Down the Indie Rabbit Hole

[Verorenee]

Oh oh oh I wanna play...

I am waiting on:

VDC the Sirroco collection and blushes (sigh)

Femme Fatale - the Post-Apocolyptic collection minus the blushes AND You Choose the Scare collection! Two orders that Sophie combined for me! That's gonna be a great day

Meow Cosmetics - foundation swatches and 6 of the 8 Something Wicked shadow samples

HoG - um I think I got 6 samples? One was Ghost puffs!

Rainbow Honey- mystery bag, this months LEs and the new colors from the yokai collection

GDE - hopefully stuff from tomorrow!

 

[MIKAGlam]

Welp, the boyfriend and I (mainly the boyfriend lol) think that I need to go on a makeup no-buy. I will keep my VC sub but other than that I am now cut off /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />.

I at least have my NM Halloween set and a Wadsworth back up coming from them as well to look forward too.

Hmph. I wonder how long this will last.

 

[Tamarin]

I have a variation of this drafted. I'm going to ask the IMAM mods if it's okay to post it; and if it does get posted please respond to the thread!

yup definitely get the mods to help you out with this...one of my friends ordered from vdc for the imam exchange and she did message the owner before placing the order, and was assured that it would go out in time, I just hope it works out for her

 

[Bflopolska]

I have got to give a shout-out to Spectrum Cosmetics. Saturday I got an order with a bottle of perfume oil that sprung a leak all over the place. They were extremely quick about addressing the problem (and on a holiday weekend yet!) and a replacement went out today. And Sweet Face Minerals (they have GREAT mineral sets, equal to or better than Bare Minerals for a third to a quarter of the price) sent out a missing set brushes after a shipping glitch. They have an incredible TAT--two days from NC to NY!

Still waiting on two Aromaleigh orders, For Goodness Grape, Black Violet, samples from Christina Marie Minerals, the replacement Spectrum, and some samples from Frankie and Myrrh (I'm going to be writing some product blurbs for their website, and these are meant to trigger my nostrils into blowing forth something creative.)

 

[Kelly Silva]

Welp, the boyfriend and I (mainly the boyfriend lol) think that I need to go on a makeup no-buy. I will keep my VC sub but other than that I am now cut off /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />.

I at least have my NM Halloween set and a Wadsworth back up coming from them as well to look forward too.

Hmph. I wonder how long this will last.

Sometimes my bf gets uppity about my makeup, and then I say "Look here boyfriend (ok not really that part), I'm a blogger and it's my civil duty to all the indie loving ladies that they get swatches of the whole collection so I can inform their buying decisions. It's not really for me, it's for my readers." Then he rolls his eyes and realizes there's no stopping me, mwahahaha  :lol:

 

[ohsailor]

So I am supposed to tell @@ohsailor and @@Shalott to check their email....

thank you!! For some reason I'm really BAD at remembering to scroll up and see if I have new emails. I only catch them on email, and I don't always  get notices in my email account?? It has been a problem since the site updated (but I was always bad about checking, NGL).

 

[ohsailor]

Ahhh one more post!! HALP! To those of you who made CocoaPink orders of products OTHER than their perfumes (any of their other body/hair/hoom products), PLEASE let us know how you like them/how well they work (I find some heavily fragranced lotions/butters to be extremely drying and irritating to my psoriasis). 

I ESPECIALLY want to know your opinions on:

-Ends With Benefits Body/Hair mist

-Glissade

-Ends With Argan Benefits

-Okay let's be real any of the hair styling products!!

-Any of the shampoos/Conditioners (I have fine, bleached hair that needs volume as well as TLC)

-Linen Spray

Any input/experience you have with any of these products are welcome! It's sort of time-sensitive because y'alls thoughts will have a huge impact on a certain list I'm trying to make... thank you!!

 

[tacehtpuekam]

I had resisted even looking at the Femme Fatale site until now. SO MANY PRETTY THINGS! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[meaganola]

I am currently waiting on:

• NM Grisly Grimoire
• NM VC
  
• GCC Pumpkin King
• DG Walkers/Bitten/Pumpkin Fyre

I think that's it, although I'm going to join in the mad rush for GDE tomorrow as well because NEED ELM STREET NIGHTMARE!  I did manage to talk myself out of the Shiro Halloween collection today because I realized I'm actually not a big fan of NBC, so I have no real need for it other than a driving urge to own all of the Halloween collections.  I want it, but I definitely don't want it as badly as some other things..  Some shit is hitting the fan for me right now, and the more things I can talk myself out of, the better.  GDE new/LE stuff is always on my allowed list, though. 

