Down the Indie Rabbit Hole

[Lolo22]

In the last few days I have received my GDE Halloween order, Nm Winchester gospels and VC, DG OITNB and a FCS order but have had no time to play with anything. OITNB looks absolutely gorgeous, like everyone needs those immediately. Hopefully I have time this weekend to dig in to my goodies. I haven't even been wearing indies this week because I have family staying at our house and I had to put away all my fishing tackle organizers which are usually spread out all over the bathroom counter haha.

 

[meaganola]

I should share this term I coined over in the BPAL world several years ago over here: Walletgeddon, aka the Festival of Walletgeddon, since it lasts for months. It refers to the period between September and February when we get hit by autumn, Halloween, Yule/Christmas, winter, and Lupercalia/Valentine's Day collections in quick succession.

 

[Bflopolska]

Recently I received a grab bag from Spectrum Cosmetics (who BTW I recommend highly) and included in it was this shadow. A red shadow. A screaming, in-your-face, fire-engine red shadow. I really don't even need to swatch this, just picture a stop sign. I have never worn anything this...extreme on my eyes before, and I have the sneaking suspicion that it is not going to be office-friendly. It is too richly pigmented to work really well as a blush. I have light, cool-toned skin. Any ideas on how to make this work??? I have an outfit in mind for it, but the end result will be that of a very rebellious Catholic schoolgirl!

 

[Bflopolska]

...and in the meantime I am waiting very impatiently for Sugar Skull Minerals to open her shop again! Vicki had dropped hints of lip colors being added, and I want in--especially if she is doing one at all similar to her Apple Jack shadow, which right now is being more used on my lips than eyes. And Black Violet...! I received my mini bottles of Chameleon and Lady Grey a few days ago. The site describes Chameleon as being a version of Karma, but...no. It stands alone. It is gorgeous, more spicy than Karma, and very individual in its own right. I am on the fence about Lady Grey. I like it a good deal, but it smells like weed on me! I expected a little more of a bergamot twist, but this is more like general seating at a Phish concert. I wore it to work this week, and I am truly surprised I didn't get taken to the employee clinic for a drug test.

I also have a perfume from Little Batch Apothecary coming in today, a pile of Haus of Gloi coming tomorrow, Aromaleigh and Meow Cosmetics coming hopefully Monday, not to mention a replacement Goddess Glow from Erzulie Cosmetics (this is quite possibly the most perfect foundation alternative I have ever found.)  

 

[biancardi]

I got my NM bag last night - I didn't have time to play with it yet, but I have to say that the bag itself is fantastic! 

 

[Verorenee]

Recently I received a grab bag from Spectrum Cosmetics (who BTW I recommend highly) and included in it was this shadow. A red shadow. A screaming, in-your-face, fire-engine red shadow. I really don't even need to swatch this, just picture a stop sign. I have never worn anything this...extreme on my eyes before, and I have the sneaking suspicion that it is not going to be office-friendly. It is too richly pigmented to work really well as a blush. I have light, cool-toned skin. Any ideas on how to make this work??? I have an outfit in mind for it, but the end result will be that of a very rebellious Catholic schoolgirl!

Mix it with a clear gloss for a fiery red lip? If its lip safe of course.

 

[Lolo22]

Debaucherous Christmas stuff is up, not a ton but it all looks pretty yummy /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[tacehtpuekam]

Got my little HoG order today & the sample they included is 'Rosy Cheeked,' which I'm guessing is for the Yule collection? I can't put my finger on what it smells like, but it smells reeeeaaally good. 

ETA: Found it! “Pink grapefruit, fir needles, juniper berries, rosemary, a sprig of parsley and bright winter lilies”

 

[meaganola]

Recently I received a grab bag from Spectrum Cosmetics (who BTW I recommend highly) and included in it was this shadow. A red shadow. A screaming, in-your-face, fire-engine red shadow. I really don't even need to swatch this, just picture a stop sign. I have never worn anything this...extreme on my eyes before, and I have the sneaking suspicion that it is not going to be office-friendly. It is too richly pigmented to work really well as a blush. I have light, cool-toned skin. Any ideas on how to make this work??? I have an outfit in mind for it, but the end result will be that of a very rebellious Catholic schoolgirl!

