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Deareux said:
Anybody want to recommend some indie lipstick companies that have bright and unique colors? Right now I'm on a huge indie lippie kick and I just ordered some from Pretty Zombie, Fierce Magenta, and My Beauty Addiction. I want to try MELT lipsticks but the colors I want are OOS.
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I've been eyeing Limnit Lipsticks as well as Life's Entropy.

 
Thanks guys! I've been thinking about messing around and trying to make my own lip colors too. Lip Tars have relatively simple ingredients, so maybe I can play around and see what I can make for myself.

 
meaganola said:
Ugh. To make a long story short, I need a list of indies with super-quick TAT, like a few days. I need this stuff in-hand by Saturday. GDE is my first response, but I need more. Help, please?
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I have been having super luck with Beauty Bar Baby on Etsy, and also Sugar Skull Minerals was about three days from order to mailbox.

 
Update from Carrie of NM in the Crypt!  I wonder what it MEANS, lol (Does anyone know the sunshine/purple thing?):

 

"So to answer some questions, the lip tints are a thing.  Glass Apples will be among them. Some people are probably wondering why sunshine is purple, (If you know, you know. If you don't, you soon will) it will all make sense soon.  Oh and I really love Tim Curry.  Hope you've had a great weekend!!"
 
magicalmom said:
Update from Carrie of NM in the Crypt! I wonder what it MEANS, lol (Does anyone know the sunshine/purple thing?):





"So to answer some questions, the lip tints are a thing. Glass Apples will be among them. Some people are probably wondering why sunshine is purple, (If you know, you know. If you don't, you soon will) it will all make sense soon. Oh and I really love Tim Curry. Hope you've had a great weekend!!"
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I don't get the sunshine/purple thing, but I would be on board with a purple lip tint.

Carrie just posted in the Crypt that the sample of Wadsworth is a clue for the next VC and it will actually be in the next VC. I'm guessing the theme will be Tim Curry or Clue. I would love a RHPS theme, but it looks like I'm out of luck this time.

 
The more hints that come out about the next VC (even though all we have so far are Wadsworth and sunshine-is-purple), the more convinced I am that it's Clue. 

(Side note:  I can't believe that RHPS is going to be FORTY YEARS OLD next year!  Or that Ghostbusters is having a thirty-year anniversary re-release this coming weekend!  And speaking of Ghostbusters and indies, ooh, CANNOT WAIT for the Darling Girl collection to be released!)

ETA:  The reason sunshine-is-purple means Clue to me is that sunshine is typically portrayed as being yellow, and purple and yellow are opposite colors on the color wheel -- and almost all of the characters in Clue are costumed opposite of their name, like Mrs. White in a black dress and Miss Scarlett in green.  The color combo of Wadsworth even fits this concept because it's a red base with a green shift.

 
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magicalmom said:
Update from Carrie of NM in the Crypt!  I wonder what it MEANS, lol (Does anyone know the sunshine/purple thing?):

 

"So to answer some questions, the lip tints are a thing.  Glass Apples will be among them. Some people are probably wondering why sunshine is purple, (If you know, you know. If you don't, you soon will) it will all make sense soon.  Oh and I really love Tim Curry.  Hope you've had a great weekend!!"
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Tim Curry had a song called "I do the rock" (yes, I am dating myself) - it was a hit (or at least it was in Detroit - they played it a lot)

the ending lyrics are as follows - but I don't know why sunshine would be purple!! lol

"Sunshine, Sunshinin' in

Sunshine, Sunshine

Well you can't get enough of it man

Sunshine, Sunshine

Oh, we got the top down now

If you don't have the top down, pull the top down

How often do you get a sunny day

Come to the rock, the rock will cure your ills, man

Stimulating, stimulating

Sunshine

Sunshine, Sunshine

Been a really hard winter, man

You deserve it, ya know.

Everybody do, everybody do, everybody

Sunshine, Sunshine"

 
My Haus of Gloi order has shipped. Yay!  :D /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I ordered samples of the following:

Imp 
Litchi Milk Tea 
Elevenses 
Mango Sticky Rice 
Satyr Perfume Oil 
Troika Perfume Oil

 
For anyone who missed Haus of Gloi's Halloween Part 1 launch, they're planning on restocking Wednesday!  I completely forgot about it until I saw people lamenting the fact that things were selling out faster than they could buy them.  I wonder if they sent me any samples from the collection in my orders (yeah, plural, since I forgot something the first time around) that should be arriving tomorrow!