(And I gave up on my VD order from July and pressed for a refund, which I finally received Friday.)

(And I have a new major must-complete project -- shoveling out the nightmare of a spare room -- underway, so I'm thinking that I'm going to have to use orders as my motivation here.  I have to keep working on it in every spare moment until it's *done*, but it's such an overwhelming amount of *stuff* that I feel defeated just looking at it, but it *has* to get done *this month*.  I just have to figure out the incremental steps to be rewarded to keep myself focused and on-track.  I am *insanely* easily distracted when I clean.  Four hours = an order?  One stack of boxes?  A certain amount of floor space revealed?  How much crap I've jettisoned from my life?  I did discover the fact that I must like _A Wrinkle in Time_ even more than I ever realized because I've already come across *two* copies of it, and I'm pretty sure I have a couple more in boxes I haven't gone through yet!)

 

[Amber McCarley]

  I did discover the fact that I must like _A Wrinkle in Time_ even more than I ever realized because I've already come across *two* copies of it, and I'm pretty sure I have a couple more in boxes I haven't gone through yet!)

That was probably my first book obsession as a pre-teen. I love that book. <3 haha

 

[ohsailor]

I had resisted even looking at the Femme Fatale site until now. SO MANY PRETTY THINGS! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

GIIIIRL, RIGHT?? That site has ruined my life

 

[ohsailor]

I think My Beauty Addiction has been mentioned once or twice- I'm thinking about buying two of their whipped soaps and an eye shadow sample set. Experiences?

 

[Shalott]

I am up super late waiting for some painkillers to kick in, so what do I do? Check the Indie thread of course! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Don't know what's going on in the thread but I got several orders while I was away and I can't wait to play with my Shiro goodies and my i+ta sub! Just waiting on my NM VC and Grimoire, I think.

I also got my Cocoa Pink order and I am surprisingly... underwhelmed. Maybe the fragrances are just too nuanced for me, but five out of the six samples I ordered smell alike, but none were that close on description. The sixth one smells like something else I already owned, LOL, and ALL of them seem to be much, much sweeter than I anticipated. -_- /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I have only worn Masquerade Ball on my skin so far and it wasn't a stinker, but not what I expected. Cold sniffs lie, though, so I won't pass a final verdict until I get to try them all on. :smilehappyyes:

 

[mandithomas89]

I'm the same. I would always grab for my UD Naked or Electric, but they're not my favorites anymore.

Seriously. My Naked palette used to be my life and I haven't touched it in months.

Yes my HoG order arrived today. Got a Ghost Puffs sample even though I already have one. And I'm also on the fence about Blood Orange Marshmallow, I think it would be better as a pumpkin butter, but I'm going to try layering it with other things and see how that goes. I think it will make a good mixing scent.

I hope that happens to me for my sample! More of that or Pumpkin Eater would be amazing!
Eta I am way too excited for GDE orders tomorrow. All day I couldn't wait to come home and get my order from last week! That and my DG order arrived today after the whole forwarding process. The Who Ya Gonna Call, Hello Fall, and 10 Chalupas are so pretty but even better is the Raindrops on Roses balm gloss! SO GORGEOUS. And yay my HOG stuff should be here Thursday!

 

[ohsailor]

I am up super late waiting for some painkillers to kick in, so what do I do? Check the Indie thread of course! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Don't know what's going on in the thread but I got several orders while I was away and I can't wait to play with my Shiro goodies and my i+ta sub! Just waiting on my NM VC and Grimoire, I think.

I also got my Cocoa Pink order and I am surprisingly... underwhelmed. Maybe the fragrances are just too nuanced for me, but five out of the six samples I ordered smell alike, but none were that close on description. The sixth one smells like something else I already owned, LOL, and ALL of them seem to be much, much sweeter than I anticipated. -_- /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I have only worn Masquerade Ball on my skin so far and it wasn't a stinker, but not what I expected. Cold sniffs lie, though, so I won't pass a final verdict until I get to try them all on. :smilehappyyes:

Girl, they were sweeter than you imagined?? Almost all of them mention sugar, frosting, various sweets/pies/chocolates, sugar, and vanilla /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Also @@Shalott check your mail!

 

[Shalott]

Girl, they were sweeter than you imagined?? Almost all of them mention sugar, frosting, various sweets/pies/chocolates, sugar, and vanilla /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Also @Shalott check your mail!

