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Oh gosh you guys work is absolutely KILLING me and I'm so far behind! Must go catch up!! I bet I missed so many sales! Oh well, good for the no buy!

 
rachelshine said:
Gahhh, I was out in the wilderness when Haus of Gloi went on sale so I shall see what happens on Weds. 

@, love all the looks and LOVE that I get to see them in the GDE FB group too :p /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> :p
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Thank you! Actually FB groups are making me a bit shyer to post looks here because I don't want to over spam people. lol I'm trying to limit to "spoiler posts" and doing several at once here now. However, swatches always go here!

 
Thanks to everyone who has been posting their Notoriously Morbid Vanishing Cabinets. I really really hope to get in on the next one! I even dropped my Birchbox so I wont feel guilty about it! Haha

 
My Haus of Gloi order arrived and everything smells so good! I'll definitely try to pick up some yummy fall scents on Wednesday.

 
I just got a Haus of Gloi order with a sample of Tobac, and it smells wonderful. It just smells like the essence of fall to me. Vanilla and cigars. Yum, excited to get another one in my actual fall collection order!

 
Kelly Silva said:
I just got a Haus of Gloi order with a sample of Tobac, and it smells wonderful. It just smells like the essence of fall to me. Vanilla and cigars. Yum, excited to get another one in my actual fall collection order!
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I got that sample as well and I didn't think I would like it based on the description, but it is very nice and fall-like!

 
Uhoh.  In addition to GDE and GC discontinuations, NM is going to be doing a round Friday.

And my Darling Girl order arrived, and I managed to get what appears in jars to be a whole lot of neutral, but Houdini does show a whole lot of purple on the sifter sticker, so I'm really looking forward to playing with that!  I think I Smiled Once will be a *fantastic* all-over all-purpose color:  Not much *color* and enough sparkle for me but not so much that I *glitter* in a way that will draw comments. It looks like it will work with pretty much every other color in my collection. 

And now, I'm off to see what I ordered from Haus of Gloi!  I can't remember.  I know I got Cozy Sweater, but everything else is a blur!

 
meaganola said:
And now, I'm off to see what I ordered from Haus of Gloi!  I can't remember.  I know I got Cozy Sweater, but everything else is a blur!
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I just made it easy and ordered one of each scent. Except the limited large perfumes, I missed those.

 
do you all just normally purchase the perfume samples and then buy a full size of the ones you want?

I purchased a few full sized and lots of samples, but I felt so bad with all of the samples - I need to purchase more full sized items!

I did the other day - soaps and 2 full sized perfumes.

 
Craaaaaap I made a tiny Haus order on Sunday but FORGOT to get the Cozy Sweater scrub!  Do they combine orders/shipping? (and if they do, I may wait til Wed when they restock Pumpkin Eater.  I need it, I do.) I feels so dumbs.  I was so crazy about getting my hands on that Pumpkin Queen and lost my head, which happens more than I care to admit. 

So weird, I totally had Cozy Sweater and Pumpkin Eater on my list, as part of my allowed purchase, and forgot 
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And I don't want to create 2 separate orders because hubby is getting snippy about purchases.  He doesn't realize that I'm NOT buying a thousand fall-scented mass-market items like Glade sprays and Walmart candles.  He needs to understand I'm saving him money  :smilehappyyes:

 
magicalmom said:
Craaaaaap I made a tiny Haus order on Sunday but FORGOT to get the Cozy Sweater scrub! Do they combine orders/shipping? (and if they do, I may wait til Wed when they restock Pumpkin Eater. I need it, I do.)
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They did (and refunded shipping on one order) for me when I placed two orders last week even though I didn't request it!  I would email them and see if they can do it for you this time.

(They did miss a couple of perfume samples I had ordered, but I ordered a *bunch* of them, so packing was probably just a confusing time.  I emailed to see if I can get them before Friday because they were supposed to be part of a gift I wanted to get in the mail this weekend.)

@biancardi  Yep, I definitely order samples before committing to a full size.  It's one of the great things about indies!  When it comes to scents and bath stuff, I have a lot of headache and itchiness triggers, so if it's an unknown quantity, I won't buy a full-sized version right out the gate, except in certain cases when it comes to BPAL, but I also have seven years of experience with them, so I have an idea of what will and will not work for me, so it's not as much of a blind buy as with other brands.  I still prefer to get imps and decants before buying a whole bottle, though!

 
meaganola said:
@@biancardi Yep, I definitely order samples before committing to a full size. It's one of the great things about indies! When it comes to scents and bath stuff, I have a lot of headache and itchiness triggers, so if it's an unknown quantity, I won't buy a full-sized version right out the gate, except in certain cases when it comes to BPAL, but I also have seven years of experience with them, so I have an idea of what will and will not work for me, so it's not as much of a blind buy as with other brands. I still prefer to get imps and decants before buying a whole bottle, though!
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I'm really beginning to appreciate indies for the same reason! Except it's my husband with the allergies, so bad that my makeup can set him off on very slight contact. I'm finding that the indie companies are very generous, often throwing in extra samples. One vendor, upon hearing of Louie's allergies, went out of her way to message me about which of my lipstick samples contained certain dyes and which were just micas and iron oxides.

 
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Thanks for all the enabling guys, I ended up making a Haus of Gloi order. :p /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> I know I should have waited until Wednesday, but seeing as it is my first time trying them, I am not too concerned about snagging any special scent in particular.

Although @@Kelly Silva and @@CurlyTails convinced my on Tobac, which is right up my alley, so I went all in with the full size. I am so comfortable with what notes I like, though, that I am not worried in the least. Exited, yes! :smilehappyyes:

 
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I ordered a bunch of stuff then placed a small order with fall collection samples, and I emailed them to ask if they could combine shipping.  I got a response within the hour, a partial shipping refund and stuff should be here on Wednesday.  Haus of Gloi is on my maximum love list :wub:

 
BPAL due tomorrow (Snake Oil, Croquet) and Haus of Gloi (Satyr, Rose City) on Thursday! Still waiting on Geek Chic, Darling Girl, Hello Waffle, and Starcrushed Minerals, which will be emerging into a month since ordering before too long.

And because I just can't leave well enough alone, I ordered three perfumes from Theme Fragrance (Jour de Chance, Seashell and Sunlime) and a lip color, lipsticks and base samples from Etherealle, and lipsticks and a perfume from French Girl Organics. For those of you who really like Clinique's Black Honey but prefer the service and quality of indie producers, French Girl's Rose Noir is the most perfect Black Honey dupe I have found so far in both shade and texture, and the aroma is exquisite!

 
Notoriously Morbid discontinuations. Minis only, $1.50 a pop. I think the sale starts Friday.

Melancholy One

No Warmth Could Warm

Spirit Of All Three

Stake Of Holly

Cin's Sins

Gretel's Ghost

Lycan's Revenge

Savage

Snow's Fury

British Blondes

Silence

Vashta Nerada

Phoenix Flame

Storm

I'm Melting

Nighttime In Emerald City
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I just found the perfect thing to carry my little samples of perfume in - a lipstick case. I have several ~ I don't use them but they hang around as some of them are beautifully embroidered.

This is also perfect for when I travel too!!

 
Yay my Shiro order shipped!  When I bought it on 8/20/14 I had to acknowledge it could take 2 weeks and am I ok with that.  I of course clicked yes then tried to forget about it!  Hoping since it is coming from PNW that it will be here soon!

 

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