Down the Indie Rabbit Hole

[Tamarin]

I got my queen bee apothecary order today!  Lip balm for scale in the

picture.  I got the mini lavender whipped shea butter, mini daily grind body frosting, and sample deodorant in lemongrass sage.  I tried out a bit of the lavender shea butter and it is pretty oily when you first put it on, takes a few minutes to fully sink in.  The lavender scent is very light and the lotion has no weird lingering smell after putting it on. I bought this for use as a heavy duty moisturizer and it should be good for that.  The daily grind mini is much smaller than I thought it would be but it smells SO GOOD you guys, it's an amazing sweet coffee smell.  I want to eat it.  The deodorant sample is really substantial and has a great clean smell that I would say is unisex.  I'll be testing it this week. It's a clear solid, in case anyone was wondering.  

 

[CurlyTails]

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I got my queen bee apothecary order today!  Lip balm for scale in the

picture.  I got the mini lavender whipped shea butter, mini daily grind body frosting, and sample deodorant in lemongrass sage.  I tried out a bit of the lavender shea butter and it is pretty oily when you first put it on, takes a few minutes to fully sink in.  The lavender scent is very light and the lotion has no weird lingering smell after putting it on. I bought this for use as a heavy duty moisturizer and it should be good for that.  The daily grind mini is much smaller than I thought it would be but it smells SO GOOD you guys, it's an amazing sweet coffee smell.  I want to eat it.  The deodorant sample is really substantial and has a great clean smell that I would say is unisex.  I'll be testing it this week. It's a clear solid, in case anyone was wondering.

I'm curious to hear your thoughts after trying out the deodorant. I'm interested in finding an alternative to typical ones.

 

[Kelly Silva]

I'm curious to hear your thoughts after trying out the deodorant. I'm interested in finding an alternative to typical ones.

The other big indie deodorant place I've heard of is Bunny Butt Apothecary which I've been thinking about trying, especially with a name like that!
And my HoG giant order shipped! I have the feeling it should be here by Saturday if I am lucky so I can't wait!

 

[tacehtpuekam]

Well, HoG hasn't responded to my e-mail & they just posted this:

Hey everyone! We had a supplier short us on an order and then discontinue carrying a very necessary ingredient for our Whipped Soaps and Bubbling Scrubs. We have ordered more of the ingredient from another supplier. That being said, this will push back restock dates. We are shooting for the latter part of next week for restocks. We will be keeping you posted when we can set a firm date. In the mean time I will be doubling up on lip balms and Butterbombs. Thanks everyone! 

Soooo I think I'm out of luck on my GP whipped soap! I will be yearning for it until next year!

 

[CurlyTails]

The other big indie deodorant place I've heard of is Bunny Butt Apothecary which I've been thinking about trying, especially with a name like that!

And my HoG giant order shipped! I have the feeling it should be here by Saturday if I am lucky so I can't wait!

I'll have to check this out!

 

[SillyNoodle]

My HoG order shipped and I got a refund. I am excite!

 

[SOSRedAlertSOS]

My HoG has not shipped yet but I am so excited for everyone to get their goodies! We are all gonna smell like heaven!

 

[CurlyTails]

I can't wait to see what everyone gets! I just picked up gifts but I'm still excited!

 

[ohsailor]

So an indie advent calendar is awesome! Do we know when it'll be sold (for the minute it's available)? /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I'll probably be waiting on my HoG for a while to, with my multiple orders. I can't wait to hear what everyone thinks about the Yule products!

An indie advent calendar, and there's only 30? Heartbreak City, here I come!

 

[mooreeeg]

Anyone have a recommendation for a super moisturizing whipped soap? /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[elizabethrose]

I've been waffling over the catssic literature half halflings since the stickers will be buy able separately but I THINK I need to wait! Too many orders out!!

 

[rachelshine]

Well, HoG hasn't responded to my e-mail & they just posted this:

Hey everyone! We had a supplier short us on an order and then discontinue carrying a very necessary ingredient for our Whipped Soaps and Bubbling Scrubs. We have ordered more of the ingredient from another supplier. That being said, this will push back restock dates. We are shooting for the latter part of next week for restocks. We will be keeping you posted when we can set a firm date. In the mean time I will be doubling up on lip balms and Butterbombs. Thanks everyone! 

Soooo I think I'm out of luck on my GP whipped soap! I will be yearning for it until next year!

Well damn! I am guessing those of us with shipping orders including whipped soap got luck as fuq!! 

 

[marigoldsue]

Please consider a purchase of Notroisuoy Morbid's COTM for November.  Proceeds from the sale of Yellow Moon will be donated to the EB Research Partnership.  EB is a horrible disease where your skin does not "anchor".  Something as simple as wearing clothes will cause the body to blister.  I have personally met several children with this disease and their bodies are open, oozing wounds at all times.  They have to undergo daily intensely painful baths and hours of bandaging to care for these wounds.   The open wounds of course put them at great risk for infection, and most do not make it to adulthood as a result of this disease.  They have other medical issues too, but these are the most visible and painful.  Eddie Vedder, from Pearl Jam, is a member of the EBRP board and recently toured the Children's Hospital at The University of Minnesota.  You may have seen YouTube videos of his concert that night where he brought one of the doctors pioneering stem cell transplants to save these children.  Dr. Jakub Tolar is also the doctor that pioneered the protocol for transplant in the disease that my daughter had.  He is probably the most compassionate and brilliant man I have ever met.  He is dedicated to finding not only treatment options for this horrible disease, but an actual cure.  I don't know how or why NM decided to donate the proceeds from this color towards EB Research, but it has really touched my heart that they are.

 

[kaitlin1209]

Anyone have a recommendation for a super moisturizing whipped soap? /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I really like the bath bombs by the Salty Jellyfish on Etsy. I have only ordered those, not the whipped soap, but if she formulates them the way she does her bath bombs I'm sure they're moisturizing. She is also a very nice shop owner, and even messaged me to ask if my order made it to me okay!  Also she formulates things that are intentionally gentle and good for skin.  

 

[Kelly Silva]

Anyone have a recommendation for a super moisturizing whipped soap? /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

So far I have only tried HoG and it is super moisturizing, but I have also bought some from Solstice Scents and cream soap from Alchemic Muse. The Solstice Scents whipped soap is also really moisturizing, and I have some orders out for some other companies, but haven't tried any of those yet.

 

[Verorenee]

Whew so glad I saw on IMAM that sixteen92 will be pulling the fall sample set before the winter release! She's almost out! So go get the set now If you want it.

Also Wicked and Salem will be added to the General catalogue.

 

[rachelshine]

@@marigoldsue, wow!! Such a gorgeous color for a great cause <3 

 

[chibimorph]

.... my Victorian Disco order (from September) arrived /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I asked her for an update on facebook last week, and on Sunday she sent me a tracking number and a pic of the package (without me prompting!). Didn't want to say anything until the package actually arrived (without any missing items).

ETA: And she just sent me a facebook message asking if everything arrived okay!

 

[BSquared]

Could it be....an actual VD tracking number??? After 3.5 long months of waiting??? I still won't believe it until it's in my mailbox but a small part of me is happy I MIGHT actually get the order I paid for.

 

[Shalott]

I've gotten my sample sets of the Alchemic Muse Winter fragrances and I have some very strong opinions already. I can't wait to finish testing them and let you know what I think! I am wishing I'd gotten a soap sampler, too, because I really want to try them out, but I might just have to take the plunge and buy some full size soaps.