Where's my favorite Dark Heart product?!

Wondering where the rest of our product line is? Have no worry! They haven't bit the big one. I'm just trying to make sure that plenty of stock is made so that orders can be filled in a timely manner. No one wants to wait around forever for something they're excited for. Thanks for understanding while Dark Heart grows more efficient.

Here's an update on what I'm doing, and what the story is on some of your favorite products:

Stocking Products:

• Liquid Shines: Now stocking (In stock in 1 week)
• Face Primer: This is next on my list to stock (In stock in 1-2 weeks)
• Lip sticks: Order tubes & make stock
• Lip Gloss: Reformulate gloss base & make stock
• Mascaras: Need to make stock
• Eye Light Gel Liners: Reformulate shades containing blue pigment & make stock
• Themed Collections: Need to make stock

New Releases:

• Too Late For Love: A HIM Inspired Valentine's collection (Available only through Ebay's Giving Works) Now in stock
• Glitter & Gears: A Steampunk Inspired Collection - Waiting on Lipstick Tubes
• Courtney Couture: A Vintage Starlet Matte Collection - Currently available only as a prize for Kiss & Makeup's contest. It will be available next month in the shop (also needs lipsticks stocked first).

Other Uses for Loose Eye Shadow Pigments

It was recently brought to my attention by April of Blacksburg Belle, that most people might not know that eye shadows can be used for more than just your eyes. Now, this is the important part: you need to be very certain that your eye shadows are approved for use on other areas of your face!

Our Dark Heart Designs eye shadows are approved for use on lips, eyes, face, and nails. Here’s a few simple ideas:

Lips: Mix your eye shadow with lip gloss or lipstick for a sparkly, shiny lip

Face: Shadows can be used as a different color blush, or to create fancy designs, like I’ve done here:

Nails: Add your shadows to clear or colored nail polish to make a new color, or change the shade of one you already have.

Here’s a few videos to help you get an idea on other uses for our shadows:

Petrilude’s video on how to use pigments:

One way to use pigments in nail polish:

 

I hope this post gives you some ideas on all the uses for our eye shadows. Please be aware that this post is only for Dark Heart Designs shadows. If you’re going to use another brand, please make sure that it is approved for the area you’ll be using it in. Thanks for reading everyone!

-Tina

Blogging Schedule

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Hello again everyone!

I'm going to make a short post today. Things have been busy lately & I'm trying to catch up to them. I didn't have a chance to work on my blog posts over the weekend, like I usually do. Instead, I'm just going to tell everyone what to expect from this blog and myself. I've been working on a blogging plan so that I can stay organized and make more meaningful posts. I want to write content that people are interested in reading.

This is the outline I'll be following:

• Monday – About me (some about excerpt, etc)
• Tuesday -Tutorial
• Wednesday – Weekly news, ad campaigns, etc
• Thursday – Textless, audio or video feature
• Friday –Feature (Items, Bloggers, Etsy shop owners, etc.)

There won't be any posts on the weekends. I've found that it's harder for me to make them, and they don't seem to be read as much as posts during the week. Also, it gives me time to work on tutorials, features, and other content. I just hope everyone enjoys reading as much and I enjoy writing. If you have any ideas, I'd love to hear them!

-Tina

http://www.etsy.com/shop/darkheartdesign

Why cosmetics?

I’m often asked why I started making my own eye shadows and glosses. The answer is really rather simple. I wanted beautiful colors, affordable prices, & I didn’t want to have something shipped to me. At the time, I was looking for something local. I scoured tons of stores, from Wal-Mart, to CVS, to Ulta, and whatever else I could find. Nothing they carried satisfied me. That was over a year ago. 

I faithfully cyber stalked (in a non criminal way) Xenia of LimeCrime, and Amy or Shrinkle, of Sugarpill for ages. I would spend hours reading their blog posts and longingly oogling the beautiful make up they always seemed to have (Amy sold Kryolan at the time, her line, Sugarpill, released at a later date). Not long after, they both started their own cosmetics line and I watched the rest of the story unfold from there. If you’re curious about either of these companies, you can google their names, followed by the word review and you’ll find plenty of results.

There was nothing I wanted more than to have my own line. There was only one thing stopping me, I had no idea how to do it. At the time, I didn’t even think it was a possibility. Then the whole repackaging scandal hit the online/indie makeup world. If you don’t know what repackaging is, I’ll explain. Repackaging is where a seller takes straight mica, the pigment color ingredient of an eye shadow, from a supplier, dispenses it into jars, and sells it as is for a higher price. There is much more to making an eye shadow. I have an older post here that you may want to read for more information. Now, back to the topic at hand; when the scandal hit, it accused one of the companies, whose name I shall not mention, although almost everyone knows who it was, of repackaging straight mica from a supplier. 

There were links all over the web for companies that provided the supplies to make cosmetics. I was in heaven. My original intention was just to make some for myself and the whole thing blossomed from there. Now I have friends who help me immensely, an Etsy shop, and a dream that I am never going to give up on.

-Tina

 http://www.etsy.com/shop/darkheartdesign