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Silverfern
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by Silverfern » Sat May 08, 2010 9:15 pm
I wore Devoted today. And WOW it's pretty. I am very fair and used about 3 small dots and blended. This is my first time using cream blush ever and I think I will continue and buy a fullsize one.
The Spring collection is awesome. Thanks for all the hard work, Karen!

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feyith
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by feyith » Wed May 12, 2010 6:42 pm
Toby wrote:Is there any way we can get the yellow Sleep in a Jar in the cream formula as well? I find creams easier to work with (CREAM BLUSHES YAY!), but the peach doesn't conceal as well as the yellow for me.
I just wanted to echo this and maybe even a cream version of Unblush?
Please? Pretty please?
I am LOVING Devoted! Thank you so much, Karen!!!

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by Toby » Wed May 12, 2010 8:23 pm
feyith wrote:Toby wrote:Is there any way we can get the yellow Sleep in a Jar in the cream formula as well? I find creams easier to work with (CREAM BLUSHES YAY!), but the peach doesn't conceal as well as the yellow for me.
I just wanted to echo this and maybe even a cream version of Unblush?
Please? Pretty please?
I am LOVING Devoted! Thank you so much, Karen!!!

A cream version of Unblush would be AWESOME.

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MyLavenderHeart
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by MyLavenderHeart » Thu May 13, 2010 10:07 am
Toby wrote:Is there any way we can get the yellow Sleep in a Jar in the cream formula as well? I find creams easier to work with (CREAM BLUSHES YAY!), but the peach doesn't conceal as well as the yellow for me.
Maybe it is easier for Karen to see your question if you write this is the wishlist section?
Although I havent got any answer to my question posted a month ago...
But it is worth a try at least
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karen
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by karen » Thu May 13, 2010 1:37 pm
I'm not ignoring anything....I'm just up to my eyeballs in lip formulas at the moment- including the liquid gloss that people have been asking about for ages now. The magic ingredient from Paris arrived on Monday night- so it's been full speed ahead with that project. I only *wish* it was as easy as MyLavenderHeart described it...put hair in pony tail, crack knuckles, add a few smidges and dollops and voila!!! It's more like smear 110th variation of a formula on lips, rub them together, mutter, ponder, go for a long drive, occasionally swear, throw it out, and do something different. That's how it's been going but I'll nail it. Lippies are evil to formulate, and that's why I love them so much! To put it in perspective I went to the New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists trade show on Tuesday, and I met a woman who spent over a YEAR on a single bath bomb formula trying to get it just right.
So- more colors of the cream concealer isn't too much of an issue. The current base is opaque, and then I tint it with whatever color- so as long as you're happy with an opaque rather than a sheer formula we could have a green and a yellow on the site relatively quickly.
Is opaque ok???
"If it doesn't keep me up at night- it's not worth doing"- Ina Garten
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Xarata
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by Xarata » Thu May 13, 2010 2:09 pm
i can't speak for the green people, but as a yellow wisher- i think opaque is better. i hate concealers that don't conceal anything.
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SouthernGal
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by SouthernGal » Thu May 13, 2010 3:05 pm
I agree with Xarata, I prefer my concealers opaque.

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MyLavenderHeart
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by MyLavenderHeart » Thu May 13, 2010 3:41 pm
karen wrote:I'm not ignoring anything....I'm just up to my eyeballs in lip formulas at the moment- including the liquid gloss that people have been asking about for ages now. The magic ingredient from Paris arrived on Monday night- so it's been full speed ahead with that project. I only *wish* it was as easy as MyLavenderHeart described it...put hair in pony tail, crack knuckles, add a few smidges and dollops and voila!!! It's more like smear 110th variation of a formula on lips, rub them together, mutter, ponder, go for a long drive, occasionally swear, throw it out, and do something different. That's how it's been going but I'll nail it. Lippies are evil to formulate, and that's why I love them so much! To put it in perspective I went to the New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists trade show on Tuesday, and I met a woman who spent over a YEAR on a single bath bomb formula trying to get it just right.
So- more colors of the cream concealer isn't too much of an issue. The current base is opaque, and then I tint it with whatever color- so as long as you're happy with an opaque rather than a sheer formula we could have a green and a yellow on the site relatively quickly.
Is opaque ok???
Hi Karen, just wanted to apologize to you, because didn`t mean to imply your job was easy at all, so easy that you could just smidge and dollop and viola that`s it
I know you work so hard making sooo many pretty things for us, so I just wanted to apologize since I didn`t mean to seem insensitive to the hard work and hours that you put in! Thank you for that!
And yes, I think opaque is very good! Coverage is best when opaque
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by zooeyblue » Thu May 13, 2010 4:15 pm
I would love to see a yellow concealer as well; opaque is good!

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by karen » Thu May 13, 2010 4:48 pm
Oh gosh no I'm not offended in the least- more amused than anything! I work a lot because I think you all deserve that, and it's so much fun normally. I'm sooooo not complaining about any single solitary part of this job. I'm about 6 months into this project though, and it's starting to wear on me.
ETA: I'm soooo sorry if it came off as snarky or ungrateful in the last comment. It so wasn't meant that way- AT all- I mentioned it merely as something I've chuckled over.
When it comes together and you finally have a good base formula it is just like how you describe it...and it's usually so worth the journey.
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