Star Crushed Minerals?

For those of you who have been linked here from my Facebook fan page; MollyPopsOfColor, then you are probably already aware that in the past I have worked with an indie makeup company known as Star Crushed Minerals for about half a year.  Believe it or not, I once had a high amount of respect for this company.  Unfortunately once I decided to leave, things got ugly, rumors were spread and I found out about more and more problems this company has caused.  It's childish, incredibly ridiculous, unethical, and immature.  I feel the need to freely speak my opinion and tell you guys the truth about SCM.  Whether what I have to say is believed or not, it's something that needs to be said and put out in the open.

As one of the companies past promoters, I have witnessed first hand how the owner and some of the other promoters of hers handle certain situations, and it's not in a discreet professional matter like it should be.  Issues are put out in the open, out in public to "inform others about the situation at hand" even if the situation may not be true or have proved evidence of even occurring.  This is done out of what the owner thinks is best for her business.  While I was a promoter I was expected a few simple tasks. I did promotional looks for the company, as well as shared company sales and the release of new products. I directed my own followers to the company's shop, and social media. I also participated in collaborations with the companies other promoters, those in which I once considered my friends. By doing these tasks, I received products free of charge from Star Crushed Minerals to use for promotional looks for the company.

Before promoting Star Crushed Minerals I promoted another indie makeup company known as BeautyBarBaby Mineral Makeup. For a short period of time I did promotional looks for both companies simultaneously.  I ended up having to leave BeautyBarBaby Mineral Makeup because of a fallout between the two companies which resulted in me having to chose who to stick with.  Clearly I chose the wrong side.  Nicole, the owner of BeautyBarBaby and I continued to stay friends.  I was told if I ever decided to leave Star Crushed Minerals, I would happily be accepted back into promoting for BeautyBarBaby. 
I've heard rumors about Star Crushed Minerals acting out and causing drama between various companies and makeup artists, but I chose to ignore it.  I never wanted to get involved with the drama. Things were going fine, and I was doing my tasks and busting out look after look for Star Crushed Minerals. I never had any issues with the owner or any of the other companies promoters until I decided to leave the "team".

I ended up leaving because I felt constricted as to who I could work with. There were limitations along side working with Star Crushed Minerals and I didn't like that. I wanted to be able to pursue any opportunity that came my way.  I didn't want to be working with only one company.  I also decided to leave because the drama the company was involved with became to much for me.  I didn't want to be apart of it.  When I left, I was told there were no hard feelings and it was on good terms.  I had no issues with the owner or company, and I still respected them.  Unfortunately things came about and that is no longer the case.  Few people know the truth as to why I left.  I was not "let go" from SCM, I quit SCM on my own.

Once I decided to leave Star Crushed Minerals, I contacted Nicole (owner of BeautyBarBaby)  I didn't become a promoter of hers or agreed to her terms until *after* I left Star Crushed Minerals.  Discussion about promotional information wasn't even brought up until I was completely done with SCM.  Some how the owner and a few of the admins from the Star Crushed Minerals promoter group found to believe that I betrayed them.  ...Pardon my french, but that is complete and utter bullshit.  While being a promoter for SCM I never, not even once, went behind the owner/companies/promoters backs. 

I'm being accused of multiple ordeals.  Such as,

- Leaving SCM for BBB.
- Joing BBB before leaving SCM.
- Being sent product from BBB before leaving SCM.
- Betraying SCM's trust.

As stated above, you all now know the reason as to why I chose to leave SCM.  I had my own obligations, and I was just basically done with the company.  I had/have no interest in continuing in promoting for them.

I was told by an admin of the SCM promoter group that I was being accused of joining BeautyBarBaby Mineral Makeup before I even left Star Crushed Minerals.  This is because I used products from BeautyBarBaby that I received way back from when I worked with BBB before, back in 2013, before I even worked with Star Crushed Minerals.  The owner of SCM knew I worked with BBB before, so she obviously knew I already had some BBB products.  But no, instead assumptions were made and rumors were spread that I sealed the deal with BBB before leaving SCM.

Oh, what's that?  You want proof that I didn't have or used new products from BBB?
No problem. Check out products and placement list in both photo descriptions.

This photo, as you can see from the post's date, is all the way back from October of 2013.

The photos below are two of the first looks I've done for BeautyBarBaby since I began working with them again (as of June 14th, 2014)

I put a box around the BBB products used in both looks.  Notice, there are some of the same products used in these two looks as there are in the look back from 2013.  That's because I didn't have anything new from BBB once these were posted.  I didn't receive any new products from BBB until later on.  I simply wanted to get started right away and decided to use what I already owned from BBB to do new looks with.  I didn't think anything of it at the time.  I figured BBB would appreciate it, not that SCM would go and accuse me of all these things.

Once I confronted the owner of Star Crushed Minerals, she blocked me without any explanation.  I had to find everything out from one of the admins of Star Crushed Minerals promoters group, this was after she had unfriended me from Facebook of course.  Since then, most of the Star Crushed Minerals promoters, whom I once considered friends, unfriended me as well.  I'm sure this was because they were told not to associate with me.  It's sad to me that many of these promoters were lead to believe everything they hear without confirmation or evidence of the situation.  Perhaps I was all to caught up in making friendships with those I worked with. Oops.

...The funny thing about all of this is that Star Crushed Minerals still has me posted on their page as one of her "super novas".  You would think after all the crap she has tried to pull over on  betraying her, etc., she would have removed me from her page by now.
** Update, I was finally removed!  I'm assuming she read the blog post. Lol)

(Please excuse this hideous photo.. Lol)

Now you know my story.  It's really not that bad, just very childish and ignorant.  It's definitely not as bad as others.  If you're interested in reading up on more information about what Star Crushed Minerals has done, I suggest you take a look at this blog post by MUA/Beauty Blogger Mrs.Amanda Ryans aka. Bold Creations.

Here's the link to her post. -
http://boldcreationsmua.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-truth.html

Thank you all for your time, and continuous support.  I know this is messy and I'm sorry to have gotten involved.  I wish it weren't the case but I have been unwillingly brought into the situation and I refuse to be brought down by SCM.
I also want to say that I'm deeply sorry for anyone who has been lead to purchase any of Star Crushed Minerals makeup products because of links and looks I've posted in the past directing to them.  I'm sorry to have involved you with the company and I hope none of you are affected by any of this.  Again, I appreciate all of your support, comments, likes, shares, and everything else you all do!  Thank you all so so much!


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