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I know! When I saw that I was like gah! just shove my crap in an envelope and slap on a label addressed to the crazy chic with glitter all over her face :lol: THEN open the website back up to the rest of the sparkle fiends. 

 
Kelly Silva said:
Well I assume she can't until she gets more revenue from sales. Maybe discounts aren't the best thing to do, or at least consider a price increase until money isn't a problem.
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That is true. But if she's actually mailing orders out at a decent pace, she needs to figure out why it's taking her post-office so long to go from pre-shipment to actual shipment. And I think she works as an intern (so basically full-time), so she's not going to get her TAT under control unless she gets caught up with orders now. And I think someone here estimated that based on her facebook posts she was only churning out 5 packages/day (while also having other people helping her).

@@Lolo22 I think her costs are more than just the actual refund. I don't know if this is the case now, but back when she was in Illinois orders were shipped out but people didn't receive them, so she lost material costs too (in addition to rent, etc)

And now onto happier thoughts - every time I see swatches of Aromaleigh's Diavoli collection, my heart becomes moved. And Aromaleigh is also coming out with a Holiday collection based on Saturnalia!

 
chibimorph said:
And now onto happier thoughts - every time I see swatches of Aromaleigh's Diavoli collection, my heart becomes moved. And Aromaleigh is also coming out with a Holiday collection based on Saturnalia!
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I know, I am tempted to get both collections! I can't wait to see what the Saturnalia collection looks like.

Also I started watching Pretty Little Liars in preparation for the joint GDE/Kiss My Sass collection inspired by the show. It's definitely a soap opera with some bad acting, but the concept is interesting, and like a train wreck, I can't stop watching. About half way through the first season so far. Looking forward to that collection as well!

 
Kelly Silva said:
I know, I am tempted to get both collections! I can't wait to see what the Saturnalia collection looks like.

Also I started watching Pretty Little Liars in preparation for the joint GDE/Kiss My Sass collection inspired by the show. It's definitely a soap opera with some bad acting, but the concept is interesting, and like a train wreck, I can't stop watching. About half way through the first season so far. Looking forward to that collection as well!
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PLL is the biggest trainwreck ever but I can't stop watching. I don't know anyone who successfully quit watching either.  I'm so excited for the eyeshadows!

 
Kelly Silva said:
I know, I am tempted to get both collections! I can't wait to see what the Saturnalia collection looks like.

Also I started watching Pretty Little Liars in preparation for the joint GDE/Kiss My Sass collection inspired by the show. It's definitely a soap opera with some bad acting, but the concept is interesting, and like a train wreck, I can't stop watching. About half way through the first season so far. Looking forward to that collection as well!
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I wonder if Aromaleigh is using special micas to get the dramatic color shift. Christine from Hello Waffle mentioned that she played with the idea of making shades using the Planetary micas by TKB - http://www.tkbtrading.com/item.php?item_id=529&category_id=70 - to make more dramatic color-shifting shadows, but said it wouldn't be cost-effective since she had to use a lot and the product is more expensive than regular micas. Fyrinnae also has the Arcane Magic Exquisites - http://www.fyrinnae.com/index.php?_a=viewCat&catId=57 - which are also more expensive than their regular line. I really want to play with the Fyrinnae Exquisites and Aromaleigh's uber-duochromes :lol:

 
chibimorph said:
I wonder if Aromaleigh is using special micas to get the dramatic color shift. Christine from Hello Waffle mentioned that she played with the idea of making shades using the Planetary micas by TKB - http://www.tkbtrading.com/item.php?item_id=529&category_id=70 - to make more dramatic color-shifting shadows, but said it wouldn't be cost-effective since she had to use a lot and the product is more expensive than regular micas. Fyrinnae also has the Arcane Magic Exquisites - http://www.fyrinnae.com/index.php?_a=viewCat&catId=57 - which are also more expensive than their regular line. I really want to play with the Fyrinnae Exquisites and Aromaleigh's uber-duochromes :lol:
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I imagine it's pretty expensive for Christine mostly because of shipping, but yeah those are some expensive micas. Fyrinnae is one of the last major indies I haven't ordered from yet, I need to get on that. I do wish there were website swatches for all the shades though.

 
I am so hopelessly addicted to PLL. It's terrible and I know it.. but I want their clothing. They're always so stylish, even when they're not. And we're at a break, which is just killer, because it's one of the few shows I keep up with week to week.

