You may have something out

Always…never…check your references. (Or in this case, your list of colors and your basic arithmetic.) In the course of adding one more color today and doublechecking my list of colors, I found three face colors included in the overall count and found four colors that had never been listed. Then I decided to add up the totals…and came up with not 917, but first 898. Then 905. Then 905 (again). Then 905 a third time. So, yeah - 905 colors being used in the challenge.

Unless, you know, I do a recount later and find that I screwed up my arithmetic *again*.

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EoTD: The Tarot - the Fool

The Fool is the first card in the Major Arcana of the Tarot. The Fool represents beginnings, high ideals, innocence, openness, and spontenaity. The colors associated with this card are pale yellow (King scale), sky blue (Queen scale), emerald green (Emperor scale), and green-gold (Empress scale).

Part of the One Year Eyecolor Challenge (new colors used: 4)

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EoTD: The Tarot - the Devil

The Devil is the fifteenth card of the major arcana, and represents negative forces: stagnation, ignorance, excess, obsession, addiction. Primary colors for this card are brown and indigo.

Part of the One Year Eyecolor Challenge (new colors used: 3)

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Would it change my mind? Integrity and business ethics

This is a followup to another entry on my site, and a part of the indie-MMU repackaging kerfuffle.

Another web site is running another piece on Lime Crime, one of the makeup companies that consumers have recently cited as having several colors that are so very reminiscent of colored micas available from wholesalers (as in, when swatched side by side people can't tell the difference.) After a few of us stated, in the comments, what we found so particularly disagreeable about Lime Crime's behavior in this incident (seeming integrity, lack thereof), the person who wrote this follow-up interview asked us a hypothetical question:

"So let’s say for the sake of argument, Doe Deere says you know what you guys, I may have exaggerated when first marketing my product and for that I apologize from the bottom of my heart. What then? Would that change anyone’s mind?"^*

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EoTD: The Tarot - Justice

Justice is the 11th card of the major arcana, and represents truth, balance, accountability, and equality. Colors associated with this card are grey (indefinite) and green (revitalization, harmony, natural order).

Part of the One Year Eyecolor Challenge (new colors used: 3)

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EoTD: Honor Them

In honor of Veterans Day / Remembrance Day, for all the soldiers who have fought to let people live their own lives, keep their rights (or in some cases get them).

Part of the One Year Eyecolor Challenge (new colors used: 4)

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EoTD: Scorpio

Scorpio (October 23-November 22) is a water sign (aqua) and its birthstone is beryl (sea-blue-green). Colors for this birthsign are black and wine-red.

Part of the One Year Eyecolor Challenge (new colors used: 4)

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EoTD: Scorpio

Scorpio (October 23-November 22) is a water sign (aqua) and its birthstone is beryl (sea-blue-green). Colors for this birthsign are black and wine-red.

Part of the One Year Eyecolor Challenge (new colors used: 4)

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Sparklecrack Central’s “Sample Size Secret Santa”

Secret Santa programs are all the rage throughout various online communities. They’re cool, right? Yeah…except that this year, LOTS of people have been hard-hit by the economy. It’s been ugly. Even with the nice low price-points that I’ve seen on a few communities, folks might still feel a bit constricted or pressured. So I’m going to suggest another alternative. It involves cards, samples, and stories…and you can participate as many times as you wish. It costs little more than the price of postage for a Christmas card. And you get to be The Storyteller, sharing why you love the colors you do.

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3/5, based on 2 reviews

Everyday Minerals’ Juniper

Everyday Minerals' Juniper

• Manufacturer: Everyday Minerals
• Availability: through their online storefront. Also part of the Winter 2009 collection.
• Color Range: coppery brown with silver sparkle
• Staying Power: 3 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: Before Sept 2010: $6 for a 10-gram jar with sifter / 2.5 grams (or, with the 45% beauty perk, $3.30 for 2.5 grams)
• Would you purchase again: possibly
• Similar shades:

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