The Book Project Results

The Book Project was a success! All in all 12 people donated a total of 51 books!  I was so happy with the results and loved the variety of books sent!  Thank you SO much for making it such a success!  I actually let the librarian pick the winner, she picked a book ar random […]

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It’s Friday, I’m in Love!

Snake Oil This deserves a post of its own. Where does the term snake oil come from? Chinese labourers on railroad gangs involved in building the First Transcontinental Railroad first gave snake oil to Europeans with joint pain.[1] When rubbed on the skin at the painful site, snake oil was claimed to bring relief. This claim was ridiculed by rival medicine […]

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Step right up! Step right up!

Due to popular demand I will FINALLY be compiling a list of my personally ‘Black Listed’ companies! The list will be comprised mainly from my personal reviews, but I WILL be accepting submissions from readers as well as close friends! Know any shysters or scam artists?  Repackagers or unethical glitter-mobsters? If you have a company you’d like […]

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It’s Friday, I’m in Love!

Hiatus I’m extending my hiatus a couple of days into next week.  I have so much to get caught up on and deal with, but I’m motivated!  I have SO many amazing new posts to get to, I’m excited to get things finished so I can get back to swatches. Giveaways I’ve done some serious […]

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Hiatus

Due to circumstances beyond my control (and the weather) I’ll be on hiatus until Friday!

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Last Call

This is the last week to participate in The Book Project ! So far we’ve donated 22 books and I’d love to make my goal of 50!

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It’s Friday, I’m in Love!

USPS I realized yesterday that not EVERYONE follows me on Twitter or is in the same Facebook page as me.  Basically the other day the USPS returned a batch of packages to me that I mailed as ‘undeliverable’ and they were DESTROYED. As I mentioned to a few, if you havn’t gotten your package, it’s […]

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Greyed

I realized I completely forgot to post the winner of my Morgana Cyrptoria Lady Grey lipstick giveaway on Friday!  It was such a crazy day with the bathroom ripped apart, it slipped my mind. I also wanted to include some swatches for you, just because! Simply Grey and Lady Grey

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It’s Friday, I’m in Love!

December This is going to be a busy month, not only am I launching Indie Style, but I’m doing a couple design projects.  Add in the fact that it’s holiday time and I’ll have family in town AND the bathroom is being remodeled because of water damage… there won’t be as many posts.  Don’t worry, […]

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It’s Friday, I’m in Love!

Book Project Please, please take a look at my Book Project and help out!  I’m about half way to my goal and I’m going to extend this until Christmas Break, which is the week before Christmas.  I spoke to the librarian and she said one little girl who read the *first* donated book (a biography) […]

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