How To Get the Most Out of Loose Eyeshadows/Pigments

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Hey everyone! So when it comes to loose eyeshadows/pigments, they may look nice in the pot but be a pain to apply if you don't know what you're doing or what you're using. I know a lot of people shy away from indie eyeshadows due to the fact that the vast majority of indies sell loose, not pressed eyeshadows. I'm here to tell you how to get the most out of loose eyeshadows and what to pair with them for the greatest effect (with minimal fallout).

Best of Indie - Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Winners: Part Two (Bath & Body and Fragrances)

Hey everyone! This is Part Two of the Best of Indie - Readers' Choice Awards 2015 winners. If you missed it, I posted Part One of the winners, focusing on the Cosmetics categories. This is focusing on the Bath and Body and Fragrances category. I hope you find something nice to pamper your body and to smell nice with. I did want to say that I greatly appreciate everyone's support this year, we got twice as many responders (over 1000!) and the votes for each category was even closer than last year. I hope you enjoy reading the winners for both the Cosmetics and Bath & Body and Fragrances categories.

Best of Indie - Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Winners: Part One (Cosmetics)

Hey everyone! I know it's Thanksgiving Day but I wanted to get the results of the series out before Black Friday/Cyber Monday started. I'm splitting the results into two parts, Part One (this post) where I'll cover the Cosmetics categories and Part Two where I cover the Bath & Body and Fragrances categories. Like last year, for each brand that won in a category, there is an accompanying blurb including where they ship from and if they ship internationally. If they won multiple categories, I listed the blurb once.

Click thru to see the results!

Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2015 Beauty Sale Recommendations

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Hey everyone!

There will be a ton of Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sales going on and I just wanted to give my personal recommendations on some brands to check out during the sale. Phyrra has a comprehensive list if you wanted to see more, the ones listed below are just my picks. Check out each brand and create your shopping list before the deals start on Black Friday!

Life's Entropy Cosmetics - From 11/27 12:00AM EST to 11/30 11:59PM PST, Life's Entropy will be having a 20% off sale, excluding full size sets. There will be a Gift with Purchase for all orders over $30, which will be a mini lip theory in Hybird (pinky purple with green duo chrome). They'll also be releasing 20 new lip theory shades in metallic, duo chrome, and satin finishes.

Limnit Lipsticks - From 11/27 12:00AM EST to 11/30, Limnit Lipsticks will be having a 25% off sale sitewide, no discount code needed! They will be closing down the shop in December/January to move workspaces so I'd get stuff now instead of waiting until then!

KBShimmer - KBShimmer are discontinuing many nail polishes and bath and body products. There will be a 35% off coupon for all the items in the Discontinued section!

Makeup Geek (affiliate) - On Black Friday 11/27, Makeup Geek will be having several bundle deals. These include an Eyeshadow & Blush Bundle Pack - $50 ($104 value), Super Shimmer Palette - $125 ($208 value), Foiled Eyeshadow Expansion Pack - $70 ($100 value), Pigment Variety Pack - $30 ($54 value), Black Friday Brush Bundle - $40 ($81 value).

Melt Cosmetics - Melt Cosmetics' Lipsticks and Eyeshadows look absolutely amazing and they will be having a sitewide 30% off sale, no discount code necessary. As of now, both Eyeshadow Stacks are in stock and most of the Lipsticks are; the ones that are sold out are Laced, Belladonna 2, Bane, Darling, and By Starlight.

OCC Makeup - For Cyber Monday, they will be selling their lip tars in the original packaging for only $5! This is the best time for stocking up for your makeup kit or for some of the original colors in the squeeze tube packaging.

Paula's Choice (affiliate) - Paula's Choice makes my Holy Grail BHA gel and you can get that and more for 15% off with free shipping with the code Book15 until 11/29.

Sephora (affiliate) - Sephora has a several $10 bundle sets from brands like Make Up For Ever, Tarte, Too Faced, and Boscia! In addition, you can sign up for Sephora Flash (affiliate) for $10 which will get you free 2-day shipping for a full year!

Have a happy Thanksgiving and have a stress-free shopping experience! 

Best of Indie - Readers' Choice Awards: Voting Period Open!

Hey everyone! My apologies for being late on opening up the voting period but I've finished compiling the nominations and it's time to vote in the Best of Indie - Reader's Choice Awards. If you're not familiar with it, this is a series specifically for indie brands where you as readers nominate and vote on your favorite indie products.

Voting will go for a week until Wednesday and I will compile the results in time for Black Friday/Cyber Monday. 

Feel free to vote in as many or as few categories as you'd like. There's no real "prize" to the award but I do hope this gives many brands the opportunity to get the adoration that they so richly deserve! I will edit this post to include all the nominated brands so you will be able to check out their offerings before the final awards.

Best of Indie - Reader's Choice Awards 2015: Nomination Period Open!

It's near the end of the year and it's time for the Best of Indie - Reader's Choice Awards. If you're not familiar with it, this is a series specifically for indie brands where you as readers nominate and vote on your favorite indie products.

I received feedback about the timing of the series and am doing it now in November instead of December. The nomination period will be open for one week until the 8th, voting will happen for one week from the 9th to the 15th, and the results will be tallied in the third week from the 16th to the 22nd. This way, the results will be available before Black Friday/Cyber Monday so you will be able to take part in any of the holiday deals once the results come out.

All nominated brands will be included as long as they handcraft their products, I won't be including them if they utilize a lab to manufacture their products. For ease, I've generated a Google Form that you can use. Feel free to fill out as few or as many categories as you'd like. There's no real "prize" to the award but I do hope this gives many brands the opportunity to get the adoration that they so richly deserve!

If there's a category you'd like to see added during the nomination period, please leave me a comment and if enough people want to add it, I'll be sure to edit the Google Doc. I'm focusing on specific products and not colors at this point. 

Voting will take place next week and the results compiled a week after that. I hope you will participate in the nomination period now and will be back next week to vote!