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Originally Posted by angiepang1e 

Neither do I but yours could double as a liner too!

Wouldn't it smudge like crazy?  I always think that's the goal of shadow sticks - to smudge out and blend.

I love all the little containers we get in these bags.  =) 

I usually have coconut oil and of course olive oil around the house.  I'd ordered beeswax pellets, vitamin e oil, and fragrance oils that are safe for body lotions and lip balms to make a Beeseline-ish product.  So I was looking at the little face cream and lip scrub and bear balm containers from this month, and the lip jelly tin from last month, and decided when I empty things, I'm gonna make a few teaspoonsful of lip tint to reuse the containers.  Went to The All Natural Face online and bought one of their vegan mineral blush samplers.  27 colors for $5.00, plus $1.50 shipping. 

1/2 t olive oil, 1/2 t coconut oil, 1/2 t beeswax, 1/2 t or so of one of the pigments, a few drops flavored oil, drop or so of e, throw it in the microwave in a glass Pyrex measure and stir every 30 seconds.  Pour it into a container when it's liquified and let it set.  I'm guessing somewhat at measurements, but based on recipes on the web I'm thinking I'm not too far off.  I figure it'll probably end up being about a-buck-and-two-minutes-work per shade.

Edit - now that I think about it, I'm probably high on the amount of pigment powder.  I'm thinking one package per few teaspoons of stuff.  It'll be interesting to see how far off my guesses are from what I really should use!  ;)

Did anyone think the Bear rub/ balm smelled a little off. I don't think it was bad, to me it just had a mix of medicinal smell and skunk phermones.
 

But on a more pleasant note , I'm loving the lip scrub!!! 

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Originally Posted by PaulaG 

Did anyone think the Bear rub/ balm smelled a little off. I don't think it was bad, to me it just had a mix of medicinal smell and skunk phermones.
 

I don't smell any skunk in mine.  Just the tea tree medicinal-strong.

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Originally Posted by PaulaG 

But on a more pleasant note , I'm loving the lip scrub!!! 

LOL So am I!  that's my favorite product in the bag!

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Originally Posted by mellee 

I love all the little containers we get in these bags.  =) 

 

I usually have coconut oil and of course olive oil around the house.  I'd ordered beeswax pellets, vitamin e oil, and fragrance oils that are safe for body lotions and lip balms to make a Beeseline-ish product.  So I was looking at the little face cream and lip scrub and bear balm containers from this month, and the lip jelly tin from last month, and decided when I empty things, I'm gonna make a few teaspoonsful of lip tint to reuse the containers.  Went to The All Natural Face online and bought one of their vegan mineral blush samplers.  27 colors for $5.00, plus $1.50 shipping. 

 

1/2 t olive oil, 1/2 t coconut oil, 1/2 t beeswax, 1/2 t or so of one of the pigments, a few drops flavored oil, drop or so of e, throw it in the microwave in a glass Pyrex measure and stir every 30 seconds.  Pour it into a container when it's liquified and let it set.  I'm guessing somewhat at measurements, but based on recipes on the web I'm thinking I'm not too far off.  I figure it'll probably end up being about a-buck-and-two-minutes-work per shade.

 

Edit - now that I think about it, I'm probably high on the amount of pigment powder.  I'm thinking one package per few teaspoons of stuff.  It'll be interesting to see how far off my guesses are from what I really should use!  ;)

Thank you for this AMAZING tip! Please let us know how they turn out! i am VERY intrigued.

Finally got my box yesterday.  the facial cream lid was loose so the product is all dried up so disappointed.  anyone ever have an issue with an item?  how was it resolved?

Here is the color of my shadow stick - I could probably use it as a blush/lip tint as well:

Here it is smudged out:

Anyone have a November box or items from a November box to sell or trade?  I thought I ordered but didn't.  Thanks

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Originally Posted by Missyrocks 

Anyone have a November box or items from a November box to sell or trade?  I thought I ordered but didn't.  Thanks

what were you looking for in the box? I have a few items that I won't be using, if you're interested. Pm me ;]

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Originally Posted by angiepang1e 

what were you looking for in the box? I have a few items that I won't be using, if you're interested. Pm me ;]

me too.  I have the loose eye shadows and the shadow stick in grape thati I am not intererested in keeping.  let me know what your looking for.

  on another note overall I am happy but at times this company just doesnt seem to have their act together.  I recevied a sample of a cream lip and cheek blush that I would love to purchase.  I have emailed several times to find out how I can buy it and no one can tell me.  how crazy is that. how hard should  that be? This has been going on now for 3 weeks...

( it was in a small plastic container in a plastic bag.  all it said was new cheek and lip tint in dusky rose)   

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Originally Posted by productjunkie14 

me too.  I have the loose eye shadows and the shadow stick in grape thati I am not intererested in keeping.  let me know what your looking for.

