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Originally Posted by westindiesangel
Yea, I noticed quite a few of their shades were repackaged ones. I still might buy from them due to the free shipping on samples and owing to the fact that I'm not into mixing my own eyeshadows, but I'm going to wait until my Fyrinnae order arrives.
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Free shipping, okay, but sample baggies are $1.50 for 0.5 grams -
at best, that converts to maybe 1/4 tsp. The $2.50 1 gram sample jar comes out to, again, at best, 1/2 tsp, but it's probably less than that. They really shouldn't be measuring these by weight, anyhow - different ingredients have different weights, and so you're not getting the same volume (amount) across the board. You'd be paying the same amount for the "smaller" samples as you would be for the "bigger" ones!
Now, consider this: for 10 sample baggies of 1/4 tsp or less, that would be $15. Hi-Fi Cosmetics sells a set of
20 1/4 tsp samples for $14.99 plus $1.50 shipping within the US, and doesn't repack. When you think about it, GDE's really not offering that good of a deal, especially not for repackaged micas.
By the way, if you do change your mind and want to try blending your own, TKB's sample baggies are $1.50 for most shades but are big bags, a full teaspoon. You can get a sample bag of an eyeshadow base for $1.50 as well, and do OK for personal use by adding a little bit to each mica sample baggie and shaking it up.