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Oh I've been meaning to mention, I received my NM Grisly Grimoires, it was very late, but because I also ordered some of the Coffin Kissers which she was out of the tubes, my order was later than she had hoped. On my invoice was a very nice note and a code for $10 off my next purchase, so I am very happy with how that was handled. Also the Coffin Kisser tubes are round for mine, don't know if this is a permanent change or not.

And my HoG order came, everything smells wonderful, one problem. They forgot all of my perfumes. No sample either, so I assume maybe it was put into a bag, and then just never included. I've emailed them, really disappointed though because as a blogger time is of the essence for some reviews. I could have had this review up by tomorrow, but now I will have to wait on these perfumes, and it may cost me page views. Not a huge deal, but it bugs me. I don't know how many times I've received orders where I'm missing items. I'm just getting sick of it, can't my orders just be right for once?
Why are missing items such commonplace with HoG? Do they not bother to double check their orders? I know they get a lot of orders and have a small staff but that really isn't an excuse. They should include a printed receipt like most companies do and use it as a checklist. This sloppiness is so avoidable.

 
Why are missing items such commonplace with HoG? Do they not bother to double check their orders? I know they get a lot of orders and have a small staff but that really isn't an excuse. They should include a printed receipt like most companies do and use it as a checklist. This sloppiness is so avoidable.
Well this is personally my first time missing items from HoG, but my problem is I have this happen with almost every indie company I have ordered from. I am very detail oriented so if it were my business I would be double and triple checking every order. Save yourself some money and double check orders every once in a while.

 
OMG sometimes I wonder if I was dropped excessively as a child. SRSLY.

Edit: nah it's alchimia. I just can't spell. SEE, DROPPED.
Ha ha, I "liked" but not the dropping part. :lol: I have so many "durrr" moments, plus I can't type worth a darn, so I always second guess myself and hope that I am being understood correctly! :blush:

But yeah, I got a PayPal receipt for my purchase (it didn't say the company name, hence me confusion) which was dated October 31st. But I haven't gotten any order confirmation, and since the TAT says 12-14 days, it will be longer before I have to start wondering if my order was actually recieved! That's why I was wondering if anyone else had the same experience I did - perhaps you can order and let me know? ;) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Edit: See? Can't type, LOL.

 
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Ha ha, I "liked" but not the dropping part. :lol: I have so many "durrr" moments, plus I can't type worth a darn, so I always second guess myself and hope that I am being understood correctly! :blush:

But yeah, I got a PayPal receipt for my purchase (it didn't say the company name, hence me confusion) which was dated October 31st. But I haven't gotten any order confirmation, and since the TAT says 12-14 days, it will be longer before I have to start wondering if my order was actually recieved! That's why I was wondering if anyone else had the same experience I did - perhaps you can order and let me know? ;) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Edit: See? Can't type, LOL.
Haha the reason I asks is they're going to be attending a craft fair near my house in December. Just trying to gauge if it's worth the 25 minute drive and crowd fighting to get some!

 
As I speculated a few pages back, the bath bombs from Raven's Creek Soap (https://www.etsy.com/shop/RavensCreekSoapCo) are huge, dense, generous, and fizz like a well-shaken bottle of 7-Up. Plus you can get two for what you pay for one at Lush. For fans of pumpkiny things, there is a pumpkin spice one that not only smells great, but turns your tub into a cherry-pink pool of happy.

 
Has anyone ever ordered from BlueWaterFragrances on Etsy?
A couple years ago I did and I was quite happy. They have very faithful dupes of Fresh Lemon Sugar and BBW Juniper Breeze. I like that they have a bunch of different sizes to choose from, and a huge catalog of scents. As I recall, the TAT was fairly quick, I received my stuff maybe a week or so after ordering.

 
A couple years ago I did and I was quite happy. They have very faithful dupes of Fresh Lemon Sugar and BBW Juniper Breeze. I like that they have a bunch of different sizes to choose from, and a huge catalog of scents. As I recall, the TAT was fairly quick, I received my stuff maybe a week or so after ordering.
Thanks! All the reviews on Etsy are positive, but I'm having a hard time finding other reviews, so this is good to hear/read.

 
Does anyone know of an indie seller that makes good lipstick? I've notices a lot of them seem to do tinted balms, not lipstick. 

 
Does anyone know of an indie seller that makes good lipstick? I've notices a lot of them seem to do tinted balms, not lipstick. 
Oh, yes, indie lipstick is a *huge* thing!  But they tend to be in slim tubes like Softlips lip balm, not bullets like traditional lipsticks.  I have one from Insomnia Cosmetics that I love in the shade Witch Hunt.  It's a nice, deep red.  I'm very much over red lipstick because that's what I wore pretty much every day during college, so I'm trying to get away from it, but this one is gorgeous.  And I've tried a couple of Geek Chic Cosmetics lipsticks, too, but they're not in shades I'm really wild about (one was a group order where everyone received the same color, but it just doesn't work for me, and one was a _Goonies_ shade, so I needed it even though I don't wear brown lipstick!), so I don't wear them long enough to really form an opinion on them.  There are a bunch of other companies that do lipsticks that have been discussed at various points in this thread, but I haven't really tried them.

(And if you're loking for lipstick due to color intensity reasons, I do recommend giving Shiro glosses a whirl!  They're more of a liquid lipstick to me than a traditional gloss.  I have to apply *very* lightly and then blot, and I pretty much *never* blot my lips.)

 
Does anyone know of an indie seller that makes good lipstick? I've notices a lot of them seem to do tinted balms, not lipstick. 
Performance Colors

Limnit Lipsticks - last restocks on the last few colors happens tomorrow, full size tubes coming 2015

Kiss My Sass

Little Sparrow

Tilt/Shift Cosmetics

Life's Entropy

 
Does anyone know of an indie seller that makes good lipstick? I've notices a lot of them seem to do tinted balms, not lipstick.
Try beautybarbaby-I received a sample from my I+t sub, and omg, I had to order. Super fast shipping, and just really good formulas-both the pot lipsticks, bullet lipsticks and lipbalms.

 
I know some of you have ordered from Solstice Scents before.

I just placed an order for a pack of choose your own samples. I entered my choices in the comments after I signed into PayPal. In my order confirmation, my selected free sample is shown, but my other choices (from the comments) are not shown. Is this normal?

 
I know some of you have ordered from Solstice Scents before.

I just placed an order for a pack of choose your own samples. I entered my choices in the comments after I signed into PayPal. In my order confirmation, my selected free sample is shown, but my other choices (from the comments) are not shown. Is this normal?
It's kind of hidden, the comments are in the Additional Information section of the order confirmation. They should show there, and not at the bottom where the free sample perfume is.

 
Just got a great idea for a Christmas present for your unconverted-to-indies friends...a homemade pressed fandom eyeshadow palette! For instance I have two friends in particular that seem to like makeup and fandoms, but probably won't be swayed by loose eyeshadows. So I think I am going to make them eyeshadow palettes with shades from their favorite fandoms.

 
Bought all mine! I also tossed in a Krumkake Body Whip because I really like to put on super delicious food scents at night, and after wearing that one all day I thought it might serve a good purpose. Now I can alternate between that and HoG's Vice. :smilehappyyes:
Quoting myself because I've already got a shipping confirmation that is supposed to go out tomorrow daaang. And Karen was saying on FB that she isn't sure if she will do a restock of these scents, since they got released later than normal, so I'd say try to get it now if there is anything you want!

 

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