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No worries darlin.  We're here to have fun & we all have bad days & we all don't understand things at times.  This is actually one of my very favorite threads on MuT.  We talk about all sorts of indie companies, what we love, & boy is it an enabler thread.  I've never spent so much money in my life. ha ha ha.  You're going to love it here.  We're like a big indie addicted family.  :)

So I just spent the last hour putting my little sample baggies of the Hello Waffle Musician collection into little jars I bought off Amazon (the same size as all the full size eye pigments. . . 5 ml I think?).  I'm loving my new colors!!!  SO MUCH FUN.  Is it bad to admit I did several practice eye looks on the back of my hand?

 
trekkersangel said:
So I just spent the last hour putting my little sample baggies of the Hello Waffle Musician collection into little jars I bought off Amazon (the same size as all the full size eye pigments. . . 5 ml I think?).  I'm loving my new colors!!!  SO MUCH FUN.  Is it bad to admit I did several practice eye looks on the back of my hand?
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It's only bad if you don't tell us which colors you like the best.  Those are some of the ones I have my eye on for when the shop reopens.  I don't think I would use all of the colors in the collection though. 

 
chibimorph said:
Haha - I was the one who mentioned that. I think instructions are on their page - but I think you can send a picture of yourself in direct sunlight to [email protected] and they can give recommendations on color matching. (I'm not sure if sending to the customer service email address works, too).

Edit: the instructions aren't on their page - I found it in their forums
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I thought that might have been you but I wasn't sure! I may just do that and see if they get back to me before their sale is over. I'm kind of iffy on it because my skin is dry, but I might order samples. I used to *love* Bare Minerals back in the day, but I swear my skin has gotten waaaay drier since I moved to AZ and I'm not sure if I can do mineral powder makeup anymore.

rachelshine said:
OMG GUYS, I JUST WON THE INDIE LOTTERY!!! GDE/the fabulous ever generous Vee (@@glamourdolleyes) had an amazing 10K fan giveaway, 6 people winning 31 full size eyeshadows, and I WON! It's like the universe is finally turning around for me after such a craptastic few months. I shall have so many sparkles to play with, and SHARE with you lovelies <3 <3 <3 

Also, obviously still going to go for the OTM...And because of @ and placing a lippie order at Kissmysass.
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Congrats!!!!  :D /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> That's so great you won and such an awesome feeling to win something like that when you really just need something good to happen to you. Definitely post pictures so we can admire your massively awesome free haul.

meaganola said:
GO GO GO!
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Did you get one??

magicalmom said:
Keep trying!  Had to refresh about a million times at each step of the way.

And now I'm panicking because my PayPal email isn't showing up right away.  Yeeks.  Please tell me it went through!!!  Got to the last paypal screen, it was loading loading loading and then took me back to the GDE site and said "your cart is empty"

Edit #2:  I think I'm SOL.  I don't think it went through.  *sighs* at least I got the Vanishing Cabinet this morning!
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The exact same thing happened to me! I had Safari up on my phone and I was trying on Chrome and IE on my work computer. I thought I got all the way through paypal and then it went to the GDE site saying I had an empty cart. This was my third month in a row trying and failing to get in. I just hate missing out on limited stuff. I still think about Vanilla Unicorn and how bad I want that one lol. Last month, I tried for the 6 and then it sold out, I backed out and tried to get 3 but that was sold by the time I got through the paypal stuff and then so was the 2 and I just gave up. Oh well. September 8th, I'm already reworking my strategy.

rachelshine said:
@@trekkersangel <3 <3 <3 All of the sparkles will be shown! 

I ended up just scrambling and getting a 1 month. Didn't want to press my luck with trying for 2 months or more. Crazy crashing galore. Didn't even bother trying to do paypal and ran to get my CC when I saw it finally get the checkout screen. 

Can we also talk about how Vee's Deadly Hollywood collection looks AMAZING and will be released next weekish I think?? 
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That's probably what I should have done. I always go for the most months and they run out in that order. I'm also going to sign into my account ahead of time and everything. 

I'm dying to see the Dead Hollywood stuff! I tried to go through the pictures in the group and find the ones she posted but there were too many FOTDs to wade through.

 
@ Check out the GDE Instagram account! I think she's put the swatches up a few days after the group previews. As for the OTM, I have a full year, so I get to just watch the rush from the sidelines. (As an added bonus, I think the annuals go out in the first round of shipping, so I usually get mine before anyone else posts theirs!)

 
Welp, I just saw gde's FB post and realized I missed the sub sign up again! I remember looking at the clock at 1:40 and thinking 'ok I better stay at my desk for the next 20 minutes.' Didn't work out :( /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> this is what happens when you have a job where you have to do 87 things at once lol. Oh well, can't wait to see what you ladies get!!!

 
HelpMeSleep said:
I thought that might have been you but I wasn't sure! I may just do that and see if they get back to me before their sale is over. I'm kind of iffy on it because my skin is dry, but I might order samples. I used to *love* Bare Minerals back in the day, but I swear my skin has gotten waaaay drier since I moved to AZ and I'm not sure if I can do mineral powder makeup anymore.
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You can also try Lucy Minerals (also powder but people have described as creamy) and Dreamworld Hermetica (they're coming out with a liquid foundation soon, but they have multiple formulations of powder foundation right now).

