Glamour Doll Eyes - First Impression and Swatches

This is my first time ordering from Glamour Doll Eyes; I believe they were having a Black Friday sale and I heard many good things about this indie company.  I perused their site and finally decided on ten sample jars.  My order came promptly and included a bunch of business cards and two samples.  One of the things that really impressed me was a card stating that if you purchased a sample and decided to buy a full-size jar, they will refund you the money from the sample.  That's the first time I've seen an indie company offer that and I thought it was really nice.

Each jar comes individually shrink-wrapped.

My ten jars and two free samples

Shiro Cosmetics Black Friday Haul - Swatches and Review

So.. I cheated a bit; this is actually two orders in one.  I figured it'd be a lot better if I just post them together since I made them within a week of each other.  Shiro Cosmetics was having a 15% off for Black Friday; it's not much but I jumped at the chance to order more pretties.  A week after I made my order, I was reading an old review on Shiro and discovered a secret/still-working link to Everything Is Bears.  Obviously, I jumped on that too (and hoped Caitlin wouldn't kill me for ordering something that was probably not meant to be ordered >_<); in that order, I also bought some other samples and Longcat.

This time I believe I asked her to just draw a funny/cute picture of a Pokemon because I couldn't think of anything.

Geek Chic Black Friday Haul - Review and Swatches

This haul has been a long time coming!  Geek Chic Cosmetics is one of my favorite indie brands thus far and were having a Black Friday sale.  They also announced a Lord of the Rings eyeshadow collection, so I decided to grab some of those too.  I decided to try some of their solid scents and Joysticks (lipsticks) as well.  This was the Black Friday order that I was most excited to receive because I absolutely love their eyeshadow formula.  It took a bit longer than usual, but I believe they sent out mass emails apologizing and informing us about the delay.

This cute lil Santa emoticon was on the invoice :)

Innocent + Twisted Alchemy Petit Lucky Pack

I have a very short review today of my first Innocent + Twisted Alchemy haul.  I decided to go for a Petit Lucky Pack, which is a random sampler pack, I only requested to not receive any frosty or light shades.  Her package came to me with this cute card and a handwritten invoice (she has cute handwriting hehe).  

I believe the Lucky Pack comes with four clamshell samples that are packed full, and I bought two more samples on my own.

Oslo Cosmetics - Black Friday Haul

I've procrastinated on this review for such a long time that I almost feel compelled to apologize to the owner :x  It's been awhile since I've ordered from Oslo Cosmetics because I own so many of their shadows already and I wanted to wait for the limited edition Black Friday shade.

The limited edition shade released is called Soleil, and I got my butt right onto the shop once I saw that it was up for sale!  Normally I buy Blogger Packs, which is $10 for 4 full-sized shadows, however, she's (temporarily?) taken it down so I opted for mini jars.  They're more expensive per gram than getting the Blogger Pack, but it was okay since I had a 40% discount code (for being a model/promoter).  I wanted to just buy everything else they offered that I didn't have already.

Disclaimer - Everything is purchased with my own money and the review consists of my honest opinions.

Innocent+Twisted Alchemy December Subscription

Hello everyone!  Innocent+Twisted Alchemy is an indie company that I've heard a lot of rave reviews about but never tried myself.  What held me back was the amount of sparkle that is prevalent in almost all her shadows.  I'm not a huge sparkle person as I prefer shimmer, so I never made an order.  However, I heard that they were doing a monthly subscription box which includes samples from other indie companies also.  I thought that was a really interesting concept and decided to subscribe.

The Petit Subscription comes with three samples from I+T and samples from others.  I also wanted to get some beautiful artwork from the owner, Linda.

Look at this beautiful stamp!

The subscription comes with a detailed list of all the companies and their ingredients.  Also, since it was December, I got a cute Christmas card!

Notoriously Morbid Black Friday Haul - Swatches and Review

Happy New Year everyone!  I hope you guys spent it with family and loved ones, I know I did :)

I'm continuing on my Black Friday haul reviews that have been pouring in for the past two weeks or so.  Notoriously Morbid had an amazing Flash Sale for 60% off I believe.  I only got samples, which retails for $1.25, so 60% off is dirt cheap.  I decided to get mostly neutral colors because I've gotten most of the jewel-tones she had.  

One thing I noticed immediately was some labels were printed on nice plasticky paper that was more transparent but easier to peel.  I like these better because I tend to rip the paper ones very easily.  

My order also came in a pretty blue tissue paper with multicolored glitter, and a handwritten note as usual.

This may not seem like much, but it's such a nice gesture to take an extra few seconds to write a longer message for every person.  She often makes references to my old orders sometimes and I like the fact that she remembers (I feel so special!).