There's actually a thread on MUT that I can't go dig up right now (on my phone) about wearing red eyeshadow! I actually love it. Short version: Lid only, pack it on, brown liner and in the crease. Keeping bold color restricted to your lid makes pretty much anything office-friendly, at least for me.

 

[tacehtpuekam]

Do we know when HoG is starting to stock the Yule stuff?

Made the mistake of reading some of the scent descriptions and OH MY GOODNESS, I want all of the Christmas smells!  :wub:

 

[rachelshine]

Shit, the Debaucherous stuff looks AMAZE. I want it alllll. Lebkuchen, I want it. Now. 

 

[Lolo22]

Do we know when HoG is starting to stock the Yule stuff?

Made the mistake of reading some of the scent descriptions and OH MY GOODNESS, I want all of the Christmas smells!  :wub:

Is the list somewhere?  I'm assuming I need to start a reserve account now lol   

 

[Kelly Silva]

Do we know when HoG is starting to stock the Yule stuff?

Made the mistake of reading some of the scent descriptions and OH MY GOODNESS, I want all of the Christmas smells!  :wub:

Going from past years it seems to be the first couple of weeks in November, so I assume then.

 

[Meggpi]

I don't know if this company has been mentioned before, but if you're big into fandoms and polish, they have polishes inspired by:

The Walking Dead

Star Trek TOS

Harry Potter 

The X Files

Breaking Bad

Hitchhiker's Guide

Dr. Horrible

Supernatural

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA!! (of course I hate the color :I  )

American Horror Story 

Divergent

Dexter 

Orange is The New Black

Firefly

GoT

Hunger Games

Sherlock

Doctor Who

Star Wars

Big Bang Theory

Orphan Black

Cartoons like Rainbow Brite and Carebears 

And quite a few more including video games

And their Halloween Collection includes

The Exorcist 

Friday The 13th

Night of The Living Dead

Evil Dead!!

Poltergeist 

Halloween

Nightmare on Elm Street

The Shining

JUST in case you either haven't heard of this brand or haven't checked up on them lately, for a certain upcoming list /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

http://dollishpolish.bigcartel.com/products

OMG 'I Threw My Pie For You'

 

[mandithomas89]

Well. Today my long adventure with Victorian Disco came to its end. I am seriously kinda in shock that it finally arrived AND with no errors. She combined both my orders (from July and Sept) and threw in 3 extra samples. I would whine about the fact that I paid two separate shipping fees and she combined them so she *should* give me a refund but I simply don't care enough too. As its been so long, I had NO IDEA that I had ordered so much stuff. O.O Seriously...this haul was way more impressive than I thought it was. I started swatching through the jars and there are several shades I really really am impressed with and the art on the mini jars was a welcome surprise. I am still very put off by Victorian Disco as a company in general, but put me down on the list of people who say "Service sucks, but the eye shadows are lovely" because many of these really are.

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Some of those sample bags are SUPER Light! Wow.....

This pretty much exactly sums up how I felt receiving my Victorian Disco order on Saturday. There was a moment of annoyance at the fact that I paid shipping for both my July and September orders which were sent together and then I got over it. Aside from having to chase down the orders, I was actually pretty impressed with them. Slugs in particular is absolutely amazing.

 

[Kelly Silva]

I just put on my Alchemic Muse Countrycide perfume sample that came with my order today, and holy crap it's really good! Reminds me of the Fortune Cookie Soap The Shiz scent, that same sort of sweet outdoorsy kind of notes. It's not strong, and stays very close to the skin, but is actually something I might consider buying full size!

 

[Amber McCarley]

DreamWorld Hermetica Minerals Practical Magic collection is out....and my want is off the chart.
PRACTICAL MAGIC!!!! *also the label art is awesome*
http://dreamworldminerals.net/practical_magic2014.html

 

[CurlyTails]

Those are so pretty!

 

[rachelshine]

Dear god, with all the exchanges I am doing + my own inability to stop buying, I'm going to need to destash mighty soon!! Bc obviously me + no-buy don't really work out. 

 

[tacehtpuekam]

So, it sounds like Hello Waffle is going to be doing a monthly subscription starting in November...!