Foundations Bases

I may have a full coverage foundation base!! Which is exciting to me now that I am writing this, it's really sinking in. Yet I still have to work on the sheer foundation base and I'm also at some point hoping to formulate one for oily skin. It just never ends ... geez!!

What a day I had today ... I worked on my full coverage base for my foundation!! Yay !!! Exciting I know, but also frustrating for me. This is my I dunno how manieth batch of reformulated and then only to be reformulated again batch of foundations base. The base is what's going to give it the texture, adhesion and feel.

Personally would like a soft silky feeling foundation with a creamy texture that doesn't drag or feels heavy on my face. So this is what I'm going for, light, airy, silky, and creamy .. all in one powder foundation. Easy Peasy!! hahahaha

However though, I am really liking the batch of foundations base I made today. It's all the things that I was aiming for listed above and it seems to be holding up really well. No streaking, no oily T-zone, ( also thanks to my veil ) great coverage, feels like nothing is on my face, hasn't melted off but rather has been put for the past 7 hours ( w/o touch ups). Now I just need to test it on others ... to get feedback from someone other than me ... he he he Any volunteers?? lol

Can't complain though, I really really enjoy doing this. Some days I just get frustrated after many failed attempts, when I know what I want but I just can't get there. Know what I mean?

Mystery Samples

I started something new recently called .... drum roll please .... "Mystery Samples". I have been giving away samples of products that I sell, with every order. I think it's a nice gesture and it does help me promote my items while giving people a chance to try another product for free. Who knows you might really like that sample you received for free and just have to have it.

Besides, Who doesn't like FREE STUFF!?!? I know I sure do!!

While I think giving a sample of a product I sell is a good idea, I also end up with alot of extra little bits of shiny fun shades that I don't end up selling. This is because sometimes I make something by accident - cuz it didn't turn out how it was supposed to .... lol. Then I can't recreate it and therefor can't sell it, then what do I do with it?? I don't want to just throw it away, or the left over from a requested colour?! I have been putting all these bits in little baggies and they have been sitting and waiting for something, I just didn't know what.

They have finally found their purpose. These little tid bits, sometimes not little but rather lots, have been waiting to be called MYSTERY SAMPLES of eye shadows and blushes. These mystery samples will only be available once, when I sent them to you. Well .... maybe if I have lots of one that you really like, you could make a contact me and make a special request for it. The point is that they are "while supplies last" "no rain checks", what you see is what you get, never to be re-created!!!

I am conflicted though, as I think it's important to give away samples of things I sell, because it is promoting my items. Maybe I will just have to hand out 2 samples, one mystery and one regular sample. Decisions .... decisions ..... decisions....their never ending!

Well Frig!!

I am peeved ... well I was all last week!! Disaster struck my computer. It busted and it was all complex, so I had to take it to the shop to get the darn thing fixed. It would turn on and turn off. So, I had no computer, well most importantly - no Internet for what seemed like eternity. Ok .. it was a week of so. But to me it felt like eternity.

Needless to say, I did not get all that I wanted done. Which includes adding my matte shadows to ecrater and working on my Bonanzle store. Anyways, I am off to do that tomorrow.

Today I was busy catching up on my e-mail and other things on the Internet, since I was deprived and Internet starved. It's crazy how much we depend on the internet, well at least how much I do. I never really realized till now that it was missing.

Halloween SALE!!!

So I finally am starting my first SALE!!!
Here are the details:

- Make a purchase of $13.00 or more from Forget Me Not
- Pay with GOOGLE CHECKOUT
- Enter promo code - Halloween -
- Receive 13 % off your purchase

Sale starts Tuesday, October 14 - Friday, October 31, 2008 !!!

On a side note, I am just working on getting my new matte shades up on Ecrater ... hopefully tomorrow I will have added 6 of them

I just had toooo!!

Naturally I am not done packing yet hehe .... since I am a bit of a procrastinator, when I don't like what I am doing. And I most certainly don't like packing!!! It's so time consuming and I don' know what all to put together in the boxes so that their all organized and easy to find. Geez!!!

Anyway ... That is not what I am excited about. Today, against my better judgement (surprise, surprise) I unpacked some of my mmu supplies and started to make some matte eye shadows!!! eeeekkkkkk I am so excited, I am going to make a whole line of mattes. I only made six shades today, but I am going to aim for at least 12 and then another 12 shadows in a satin line. I love eye shadows!! I am also going to work on my blush line since right now it is next to non existent. So here is a sneak at 2 of the shadows...

So CLOUDY is a completely matte - no shine, no shimmer blue grey shade. And WHEAT is a completely matte yellow tone. It's not a bright yellow but rather more soft and muted. I also made a great green shade which I called AVOCADO and a beige tone which I have yet to name. I am not the best at finding names for my shadows .... Anyways, I am super excited so I had to post at least a few pics!!