I have an unexpected surprise for you! The original Aromaleigh site has reopened to clear out classic products. While some things have been sold on Dormant Dream, it will be easier for you to shop on the original Aromaleigh site. Dormant Dream will have creative services offered through it.
In addition to that surprise, and here’s the part that I’m personally excited about, Aromaleigh V.2 will be opening in the near future under new management! Kristen will be working as a creative consultant and head of product formulation for the new owner. The changed Aromaleigh will have a fresh, innovative product line. They’re very excited for what the future holds, as the original Aromaleigh began over 13 years ago. With all the amazing, improved pigments available now, the cutting-edge product lines will be sure to impress.
To conceive this new product line, they will be setting up a series of polls because they value your input and want you to help tailor the makeup to suit your needs. These polls will help the new team understand what you desire out of the new Aromaleigh. They look forward to creating with everyone!
In the meantime, checkout will be through Aromaleigh.com. Aromaleigh.com will be open to both US and international customers! International shipping will be offered for orders $30 and under, via First Class Mail.
I can’t tell you how excited I am by all of this. You know how much I love Aromaleigh.
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YAY to this! I have been using up the last of my foundation I got when Kristen closed the shop. I have used nothing but her mineral powder and blush on my face for ten years and was devastated (read: what am I going to use now?) when she went out of business. Welcome back, I am SO HAPPY about this!
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I seriously never thought Aromaleigh would be back. I’m very excited by this news.
OH THANK GOD. I have seriously not bought hardly any makeup since Aromaleigh had shut down. A few bits and bobs from my Mary Kay lady, but otherwise… I can’t even tell you how freakin much I missed AL.
I believe you!
YAY :3!!!!
Definitely a Yay!
OMG! Very interesting news! I would really love to see the Gothic Lolita collection again, but I’m happy to wait and see what does happen.
Keep a look out for the polls on the Aromaleigh site. I’m sure the new owners would like to hear that sort of feedback. Gothic Lolita, Lost in Faerie and Wonderstruck were my favorite collections, though I think I liked at least 2 or 3 colors from every release
That’s really good news! I can’t wait to see what new products they come up with! Oh I hope I can get something more from Aromaleight, I’ll check the web now
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I’m looking forward to new stuff, too!
That is truly amazing and happy news! I was thinking a few weeks ago how I truly missed the new collections/shadows that would have been rolled out over the last year had Aromaleigh still been in business. Kristen’s shadows were utterly gorgeous and she had such a keen eye for color and detail! Can’t wait to see what V 2.0 brings!
My holy grail non-shadow item was Nocturne. I hope new management brings that back as I have looked far and wide but have yet to find a satisfactory alternative (though I did read somewhere that Meow had a similar product in the pipeline with an undetermined completion schedule).
Welcome back, Aromaleigh! We missed ya!
I’m really curious to see what sort of new product lines they’ll roll out, as well as what they’ll keep from the Aromaleigh classic product lines. I agree with you, Kristen’s eye for color is amazing.
I’m very happy to hear this news. I hope that some of my old favorites will be back, especially Metamorphosis and URFP.
I know! You wouldn’t believe how many emails I’ve gotten asking about URFP!
NICE! I only discovered Aromaleigh when it started closing down. I hope foundation comes soon!
Keep an eye on the site, I’m sure it will be there in some form
Oh wow. I was just getting into makeup when I heard that Aromaleigh was closing down. I was sad that I’d never be able to have a chance to buy from them.
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I’m stunned. Never thought the company would be back in any form. I could never bear to delete the bookmark though. It was just too sad to think about.
I didn’t think so, either. I know what you mean, too.
Yay! I just began to realize the uniqueness of Aromaleigh when they began to closing their site, so I’m really happy they are back!
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I’m going to be really excited to see what they come up with in terms of products and colors! Can’t wait to see some of the polls.
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Me either! I’m excited by the fact that the new management wants customers to have input on the products.
Wowww, what a great news! Never thought Kristen will be back!
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I didn’t think she would be, either.
I am excited about this. I am more excited because it beats what the hater tried to do to Aromaleigh back then… but here is the reborn of Aromaleigh. Yay!
I’m excited because I truly never thought Aromaleigh would be back in any form.
Yay!! I’m so excited about this! I was so heartbroken when Aromaleigh closed. This has made my day. I can’t wait to see what they come out with.
I’m excited too, Lisa
This is the best makeup news I have ever heard. I am so incredibly excited. Thank you for sharing this, Phyrra!!
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Wow! That is great news! I miss the lippies and all of the wonderful and unique colors. I can’t wait to see what they come up with for new products and colors. Hopefully, they can still make some of the old classics everyone loves, too.