 
A suggestion for the September VC - it looks like this year celebrates the 60th anniversary of the invention of the Clue game. I don't know how much research goes into these things, but that might suggest a Clue-general theme as opposed to a Tim Curry specific theme.

*shrugs* Just an idea. I'm too curious about these things! ^_^ /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

ETA: I can't count. Derp.

 
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I love ordering from companies in my surrounding states. Anything from Oregon and Nevada pretty much always surprise arrives a day earlier than estimated. An order made from Haus of Gloi that's a gift will be here tomorrow after being sent on Saturday. So awesome, can't wait!

 
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@meaganola I hate to ask but I need your help picking out BPAL scents. First-timer, but I know what notes I like:

Bergamot, apricot and peach, citruses

ylang-ylang, jasmine, purple flowers in general, some white

But I'm big on heavy scents- vanilla, almond, musk, patchouli, tonka bean, amber, caramel, leather and to a lesser extent tobacco (but love tobacco in scents that are "more manly," and I'd like to also get one for my boyfriend).

But to maybe make it more helpful, I'm big on "base notes" in traditional perfumes, begamot, jasmine, apricot. I hope all the note suggestions didn't make it harder! Also, I just starded this thread and on page 15, so I hope this is still okay now that the thread has grown. If not, let me know)

 
My Shiro order should arrive today (since it's technically Monday)! So excited! I already plan on purchasing more Scardey Cat next month amd I know I already need pretty much everything Shiro has.

I also should contact Madd Style about my order. I ordered a LE sale item on 8/14 and have heard nothing from them. They did take the money, but sent no email about anything.

 
If anyone is on the fence about ordering from Aromaleigh, just do it. I looked at their website so many times before I finally ordered. But I have loved everything I have played with from the order go received on Saturday so much that I am seriously considering placing a duplicate order just so I don't run out. I only ordered the 50 cent sample shadow baggies and $1 sample blushes.

 
@@ohsailor It's still super early here, so I'm going to have to mull this over (especially the jasmine and ylang ylang.  I know there are some in the catalog, but I'm drawing a blank at the moment!) once I wake up more, but definitely start with Snake Oil!  It's *the* classic BPAL with lots of vanilla and patchouli, and it's good for men *and* woman, *and* it will help narrow other things down, like whether red musk goes funky on you or works really well.  And for citrus, I would suggest Croquet and/or Cheshire Cat.  And Tamora for peach (I have problems with peach going weird on me, but Tamora is the one peach scent that doesn't). 

 
Aaaaarrrrrrgh payday cannot come fast enough!!! I have a nice full shopping cart on Etsy: 3 foundation samples, a primer sample, a shadow and three lipsticks from Etherealle, who is emerging as a huge favorite for me in her own right; two perfume oils, a spray and a lip tint from Theme Fragrance, who incidentally have a great TAT; and a brand-new Thor's Hammer necklace because, well, Thor! The sooner I go to bed tonight, the sooner my deposit will come in!

 
trekkersangel said:
I would DIE for a clue theme!!!! I grew up on that movie. Oh the color possibilities! Oh the name possibilities!

"I am your singing telegram! BANG!"

"I had to stop her from screaming!"

"To make a long story short. . . Too late!"

"Communism was just a red herring"

Oh gosh! Now my husband is quoting the movie word for word as he walks downstairs to get our DVD. Guess what we are watching tonight! Ha ha ha.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go home & sleep with my wife!"

(Now he's laughing. Oh boy! You ladies just made my hubby's night! Clue is his favorite. But he's now telling me I must get any & all clue related makeup if the theme is indeed clue. Score!!!!!
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This is awesome!! I love Clue and have seen that movie so many times!! I think a Clue collection would be so fun.

 
clue was my favorite game as a kid.  I liked the movie too - I think Lesley Ann Warren is just stunning in this film and she is so funny as well!!  The singing telegram girl - that was one of the Go-Go's, if I remember correctly :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

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