It’s Friday, I’m in Love

It might not have seemed like it on your end, but it was a long week for me! Giveaways The winner of this weeks TKB Giveaway is: Email me at contact  [dot] gothique [at] gmail [dot] com!  Don’t forget to go here and enter if you haven’t already! There are still two other giveaways currently […]

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Good-Buy 2010

After a long and difficult morning dealing with my bank I finally had to force myself to sit down and call TKB regarding the recent fraud on my card.  I was directly connected with Kaila, the owner.  We spoke for over half an hour about the situation and she was very honest about what happened, […]

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There’s GOLD in them thar hills!

The other day Phyrra posted some swatches of a few things she got from Avon and I was instantly in love.  But I refuse to buy Avon.  So what do I do? I duped the quad on my own! Here is the original quad: Here is my version: Here are the original swatches: Here are […]

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LOTD – Hanna

Hey, everyone! I’m really happy that Grey is allowing me to post up a look. I’m 20 years old and I’m currently living just south of Kansas City, Kansas. I’m engaged to an absolutely amazing man and I’m currently trying to go back to school for Advertising Design. I love playing video games and adore […]

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Silk and Pearls

Right around New Years my Mom asked me if I would have her a powder for her face.  She’s a stroke survivor and is finally to the point in her recovery that she’s able to care for her appearance on her own again, something she always took great pride in.  Thanks to amazing genetics, the […]

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You thought I didn’t see that, didn’t you?!

I recently ran across a seller on Etsy with the usual “I blend all my colors 100% myself and everything is original…”  However, looking at their colors and products, I was pretty sure they were not. I sent a very polite convo. Hey there! I was looking at your eye shadows I was wondering how […]

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Pure Luxe Cosmetics – A Review

Ordering Pure Luxe has an independent site that pops up with a flash intro page.  Clicking past the flash it gets a little confusing.  Apart from the flash wonkiness the site is somewhat weird to browse, several categories are on one page and the stock header remains the same no matter what page your on […]

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Glossy Brights!

Lipstick isn’t the ONLY way to wear something bright and unexpected on your lips.  Yesterday I pulled out a few mica samples from my magic bag and sat down and made a little stack of glosses.  My aim was to make some ‘unique’ and unexpected shades.  Gloss by nature is less opaque then lipstick and […]

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Where to Start?

In the past week I’ve gotten over a dozen requests about what I might suggest when placing someone’s first order with TKB Trading. There are, of course, a few other places to get raw mica from, but this specific company had been pushed into the ‘lime’ light.  Considering I have personally ordered from them half […]

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Double Double, Toil and Trouble

The second prize in my Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt is this Be-Witching Pigment Stack. It includes a full 5 gram jar of the following colors: Starlight Gold (also known as LC Nymph) Glimmer Green Blackstar Green (also known as LC Enchant) Purple Sparks Bishop’s Violet Black Amethyst

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