 
I'm thinking about getting a ton of Aromaleigh blush samples instead of the new Tarte blush palette. The thing I love about tarte is that their blushes are so long-lasting and don't fade. Or fade slowly, whatever. If anyone has thoughts on the wear time of indie blushes (any company) I'm all ears.

 
chibimorph said:
And now onto happier thoughts - every time I see swatches of Aromaleigh's Diavoli collection, my heart becomes moved. And Aromaleigh is also coming out with a Holiday collection based on Saturnalia!
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 I know, right?! I love Aromaleigh so very much and keep getting more and more impressed by them. I will pre-order Saturnalia without hesitation as I celebrate the Solstice over Christmas in my heart (I do both for family) :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Speaking of, @@meaganola under your "history tag" can go the bulk of Aromaleigh collections as many are history/mythology based!

As for Victorian Disco, I also got my shipping email with tracking last night. It hasn't moved and I will be surprised if it does in the next few days. Truthfully, both of my orders from her are out of sheer morbid curiosity. As sick as it sounds I am kinda enjoying the insanity of the whole thing. Both of my orders are small and they only orders I have ever done from Victorian Disco. I will be interested to see if it was "worth it" for me but I do not recommend her stuff to others without a HEAVY warning, actually I don't recommend her at all yet aside from listing who I have ordered from. I'm pretty easy going and my orders totally stemmed from "oh heck, how bad could this get?" haha. I will keep everyone posted on my saga (and hope everyone else here does the same!) I have tracking linked to phone texts so I will know when it moves!

 
I finally finished my Sixteen92 testing on the fall collection, and I am disappointed with it overall. There were only about 3 scents I really liked, Salem, Hallowmas and Wicked, and Salem is the only one I would consider getting full size. They didn't have much silage or staying power. I don't like the 2ml vials, they don't fit in my regular perfume storage, which is one of those ammo boxes we discussed. They can be laid down horizontally in the box, but as I get more perfume, they won't fit for long. Also I had an allergic reaction to Calaverita, so I will be much more careful about blindly getting a full collection from them, but I may still try some of the regular collection scents.

 
Yay, the Espionage Kickstarter hit its first stretch goal!  This means another random free wrap for everyone at the $50 or higher mark, four new designs to choose from, two glow-in-the-dark versions of one of my favorite existing designs to choose from, a backer exclusive t-shirt option, and glitter *and* non-glitter Unicorn Blood (one of the aforementioned four new designs for this level) wraps to choose from!  And I kept my additional-pledge-money powder dry (and I put a bunch of stuff up on eBay in order to try to scrape together as much money for this as possible before it ends) for the next stretch goal, which is apparently going to be a doozy both in terms of how far we have to go and what we will get if we make it.  In celebration of hitting the first stretch goal, they posted this video, thereby proving how very well they know their customer base (I'm actually not a huge Loki/Hiddleston fan, but between this video and the one from that concert where he covered Hank Williams in preparation to play Hank in a biopic, he's growing on me):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N5K6mr79h8

 
Kelly Silva said:
I now want all their products. Thanks a lot you enabler  :p /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />  Also I saw they're doing a Something Wicked This Way Comes collection next month, which is one of my favorite books. Ugh.
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Haha! And I'm sure the delectable, ice-cream-style eyeshadow pics don't help, either? :p /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
Just an fyi for anyone thinking about purchasing any GDE tomorrow, she's offering a freebie Wednesday gift...there's only 8 available though! She'll post the code sometime tomorrow.

 
I know Fyrinnae is closed right now, but I need help ordering from the website. When I've tried before, any time I added more than three items it would empty out my cart. it was hair-pullingly annoying. Any ideas?

 
meaganola said:
Yay, the Espionage Kickstarter hit its first stretch goal!  This means another random free wrap for everyone at the $50 or higher mark, four new designs to choose from, two glow-in-the-dark versions of one of my favorite existing designs to choose from, a backer exclusive t-shirt option, and glitter *and* non-glitter Unicorn Blood (one of the aforementioned four new designs for this level) wraps to choose from!  And I kept my additional-pledge-money powder dry (and I put a bunch of stuff up on eBay in order to try to scrape together as much money for this as possible before it ends) for the next stretch goal, which is apparently going to be a doozy both in terms of how far we have to go and what we will get if we make it.  In celebration of hitting the first stretch goal, they posted this video, thereby proving how very well they know their customer base (I'm actually not a huge Loki/Hiddleston fan, but between this video and the one from that concert where he covered Hank Williams in preparation to play Hank in a biopic, he's growing on me):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N5K6mr79h8
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Just pledged $60, hopefully I'll add $40 or more to that soon :D /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

"Pledge $60 or more

KARA 'STARBUCK' THRACE"

Starbuck!! STARBUCK!! They get me. My boyf and I are getting these next week (I've always wanted one anyway, so if we break up we'll both still be awesome: http://www.sallyvan.com/sam_kara.jpg
 

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