So the oversized gopher let us know that we have 6 more weeks of winter coming – and it’s been pretty mild, so let’s hope that streak continues. But because of the groundhog’s forecast we’re going to beat the winter blues away with a Winter Blues weekend – all of our blue eyeshadows are 40% off, and the rest of the shop is 25% off. This special runs until Monday, Feb 6th.

July 2010 EOTM Club Package

Eyeshadow of the Month Club Members:

Lots of people know that we were completely slammed over the holidays and we took January to catch up. Sadly, we weren’t able to get the January EOTM Club out, and I don’t want to throw something together and fling it out the door for the sake of “getting it done.” So we will be combining January and February EOTM Club packages – this gives me the time I need to make it extra special. We are working on putting them together, and I really, really, *really* think you’ll like this package!! So thanks for hanging in there with us – believe me, we’ll make this worth the wait!

Much love,

Sarah

Are you a Lusty Strumpet that missed out on Rubeneque, a tier that was discontinued last spring? When we realized it contained one of the missing ingredients we pulled it from the website. After going through the vault, we now have a few of them available over in our Quick and Dirty Discontinued Closeout. You must be a Lusty Strumpet who has claimed or is eligible for Tier 5. This means that you need to have bought 50 or more eyeshadows from Sweet Libertine. While there’s only a few left, this is the time to snag one if you weren’t able to claim it before it was discontinued or to get a backup jar!

We wanted to bring everyone up to date on what’s happening at Sweet Libertine.

We’re wrapping up the loose ends from the holidays and afterwards, so next week will be “cleanup” week. We want to make sure to get out the orders left over from the holidays, plus bring us back up to our 2-3 week turn around time. If you haven’t gotten your order, backorder, or other item keep an eye out for a shipment notification. The holidays crushed us, but we’ve done a good job of getting stuff back in line and we’re trucking along.

Please note, that due to supplier shortage, there are going to be more backorders than normal. I want you guys to know that we hate backorders with the heat of a thousand fiery suns, so we’re changing things a bit to make the situation a bit better. We are working to eliminate backorders entirely – they are a pain in our ass, and you want your makeup. But until we can close that gap, we will be giving you the choice of one blush or one mineral veil sample – this request will be in your backorder notification email. If we don’t hear back from you we will send you a blush sample by default. Current backorders will get a free blush sample.

I think that’s it for now – please let me know if you have any questions or if I can clarify anything!

Much love,

Sarah

we’ve sold most of our discontinued “permanent collection” eyeshadow colors, for some reason I was holding onto discontinued colors that were from past limited edition collections. Those that have been to the Sweet Libertine office see me refer to the “Secret Vault” – they reside there with the past Eyeshadow of the Month club colors, plus some extra discontinued Lusty Strumpet colors.

Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on lots of streamlining. And I realized, even though these are limited edition colors that we can’t reproduce ever again (with a few exceptions from recent collections) – there’s no reason for me to be holding onto these. These are gorgeous colors that need to go live out their eyeshadow lives, and they aren’t doing anything sitting in the vault. And without further ado, here is the listing for the discontinued colors.

Please note that since these are sitting on my desk and I want to move them out I am shipping them within 24 hours of purchase.

(I’ve uploaded photos of some of the discontinueds over here)

It came to my attention that emails sent to “Sarah@sweetlibertine.com” were bouncing due to “exceeded quota”. Last month we moved to a new website host, and unbeknownst to me they put a limit on the bandwidth for each email account. That has been tweaked, and we should be good to go!

(and if you still have issues, please email sweetlibertinecosmetics@gmail.com so we can take care of it)

Tonight at midnight our two Holiday limited edition colors disappear!

Both the 3 piece Christmas set:

Fragile, Snowjob, Wishlist, and Electric Reindeer

And our limited edition New Year’s eyeshadow, Extravaganza:

Extravaganza

Disappear at midnight EST tonight. We’ve changed the sale up a bit, but it’s also your last chance to get 35% off the whole shop!

I’m changing the End of Year Sale up a bit. For several reasons (holiday burnout, December kicked our ass, the mild weather, etc) I wasn’t able to promote the End of Year Sale as much as I would have liked. The same for the Eyeshadow of the Month Club. So I’m changing two things:

1. The End of Year Sale discount will be extended until SATURDAY, January 7th. Tonight at midnight the discount will shift from 35% to 25%. I didn’t have a chance to post swatches of the new colors so I will definitely be doing that soon.

Please note that the limited edition colors (The Christmas set and the New Year’s color) will be taken down tonight at midnight, EST.

2. If you wanted to sign up for the Eyeshadow of the Month Club but didn’t get a chance to do so in December, email me at sarah@sweetlibertine.com and I will invoice you. Let me know how many months you’d like, and what email address to send the invoice to. Invoices must be paid by January 10th. If they are not paid by the 10th then the invoice will be canceled.

That’s about it for now – I’ll post again if there are any new developments. I hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday!

So yesterday I posted some color suggestions using our new eyeshadow colors from the End of Year sale. Today is the conclusion of that series, and I hope you like the combos!

Off Limits, Talk Dirty, and Wax Poetic

A very versatile set – would look good with any eye color.

Paradise Lost, Relentless, and Copper Penny

Recommended for green, brown, and hazel eyes

Poison, Matterhorn, and Idiosyncratic

Recommended for green, brown, and hazel eyes

Dazed and Confucious, Talk Dirty, and Brass Monkey

Recommended for green, brown, hazel, or blue eyes

Dreamscape, Vaudvillian, and Dream Big

Recommended for blue, grey, or brown eyes

I was playing around with different eyeshadow color combinations and had some fun with it, so I thought I’d post them here. These are colors that would work well together – some colors are brand new, some are old favorites. Also listing the recommended eye color for each set but that’s definitely not set in stone – have fun!

Unicycle, Camisole, and Raisin Girl

Recommended for brown or blue eyes

Element, Emerald Fog, and Crescendo

Recommended for brown, hazel, or green eyes

Shag, Metropolis, and Easy Street

Recommended for blue, brown, or hazel eyes

Femme Fatale, Lacivious,  and Kitten Mittens

Recommended for blue, brown, or grey eyes

Antique Rose, Haiku, and Whiskey Bitch

Recommended for just about any eye color

Moon Dust, Matchmaker,  and Oasis

Recommended for blue and grey eyes

And look for Part 2 coming tomorrow!