Down the Indie Rabbit Hole

[Shalott]

Nope just tried swatching again over bare skin and it still turns gunmetal gray on me. Anyone else have theirs look like this?

That's so odd! Mine is defintely a warm-toned brown, on me, it's not cool in the least. For yours to seem grey is very odd (although fitting with the name)!

 

[Shalott]

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!

Spoiler

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.

I got Litchi Milk Tea as a sample in my last Haus of Gloi order (which came today, but was nothing exciting. A full size of The Horseman and sample of Vice, both of which I have talked to death) and I have to say, it's not to my taste. Much to fruity, smells like bubblegum on me! But it hasn't gone rancid, so YAY for perfume oils that don't make you smell like b.o.

Anyways, I might throw it up in the trades thread, and see if there is any interest. Otherwise, I will just keep it and try layering it. Let me know how you end up liking it!

 

[BSquared]

I got Litchi Milk Tea as a sample in my last Haus of Gloi order (which came today, but was nothing exciting. A full size of The Horseman and sample of Vice, both of which I have talked to death) and I have to say, it's not to my taste. Much to fruity, smells like bubblegum on me! But it hasn't gone rancid, so YAY for perfume oils that don't make you smell like b.o.

Anyways, I might throw it up in the trades thread, and see if there is any interest. Otherwise, I will just keep it and try layering it. Let me know how you end up liking it!

Yeah it's definitely fruity. In general I'm a fan of borderline age inappropriate sweet scents so I thought I'd try it. We'll see how it smells on me, I had to drown myself in ghost puffs tonight but I'm going to try it tomorrow and see how it goes!

 

[Amber McCarley]

Second package today was my Notoriously Morbid order *finally*!!  I was crushed when I saw it shoved in my mail box though. It had been re-packaged by USPS with an apology note for it being so damaged....The origonal packaging was ripped in 3 places, looked like it had a shoe print on it and had water damage on the label. WHAT THE HELL?! How is there any excuse for that sort of handling??

Needless to say I was not someone anyone wanted to be around when I carefully opened it.
Much to my surprise, because Carrie packages things PHENOMENALLY, NOTHING was damaged. Not the plastic mini and full sized jars, not the mini nail polish, or even the cardboard Nerds box....I simply cannot believe how un-touched the items were compared to the nightmare that was what the package looked like. I am so beyond thankful that there was so much attention to packaging detail as it is the only thing that saved my items. Much praise for Notoriously Morbid! (and now I understand why it took so long to get to me...so frustrating)
Anyways, Ill put my quick initial review of the Blood Countess Collection and rest of order under Spoilers

Spoiler

3 of the Coffin Kissers were bought as a Birthday Present for a friend, the 4th was for me and I had never tried them before. I understand the following, the formula is SUPER soft and moisturizing and the smell is nice! The Sadist Blush is AMAZING! Oh man, I love this. The Blood Countess Nail Polish is not excited to me though, its very dull like dried blood and matte. Not my thing. The Lipcraft Lipgloss is BEAUTIFUL, its a lovely metallic red on me and its just splendid, I will wear this all the time. Seriously. As for the eyeshadows, Goblet of Red is one of the most beautiful things ever and I like Nobel Rage, Gilded mirror is more on the less impressive side for me but still very pretty.
I also ordered a blogger pack and told her to surprise me, sadly she sent me 2 sample bags from the Blood Countess collection so they aren't *unique* colors for me to try but I will happily add them to my sample jars.  

 
I am excited for "Walking on Sunshine" and "Visions" from the upcoming Winchester Gospels collection, and the other was Forgotten Dreams. My full sized item is "Its not raining in here" and holy crap again, I love this. Its a brilliant light blue with a lime green/gold shift. super pretty!

Lastly I ordered a sample of "bloody awful poet" from the Buffy collection because I needed to try the Spike color lol.
She thew in 2 extra samples from the Firefly VC collection in Watch How I Soar, and Autumn Flower.

I plan on doing swatches of everything tomorrow but tonight I am beat lol
Here's a rushed FOTD though haha, Im wearing Noble Rage (and Dirty Mistress from GDE) on my eyes, Sadist Blush, and Cachtice Lipcraft on the lips. 

 

[TooMuchElectric]

omg forget it. I did swatches and a look with purple blush, but the ordeal of getting them to show up on makeuptalk is unbelievably frustrating. I give up on this site for the day. I have to leave or I'm going to throw a computer at someone. </rant>

Anyway, GDE's Halo collection is gorgeous, I'm still playing around with the Paper Runway shadows, and I LOVE the Paper Runway blushes, and the extras she threw in.

 

[CurlyTails]

@ that lip color is so pretty on you!

 

[Lolo22]

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!

Spoiler

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.

Thank you! I'm slowly putting my list together for the restock and twice is nice is definitely going on the must buy list /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[Lolo22]

Ugh ignore me.

 

[chelsealynn]

Today I received my perfume samples from Sixteen 92!  I smelled so nice today  ^_^ /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I'm happy with my purchase and am planning on buying at least one full size.  I've only tried one scent on me so far, raven, and I need to have it.  All day I was thinking about how I needed to buy a full size because I loved it so much.  

