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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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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
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Yup, I broke and knocked out my wish list for Victorian Disco. Because I am moving I am having it shipped to a friend's house but I will thank myself for this later I am sure. 40$ worth of stuff for 20$...uh, yes. lol

 
Just purchased from that amazing Victorian Disco sale. I just couldn't resist...I'm still getting into indie makeup so I bought a ton of samples to try out different looks and play around a bit. So much for my low buy :p /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
bsquared said:
I will not it will not I will not I will not I will not I will not....
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Fail. But only $14 and I figure with 5 week TAT I'll forget I even ordered and it will be a nice surprise in the mail one day!

 
meaganola said:
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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I've definitely noticed this. I saw a lot of difference just in blogger shots too as I was trying to find more swatches. Extra surprise I guess!
 
Lolo22 said:
I've definitely noticed this. I saw a lot of difference just in blogger shots too as I was trying to find more swatches. Extra surprise I guess!
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It's kind of like Julep, except instead of the problem being Photoshopped-to-hell photos, it's just the pigments themselves not wanting to be photographed properly, like ghosts.  You have to see them up close and in-person to really get the magic!

And, heeeeey, gang, if anyone else is participating in Secret Santa (I think signups are a mere three months away!  Whoo!) and if they don't have it listed, could we all agree to ask our recipient if they are open to indies?  :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />  I reallyreally want to go full indie on my shopping (imagine opening a box of Haus of Gloi *and* Shiro *and* GDE *and* GCC *and* Hello Waffle *and* Victorian Disco!  Oh, the sparkle, color, and smell-good!), and not everyone is even aware of the existence of indies enough to put them on their lists, but I've already stated publicly multiple times that I want to do this, and if I'm the only one asking, it will be clear that I'm that person's Santa!  I wish we had random exchange groups so we could do an all-indie exchange amongst ourselves where we send our personal favorite items.  I think that would be fun.  But we don't, so the best I can hope for is an indie-oriented Kiddo for Santa.

 
Yes!! My Santa can send me ALL THE INDIES and I want to send someone else down this black hole too!! It's so fun!

 
@@meaganola true! Plus with all the different ways to wear them they look super different anyway. I usually like to wear mine kind of sheer over another color or pack them on heavy on the outer lid/crease, and both look a bit different in the coloring.

As for SS, yes! It would be so fun to get someone into indies, also I hope you get me!!!!

 
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I may or may not have made an indie purchase for my swap buddy.

Which could have led me to a purchase of my own.

I would love it if a Secret Santa who actually knows about these things sent some!

 
Yes! I would love to do an all Indie box of goodies for SS! I just hope the person I get is into that, my Summerswap person doesn't like loose shadow, so that was a little bit of a bummer. But, there's still time for an all Indie fest for winter! We have to discover more great companies to cover all the product categories. Can't wait to hear everyone's ideas for this  :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
Darling Girl Cosmetics flash sale: 15% off $10+ with code FLASH15

Ends tomorrow night at midnight (probably CST)

I was originally going to allow a Darling Girl Cosmetics purchase if there was a sale in August... so I think I'm going to extend my low-buy for this so I can grab a superstar serum and some other things to reach $10.

 
marigoldsue said:
Do any of the indie companies do creme shadows?  I am looking for a cocoa brown that is similar to the NARS paint pots.
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Darling Girl Cosmetics has the Watercolor Paint Pots

Performance Colors has cream eyeshadows in tubes

Silk Naturals also has cream eyeshadows (called Chromatic Cream Eye Color)

I've never used any of these and haven't read any thorough reviews on them, so I can't comment on quality. I think the Darling Girl Paint Pots and Performance colors have received some good reviews, though. Pumpkin and Poppy also makes cream eyeshadows sometimes but her stock/inventory is very inconsistent (I think there's only one cream eyeshadow in her store right now). I don't know if any of these brands have the color you're looking for, though.

Maybe you can also use a foiling medium to turn loose powder shadows into something with cream-consistency?

 

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