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HelpMeSleep said:
Whoa those are WAY different than mine! Mine's sample size as well though. Strange!
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That's interesting! A lot of bloggers ordered the full-size, so I had assumed the difference was due to mine being a sample size. I was a little disappointed at the lack of a Scaredy Cat vial - but I'm super happy with the samples I got (there are so many!). I put Bad Lands (by Performance Colors) on my lips right after I opened my package :D /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
chibimorph said:
That's interesting! A lot of bloggers ordered the full-size, so I had assumed the difference was due to mine being a sample size. I was a little disappointed at the lack of a Scaredy Cat vial - but I'm super happy with the samples I got (there are so many!). I put Bad Lands (by Performance Colors) on my lips right after I opened my package :D /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
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Mine is out for delivery today and I will seriously flip out if I got a Bad Lands sample...its been on my "want" list for a while.

I got a sample size too and Ill post what I get as well. Seems like there is some variation this month, interesting, I love a good surprise!

 
Onyxspider said:
Mine is out for delivery today and I will seriously flip out if I got a Bad Lands sample...its been on my "want" list for a while.

I got a sample size too and Ill post what I get as well. Seems like there is some variation this month, interesting, I love a good surprise!
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Mine is waiting at home.  I ordered the full size.  FIngers crossed for good samples.  I need a pleaseant surprise.  Lat weeks bad week carried over to the beginning of this week.  I was suppose to leave on Saturday for a week in Los Cabos, where the hurricane hit last night, and I didn't get trip insurance...  Still trying to sort things out, looks like I will most likely get my resort $ back and a credit with the airline, but I won't be able to get anything booked for the same price and time frame.  And this was my "I don't want to be home alone on my daughter's birthday trip."  So moving it to a different time doesn't really help me much.  And with our upcoming trial schedule, I probably can't get away until sometime after the first of the year (although a small chance of getting a week in December).  *still pouting*

 
Gah. There is a potential The Silence nail wrap design in the Espionage Kickstarter as a stretch goal. Waaaaant!

ETA: @@marigoldsue One of my coworkers is there right now in the middle of a two-week vacation. She apparently has photos of what a hurricane does to sliding glass doors.

 
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So, I need the Darling Girl OITNB stuff. I noticed the GWP ended yesterday. Is there another one going up or was that a special thing?

 
Lolo22 said:
So, I need the Darling Girl OITNB stuff. I noticed the GWP ended yesterday. Is there another one going up or was that a special thing?
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There is usually always one.  I know she was putting a lot of stuff up over the weekend and spending a lot of time at the hospital.  Maybe it just hasn't been loaded yet?

 
I got my i+ta sub today and I am super happy. I don't know if anyone posted swatches yet, so swatches of the actual sub under the cut. My samples were:

AFK Cosmetics Mikasa

Beauty Bar Baby Opulent Opaque Lipstick in Island of the Fay

Scaredy Cat Trial Vial (not sureon color, I think it's Nouveau?)

AND THE BEST! Midsummer Dreams Apothecary Solid Perfume in Mermaid :w00t:

Okay, Sub items under the spoiler!

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From top to bottom:
Souls Entwined
Chains of Reality
Sumber in Peace

These are GORGEOUS. They are matte, but as you can see from the natural daylight, they aren't flat at all. The colors are so perfect for fall, I cannot WAIT to use them. Very, very happy. (Swatches applied with a brush, over bare skin and photographed in natural light.)
 
I got my Alchemic Muse order today. First off, the shipping was crazy fast. Secondly, I really liked the packaging. Each of the soap samples are in individual little envelopes with the scent name on them.

I'm not crazy about some of the scents I ordered. I got a lotion and a sugar scrub in Pumpkin Butter. The scent is less pumpkin pie and more some kind of pumpkin/caramel tart. It's not my favorite thing I've ever smelled, but I'll use them. A few of the soap scents are bordering on that "headshop" kind of a smell, which I'm not a huge fan of. I'll try the perfume samples out later and see what happens. However, I really like the Countrycide scent, and I got that in whipped soap, which I've never tried before.

 
Zzzoooog haus of gloi order is here and THEY GAVE ME GHOST PUFF OIL AS A SAMPLE. This. Smells. Like. Heaven. I'll post some longer thoughts once I eat some chicken but ghost puffs, I love you more than life. I'm ordering one of everything in that scent tonight.

Edit: noooooo why you out of stock!?!? I need a restock immediately. I'm gonna buy like 5 of each thing. obsessed.

 
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Yay for all the new indies today! My NM order came, and I'm very pleased with everything. I also love all of the personal touches, Sooo happy that I was able to get a VC sub as well so I have more pretties to look forward to!

 
I'm SO into my The Horseman sample it's ridiculous. It smells like that sweaty leather horse smell that I've been missing forever. Going on a date tonight, and while I know I should probably wear something universally appealing and not off the wall, but I am SO TEMPTED.

They threw in a Persephone's Descent sample, but I'm not a huge fan of it.. can't put my finger on it! EVERYTHING ELSE IS PERFECT THOUGH.

 
Innocent + Twisted Alchemy sub (My first) Sample size.

