lauder

you'll also have to boycott Clinique, Origins, and a bunch of other cosmetic companies I can't think of right now, including some drug store brands. They're all Lauder.

[MoonRiver]

18. Aveda too. Estee Lauder basically owns the entire cosmetics industry.

[Missy Vixen]

24. Prescriptives as well n/t

[GoneOffShore]

15. Would that be Ron?

He's been deep dyed red for years. I remember working on a commercial for term limits in New York and he was the main mover behind it.

[globalvillage]

19. He's the only one.

The rest of the Lauders donations look like like DU (but much larger).
opensecrets.org confirms. Lauders are Dem. Except Ron.

[RebelOne]

20. No problem here. I have never used Estee Lauder anyway.

It's too damn expensive.

[Sparkly]

22. I'm allergic to their eyeshadow -- gives me rashy eyelids.

Maybe it's a sign -- GOP things don't agree with me.

[globalvillage]

23. Estee Lauder is Dem

Not GOP.

[Fridays Child]

26. The CNN report said the family is a longtime supporter of the GOP.

Possible misinformation or maybe most of them are goobers but Estee is/was (?) not.

[blue4barb]

27. Very confusing-- can buyblue be wrong?

[Fridays Child]

28. Hmm...I don't think so. They take the information directly from the FEC.

Don't they? If the record shows that they support Dems over Repukes, then li'l Wolfie Blitzboy got handed a crock of horse poo. On the other hand, the personal contributions of the Lauder family could differ from the corporate contributions of Estee Lauder, Inc.

[globalvillage]

29. Check opensecrets.org.

They're Dems, except for Ron.

Edit Ron gave 100K to the RNC. But it looks all the other Lauders donate to Dems only.

[Totally Committed]

30. As far as I was aware, Lauder and Revlon are both very

generous to the DNC. At least they used to be. Even BuyBlue says they're okay. But, I can't afford Lauder anyway, so it's a moot point.

TC

[Cleita]

25. No problem. I can't afford it.n/t