Oh, happy day! I am now chortling in my joy, because I have an AWESOME ANNOUNCEMENT to share with everybody: Conjure Oils is now offering sampler pips of the current Toby Daye perfume line. There are TWENTY-ONE scents available, including "Toby Daye" (cut grass and copper), "April O'Leary" (ozone and electricity), and even "January O'Leary" (ozone and pine). These things knock my socks off. Seriously, they are all amazing, and so, so perfect.

Since not everyone wants to gamble on a 5ml bottle of a perfume they haven't smelled before, Conjure Oils is now allowing orders of seven "pips," little 1/32 oz. sampler vials that let you play with a perfume without taking the full risk. This is a truly awesome thing, and it shows a lot of faith in the line as a whole. Hooray!

I am so excited. And I smell like May Daye.

Happy Valentine's Day, everybody! I've got two awesome things to share with you from our buddies at Conjure Oils.

First up, lm is doing a decant circle of ALL the Toby Daye scents. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the decant circle concept, this means she's going to order full bottles of the various perfumes, make little "tester" vials of perfume, and then send them out to the circle's paid participants. This is a great way to sample a lot of different scents without committing yourself to a whole bottle. Follow the link above for more information, and her specific rules.

(Note: This decant circle is not specifically affiliated with either me or Conjure Oils. So you'll need to go through lm with any questions or comments. I'm just sharing the love.)

Meanwhile, over at Conjure Oils, Varja has very kindly made the Toby scents available as products from the Oddment Emporium. It's a special order, so you'll need to let her know what you're asking for. Did you want Toby Daye soap? May Daye sugar scrub? Well, for the first (and possibly only) time, you can have it. Be still my heart.

And that's your cosmetic update. Have a joyous Lupercalia!

As of today, we are less than a month (twenty-nine days) out from the release of Late Eclipses. Since February is so short, I'm kicking off the pre-release month of fun now, and beating the rush. Also, that might do a little to preserve my sanity, and I'm fond of my sanity. It's my cuddly mental buddy.

To start our pre-release month right, here's an exciting announcement: Conjure Oils has released the rest of the current Toby Daye perfume line. There are now TWENTY-ONE scents available, including "Toby Daye" (cut grass and copper), "April O'Leary" (ozone and electricity), and even "January O'Leary" (ozone and pine). I don't have my sample packs of the new scents yet, but if they're half as awesome as the original seven, they're going to knock your socks off.

The Toby perfumes are available only in the 5ml bottles, but if people express interest in doing a decant circle, I will open a space in my website forums for you to set things up. (I can't run it myself, I can enable it for all of you.) These are open-ended, so there's no need to rush right out, act now, etc., and they make an awesome gift for the BPAL-lover in your life. Also, if we collectively buy enough of these, maybe she'll make more.

I live a fairy tale life, I swear. And I wouldn't want it any other way.

Today is Thursday, and things are awesome! Like, seriously, seriously awesome. Why are they awesome? Because they are. I will explain.

First awesome: Conjure Oils is doing a line of perfumes inspired by the Toby Daye books. They debuted at OryCon, and they are amazing. Seriously, I squealed, more than a little. There are seven scents in the initial line, and more coming, some of which I am, like, crazy excited about (the idea of January O'Leary perfume makes me giggle way more than is strictly sane). If you're a BPAL fan, or know someone who is, you could do a lot worse than Toby Daye perfumes for the holidays.



Ahem: squee.

Second awesome: My darling Mia, over at Chimera Fancies, is getting ready for her incredibly massively huge holiday sale, and has put up a preview post of pendants. It seems like every batch is better than the batch before, which is probably part of why my pendant collection is beginning to rival my Pony collection for sheer number of pieces. I mean, damn.

The latest sale begins Friday, November 19th, at noon Pacific time, and if you check out her post, you can find out how to get yourself entered in a drawing for possible free awesomeness. I mean, how much better can it get than free awesomeness?

Third awesome: My mailing tubes arrived last night, and I estimated correctly, meaning that the mailing of the new "Wicked Girls" posters has officially begun. Specifically, I've mailed posters to Tara and to our cover model, but that means I now know exactly what I'm dealing with, rather than just making a highly educated guess. Hooray for math!

For details on the posters, and on how you can currently order them, please see yesterday's post on the subject. I'm planning to package and mail all paid orders from this week on Saturday morning, which means you'd have them by the end of the week in the United States, and by the end of the month in Canada. I also now know what it would cost to mail internationally, so please contact me via my website if you'd like to discuss other mailing options.

Tara bet me five dollars and a cupcake that we'd sell fifty in the first twenty-four hours. There's three hours left, and we're at thirty-eight. Free cupcake!

And those are the things which are awesome. What's awesome in the world of you?