Makeup via the Internet: a buyer’s manual

There’s another convulsion circling through the beauty blogosphere, regarding Bitchslap Cosmetics. Long story short, they were reselling items from Lady Burd and marking them up enormously. Apparently, according to one video I saw, people somehow were under the impression that BSC claimed to have made all of the items themselves. I never purchased items from Bitchslap Cosmetics, nor was I interested in doing so ($16 to $18 for one of those four-color shadow palettes that they call “paint wheels”? $12 for a pigment? And the names…to some, they say “fearless” and “edgy”. To me, they say “look, we found this theme in the gutter, and so we brought it back and cleaned it off a little (but not too much, because we want the grit) and we’re using it! Yayz!”) This all sounds oh so very much like the LimeCrime scenario of last year, and the Ginger + Liz dealio rocking the nail polish blogging world, that I just had to speak up.

There are a few terms everyone should know, a few things everyone should keep in mind, and a few sites everyone should probably bookmark. Let’s define them together, shall we?

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Aromaleigh v1’s Pure Hue Intense Minerals Collection

• Manufacturer: Aromaleigh v1
• Availability: from their webstore; part of the regular line
• Contains: 84 eyeshadow colors originally
• Cost/Amount: $6 for 1.2 grams; $1 for a sample baggie
• Would you purchase again: yes, some colors

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Mascara: guerilla storage and application tricks

Sure, mascara application seems fairly straightforward...so why in the heck do you end up with clumps, no matter how careful you are? And why can't you get your lashes to look thicker, like they did when you were a kid? And when should you throw this stuff out, anyway? (This post is actually a collection of tips I've found on forums, and stuff I've successfully tried.)

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First impressions, first orders: Aromaleigh and Coastal Scents

I’ve been caught in the latest storm to hit the BE/Ebay world: a seller who offered kits at half-retail price with free shipping, as well as other products. The sales required immediate payment. Then two days after I paid (a little longer for some folks), I received email from Ebay that the listings were removed. The seller wasn’t even active on Ebay any more. So now I (and everyone else burned by a seller using the name of Frank Sullivan - Ebay id franklyannie) have filed claims on these transactions and should be getting my money back in a few weeks.

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