Fall is Live!!!!

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Fall is Live!!!!

Post by karen » Thu Sep 15, 2016 4:33 pm

Fall is live on the site! We have a brand new lippie formula- Hyper Glosses. They're thick, creamy, moisturizing, very glossy, and wear for a long time. We've also made a change to the lippie lables, and the new stock seems to be much more durable, and they stay on better too! All of the new lippies have them, and we'll be phasing them in as we make new batches of the other lippies.

BHA is also back! We've reformulated it a little bit. The old BHA used a willow bark extract, and it was great BUT you couldn't actually do anything with it as a formulator. You couldn't add a preservative (it didn't need it, but still), you couldn't change the pH- nothing. The manufacturer's spec stated a very broad pH for different batches. They always stayed in the lower end of the spec, but you want the low pH if you're using it as an exfoliator, and there were no guarantees.

The new BHA is still alcohol-free, and extremely gentle. They've dissolved the salicylic acid in a naturally derived surfactant base, and it works beautifully. It is ok as a leave-on product even with the surfactant in it (it's used at a low usage rate).

I started playing with the new stuff last year, and have been incredibly impressed with it. I think it's a great replacement for the willow bark extract, and as the formulator I feel a lot more comfortable sending out a product where I can control all of the variables, and add a preservative. I don't like changing formulas on you like that- this one seemed very necessary.

You may want to sample it before you go for the big bottle, but I think you'll like it.

We also have metallic Velvet Mattes! Check out Mischievous- it's stunning! Snakebite is probably the coolest color I've ever made. I debated releasing it for about half a second, and Susan and Jamie stood in the back room of the shop looking like insolent teenagers imploring me to release this color. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it's very very cool.

Of course we have all new eye colors. I did check out the Modern Romance palette, but opted not to clone it. There were a few that were close to what we have on the site, and a few more that with a slight tweak could be made to work with the Bare Necessities Palettes we already have. So I made those tweaks.

Check out Holo Back! I saw a post about the Milk Holographic highlighter, and it looked so beautiful. I dropped everything, ran back into the lab, and whipped this up. It's stunning, and such a fun product to have in your collection.

We also made a new blush- Dainty. I hope you love it! It matches Stripped really well.

Thank you for all of the great suggestions, support, and for just being wonderful folks. We know that we wouldn't be here without you, and are just thrilled that you're on this journey with us.
From the bottom of my heart THANK YOU!!!!!
"If it doesn't keep me up at night- it's not worth doing"- Ina Garten
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Re: Fall is Live!!!!

Post by sunnyray » Thu Sep 15, 2016 7:47 pm

Just ordered a haul! Can't wait. High point of my life to see a new SN release! HAHA Thrilled with a new gloss collection.Thanks will review.
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Re: Fall is Live!!!!

Post by kinjali22 » Fri Sep 16, 2016 4:28 pm

What an awesome collection, thank you Karen!!!!!!!!! I have all of the lippies in my cart, it's going to be so hard narrowing them down!!
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Re: Fall is Live!!!!

Post by karen » Tue Sep 27, 2016 12:36 pm

Thank you so much!!!! I'm glad you like them!
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