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Archetype Cosmetics

I have been waiting for this order a looong time, but it was truly worth waiting for! :)  This webbstore was new to me and I first read about it on the mmu forum on Specktra.net.

I placed the order February 29 and it arrived March 25. Holly (the owner) did send some emails to keep me updated about my order and she did throw in two full size eyeshadows to make up for the delay. This store is a one person operation, but she has hired some help now so hopefully she will get the ordering time down a bit in the future.

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Archetype cosmetics looks and seems like the lovechild of Fyrinnae and The She Space, for better or for worse... :) The site has a cute gothic design and a romantic underground atmosphere with unusual graphic color descriptions.

The Archetype eyeshadow samples are only $0.25 and samples of the lipglosses are $1. I got no less than 33 eyeshadows and 3 lipglosses and I payed $18.25 with shipping to Sweden. Not bad!
I wore one of the eyeshadows today and my first impression was that the staying power was good. I think I will order some fullsizes, but I'll wait for the tat time to improve first.

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Updated with swatches!
The swatches was made with a dry brush an taken in bathroom lightning.

Archetype-browns-and-golds-swatches

Archetype-pink-swatches

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The Ornaments Of Gold sample deserved a photo of its own. It is a truly unique sparkling black gold. The second photo shows both a dry and a wet swatch.

The She Space - Smoke and Chocolate

I have played with my samples from week four and five of the February Limited Edition Collection. They give an new dimension to the color brown! :) Heather has truly outdone herself this time!
These pigments to be even better than described IMHO. For reference I have included links to the original pictures on theshespace.com.  

The picture on top shows swatches of the pigments in this picture and in the bottom one you can see these pigments.

Shespacechocolate

The picture below shows swatches of the pigments in this picture.

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Indelible Creme Eye Shadow

I couldn't resist trying one of the new Indelible Creme Eye Shadows that I have read about. I have seen them on MAD minerals and JW Cosmetics and I'm sure they can be found on other places too. :) They seem to be an affordable alternative to MAC paintpots. I got "Nude Frost" from JW Cosmetics and I'm very pleased with the cs. I placed the order on Saturday night and I got a shipping notice after only a few minutes. The package arrived today, (very well wrapped). It took only 5 working days from US to Sweden, thats is great! The size is the same as the Indelible Gel Eyliners, as you can see. I really hope that the product lives up to my expectations! ;)
 

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Pink Quartz custom made lipgloss and not yet released Lumiere blush

Today I got three custom made lipglosses from Pink Quartz in the mail. I couldn't resist ordering when I saw that you could choose both color, taste AND name on the label for only $4 a piece. I named these after my username, due to bad imagination :) The color is very subtle, almost transparent and they feel very moisturizing on the lips. I like to know that they are very fresh and custom made just for me! :D

Pink-Quartz

I also got my not yet released Lumiere blush in the mail today. This is called "Be Mine" but it has nothing to do with the Valentines day collection with the same name - read more about this misunderstanding in this post. It is so pretty. I think it might bee released as a part of the "Happy Hour Collection" that I read about today in the Lumiere Addicts forum. If the rest of the collection is this good I will be poor! ;)

Lumiere-Blush

Joppa and Coastal Scents sales

Well... I really needed some new e/s brushes and I'm trying to phase out my natural hair brushes for synthetic ones. I had been debating whether I should get the Coastal Scents 15pc set or the Lumiere 9 pc set. The 20% brush sale at Coastal Scents solved my problems! ;) I paid only 15.96 for 15 brushes, quite a deal IMHO :) Shipping was quite high - $10.47 for first class mail, but still I paid less than 2$ for each brush in total.

I got some samples from Joppa during the free shipping sale a few weeks ago and today I took the opportunity to get some full sizes using the 29% code "LEAP". My first impression of the Joppa shadows was that they looked very dull and boring, but they have been growing on me. I really like the satin finish and great staying power now. I got 5g pots of these 4 colors: Purity, Egg Nod, Tranquility and Pearl - great basic colors for the office! :) I also got some samples of the Simple Radiance foundation.