 
HelpMeSleep said:
I thought that might have been you but I wasn't sure! I may just do that and see if they get back to me before their sale is over. I'm kind of iffy on it because my skin is dry, but I might order samples. I used to *love* Bare Minerals back in the day, but I swear my skin has gotten waaaay drier since I moved to AZ and I'm not sure if I can do mineral powder makeup anymore.
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I have dry skin too and I've found that in the summer, a light mineral powder dusting over my usual moisturizer or serum I'm using for the day works well. Something about a liquid foundation doesn't work as well, but the powder? Works pretty good, and keeps my skin looking dewy. Maybe give it a shot and see if a mineral powder still works for you!

 
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Yay!  So I got the July Notoriously Morbid Vanishing Cabinet.  There were two samples in there that were hints for the next VC:  Walks in Moonlight (I think that was the name of it) and Morpheus.  Someone asked what happened with Morpheus because she thought it was going to be in the July VC.  Nope.  It was made only as samples and just for the VC preview.  But!  It turns out that there's some left over, and there is enough for some minis -- and that's what I've requested as my mini!  I deliberately hadn't picked one because I couldn't decide, but if there's a limited edition color on the table, I'll pick the LE.  Every.  Single.  Time.  Fingers crossed that there's enough for me!

 
I just ordered some lip products from Silk Naturals.  I have watched/read some positive reviews of their products.  If you've used their lippies, I'd appreciate any feedback you may have. Thanks!

 
I just want to thank you ladies for all your help & suggestions! I did a decent job on my indie eye pigments with the pixie epoxy & I'm proud of it. There's still plenty of room for improvement, but I don't look like "Disco Stu" today! Wahoo! (& Mari, I love my new pigments!)

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Ooh, @@trekkersangel, what did you use?  It looks like the color is probably going to be mostly hidden when your eyes are open, so I don't think it's too OH HAI ALL THE COLOR.  Just a nice little flash when you blink!

 
meaganola said:
Ooh, @@trekkersangel, what did you use?  It looks like the color is probably going to be mostly hidden when your eyes are open, so I don't think it's too OH HAI ALL THE COLOR.  Just a nice little flash when you blink!
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It's Hello Kitty's Debussy (the gorgeous chartreuse color) GDE Katie's Storm in the middle & GCC Bigger On The Inside on the outside. I have hooded eyes so I can get away with brights because you can't see them unless I blink. :). This is too much fun!

 
So I am not great with this little thing called details, when I know it is something that is a ways out and I can look up the information later.  I had been paying no attention to when the GDE Deadly Hollywood collection was realizing.  But I just looked and it is Aug 18.  A mere 5 days before my bday (shhh, I gave these up many years ago, not because I care how old I am, but because they always suck).  Anyone care to wager how much of this collection ends up in my mailbox as a "gift" to myself?

True story.  Last May I was visiting a friend who had just relocated to LA.  She had taken a short term sublease in an apartment with someone she knew.  As I was getting ready for bed she told me that the complex was on the Haunted Hollywood tour because Sal Mineo had been murdered right outside of the next building over (they shared a courtyard).  As we were talking some more, she was telling me about strange things that had happened in her apartment and how an older woman who had lived there for about 60 years said everyone who lived in that apartment had similar stories.   She then told me that the apartment we were in was once shared by Shelly Winters and Marilyn Monroe.  And that the bedroom I would be sleeping in had been Marilyn's.  I couldn't help myself after that.  I would be in the shower and thinking "Oh Marilyn Monroe's naked body has showered here too."  Or the fridge looked original to the time period.  "Marilyn would have gotten her breakfast out of this fridge too."  I'm not even what you would call a Marilyn fan, but it kept me entertained.

 
I received shipping info for my Darling Girl order (from late July) yesterday! :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />  However, I also flew back home yesterday so I won't be around to play with my new stuff when it arrives next week (I do, however, have something to look forward to when I get back to my apartment, though).
 
I've been working on my indie wishlist and... I'm just not feeling the GDE love :( /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> I remember discovering GDE around a year ago and feeling the same way. My whiny and petty reasons are listed in a spoiler.

I'm a little iffy about their affiliate/sponsorship program... it looks pretty extensive and I understand it's an effective business model, but it just reminds me of Sigma >_<
Also, none of the collections catch my eye and I think the colors look like things I can get at other indie brands with themes I find more attractive - also, I'm not particularly happy with the theme and names of their Matte^2 collection (I hesitate to stereotype masculine and feminine traits - especially when only the feminine traits are sexualized - like "Tawdry" (which means cheap...) and "Paramour" (basically referencing adultery) - but there's no equivalent sexualization of masculine traits) - yes, it it bothers me even though it's something as trivial as makeup names - I'm so sorry for being THAT person :scared: )

I'll still be happy when you all haul GDE and successfully grab the OTMs, though!

However, I think I want to try to grab an innocent+twisted alchemy subscription when it's released later this month (presumably?) I was browsing the site and I want ALL THE THINGS :D /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

My indie wishlist keeps growing - and I also listed the prices and the total cost if I were to for whatever reason oblige my wishlist and buy everything on it :lol:

 
I was peeking through all the Indie websites in that doc, and IF I wasn't on a no buy, I'd be totally ordering one of every color Limnit Lipstick. They currently only have their smaller samples available, as they're trying to work on the filling process for their full size tubes, but I mean just look at the swatches! I especially love The Fuchsia is Now, Castle in the Sky, Racin' Carnation, and Olly Olly Oxen Free.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LimnitLipsticks

 

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