 

  on another note overall I am happy but at times this company just doesnt seem to have their act together.  I recevied a sample of a cream lip and cheek blush that I would love to purchase.  I have emailed several times to find out how I can buy it and no one can tell me.  how crazy is that. how hard should  that be? This has been going on now for 3 weeks...

 

( it was in a small plastic container in a plastic bag.  all it said was new cheek and lip tint in dusky rose)   

I'd guess it was The All Natural Face.  I don't see the color on Natural Beauty's site, but here it is on TANF:  http://theallnaturalface.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.details&ProductID=117729 

They gave a blush from Ferro, or something like that, but it was in a container with a black lid that had the company name.

Oh - sorry.  The blush I thought you meant was sent several months ago.  Don't know if the codes would still be current, but I didn't hold onto mine to check.

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Originally Posted by mellee 

I'd guess it was The All Natural Face.  I don't see the color on Natural Beauty's site, but here it is on TANF:  http://theallnaturalface.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.details&ProductID=117729 

 

They gave a blush from Ferro, or something like that, but it was in a container with a black lid that had the company name.

thanks but this is not it.  It was actually a cream blush.  Did anyone else receive this?  it was in the October box.  It was in a small palstic container and says new lip and cheek tint dusky rose   it was in a small plastic bag with the eyeshadow primer.   . Its pretty sad when they company themselves cant tell me.  I would love to buy it...  AHHH

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Originally Posted by productjunkie14 

thanks but this is not it.  It was actually a cream blush.  Did anyone else receive this?  it was in the October box.  It was in a small palstic container and says new lip and cheek tint dusky rose   it was in a small plastic bag with the eyeshadow primer.   . Its pretty sad when they company themselves cant tell me.  I would love to buy it...  AHHH

Oh - I missed that you said it was lip and cheek.  Still not on their site with a coupon, but could this be the product?  It comes in the Dusky Rose - http://theallnaturalface.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.details&ProductID=123515 

I have ordered from them multiple times before.  Got some shadows and the blush sampler - all came within a few days.  Ordered their primer and moisturizer about a week and a half ago, and it took just over a week to receive - think a little longer due to the holiday.  Also got their December Beauty Box, which arrived today.  I was upset because it was supposed to arrive about a week ago and they got it out late, but now that it's here I love the products. They do offer Paypal, so you're not at risk giving your credit card number to an unknown if you're nervous.

Is it me or do these companies ship way too late. Its December 24th and still no shipping notification of the December box. Why not just call it the January box??

It's not just December with this company.  November's came in December.  On FB they promised the Dec one would come early.  Now they're saying they meant the $50 Christmas box would go early (people got that last week - wow!  Really early!) and that the Dec one would go earlier than the Nov one, which went out on the 28th or something like that.  For the last week they've been promising that they're "getting it out".  *Sigh*

This company is starting to remind me of GOGOGirlfriend!  I won't be giving any more money for sure. 

A pet peeve would be lying to your customers over and over, and leaving them in the dark on shipping status of items they paid for. 

I keep hearing for a few months about having problems finding help. I think that is untruthful too.

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Originally Posted by mellee 

It's not just December with this company.  November's came in December.  On FB they promised the Dec one would come early.  Now they're saying they meant the $50 Christmas box would go early (people got that last week - wow!  Really early!) and that the Dec one would go earlier than the Nov one, which went out on the 28th or something like that.  For the last week they've been promising that they're "getting it out".  *Sigh*

On the other hand, you could say they've been very consistent . 

I expect to receive my box at the end of the subscribed month or the beginning of the next month.  It's actually similar to Eco Emi in that respect, minus the tracking #'s.  Because they've been consistent in that respect, I don't sweat it and consequently don't get frustrated. 

Not sure how that compares to Go Go Girlfriend, as I never subscribed to that service. 

I just got an email.  They're just putting together the December box.  To "get back on track", they're skipping January.  If you ordered January, you'll get the February box early Feb, and if you have a sub it'll be pushed "forward" (shouldn't that be "back"?) one month.  How exactly is making people wait an extra month getting back on track?

I can forgive Eco Emi's shipping (depending on when you first purchase the sub, you may pay twice before you get your first box, but everything comes consistently on time and you end up getting another box if you end your sub, so you do get what you pay for).. but something's really "off" about this company.  I paid for the Dec box Nov 7.  I'm glad I only purchased a 1 month subscription to try it out because so far I'm completely unimpressed. 

I'm still really enjoying the products I've been sent, and as long as they communicate with me regarding problems/delays, I'm okay.  I got the same email Mellee mentioned.

I only do month to month as well and have ordered about every other month thus far, so any potential damage is limited to $20.  Since I'm happy with the products and have received my boxes, I'm still not seeing a problem.

The lip scrub and eye serum are my favorites thus far, but there hasn't been anything in the boxes that I thought "ugh". 

Yikes. I was about to sub to this. Glad I check out this thread first!