Friday, November 27, 2009

Merry Midnight, Mineral Makeup Mutiny

That title has way too much alliteration for my my taste, haha. First off I wanted to show a picture of OPI's Merry Midnight, my favorite color right now. It is such a unique color, a purple with blue sparkles and red flecks. It's so cool. Since my hand has icky burn marks all over it, here is a link to Grey's blog. This picture captures it perfectly. I managed to succeed today in not making my right hand look like a 5 year old did it, so I'm pretty proud of myself. I feel like since I'm part of the makeup blogging community now, I should share my thoughts on the Mineral Makeup Mutiny. I think it's great that there is a list out of companies I can trust to take my money for something they worked hard to produce themselves. It also saddens me that there seems to be a need for a website like this. I feel nervous about placing orders lately, because I'm learning how many repackagers there are, and how I've probably lost a good deal of money to them. I consider makeup my art medium, and basically the only thing I really have talent and passion for, and it's upsetting to have to worry about if I'm getting ripped off every time I place an order anywhere. I was recently googling the names of companies I've ordered from with the word "repackaged" after it. I stumbled upon this entry from the MMM blog. If you scroll down to the comments, you will see the first one is from Christina, owner of Pure Luxe cosmetics. Seeing this really upset me- the way she threatened a legal statement, as has been seen with Orglamix and LimeCrime, is a very poor and juvenile way to run your business, in my opinion. It also upset me because because now I am quite certain (although one can never be 100% positive) that Pure Luxe probably repackages some pigments. I have at least 30 samples from there, and it really pisses me off I spent my money getting what could be jacked up prices on products I could have gotten elsewhere. Then, while reading this post in Grey's blog yesterday, I saw the pictures of Heavenly Natural's 'Hush a Bye' next to Glamour Doll Eyes' 'Dirty Jeans'. To me these pigments look nearly identical to a color I own from Pure Luxe called 'Galaxy'. I also own many Heavenly Natural Beauty eyeshadows which are also nearly identical to straight pigments. Do I think the owners of these businesses make some completely unique eyeshadow products? Yes. Do I also think that they are repackaging pigments and not disclaiming it right on the page? Yes. I think, even if you will answer honestly to an email about whether or not you repackage, to not directly state it on your page is being dishonest. I also emailed the owner of Glittersniffer asking if her products were original. This was 6 days ago and I have still not received a response, which leads me to believe they are indeed not original. And if they are, it's poor customer service to leave an email sitting for so long, especially when she states she will "answer emails pretty quickly". Sorry for the rant, I'm just pretty bummed I put my money into companies that aren't seeming too honest at this point. To end on a happier note, here's some kissing anteaters!

6 comments:

  1. This sucks! What is the point of giving your honest opinion when you have to "scared" of legal threats ets... I just swatched some pigments and found out that those are quite similar. Very sad :(

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  2. Ugh, I totally feel you on this. Although I'm all for education, its frustrating that we can't trust these companies anymore and that we have to live in fear of legal threats. I know I've spent lots of money on repackaged colors and it pisses me off so much. I'm to the point where I'm done trying new companies, just because I'd rather spend my money on brands that I know are truly creating their colors.

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  3. One thing I've learned about internet drama: pictures of cute animals always fixes it.

    I don't understand how indie MMU companies can even stand to repackage. If I had a makeup company, I'd never get anything done because I'd be mixing new colours all the time. Too fun.

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  4. Urgh... I'm always anxious about buying stuff online, because of that! And on my first attempt, I was skimmed... well, it didn't stop me though, but still... BLEGH!

    loves

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  5. Oh! Now I know what you meant in the other post of yours. Yeah, I agree and feel the same. It sucks...I know I have wasted a lot of money on repackaged pigments. So frustrating!

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  6. I'm sorry, I don't remember getting an email from you? Are you sure you emailed me at the correct address? Please send any questions, comments, ANYTHING to:

    glittersniffer12186@yahoo.com

    Talk soon :)

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