Hello everyone, longtime listener, first time caller lol I've been buying off the site for a couple years now and pop over to the forums every now and again if I have a question, thought I should just go ahead and make an account already

I've just recently discovered the LEs and now I'm kicking myself for not being more aware of them when they originally premiered! (nooo I was all distracted by the fantastic bright rocks colours and the shiny rocks glitter lol) I've ordered sample sets of Les Papillions and L'orchidee, just got them on Halloween infact, what I wanted to know is what collections have already made their second run of the year and what collections do I still have a chance to snag before they're all over and the fabulous Miss K decides which ones to fill the 60 old pure hues slots with? I see En Pointe is now available and I'll snag that next paycheck (so annoying, the sales always end the day before I get paid why can't payroll get with the program??)

I'm in love with Holiday Blast, Spring Solstice and Hot in the City but I'd love to try all of them, I think I've finally tipped to scale from in love with to obsessed with Aromaleigh, there's just so much to love about this company, it's products, it's owner... (sorry, when I get excited about a company or product I well, get excited lol)

Anyhow, if anyone knows that'd be great. Thanks and Cheers!

Welcome to the forums!

You are lucky... Miss K has *just* started rerunning the LEs. She has only had L'Orchidee and now En Pointe in its second run. En Pointe is fabulous!

Hope to see some pretty FOTDs from you with all of the fun colors you have now and will be getting!

-Melissa

Runaround Sioux is right, L'Orchidee is the only other collection to have its second run so far!

I *think* these second runs only last for two weeks or so, so don't procrastinate too long on ordering! (Also, some colors may sell out...)

Also, some colors will be added to a permanent "Best of 2009" collection -- check out this thread and cast your votes for any colors you'd like to see be made permanent! You can also vote in the polls on the page for each LE collection here.

Welcome!

Yes, the collections are being brought back for 2 weeks only. This is from her blog 10/15 - "We will be making this year's limited edition collections available for 2 weeks each, so that you all have a chance to give colors a last try (or a first try!) before we choose the 'best of 2009' collection..."

Just a heads up ladies- Sunday night I made the En Pointe collection available for it's 2 weeks... so it is now orderable. Will be blogging it very soon, was on my to-do list yesterday!

xo
K

YAY! *jumps up and down, knocks everything off desk* aww poo lol

I knew about the two week re-releases, I was just having some trouble figuring out what already ran and this firms things up for me, thanks! (just to be absolutely sure, Les Papillions is in it's first run and will return later, yes?) I will be voting as I get the collections and will be sure to put in my overall list once I have them all. Btw, I can't say enough how much I love the sample option for everything! Before I discovered this site the idea of receiving makeup samples before you committed to a colour or product was inconceivable, now I am unafraid to try things that I wouldn't have considered or even looked at before!

I'm absolutely in love with Cricket, today before my evening class I quickie applied it dry generously to my lids and paired it with a little swipe of Unicorn as a highlighter and all I can say is it was so incredibly fresh and vibrant! I'm thinking a little red-purple (Stillinhollywood perhaps?) in the crease for some dimension, some Daphne under the eyes and maybe a little black or purple liner and oh baby stand back and prepare to be blown away! lol (probably should throw in a base too, I noticed a bit of fadage over the course of the evening, let's say Nude Frost b/c that's what I have ) I am beginning to accrue a lot of colours both bright and subtle but still have trouble doing much with them. (I came to the makeup game kinda late, can't do much with my hair either lol) I'm a little bummed that the favourites in the LEs tend to be the neutrals because I love the vibrant, multidimensional colours! (I'm putting in an order for some full sizes late Wednesday night once my paycheck drops through so I can get them before they're pulled Thursday and I never see them again lol)

Actually, Miss K can you pin down when they're being pulled Thursday? (like early morning or late in the evening etc.) I'd really prefer to not stay up until like 3:30am PST to put my order in but I don't want to miss my chance so I will if I have to. (I'm a night owl but gosh that's kinda late lol ah well I'm sure I have some homework to do...)

Runaround Sioux - As for pictures I still haven't managed to take many good ones, I know natural light makes a huge difference but sadly most attempts are made in my horrendously messy bathroom under artificial spotlighting late at night by myself holding my camera at arms length. Needless to say they are pretty awful and seem to star my nose at every conceivable angle every time lol I swear I look normal in real life but get me behind a camera trying to take pictures of myself and it's all nose from here to Kansas and funny sleepy/archy eyes thrown in for good measure! (you know that thing where you arch your eyebrows and lower your lids to try and show off your makeup? Yeah. I look stuck up and sleepy and it still doesn't work! lol I need to do this during the day when the boyfriend's around and actually go to sleep at night!)

I'll try and get some pictures in soon, I'm trying the look I described above tomorrow so we'll see if I can get anything worth posting Also need to do a basic before and after, it's kind of funny how different I look once I even out my skintone and paint my eyebrows on lol

I'd also like to get a good swatch set going, if nothing else it gives me a useful reference for how colours look on my skin (not a fan of the rocks! greens, almost every single one looks bad on me and I can wear a lotta greens!) and so I can remember what the look like - it's hard to get texture, consistency, undertones, highlights, sparkles, saturation, luminosity, etc. looking at the baggies. (can ya tell I come from an art background? lol )