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@GirlyGirlie - Sometimes it does feel like indies are a secret. Mainly because people don't seek them out, and they'd rather just run out and buy something from Walgreens/Ulta/Sephora/Nordstroms (depending on budget, of course!), because it's easy. Finding indies (especially GOOD indies) is a matter of research to find good indies, figuring out which products the companies do well (Company A has awesome lipglosses, Company B does duochromes like nobody's business, Company C is just all around great and MUST HAVE ALL THE THINGS), having patience through the long turn-around time many of them have, and then, many times dealing with nonstandard packaging.
Most people would rather just run out and grab a lipstick and pressed eyeshadow palette. That's why this thread exists, to bring together the small community here that loves indies. I have seen many posts in other threads directing people here, like when we manage to get an indie item in a larger sub. For example, when Rainbow Honey came in the Ipsy bags, all of a sudden it became something *everyone* talked about. Then it became its own thread. Did several of us know about RH before that? Yes. But were people listening to our cries of "Try this amazing thing!" Not really, because they could go to Walgreeens and get a bottle of $1.99 Sinful Colors glitter polish and feel that they were getting *pretty much* the same thing. It took getting it in their hands to go nuts, and I'm pretty sure Ipsy people/MUT people crashed their site a few times!
We would love for indies to become a huge thing. It supports local communities, it supports women who are following their dreams of selling pretties without having to sell under a major direct selling corporation. So yes, there can sometimes be a bit of a hipster, we-know-about-this-cool-stuff vibe, but that's because we do. We're not trying to keep it a secret, we want women like Vee and Carrie to succeed so they can make us more pretties. So yes, when you come in here telling us that you think we're trying to keep this thing a huge secret, it's a bit insulting. ESPECIALLY when you direct comments like that at Meagan, who has been the biggest cheerleader here for indie companies, and who is personally responsible for introducing me to GDE, Shiro, AND Geek Chic. I hope you can see why we weren't too thrilled with insinuations that were made, and you can join us in celebrating indie awesomeness.
And just in case you weren't aware, GDE subs go on sale today at 12 PST, 3 pm EST. Just so ya know.
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