I’m very excited too, Tina
I tried ordering some eye shadows but it says shipping method isn’t available to my Canadian address =(
I don’t think they’re shipping to Canada =\
Maybe email customer service? I was told they’d be shipping internationally again.
This is great news! Unfortunately, I was a bit late to the minerals bandwagon, or at least it took me a while to branch out and shop around at indie stores, so I’ve never tried anything from Aromaleigh. But I have seen so many interesting swatches of their products and i have always wanted to try their glissade foundation. Maybe the new store will offer the glissade formula in some incarnation. I can’t wait to see the new site!
I hope you get to try some of their great products soon
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*does Tom Cruise couch dance*
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OMG!! YEAAAAAAHHH!!!…is all i can say.
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Aromaleigh is actually my first Indie cosmetic purchase EVER (and the one who sucked me down to the vortex of infinite make up purchase XD ). I’m really excited to hear the news, although seeing that I bought A LOT of stuff from them during their closing sale, I’m not sure I’d need to buy MORE. I know I will anyway. 8′D
I’m excited too, Ryou
I’m looking forward to new products.
Sweeeeet! I’ve been rationing my Aromaleigh pigments lol. I’ve pretty much given up on indie cosmetics after all that has been happening lately with the exception of Fyrinnae, Shiro, Hi-Fi and Morgana so this this is good news.
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Well, I snagged a few shadows! The only one I really wanted that they didn’t have (I think it’s sold out) was Wingardium Leviosa, but still… I’m so happy they’re getting back into business!
I’m very happy, too, Sarah!
This makes me so happy. I hope they bring Glissade back. 2L was my perfect color match and I can’t find it in any other mineral company. I also hope Miss K takes a step back and allows the new management to be the “face” of the company, so she won’t be sucked back into the stress. I’m thrilled to hear she’ll still have a hand in the creation of the product though.
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I got the impression that foundation will be back, but probably reformulated with different colors/shades/system.
I’m thrilled, too
OMG. I’m so excited! I was sad she wasn’t shipping internationally before.. Now I can order. Thanks so much for the info, Phyrra!
You’re welcome eight!
I actually….don’t care. My experience with Aromaleigh was one time, about eight or so years ago, and it wasn’t very good. The customer service was shit and as it was my first indie cosmetics company purchase I waited a *very* long time before trying someone else. It only took one time to burn me on her and then all the years of drama and poor reviews I read online definitely kept me away, even after she started releasing shadow collections that sounded decent. Unfortunately, I later discovered that a few of the samples I’d received in that first order were simply repackaged shades so…..yeah, I don’t understand the fangirl attitude a lot of people have for Aromaleigh. They must have had wildly different experiences than me and the other people with poor customer service reviews.
Then again, I had a rocky transaction with Cocoapink’s original owner, but gave them a shot after the reopen. It was like night and day between the insanity and drama to an actual business. So maybe if Aromaleigh is truly opening under a new person and the reviews come back positive I *might* give them another shot. Frankly, though, that first time left such a bad taste in my mouth…I don’t know.
Really? I never had anything but good customer service from them. The only company I’ve bought from that actually gave me poor customer service was Archetype. I’ve not received *TWO* packages from them.
You really should give them another shot, at least once they really get going again. The product is too good to pass on, or at least the eyeshadows are (that’s all I have experience with, admittedly).
I never knew about the negative reviews until after the company was closing and people were mentioning them. I really didn’t even know about the company until they announced the closing and I read about it on a blog, so what do I know?
Yeah, I was a member of the BPAL forum for about six years, actually heard about Aromaleigh initially from them. There were some interesting reviews and talk there. I don’t think I ever read anything negative until some time had passed with my order. Also I don’t think makeup alley has been kind to Aromaleigh either. At least, not five years ago. Like I said, I got burned a long time ago and haven’t gone back. Nothing turns me off faster than having customer service basically shrug and say “sorry man, bollocks to you.” (not the exact phrasing, obviously, but I no longer have the original emails and there was more than enough snotty “well, we’re sorry we can’t help you and aren’t willing to try and remedy the situation so….” to turn me off).
I did have problems with Archetype too, even though I really loved their shadows. Frankly, judging Archetype against the Aromaleigh samples from back in the day, Archetype’s were clearly superior. But there was too much inconsistency. Neither of my two orders went missing or had items left out, but I also wasn’t going to push my luck either – and they did take between two and three months to arrive. Much as I want full sizes of certain things, I won’t risk the hassle of paypal disputes. I’ve also ordered many times from Fyrinnae and, once I got pixy epoxy, find their shadows to be quite brilliant. So then it’s just a matter of “how many eyeshadows do I really need from all these different indie companies??” Which puts Aromaleigh, who I’ve already had a bad experience with, pretty far down on the “to try” list.