I thought the scent descriptions on the site were true to what I smelled in the vials.  Upon my first sniff there were two scents that I was not crazy about but neither of them smelled bad to me just different then what I would normally reach for.  When I went back and smelled them all again there was really only one that didn't appeal to me but I'll see how I like it on me.  I'm excited to see how the rest work with my body chemistry.  My wallet is on some serious trouble if I like them all as much on me as much as I like them in the vial.  

 

[Kelly Silva]

Today I received my perfume samples from Sixteen 92!  I smelled so nice today  ^_^ /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I'm happy with my purchase and am planning on buying at least one full size.  I've only tried one scent on me so far, raven, and I need to have it.  All day I was thinking about how I needed to buy a full size because I loved it so much.  

I thought the scent descriptions on the site were true to what I smelled in the vials.  Upon my first sniff there were two scents that I was not crazy about but neither of them smelled bad to me just different then what I would normally reach for.  When I went back and smelled them all again there was really only one that didn't appeal to me but I'll see how I like it on me.  I'm excited to see how the rest work with my body chemistry.  My wallet is on some serious trouble if I like them all as much on me as much as I like them in the vial.  

I think you will love them! I just got my fall collection sample order today, and it smells so complex and interesting. I've smelled some of the regular scents, and I think I know of a few of those I need in full size already. Southern Gothic was one of my favorites I can't wait to order, as I just smelled a friends sample.

 

[Amber McCarley]

For those interested. Victorian Disco just posted this via Facebook

"Hey guys! Update and slight sale for the rest of our stock that's left over from the move. We're finishing up July and Danny already started on some August orders, I have a few repacks to send out that I was working on today as well as sending out more shipping notifications for all of the work we did over this weekend. I am so sorry about being behind on answering messages, I actually took the day off of work today (mostly because of a terrible migraine) but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise because I ended up doing a lot of work I didn't think I would be able to finish until Wednesday.

ANYWAYS, on to the fun stuff. I will be shutting down the site tomorrow evening for restock but the restock will not be put up until I am comfortable with the turnaround time and comfortable that we are caught up to at least a two week period. We had very little sales in all of August, so we will be finished with August in less than a few days, but I still have so much left over stock that's just sort of.. sitting there in the warehouse and new stock to be counted and put into the website. So, I am doing a small destock sale to get rid of the rest of this stock so we can start up next week with counting new stock and getting the site back to it's former "glory" so to say.

This sale is running from tonight, until tomorrow night at 8pm EST when I get off of my internship I am taking down the site and it will be down until we know what is going on. All the left over sales items that are left over will be put into little grab bags and put in a section of the shop.

SO SO SO SO - until right now, till 8pm EST tomorrow you can get whatever is left in stock for 60% off, which you use code DESTOCK for. And I'm sorry.. I cannot add on any colors for the sale that are not in stock This is just for whatever is left over on the site.

Thanks so much you guys, I am sorry once again for all of the delays the past few months and the lack of service on my part. I feel really bad for how much time this has come to take and everything will be back up and running soon before the end of the next week."

And I just made another order. Hard not too when a 36$ order is less than 15$ haha.

 

[BSquared]

Oh lord. Still haven't gotten my first order.....but 40 cent samples!!??! May need to bite the bullet. If it's slow at work tomorrow, I make my bank account no promises.

 

[Amber McCarley]

@ that lip color is so pretty on you!

Awe, thank you very much <3

 

[Kelly Silva]

Well I want to order something from the Victorian Disco sale, but I don't know if I have the patience to find out what's in stock...

 

[Kelly Silva]

Crisis averted! They had mini jar sets of the collections I wanted! Azeroth and House Points collections come to me!

 

[chelsealynn]

I think you will love them! I just got my fall collection sample order today, and it smells so complex and interesting. I've smelled some of the regular scents, and I think I know of a few of those I need in full size already. Southern Gothic was one of my favorites I can't wait to order, as I just smelled a friends sample.

Ohh, I have a sample of Southern Gothic!  I like it  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />  I ordered a mix of the fall collection and some of the general collection (8 samples total). I really like Cloven and Penny Dreadful from the general collection.  Did you order the complete fall line?

 

[tacehtpuekam]

Yayyy just ordered mini jars of the House Points collection for $17 /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[Kelly Silva]

Ohh, I have a sample of Southern Gothic!  I like it  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />  I ordered a mix of the fall collection and some of the general collection (8 samples total). I really like Cloven and Penny Dreadful from the general collection.  Did you order the complete fall line?

Yep! I was going to add some of the permanent collection stuff, but I figured I should space it out, and just get the permanent stuff all at once next time. I've only had a chance to briefly smell them, but so far stand outs are Calaverita (it smells just like Dia de los Muertos even though I'm not Mexican, and have never celebrated it ever), Helsing, Huntsman and Salem.

 

[chibimorph]

I think the Victorian Disco website is getting hit by the IMAM hug of death. But I successfully made it out with 9 minis for $13.50 /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

ETA: looks like the person who posted the sale info to IMAM took it down - hopefully site traffic is better now.

 

[Kelly Silva]

Ohh, I have a sample of Southern Gothic!  I like it  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />  I ordered a mix of the fall collection and some of the general collection (8 samples total). I really like Cloven and Penny Dreadful from the general collection.  Did you order the complete fall line?

Oh I forgot to ask, did you get free samples with your order? I think my friend did, but I don't remember, but I didn't get any free samples. Just curious for my eventual blog review of the collection.