Down the Indie Rabbit Hole

[pokeballssohard]

Just discovered a brand called Premium Vanity that does some awesome metallic, bold, crazy colored lip products. There isn't a huge selection, only six shades, but they're gorgeous. Check it out.

If you want swatches/pics of them applied check out the instagram. Really, they're so beautiful.

Edit: Apparently the reason they have so few is that they just opened! Use the code GRANDOPENING to get 20% off your order. Uggh, I am cursing my no buy right now.

 

[meaganola]

Semi-impulse purchase of the week, from Notoriously Morbid:  Minis of all three of the In Camelot collection and the Kiss & Tell lipgloss.  The gloss is to complete my July Vanishing Cabinet since I went for the polish the first time around.  The shadows are so I will finally feel obligated to watch _Merlin_!

 

[marigoldsue]

That's weird!  Were they at least all the same scent?  Bubbling scrub looks like sugar blended into Crisco.  Emulsifying scrub looks like sugar and oil mixed together.  I'm not sure how to tell the different between body butters and emulsions, though, aside from looking at the ingredient list.

They were all suppose to be the same ind of product, just in two different scents.  Looking at the jars, it looks like I have three different products.  But they all have the same label.  They are sealed, so I only opened one of the two that matched.  I think I know which scent it is, but honestly I am not are.  I ordered two in a similar family, i.e. two floral or two musk or two fruit etc,  I emailed them right away, but no response.

 

[chibimorph]

Just discovered a brand called Premium Vanity that does some awesome metallic, bold, crazy colored lip products. There isn't a huge selection, only six shades, but they're gorgeous. Check it out.

If you want swatches/pics of them applied check out the instagram. Really, they're so beautiful.

Edit: Apparently the reason they have so few is that they just opened! Use the code GRANDOPENING to get 20% off your order. Uggh, I am cursing my no buy right now.

Wow, those pics are gorgeous! If anyone's planning on ordering, though - I'd be a little hesitant because she doesn't list the full product ingredients. The "About the Products" page says "Glosses are made with natural flavoring, apricot, avocado, aloe vera gel, vitamin E, essential oils and some have coconut oil. Shelf life is a year." but this is not an ingredients list and most importantly it does not list the products used to give the glosses color. I'd recommend contacting the store owner for an ingredients list if you're planning on purchasing.

 

[Kelly Silva]

They were all suppose to be the same ind of product, just in two different scents.  Looking at the jars, it looks like I have three different products.  But they all have the same label.  They are sealed, so I only opened one of the two that matched.  I think I know which scent it is, but honestly I am not are.  I ordered two in a similar family, i.e. two floral or two musk or two fruit etc,  I emailed them right away, but no response.

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[Kelly Silva]

Wow, those pics are gorgeous! If anyone's planning on ordering, though - I'd be a little hesitant because she doesn't list the full product ingredients. The "About the Products" page says "Glosses are made with natural flavoring, apricot, avocado, aloe vera gel, vitamin E, essential oils and some have coconut oil. Shelf life is a year." but this is not an ingredients list and most importantly it does not list the products used to give the glosses color. I'd recommend contacting the store owner for an ingredients list if you're planning on purchasing.

Yeah that worried me, who knows if those pigments are lip safe. There may be a reason we've never seen a lip product that color.

 

[meaganola]

Ack! @@rachelshine I forgot to check and see how long I've been subscribed to i+ta! Three months, I think?

And that reminds me of something about samples: It seems like there is an increasing number of indies that do not have subs that are having samples pop up in subs with other companies, so if you want to try stuff from companies you may not have even heard of before, those are the way to go, if you can grab a slot! I think I've received Hello Waffle from GDE *and* i+ta. Even companies that *do* have subs show up in other companies' subs, like i+ta in GDE.

 

[pokeballssohard]

Wow, those pics are gorgeous! If anyone's planning on ordering, though - I'd be a little hesitant because she doesn't list the full product ingredients. The "About the Products" page says "Glosses are made with natural flavoring, apricot, avocado, aloe vera gel, vitamin E, essential oils and some have coconut oil. Shelf life is a year." but this is not an ingredients list and most importantly it does not list the products used to give the glosses color. I'd recommend contacting the store owner for an ingredients list if you're planning on purchasing.

Oh man, I didn't even notice! That's me though. Just going "Ooooh, pretty lip shinies~" and blindly charging ahead. 

From what I've seen they opened just this last week, so I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they didn't think people would care past what they listed, or they just haven't added all the information yet. Perhaps I'll send them an email asking for anyone else's sake.

 

[Lolo22]

Guys, I want to find an everyday gray shadow.  Anyone have one they could recommend and/or swatch?  Not too dark, not too silvery and of course must sparkle like the dickens.  Help!

