Gde otm - January

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It's the January Glamour Doll Eyes Of the Month!

Theme: Aladdin (a favorite in our house right now, watched about once a week, requested several times).

Cost: $18 USD to make it to the great white north.

What is it really? Each month an exclusive shadow and other goodies such as a guest indie sample ro candy may be included. 125 subscriptions are available (you can join the waitlist in the facebook group), and 15 will be listed on the website at noon, PST, on the 10th of the month. 

Here is the full January kit (minus a candy).

I've been collecting these as long as I've been signed up for the OTM. Be sure to read them to gain insight on what's happening at Glamour Doll Eyes. 

The goods! A mine sample, a full size and two sample baggies plus a full size lipstick! 

These two shadows are cult favorites in the GDE group, so I'm surprised/not surprised to seem them made into remix. One image blurry for sparkle. Tattooed on the left, Undercover on the right.

And the start of the month: Not a Prize and Desert Prince. Oh, my kingdom for a Dessert Prince!

Gosh, so as usual I'll finish with the internal dilemna of the cost increase due to shipping increases and my own personal cost increase due to exchange rates of if I should keep this subscription or not. I have almost the entire collection of GDE, so I don't need eyeshadow... but... it's the OTM. OTM is life, right? 

Innocent and Twisted Alchemy Subscription - July 2015

A tea party! And made with love <3

Ah, shabby-chic. That's a thing now, I guess. Purdy.

July was a special month with 4 guest indies! A lip tint from Kiss My Sass, Lip sample from Kae Q, and eye shadow samples from Chirp Cosmetics and Wonderland Beauty. Two of those had been on my must-try list for some time. I think I&T is always delivering a great value.

A side view . I love how nice these look together.

And.. on my face:

My first Hello Waffle Visage - August 2015

Hello Waffle is a Canadian cosmetics company that offers a well-sought out monthly subscription. A tiered pricing plan was just put into place to include shipping costs. At the time this was purchased, I paid $25 US (including shipping). Based on my geographical region, I would now be paying $36.50 US (including shipping) per month. 

I love that kitty tape! I've actually peeled it off and used it to tape up photos in my daughter's room.

Oh, Hello Waffle. 

Opening the box.

I love the thought and design in the themed cards.

Two guests this month - Corvus Cosmetics and Darling Clandestine.

The goods!

Detailed insert including a lovely story based on the month's theme, a suggested look and product details. 

Look at how pretty that is!

Two eyeshadows, one mini-blush, one lip product and one full size perfume.

So pretty!

Immortal soul, blush, corvus, eye shadow.

Check out that sparkle!

Blackbird love!!

My latest order (but not my most definately last) from blackbird arrived today!

A small order, but of very important things to me.

I ordered two pressed shadows, one loose shadow and was generously given 2 eye shadow sample baggies. 

A hand stamped "Thank you". 

An accompanying handwritten note.

I cannot believe the attention to detail on this label.

Samples I suspect were chosen because they go will with Juliet. 

Juliet was shipped with a sealed shifter.

Again, so pretty. 

The pressed shadows were wrapped with tons of care.

I ordered two more pressed shadows that I honestly thought I had added . When I realized I hadn't (because they weren't on the packing slip) I tried to search for dupes in my hundreds of shades. I haven't found one yet for Everest (a taupe-like green) and Ruca (a blackened rust red).

This is my last Blackbird order for a bit (hello No Buy July!) but I think I will be ordering again in 2016. I love the products and although the Blackbird line is small compared to other indie companies I love, I honestly can not find many dupes. 

What are you Blackbird favorites? Have you found any good dupes? Have you had any problems with shipping? Where you able to get a anniversary (happy one year Blackbird!)?

Brija Cosmetics Anniversary Sale!

It's another mail day! This is an exciting one as it's from the Brija Cosmetics Anniversary sale!

As always, packaged with care. Brianne who owns/runs/created the company is such a sweetie who appears so passionate about what she does. I have no problems supporting her creativity (and getting pretties!).

This was packaged in a padded envelope and made it well ahead of TAT. The USPS and Canada Post worked well this time. 

My gifts with purchase! A beautiful eye shadow and a lip jelly. Also shown is the birthday shadow :) happy two years Brija!

Wow! My sample Baggie of Pink Frosting was generously upgraded! 

This blush! I am looking forward to trying it. Last moment I decided I should try the same, and not dive into the full size. Best part? It reminds me of my baby as this was one of the dates they really wanted to induce me. 

These are the Harry Potter collection. 

I saw some searches of the one tree hill collection and knew some had to be mine. 

Another pic. I typed these on my phone so I'll take out the one that doesn't look as nice. 

I just barely made the cut-off for the the lip product bonus Sprinkles. 

Which looks so much like the very pretty Phoenix Tears! I'm not in natural light, but inside they both look orange and sparkly. Love. 

These are the jars I picked up. I must be in a sparkle mood as I adore premonition.

I always feel so cheap ordering sets of sample baggies, especially during a sale. But it is better if I promote them on my blog, right? And I truly intend on getting some of these in full sizes. 

These are the ones I am most exited for bases on finger swatching. We have Game, sunrise, sawyer's heart, comet, choices trump abilities, the boy who lived, and Phoenix tears.

Have you checked out Brija yet? What did you select in the sale? What are your favorites?