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My extras were Scaredy Cat Trial Vial (eep! SO CUTE I LOVE IT!) in Nouveau, AFK in Mikasa, Midsummer Dreams Apothecary in Beauty (I like this! Its light Smells like roses, baby powder and vanilla to me *I just checked the notes list and it says: Vanilla, Amber, Rose, Rosewood, Oakmoss so I'm not too far off! haha ), and Beauty Bar Baby lipstick in Island of the fay (SO PRETTY!!!) My favorite I+TA eyeshadow was the pretty mouse brown one it just glides on!  
I cant wait for next month now!

(edit) *However, now I am officially faced with the dilemma....do I repot my I+TA samples and the scardy cat vial into my sample jars for the sake of uniform storage and such or keep them in their adorable packaging?! I think I will *use* them more if I repot them but it breaks my heart to do so because...ADORABLE. Hmmm...decisions!

 
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Oh how weird, just swatched my I+TA shadows, and Chains of Reality looks brown gray. I may have accidentally had some Slumber in Peace still on my finger and mixed it, but I don't think so. It looks cool, but I'll have to re-swatch it later.

 
Kelly Silva said:
Oh how weird, just swatched my I+TA shadows, and Chains of Reality looks brown gray. I may have accidentally had some Slumber in Peace still on my finger and mixed it, but I don't think so. It looks cool, but I'll have to re-swatch it later.
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Nope just tried swatching again over bare skin and it still turns gunmetal gray on me. Anyone else have theirs look like this?

 
So little miss pouty pants (that be me) was two turns from home tonight when her car died during the turn.  Same thing happened Friday night on the turn at her corner.  Shop said they fixed it Saturday.  So after walking home and cursing about another tow bill, another inconvenience, still being miffed at vacation that is hurricanes out, I get home and my GDE OTM order is saying it has been delivered, but it is most decidedly NOT at my house.  However a second look in the mailbox did find a $17 check I missed.  And my ITA was here.  Full size, same extras as above.  Scaredy Cat is in Amanita (a green, I don't really do green), AFK is Mikasa, Midsumer Dreams is Mermaid and BeautyBar Baby is Island of the Fey.  I also had the PSMH with the gorgeous scarf and the horrible brownie, and my second birch box.  But I did have a surprise Fairy Godmother package.  A certain someone knew it was a rough time for me and sent me the GDE Deadly Hollywood shadow collection, which I had not gotten around to purchasing yet.  First time today that the tears were happy tears.  I love you Fairy Godmother  :wub:

 
rachelshine said:
@@elizabethrose screw that logic, WEAR The Horseman and make him swoooon!! My man looooved Tobac on me. He thought it smelled really sexy :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
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Maybe date 2! This is #1, so I opted for Pacifica Vanilla Island. We're going out for ice cream (I feel like a cute middle schooler haha)- so I thought it was fitting!

 
Ooooooo do you like deadly Hollywood? I have a sample set coming sometime this week of it. Minis of the socialite collection. Sorry you're having a rough week :( /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> booooooo for cancelled vacation and cars!!

Haus of gloi thoughts under zee spoiler in case you'd rather skip it!

So first thing I got is the full sized pumpkin butter in twice as nice. I really like this!! Heavy on the almond, it makes me smell like a Christmas cookie in a good way. I kind of want to eat myself. I'll hold on to it until it's cold so I can smell like a delicious cookie.

Sample size sugar scrub of olde cider haus. I like this too!! I get a lot of apple from it which I was looking for. I am pleased.

Lip balm in hazelnut mocha latte: not NEARLY as sweet as I was expecting. Scent is definitely COFFEE vs mocha....and I like it. Makes my lips feel FANTASTIC.

Sample sugar scrub in troika. Lot of milk and almond in this, I don't get coconut, I get a hint of the "clean white" at the end. I know "white" is a headache trigger for a lot of people but doesn't bother me. This should go well with twice as nice on top, they are similar.

Bubble scrub in horseman---alas...I do not enjoy this :( /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> it smells GOOD, it just does not smell like me. However, the husband promptly declared it "smells like an old black man!" (Which he will be in a very few short years), and declared he liked it. So I've given it to him after finally convincing him it wasn't a "lady soap". I like it on him!

Litchi milk tea perfume oil sample. This is interesting. Not what I thought it would smell like. I get tart fruit and almost a floral? I'll see how it wears on me. Initial thought is don't love it, don't hate it.

Ghost puffs perfume oil: yeah I am legitimately attracted to myself when I wear this. Like I want to walk up to strangers and be like "hi, smell me, don't I smell amazing?" I need this in everything they make. It smells like butter and marahmallow without being TOO close to vanilla and I am IN LOVE.
 
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I didn't even realize it at the time, but all of the Alchemic Muse perfume oils I got have some kind of lemon/citrus smell to them. Whoops.

Waikiki smells a bit like lemongrass and a touch of coconut. It's very fresh. I think I'd like it better in a room fragrance than on me, though.

Laguna smells like a fresh lemon to me.

Dreamcatcher is nearly all honeysuckle plus a tiny bit of lemon. I thought I'd smell more of the orange blossom, but I'm just not getting that.

My sinuses are kind of inflamed right now, so maybe that's why I'm not picking up any of the other notes? I'm not sure. My nose isn't stuffy or anything, but who knows. I'd much rather have these scents in room fragrance form than as perfume oil, but they're all very pleasant.

@bsquared , thanks for your descriptions of the Haus of Gloi stuff! Those are all scents I've wanted to try, so I appreciate any descriptions of them.

 
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