Bits of this and that.

Another big thank you to Siryn. She did a grand job displaying the shades. I think Sorceress, Steampunk, and When I Grow Up look especially cool.

Have you done looks with our newest glowing shades? I've seen Phyrra's and Mandy's so far. These sold like sparkly hotcakes, so I'd love to see how you've worn them.

The majority of purchases are being shipped in 2-3 business days; had a few from 6/19 which didn't make it out until this morning. All in all, we're moving fairly fast for this time of year. Must be the wonderfully cool weather.

Regular tubes for Lustres and PE will be back this week. My deepest apologies for the shortage of those. The black-trim ones are exactly the same, except color.

I believe that's all for now. Seems I have email to tend to, then on my way back over to the studio.

Update on the new shades, and thank you, Siryn!

By now you're probably seen our latest shadows. Four are glowing shades, created the same way as Electric Stardust and Otherworld are, to give a reflective appearance over a decent primer or base. These shadows have been formulated with transparent bases, making them easy to blend with one another or with other shades, without a worry of them becoming "muddy" or mucking up another shade (try Aye, Captain and Space Kitty blended together. Nice effect). The other is a very bright hot pink, Superstar. It can be more subdued, yet still a lush color, if applied very lightly. This could easily work as an intense lip or cheek color. As usual, the new releases are not in a collection. Actually, two of the glowing shadows were formulated several months ago, and got pushed to the back of our "in progress" cabinet. There are a lot in there like that. Most never see the light of day. Or your swatching lamps. Mainly because too many are similar to existing shades.

Moving right along, I'm overdue in giving a great big thank you to Dawn of MakeupBySiryn.com , who's pictures you will see gracing several of our catalog pages, showing off products' color and effects quite beautifully. Click the link to visit her cool blog, which features many outstanding comics-inspired looks.

That's all for now. Have a good weeken--oh crap, it's only Wednesday.