 

[Amber McCarley]

Guys, I want to find an everyday gray shadow.  Anyone have one they could recommend and/or swatch?  Not too dark, not too silvery and of course must sparkle like the dickens.  Help!

This may or may not be your thing but I have fallen in absolute love with Aromaleigh's "Anubis" from the Ancient Magick collection. (It's actually on my face right now haha) My inner lid is much more silver with the "Shu" on it but the outer and contour is all Anubis. Its a grey with subtle pink sparkle and blends like a dream. *My arm swatches were not over primer or anything, I just kinda rushed to do them haha*

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[trekkersangel]

This may or may not be your thing but I have fallen in absolute love with Aromaleigh's "Anubis" from the Ancient Magick collection. (It's actually on my face right now haha) My inner lid is much more silver with the "Shu" on it but the outer and contour is all Anubis. Its a grey with subtle pink sparkle and blends like a dream. *My arm swatches were not over primer or anything, I just kinda rushed to do them haha*

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Can I just say you always look absolutely adorable!!!!  

 

[Amber McCarley]

Can I just say you always look absolutely adorable!!!!  

Awe, thank you very much *blush* That was very sweet <3

 

[Kelly Silva]

Ok I finally got around to swatching my GDE shadows I bought in their B2G2 sale they had a while back. Here we go!

Top row: Boardwalk (July GWP), Bruised (free sample), DinoSpotz, and Feline Fatale

Top Middle row: Fiji Mermaid, Fire Breather, FrankenGlamour (Free sample), and Just Bitten

Bottom Middle row: Mackinac, and Picture Whore

Bottom row: Veteran

 

[meaganola]

Right now, I have two packages sitting at home waiting for me: A high-end fancy schmancy Le Metier de Beaute lip Kaleidoscope (last installment of a sub) and Geek Chic solid fragrance/lip something-or-other and the July COTM. *So* excited about the GCC! So antsy to unload the lip thing on eBay because that's probably the quickest way to get rid of it. Clearly, I need to continue to focus my everything on indies!

 

[Amber McCarley]

Geek Chic came today! I am already in love with the Storybook Love pastels *photos in spoiler: Pink is Dream of Large Women, Orange is Prepare to Die,Purple is As You Wish, and Green is Inconceivable! swatches over primer they sparkle so much more than these swatches capture* <3 I ran out of little jars for the last few from the Fellowship collection which means I have re-potted 60 samples in 24 hours. >.<
For anyone who is curious, of the 3 companies I have ordered samples from, Shiros are the most generous, followed by Geek Chic and then Aromaleigh *on average*.

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[Lolo22]

This may or may not be your thing but I have fallen in absolute love with Aromaleigh's "Anubis" from the Ancient Magick collection. (It's actually on my face right now haha) My inner lid is much more silver with the "Shu" on it but the outer and contour is all Anubis. Its a grey with subtle pink sparkle and blends like a dream. *My arm swatches were not over primer or anything, I just kinda rushed to do them haha*

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Thank you, this is pretty close to what I'm looking for. Also, it looks fabulous on you! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
Eta: ohhhhhh I love that Prepare to Die swatch too!!!! Need!!

 

[BSquared]

Geek Chic came today! I am already in love with the Storybook Love pastels *photos in spoiler: Pink is Dream of Large Women, Orange is Prepare to Die,Purple is As You Wish, and Green is Inconceivable! swatches over primer they sparkle so much more than these swatches capture* <3 I ran out of little jars for the last few from the Fellowship collection which means I have re-potted 60 samples in 24 hours. >.<

For anyone who is curious, of the 3 companies I have ordered samples from, Shiros are the most generous, followed by Geek Chic and then Aromaleigh *on average*. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

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Need. That. Green.

I am on a mint green kick lately. Give me all the green!!

 

[CurlyTails]

This may or may not be your thing but I have fallen in absolute love with Aromaleigh's "Anubis" from the Ancient Magick collection. (It's actually on my face right now haha) My inner lid is much more silver with the "Shu" on it but the outer and contour is all Anubis. Its a grey with subtle pink sparkle and blends like a dream. *My arm swatches were not over primer or anything, I just kinda rushed to do them haha*

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I love that gray! It looks amazing on you. I may need to pick one of those bad boys up for myself.

 

[rachelshine]

@, gahhh you're TOO cute. I love your hair too!! 

@@Lolo22, also peep Lollerskatez (http://victoriandisco.com/shop/lollerskatz/)! I have it and it's quite lovely, but I may be convinced to part with it if you so desire /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />  ETA - they show it quite dark on her site, but I just swatched it on my hand, bare, it's very light, lovely and full of rainbow sparkles!

 

[meaganola]

It has come to my attention that my next Nortoriously Morbid non-Vanishing Cabinet order will be the Elegant & Wicked collection.  I haven't seen that movie in *ages*, and I think it's well past time for a rewatch!