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@@marigoldsue okay, this is too fun!! Here's some picks for you. I'll note which ones I have, but honestly, I don't think you can go wrong with Shiro :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> 

Blues: 

Greens:


Purples:

Peach/Browns/Golds

  • Doge - Gah, love this color. Pinky peach prettiness. 
  • I Loved a Maid - Another great gold/peach. This one is quite popular. 
  • Mockingjay - Straight up metallic gold/bronze. I keep taking this one OUT of my cart because I have so many dupes but it speaks to me.
  • I Tried - Shiro's version of a rose gold. Yuuup, in the cart.  
 
rachelshine said:
@@marigoldsue okay, this is too fun!! Here's some picks for you. I'll note which ones I have, but honestly, I don't think you can go wrong with Shiro :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> 

Blues: 

Greens:
 Purples:

Peach/Browns/Golds
  • Doge - Gah, love this color. Pinky peach prettiness. 
  • I Loved a Maid - Another great gold/peach. This one is quite popular. 
  • Mockingjay - Straight up metallic gold/bronze. I keep taking this one OUT of my cart because I have so many dupes but it speaks to me.
  • I Tried - Shiro's version of a rose gold. Yuuup, in the cart.  
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My goodness! I don't know whether to hate you or hug you!!!!! I'm SO new to indies. I got some GCC samples in my fairy godchild package & then you all kept talking about GDE so I ordered a few samples from there & found 2 holy grail colors for me & now you're telling me someone has an Avengers collection? Heaven help me!!!! ;-)

 
@@rachelshine, Thanks.  Several on your list I want but they don't have sample sizes right now.  Yzma's Essence of Lama is getting added to my cart.  I was toying with that one already.

@@trekkersangel, which GDE's are your HG?. I have been shopping her collection since March. She runs such good promos, but I freeze when it somes to picking out shades every time there is a promo.  I need to keep a "next order" list.

 
rachelshine said:
Fyrinnae also has sample jars too *whistles*. I think they are like $2? Chock full of prettiness. I just got her latest one (plus some eyeshadows & a lip lustre obviously).

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L-R, Gilded Wings, Snow Puppies (free mini), and Steam Punk. These are swatched with GDE Control Freak Primer + the tiniest drop of her Foil Me & then next to is just solo (minus Steamp Punk which I did backwards) Lip Lustre is in Queer Theory. Blush Greek Goddess. 

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Seriously, how cute are these sizes!! All minis. I think all together + shipping, $12? And holy crap, they will last me foreverrrr. 

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One of her Arcane Magic shadows, Steam Punk! 

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Derpy face FTW!! But, I am so in love with the lip lustre. 
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That color is gorgeous on you!

 
marigoldsue said:
@@rachelshine, Thanks.  Several on your list I want but they don't have sample sizes right now.  Yzma's Essence of Lama is getting added to my cart.  I was toying with that one already.

@@trekkersangel, which GDE's are your HG?. I have been shopping her collection since March. She runs such good promos, but I freeze when it somes to picking out shades every time there is a promo.  I need to keep a "next order" list.
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Heedless Heart & Burlesque! I just picked out a few random sample baggies & those were 2 of them & I don't know how I ever lived without them! After summer swap is over & I'm off my "no buy" I will be buying them in full size.

Heedless heart is one you would like! It's in the pink family, but it has almost a metallic look to it! It's the perfect color! And burlesque is a gorgeous deep purple full of glittery goodness. They look awesome together!!!

 
My My Pretty Zombie order came yesterday (WAY earlier than I expected as I ordered after her huge sale and she was totally backed up) and I LOVE it! I haven't swatched any of those yet as I am out of little jars for re-potting. But I'm already stupidly obsessed with this company.
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Also Yesturday I used the "Storybook Love" collection from GCC and went nuts with eye artistry. These colors are mostly "As you wish" and "inconceivable!" *With some Starlooks products in there too but those aren't indie*
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lastly, today I swatched 6 more shades from the Aromaleigh Ancient Magick Collection *only over primer* :) *Only 8 shades to go!* Gosh I am so in love with this collection! My favorites are Osiris, Hequet and Anubis

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Oh oh oh! For those familiar with the story behind GDE's The <3 of the Matter, Shyra got a call for her heart today! And now my eyes seem to be leaking! Rock it if you've got it tomorrow!

 
Shiro - Earth's Mightiest Heroes Collection (inspired by The Avengers)

I took pics in different lighting conditions (alas, I don't have direct sunlight right now) and chose the one that I felt was the most true to color.

