Is this really necessary?

I ordered these from Debenhams the other day:

And they arrived in these:

I am all in favour of receiving my order in one piece, but surely a small padded envelope and some bubble wrap would have done a sufficient job? Instead they wrapped them in one of the envelopes, then put them in the other envelope and then into the plastic bag. In this day and age when we're all trying to do our bits for the environment, do retailers need to be this wasteful? Lucky I was in as well, because the postman couldn't fit the massive package through my postbox, so if I'd missed him, I would've had to drive to the post office to pick it up, so I would've wasted some petrol as well. 

Really not impressed. I used to think Mac was wasteful sending my 3-4 pieces in giant black boxes padded with loads of black paper, but I have to say, Debenhams has done even worse. Also makes me wonder how much this is costing them, since it was free delivery as well. 

Which stores/companies have you come across as being wasteful in their packaging methods? Let me know in the comments!

Why, Urban Decay, why???

This morning, when I was about to do another look with my lovely Alice palette (more on that later), I was applying my Urban Decay Primer Potion, or rather was trying to because the applicator kept coming out of the tube dry. I thought it was a bit strange because I really hadn't been using it that much, so I did what many others have done before me - cut up my tube with a pair of (very) sharp scissors.

I shouldn't have been surprised because I have heard about this so much, but to my horror I saw that there was a HUGE amount of primer potion left in there. When I say HUGE amount I mean AT LEAST half of it was still in there! It was at the neck of the tube, all down the side and at the bottom! In fact the applicator didn't even reach the bottom, so I had to cut the side of the tube off as well, not just the top, to get at all the primer.

This is what it looked like to start with...

...and this is what it looked like when I finished with it.

This is how much primer potion I scooped out of the tube!

For reference, the container is an 18 ml one, the UDPP was 2.66 ml when full!

I really don't understand why Urban Decay is still using these rigid plastic tubes for the UDPP, instead of a squeezy tube like Too Faced's Insurance Primer. I have seen this on so many blogs and youtube videos, so why doesn't Urban Decay take notice finally? Great product, but what a waste!

So girls, if you think you've run out of your UDPP, then think again and cut up those tubes, because you will find weeks and weeks' worth of primer still in there. But mind those fingers! Better still, get your husbands/boyfriends to do it for you! ;)