Review: Scaredy Cat Cosmetics

• Company name: Scaredy Cat Cosmetics
• Presence: online storefront only (Etsy)
• Products: eyeshadows
• High points: good quality for the price; multiple product sizes; multi-item discounts; -=really=- cool jars
• Low points: small inventory; currently only sells one type of product
• Would I buy from them again: yes

I got interested in this company because of a review that Sirvinya did. She posted some lovely colors, but what lead me to investigate further was...wait for it...the packaging.

Anyone who's been reading this blog for a while knows how absolutely skewball that sounds. Not only do I traditionally not care about packaging, I repot all of my loose powder products so I don't even ever keep any packaging! Still...this intrigued me. Each full-size jar is a triangular jar with a label on two sides, and the third left free so that you can easily see the color. All of the labels are different for each color. Not just different color palettes, but different images. The art style, coupled with the unique jar shape, hit all the right buttons in my brain...and I had to go check this Etsy store out. (I'm still working on a good way to display the empty jars. They're that visually interesting.)

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Review: Lost in Makeupland

• Company name: Lost in Makeupland
• Presence: online storefront only (Etsy)
• Products: eyeshadows, blushes, highlighters, glow and finishing powders
• High points: decent quality for a good price; multiple product sizes; clearly marked ingredients and usage restrictions
• Low points: still has a smallish inventory
• Would I buy from them again: yes

As of late September 2011, I've made nearly a dozen purchases from Lost in Makeupland over the past - starting with a "sample pack", moving to some full-size eyeshadows, then eyeshadows, blushes, and some of her highlighters.

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Review: Morgana Cryptoria

• Company name: Morgana Cryptoria (formerly Morgana Minerals)
• Presence: online storefront only
• Products: eyeshadows, blush, face powders, foundation, brushes, lip colors
• High points: good communication, good product range, wide range of lipstick colors (almost all vegan)
• Low points: no "permanent" eyeshadows; currently reducing their eyeshadow product line
• Would I buy from them again: yes

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Review: Fyrinnae

• Company name: Fyrinnae
• Presence: online storefront only
• Products: eyeshadows, blush, face powders, foundation, brushes, lip colors, sealants
• High points: amazing, multifaceted colors; great value; larger samples
• Low points: site is often closed for a day or a week, seemingly at random
• Would I buy from them again: as of April 2011, unknown, because of unpredictable site closures and the chemist leaving the company in late February 2011.

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4/5, based on 1 review

Review: Sassy Minerals

• Company name: Sassy Minerals
• Presence: online storefront only
• Products: eyeshadows, blush, face powders, foundation, brushes, lip colors
• High points: site is very easy to use; good product labelling; good value; responsive customer service
• Low points: a few perennially-empty product categories, which looks odd; stated discounts that don't always get applied
• Would I buy from them again: as of April 2011, yes

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4/5, based on 1 review

Review: Meow Cosmetics

• Company name: Meow Cosmetics
• Presence: online storefront only
• Products: eyeshadows, blush, face powders, foundation, brushes, lip colors
• High points: wide range of foundations, with matching concealers (81 shades, 3 coverage levels) they even have a BE / MAC equivalency chart
• Low points:
• Would I buy from them again: as of March 2011, yes

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Review: Shiro Cosmetics

• Company name: Shiro Cosmetics
• Presence: online storefront only (Etsy)
• Products: eyeshadows, blushes (pressed and loose), lip colors
• High points: good color payoff; wide range of eye colors; excellent value
• Low points: April 2011: still a small product line
• Would I buy from them again: as of April 2011, definitely yes. I'm looking forward to new eyeshadow collections, and hoping to see a general expansion of the line.

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4/5, based on 1 review

Review: Evil Shades Cosmetics

• Company name: Evil Shades Cosmetics
• Presence: online storefront only
• Products: eyeshadows, blushes, lip colors, bases
• High points: some attractive colors
• Low points: no quantities; eyeshadows not sealed; ingredients not listed on individual shadows
• Would I buy from them again: as of March 2011, no. I would need to see colors that were unique to what I could find elsewhere, and / or would need to hear of increased product quality.

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