Swatches Part 1: White LED lighting in natural light

Top-Bottom: primer, Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

Left-Right: Cognitive Recalibration, I Understood That Reference, Something Sweet As Pain, Glowstick of Destiny, Enormous Green Rage Monster, Genius Billionaire Playboy Philanthropist

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Swatches Part 2: White LED lighting in natural light

Left-Right: He Loves His Hammer, Burdened with Glorious Purpose, A Push in the Right Direction, That Man is Playing Galaga

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I also took close-up pics of individual shades (in natural light) so if there's a particular shade that you want a closer look at, just let me know.

 
I think for a birthday treat for myself next month I need to place an indie order. Time to hunker down and make a list!

 
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So... if anyone's interested in Victorian Disco, she's clearing out her old inventory. Since Florida has stricter labeling requirements, she's having a 50% off sale until tomorrow to clear out inventory with old labels; code: LOWESTSALEEVER

I recommend going to the /r/indiemakeupandmore subreddit or Victorian Disco's facebook page for more info - especially since TAT has been bumped up to 4-5 weeks. She just moved to Florida and is getting settled - I don't know if products are being shipped by a friend/helper from her Illinois address (which has had a lot of shipping problems in the past - but her customer service is great and she'll reship things that are lost) or from her new Florida address.

I'm trying to stick to my low-buy and not get anything from this sale.. especially since I had so much stuff arrive last week.

 
Tempting sale, but as of right after my huge haul from the Fortune Cookie Soap Christmas in July sale, I am on a no buy! I was going to do it starting August 1st, but figured after a big Memebox haul and now a FCS haul I may as well start now. So anyways, one of my goals is to try all of my existing Indie stuff! I've got a ton of untried GDE pigments to try, and my Haus of Gloi order that I'm still waiting on. I was going to make one last Indie order, but decided against it. I can wait a month. It should be fun creating looks for all my shadows  :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
I apologize for more enabling... but Lucy Minerals has a BOGO sale on their "Try It" sizes of foundations and finishing powders only. As per the instructions on the front page, don't add the free shades into the cart, but write them in the comments section. Their lip butters are also on sale. I've heard good reviews about their foundation, which has been described as a 'creamy powder formula' (some people like it better than the Meow Cosmetics foundation). However, Lucy Minerals has a small shade range. I know the foundations are well-reviewed, but I don't know much about their other products.

Sale ends today at midnight PST.

http://www.lucyminerals.com/

 
I haven't posted this before.  My collection.  I think I need at least two more boxes given how I like to organize things, or I might sort the non-GDE sub stuff into monthly boxes, so all of the August stuff would be together regardless of brand (except GDE) or product type (there is a surprising number of blush and lip samples showing up in these subs!).

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ANYWAY.  Most of these are GDE.  There's a blue/green/yellow box, a red/pink/orange box, a brown box, an OTM/GWP box, and a miscellaneous limited edition box.  Then there's a nearly-empty box that will house my growing GCC horde, and then there's an almost-full box that has everything else.  Not pictured:  Shiro, i+ta, or Notoriously Morbid.  Or blush.  Or the GDE Paper Runway collection or whatever else I have in the rotation box (which *desperately* needs to get sorted through this weekend).

 
chibimorph said:
So... if anyone's interested in Victorian Disco, she's clearing out her old inventory. Since Florida has stricter labeling requirements, she's having a 50% off sale until tomorrow to clear out inventory with old labels; code: LOWESTSALEEVER

I recommend going to the /r/indiemakeupandmore subreddit or Victorian Disco's facebook page for more info - especially since TAT has been bumped up to 4-5 weeks. She just moved to Florida and is getting settled - I don't know if products are being shipped by a friend/helper from her Illinois address (which has had a lot of shipping problems in the past - but her customer service is great and she'll reship things that are lost) or from her new Florida address.

I'm trying to stick to my low-buy and not get anything from this sale.. especially since I had so much stuff arrive last week.
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OMG thank you!! I just got 8 mini shadows for $13 shipped. Lots of grays! Glad to get them for so cheap since the pictures are confusing. The pigment shots and swatches look so different.
 
Lolo22 said:
OMG thank you!! I just got 8 mini shadows for $13 shipped. Lots of grays! Glad to get them for so cheap since the pictures are confusing. The pigment shots and swatches look so different.
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I find that a lot of these indies are like that, although it's not necessarily a photo-vs-life thing.  Some of these look just like each other in the jar, and then once you apply them, they look totally different, especially duochromes and multichromes.  GDE's DinoSpotz in particular is famous for looking completely different over different primers.  You could use five different primers with just DinoSpotz and look like you used five different shadows.

 

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