Friday, August 15, 2008

The story of my second Archetype order...

Two new posts....and all in one day?!?!?! Amazing! So, here is what happened with my second Archetype order. My original order date: May 21st. Resolution in paypal reached: June 30th. My order was received in middle to late July!

Basically after all of the emails I sent Archetype none had been responsed to at the time my money was refunded. Then, oddly, other people on MUA had the same happen but started to receive their orders anyways. The same happened for me! Then, even more strangely, someone responded to my emails about the order and offered me 10 more free samples! I got those about 12 days ago.

All in all, what a weird experience. I ended up with about 50 free samples about 2 months later. Do I feel bad that I got them all free? Somewhat. But was it my fault that they got so behind? No. Would I recommend that you purchase from them? Unsure. I personally think that there is no excuse, other than death or extreme illness, not to respond to emails from customers for such a long time. But, they did do the right thing in the end. Also, I have to say it again...some of these colors are beyond unique and gorgeous.

I havent gotten around to swatching all of the second order, and Im not sure I will for a while so I decided to swatch my favorites from both orders below!


L-R: Conjunction, Papaver Somniferum, Erotic Underground, Savage Garden (looks just like Papaver Somniferum but they are pretty diff. IRL), Deep Sunless Sea, Oceans Of The Night, Angel Of Indulgence





L-R: Alexandria, Sunset Spice, Yowie the Night Beast ( I finally have it!!!!), Valley of Kings, Dead Roses, Call of the Bunyip, Oleander




My absolute must haves are Oceans of the Night (gorgeous deep foresty green with dark greenish teal shimmer), Call of the Bunyip (vibrant pinkish red with a blue flash but it has a coppery undertone and flash) Yowie the Night Beast (love the name the color is pretty too! copper with loads of coppery, red and pinkish shimmer) and Valley of the Kings (foily gold with blue and green shimmer/glitter)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Archetype has some amazing colors, but I'm so not sure about ordering from them, at least not until she gets caught up!! But those swatches are so tempting!!! Yowie does look gorgeous!!! Thanks for sharing!!! :)