IndieAna- In Search of the HolyGrail

One Hand Washes The Other , or commonly referred to as OHWTO, is an online indie store that sells bath and body products, including perfumes (oil and solid), soaps (whipped and bar) home scents, the list goes on. Initially, I ordered from this store to try the much loved Black Magic facial soap. With all the fabulous reviews, I just had to try it for myself. The lip butters sounded just what my dry chapped lips needed, so in my "shopping cart" it went.  Already owning 4 solid perfumes, I also wanted to try some perfume oils, besides I can't place an order with just 2 products ;)  I love the packaging. The perfume sample vials were placed in an envelope that was wax stamped, and the lip butter arrived in a lovely purple pouch. BLACK MAGIC : I bought this in the soap format, however it is also available in cream and exfoliating scrub versions. This formula contains the following toning and claryfying products-  Tea Tree oil, Peppermint Essential Oil, Grapefruit Essen

My final post on this Darling Girl Cosmetics purchase includes the So Sakura set, a lip gloss and matching eye shadow that was limited edition. From what I can tell from the site, only the lip gloss is available. The lip gloss arrived packaged in a small tube with doe foot wand, the eye shadow came in a standard eye shadow pot with sifter. After reading many tempting reviews on this set, I knew that I just had to have the pair. I was not disappointed. SO SAKURA gloss: Pinky peach with subtle violet shift. SAKURA eye shadow: Peachy pink with fuschia shimmer. From the All the Pretty Horses collection: SEABISCUIT : Golden brown. A HORSE WITH NO NAME:  Neutral shimmer. Diamond Dusts  are made with a super-lustrous glitter that give a diamond shine. I purchased 2 shadows from this collection: DRAGON'S BREATH : Shimmery green gold. MOCHI : Candy pink with violet shift. GC shadow: INNOCENCE : Golden neutral. PIXI PURPLE :

The "cuteness" of the Rainbow Brite collection appealed to me. I didn't have a mineral makeup collection with this level of irridescence, subtle shadows on their own, with the ability to change the shades drastically by applying over a darker colour. I used a dark brown wax eye liner to showcase the difference between applications. The photos aren't completely true to the eye shadows, IRL they are so much better, but hopefully the pics will give every one a close enough look to appreciate these eye shadows. LA LA ORANGE : Irridescent orange. INDIGO : Purple. CANARY :  Yellow PATTY OGREEN : BUDDY BLUE : RED BUTLER : SHY VIOLET : Mauve. RAINBOW BRITE : Pink. ON-X: Black with multi-coloured shimmer. Look 1: Here I Rainbow Brite on my lid and On-X in crease and lower lashline. I decided to use the same shade, Rainbow Brite over the dark brown liner. I like how i

With a name like Darling Girl Cosmetics, how could I not try any products :) The logo is as cute as the name, the site has a fun girly, flirty appeal. All age groups and tastes are covered. Whether you want shimmery, matte or glittery products, there are so many to choose from. The lovely Susan says this about her company " At Darling Girl Cosmetics we believe that everyone at any budget should be able to have quality affordable makeup. This is why we offer two sizing options as well as samples of many of our products. Petit's (1/4 tsp jars), Full Size (3/4 tsp jar), and sample baggies with 1/8 tsp. At these prices you could buy several jars of our eye shadow for the price of one high end eye shadow with the same great quality." There is such a choice of different products, including eye shadows, eye liners, lip products, blush, bath and body products, just to list a few. I was impressed with the range, and had a full "shopping cart" in no time. I