Hmm, I guess you're right, but I didn't think I'd make that kind of mistake so I double-checked the notes listed for the vials I got and other than the one I knew of and expected to be sweet, the sweetest (seeming) notes were two with vanilla (90% of my fragrances have it, ha ha) and one with cocoa. Those don't account for why five out of six smell like frosted gingerbread on a cold sniff! :lol:

 

[BSquared]

Waiting on:

-dawn eyes (shipped yesterday)

- darling girl (hopefully shipped soon?)

- Victorian Disco (maybe I'll get it next year)

 

[kawaiisofoxy]

I am currently waiting on:

• NM Grisly Grimoire
• NM VC
  
• GCC Pumpkin King
• DG Walkers/Bitten/Pumpkin Fyre

I think that's it, although I'm going to join in the mad rush for GDE tomorrow as well because NEED ELM STREET NIGHTMARE!  I did manage to talk myself out of the Shiro Halloween collection today because I realized I'm actually not a big fan of NBC, so I have no real need for it other than a driving urge to own all of the Halloween collections.  I want it, but I definitely don't want it as badly as some other things..  Some shit is hitting the fan for me right now, and the more things I can talk myself out of, the better.  GDE new/LE stuff is always on my allowed list, though. 

(And I gave up on my VD order from July and pressed for a refund, which I finally received Friday.)

(And I have a new major must-complete project -- shoveling out the nightmare of a spare room -- underway, so I'm thinking that I'm going to have to use orders as my motivation here.  I have to keep working on it in every spare moment until it's *done*, but it's such an overwhelming amount of *stuff* that I feel defeated just looking at it, but it *has* to get done *this month*.  I just have to figure out the incremental steps to be rewarded to keep myself focused and on-track.  I am *insanely* easily distracted when I clean.  Four hours = an order?  One stack of boxes?  A certain amount of floor space revealed?  How much crap I've jettisoned from my life?  I did discover the fact that I must like _A Wrinkle in Time_ even more than I ever realized because I've already come across *two* copies of it, and I'm pretty sure I have a couple more in boxes I haven't gone through yet!)

L'Engle is one of my favorite YA authors!  I loved that she talked about physics and used big words and didn't try to "talk down" to the readers.  I've hunted down pretty much all of her work, there's another series about the Austin family, mainly following the teen daughter Vicky, that I love.  I seriously need to go back and re-read EVERYTHING SHE'S EVER WRITTEN.  (I know, obsessed much?  I tend to find an author I like and then go read everything ever that they've done.  Madeleine L'Engle, Mercedes Lackey, Neil Gaiman, Piers Anthony... these are what I grew up on.)

Good luck cleaning out that spare room!  I have family coming for Thanksgiving and I'm already like "hmmmm I really should clean this whole entire house.  Meh, I'll just wait til two days before they arrive and start frantically cleaning.  It'll be fine." Maybe I should make my Hello Waffle Catssic Lit order contingent on actually getting a few things done around here!

 

[marigoldsue]

I am up super late waiting for some painkillers to kick in, so what do I do? Check the Indie thread of course! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Don't know what's going on in the thread but I got several orders while I was away and I can't wait to play with my Shiro goodies and my i+ta sub! Just waiting on my NM VC and Grimoire, I think.

I also got my Cocoa Pink order and I am surprisingly... underwhelmed. Maybe the fragrances are just too nuanced for me, but five out of the six samples I ordered smell alike, but none were that close on description. The sixth one smells like something else I already owned, LOL, and ALL of them seem to be much, much sweeter than I anticipated. -_- /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I have only worn Masquerade Ball on my skin so far and it wasn't a stinker, but not what I expected. Cold sniffs lie, though, so I won't pass a final verdict until I get to try them all on. :smilehappyyes:

I felt the same way when I opened my package yesterday.  Everything smelled pretty much the same to me on cold sniff, all I smelled was overwhelming vanilla.  I don't even remember ordering that much vanilla.  It's not a scent I normally go for, and I would only pick it out if it had lots of other things I like to go with it and mellow it out some.

 

[ohsailor]

Does anyone know where I can buy jars (with sifters preferably) that aren't nearly as thick as most? Like, they can be BIGGER (diameter) but I'm tryng to find ones that are about half as thick as the ones Fyrinnae/Geek Chic Cosmetics send, or the smallest you've ever seen? I'm trying to create my own palette thing-y.