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I just made an Aromaleigh order! I couldn't resist $.50 sample baggies. 20 samples for $13 shipped. Come to me, my pretties!
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I would love to know as well when the NM subs are shipping.
I never ordered from them before, but I did place a beauty blogger order, an mini eyeshadow haul order (that was before I got the NM sub) and then I did another little haul last week when I found about their discount and the firefly theme :wub:
I hope she is shipping out this weekend for the subs, as I will be going on vacation in two weeks
/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />I also found out that Haus of Gloi was off from the 15th until the 21st, so I am hoping that my order will ship out this weekend too.
Kelly Silva
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I love how great the customer service is over at Indies. I want to give a shoutout to Matt over at Haus of Gloi, who totally accommodated my weird request I had, and emailed to tell me that he could do that while he was still out. And of course Vee over at GDE who sent me some empty jars for my samples when I was trying to figure out where to get some. And I cannot wait for the fall Haus of Gloi stuff, I think I need all the scents!
Husband: "So with all the colors you have now aren't you going to start getting repeats?"
Me: "Ha! I had to blend 3 shades of blue today to get the shade I liked and 2 shades of grey/purple....its safe to say if I am blending I don't have all the colors yet."
He felt that was a very good answer. haha.
Me: "Ha! I had to blend 3 shades of blue today to get the shade I liked and 2 shades of grey/purple....its safe to say if I am blending I don't have all the colors yet."
He felt that was a very good answer. haha.
I've been following this thread for a couple for a couple of weeks now, but I'll admit to being a little lost! I always stayed away from loose stuff because I thought it would be super messy. Well, my summerswap buddy sent me some stuff from Glamour Doll Eyes and I'm in love. I want to try more indie stuff, but I'm kind of at a loss about where to start. There's so much stuff! Any advice on the best place to start? I was thinking the Aromaleigh clearance sale might be a good place to dip my feet in the water.
Carrie from NM contacted me yesterday about my address, apparently PayPal didn't have it in their system. I ordered the VC, and in the email she mentioned she's shipping them out this week (no set day or date mentioned though).I would love to know as well when the NM subs are shipping.
I never ordered from them before, but I did place a beauty blogger order, an mini eyeshadow haul order (that was before I got the NM sub) and then I did another little haul last week when I found about their discount and the firefly theme :wub:
I hope she is shipping out this weekend for the subs, as I will be going on vacation in two weeks
I also found out that Haus of Gloi was off from the 15th until the 21st, so I am hoping that my order will ship out this weekend too.
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Kelly Silva
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It is definitely a rabbit hole (as the thread name suggests), but I personally think GDE is one of the best places to start. Fast shipping, little to no turnaround time (time between when you order and when it ships) and lots of choices, from colors to sample bags, to sample jars, to full size jars. You can get grab bags to just get a variety of products. Shiro is another easily accessible company. They have sample bags of a full collection for under $20.
Ugh so someone mentioned the clearance over at Aromaleigh and without even meaning to I bought up about ten things, a combo of full size and sample sizes. -_- /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Would have been more, but several of the items I had wanted full sizes of were sold out already, so I will have to make due with the samples I have.
I also placed an order with Impulse Cosmetics during the SAS that is out for delivery today! It was a struggle, though, because I am pretty much at the point where I own everything I want to own. Since there aren't as many new products being released, I am (thankfully) free of a pressing need to buy much more. :lol:
I also placed an order with Impulse Cosmetics during the SAS that is out for delivery today! It was a struggle, though, because I am pretty much at the point where I own everything I want to own. Since there aren't as many new products being released, I am (thankfully) free of a pressing need to buy much more. :lol:
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I said I was cutting myself off until September, but that swatch of Sick Lullabies glitter that @ did was so pretty! It's stuck in my head! Maybe one teeny tiny purchase won't hurt lol
Also: Is there any indie companies with an oxblood lip color? Even if it's not indie. I look and look everywhere and can never find the perfect one. It's either too plumy or too red.
Also: Is there any indie companies with an oxblood lip color? Even if it's not indie. I look and look everywhere and can never find the perfect one. It's either too plumy or too red.
Kelly Silva
Evolution of a Foodie
I think a lot of us started with Glamour Doll Eyes. A couple of points in her favor (in addition to the super fast shipping). She offers three sizes: the sample bags, sample jars and full size jars. When I first started out I ordered mostly sample bags. I wanted to make sure that I was going to like the colors I was picking on my screen and make sure I would actually use these loose shadows. Now I order almost exclusively sample jars. They hold a little more and give me the convenience of a jar. And with so many different colors to choose from I can have a wide palette with a small investment. With GDE shipping is free if you are ordering only sample sizes. AND if you find something you love in the sample size and decide to order the full size, she will deduct the cost of your sample size off of your full size order. I also like that she has her blushes in the mini jars. A full size blush is a lot of product. Now I can play with lots of different cheek choices.