Not sayin’ it couldn’t happen…but I appreciate you commenting in a friendly way.
I have gotten some flack in the past for giving my honest opinion. Not tryin’ to harsh on them (though when things were still fresh back in the day I definitely, probably, most likely went overboard in my early comments), but I do think honesty should be given, you know? I would want to know both the good and the bad possible outcomes when ordering from a new company, as well as the chances for either.
I’m so sorry you had an awful experience with Aromaleigh
I do think that with new management, things will be different.
As far as I know, Aromaleigh never sold repackaged collections, but they did sell the Pure Hues line, which was unblended and for making your own colors.
I just placed my first cocoapink order over a week ago, so I’m curious to see how things will go with that.
I’ll be very interested to hear your review on Cocoa Pink. I was just thinking about them the other day, it seems like the reopen for them has done well. I only heard about the company right when there was issues with the first ownership. It’s a shame, because I was looking into alternative hair care as I became a bit scent sensitive. I had no interest in ordering from them then, but I did hear they changed hands.
I have found some instore lines that work for me, but if they are doing well with the new ownership, I doubt I’ll be able to resist the allure of picking my own scent for haircare!
I ordered on Sept. 25, so I’m looking forward to it getting here.
What went on with the first owner?
I did have some of the pure hues, and don’t remember much from the site layout at that time, but don’t actually recall there being anything about mixing them. They were sold (my impression) as pure, rich jewel colors for those who wanted bolder eyeshadow colors. Again, that was eight bloody years ago, I’m sure the site underwent many different format and wording changes over that span of time. And I only vaguely paid attention to the talk about the repackaging and the safety information concerning some of the lines.
Oh sweet, you ordered from CP? During the sale, I take it? The turn-around-time is going to be a bit longer than normal (duh.
I’m going nuts over here that my order number hasn’t popped up yet on the homepage), but I’ve got my fingers crossed you like everything you get and have a good experience. I’ve decided that using the whole package deal: princess poo, shine sweetie, rubbing some solid junket, and glissade makes my hair crazy amazing – seriously I was stopped by multiple people every single time I went the “whole nine” with it……but….my scalp is really sensitive to shampoos and unfortunately as gentle as the princess poo is, I got itchy scalp about three shampoos in. If I mixed it up then it was ok, but in the end decided not to order more shampoo. Still on the search there. However, the conditioners are the best I’ve ever used and while Glissade has this vague “well, what does it do really?” quality, I always use it after every wash as a kind of leave-in all over my hair. I look forward to reading about your experience with them.
So yeah, full of wordiness tonight.
I hope I picked out good scents!
I picked out:
Black Cat in the Pumpkin Patch
Black Voodoo
Midnight Hag
Vanilla Sandalwood
Gooey Caramel
Halloween in Dublin
(the 6 sampler set)
Oh yes. I really hope the Sonic Rocks collection comes back since they were pretty much my first loose eyeshadows and have yet to see another company put out similar colors. Psychocandy is probably the most awesome pink shade of all time.
I really think that we won’t see the original collections, but we’ll see new ones. The rocks were great, as were the Gothic Lolita
I hope the Eye Plush line comes back and expands. I loved that line so much. I would also love to point some friends of mine to the Rocks! collection.
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I would bet that there will be an eye plush line equivalent.
Oh that’s awesome!! I bought a bunch of the shadows from her clearance and thought it was a shame I hadn’t discovered her sooner (her Harry Potter inspired line? *gasp faint die*)
Thanks for the great news!
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Glad to hear the site will be under new management, hopefully less drama this time around!
I really like the quality of the few Aromaleigh shadows that I have and I look forward to adding more.
I need to look into the drama, I apparently missed whatever went on.
I’m sooo looking forward to new colors!
O…M…G. I already knew about them selling the leftovers of original stock (bought like 10 shadows), but I didn’t know that they were coming back! Aromaleigh shadows were some of my FAVORITE shadows of all time. Their colors are just extraordinary…and I’m SO excited for their return! Thanks for announcing this!
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I didn’t think they were coming back. It’s going to be great to try new colors!
so excited! i can stop bouncing around shopping for eyeshadow and blush! so want to try the foundation.
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I can’t wait to see what the new foundation is like!
I’m very excited, and I hope there will be another forum! I miss you guys!
There’s a facebook
I know, I’m on it but it’s not the same ya know?
I left a comment asking them about it and they said they’re considering having one again but they’re gonna do a poll on it, which is fair but I think most if not all will agree that there should be!
Yep, I do know what you mean.