When ordering from other companies that I have not tried before, I do try to catch sales. I placed my first Aromaleigh order last night and I ordered all from the 50% off sale. But I also only ordered samples sizes, as I have not yet used their products and don't know how close their swatches match what I am going to get in person. The down side of this is what happens if I find something I love? It may be out of stock and I can't replace. But it does give me a chance to try out a company pretty cheaply. And as you can see in this thread, we are always posting sales. You can also look to see if the companies you are interested in have Facebook pages or groups. They sometimes offer special discounts there.
And then I have the companies that I like to order from because I not only like their products, but I really like the way the owners conduct their business. For me those two are GDE and Hello Waffle. I have not used a lot of Hello Waffle shadows because her website was down for a move when I received my first two, and has just reopened. But I really like the quality, adore the owner and LOVE the formula and her colors seem to really match my preferences. But she ships from Canada so shipping time and expense is a little bit higher.
Welcome to the rabbit hole, where your wallet may be thinner, but your face will sparkle like no other!
Ugh, I know I just saw one within the last 24 hours, but don't recall where. Maybe Portland Black Lipstick Company, or AlogCosmetics? Seems like those are the three main ones I have been looking at.
Sweet Transvestite Joystick from Geek Chic started out that way on me. I thought it kind of dried down pinkish though. But I only applied on swipe. You might look for swatches and see if it stayed darker for other people who swiped it more than once.
@@Kelly Silva Thanks! I might have to just do some small orders from a bunch of places until I figure out what I like best.
@@marigoldsue Thanks so much for such a thoughtful response. I'm a little OCD, so I appreciate the options at GDE. I don't think I could handle the baggies, so sample jars are a definite plus for me. I think I probably need to just start ordering and figure out what I like. I'm absolutely obsessed with glitter right now, so my head just spins when I see all the indie choices!
@@marigoldsue Thanks so much for such a thoughtful response. I'm a little OCD, so I appreciate the options at GDE. I don't think I could handle the baggies, so sample jars are a definite plus for me. I think I probably need to just start ordering and figure out what I like. I'm absolutely obsessed with glitter right now, so my head just spins when I see all the indie choices!
Hello Waffle will be adding mini jars on the 29th. And Fyrinnae has mini jars. Theirs have been rather generously full in my limited experience. And I was really happy with all but one of the colors I tried. And one thing I like about theirs is the label is on the bottom (no cool company artwork) but for me right now being able to easily identify the color is important until I am more familiar with the names.
Some companies put their samples in clam shells instead of baggies. It seems like someone else does the mini jars, but I think it is someone I have not tried yet.
If you are in to glitter, you will want some sort of glitter glue. I have not personally used any yet. But Fyrinnae's gets great reviews. Some people are really liking the elf glitter glue which you can pick up at Target. And I would highly recommend trying out GDE's Foil Me with any duochromes. I think she said Foil Me won't be back in stock until October though.
meaganola
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Mini jars: Shiro and Notoriously Morbid both have them! And Darling Girl, too. I think all three companies use 3-gram jars for the minis instead of 5-gram jars like they use for the full-sized option. I know Shiro and NM use the different sizes. I'm not sure about DGC. GDE uses the same jars for sample jars as they do for full-sized ones.
Kelly Silva
Evolution of a Foodie
@@msambrosia I think another thing that helps is to just start ordering some colors. I did that with my first few orders, tried to order something I liked from every color category. In doing so, I now know that I love copper oranges. I would have never known otherwise. So getting samples in a lot of colors will help you figure out what colors you like and look good on.
lovepink
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@@msambrosia Another option if you are interested is some kind of storage device. I picked up the one below from Joann's. It was $7.99 or $9.99 and I used a 40% off coupon. I dumped by GDE baggies in there and her stickers pull off easy so I affixed them to the bottom! I can pull out individual jars or take the whole tray into my make up area.
http://www.joann.com/jewelry-bead-organizer-9-1-2inx6-3-8inx1-1-8in/8234916.html#start=9
http://www.joann.com/jewelry-bead-organizer-9-1-2inx6-3-8inx1-1-8in/8234916.html#start=9
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Glad I could help! I love having mine easily contained and accessible.
And ok I am new to this thread so I was paging through it to come up with a list of indies to bookmark. Shiro cosmetics has both a Game of Thrones and Hunger Games collection? How did I exist not knowing this information? I want to place all the orders for all the things at every site I have visited.
This thread is worse than the enablers thread!
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