Vampyre Cosmetics LLC is Women Owned, Disabled Owned, LGBTQ owned & dedicated to Green Standards, Clean Beauty & Transparency in everything they do.
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About Us
Vampyre Cosmetics is sold at www.vampyrecosmetics.com, www.HotTopic.com & in over 130 independent stores around the world. See where to buy. Some exclusive parts of our officially licensed SILENT HILL collection are coming soon to the Official KONAMI store in 2024!
We are proudly women owned, disabled owned and LGBT+ owned. Our products are vegan, cruelty free and talc free (LEAPING BUNNY Certified). They are also super long lasting as they were specifically formulated for stage and screen.
We have licensed collections with Emily the Strange, Vincent Price, Winchester Mystery House, Amy Brown Fairies, Bill & Ted, Living Dead Dolls, Oregon Trail, Space Invaders & SILENT HILL by Konami!
Our Officially Licensed collections featuring Dungeons and Dragons, Assassin's Creed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Strawberry Shortcake & More coming soon!
Our products have been featured on Medium, THEM (a Conde Nast Publication), LGBTQ Nation, Newsweek, Loudwire, Blabbermouth, Rely on Horror, Bloody Disgusting, Fangoria, IHeartRadio, Billboard, The PRIDE (Los Angeles LGBTQ Newspaper) & more! View Recent Press.
"We are queer, disabled, and proudly neurodiverse women working round the clock to bring you cosmetics so uniquely packaged… you exclaim “Holy Cr@!”when you see it. We strive to give every customer that “a ha!” moment. We collaborate on every single graphic on our cosmetic packaging. Every (non-licensed) graphic is painstakingly built by both of us to evoke your emotional response. We are creatives. Using the same boring packaging that 99.9% of cosmetics companies’ use does not speak to our soul. It’s not enough for us to just sell you high quality & highly-pigmented vegan, cruelty and talc free products. We need to create an exciting environment for them to live in as well. One that brings a sense of joy or wonder to our customers with every use . We will always strive for more and will not accept less."
A little blurb about how we "do" cosmetics:
We strive to be a “beauty disruptor”, renouncing social constructs of beauty and replacing them with individual ones.
We don't sell "Beauty"
- We believe beauty is in everyone. We simply provide tools as an option for the expression of it.
- We believe no one should have to choose between unique, inspired packaging and high quality, ethical cosmetics, so we are committed to being all in one.
- We believe gender is a construct and has no place in our business. We refuse to gender our products because they are for everyone.
- We want to help those who use our products to feel empowered enough to show up in their skin however they wish.
- We also believe vegan, cruelty and talc free should be the baseline for cosmetics, not something to brag about.
- Our “mini-manifesto” is found on the backs of all new palettes and boxes:
Makeup is Magickal.
Steeped in academia and dark lore, we create products for the people mainstream brands leave behind. We believe you should be able to express yourself as you wish. Vampyre Cosmetics gives you the tools to define your aesthetic and begin your makeup adventure.
Officially Licensed Collections
COMING soon!
Where to Buy
Boutique Du Vampyre
709 St Ann St. New Orleans, LA 70116
Pinup Girl Clothing
2019 Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91506
Events
Our upcoming events
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31 May
MONSTERPALOOZA
MAY 31-JUNE 2
Pasadena Convention Center
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20 Jan
HELLMOUTH CON
JUNE 15
TORRANCE HIGH SCHOOL
Learn more -
25 July
San Diego Comic Con
JULY 25-28
San Diego Convention Center
meet the phoenix rising team
Who is behind the scenes here? The short answer is, a lot of people. We can't create cool makeup for the fans like we do without a lot of help. We are a family run business and support other family oriented women owned, queer & neurodivergent entrepreneurs whenever possible.
Rachel Clinesmith is Vampyre Cosmetics LLC & Phoenix Rising Cosmetics LLC CEO.
Batty Goth is our lead designer/product developer.
Joseph Keens handles our quality control and oversees manufacturing.
Logan Boese handles a lot of our copy writing and in person sales at events.
Catherine Boese is our customer service manager.
3plg is our women owned and run shipping & fulfillment company out of New Jersey.
Evestar is our women owned and run Paid Social Media Advertising Team.
We contract with a number of women owned PR companies for press releases & media coverage.
We have a team that handles our retail support and training with over 23 years of experience on both the buyer and brand side.
We also work with a number of other (mostly women owned businesses or contractors) that handle our finances, bookkeeping and legal needs.
Rachel Clinesmith
has been designing cosmetics since 2011 for a number of independent brands and founded Vampyre Cosmetics in 2019.
aka Brittney Murdoch
Batty Goth
is a SCAD graduate and absolutely brilliant product & packaging designer.
Joseph Keens
runs Mythosis Manufacturing, handles our quality control with outsourced manufacturing and makes the tentacle brushes.
Logan Boese
Talented Indigenous Writer & Actor who handles most of our in person sales at events.
Contact us
Please check our frequently asked questions to see if that helps with your inquiry. If not, someone will respond to your chat or email as soon as possible during business hours. Monday-Friday 10am-7pm Central Time.
For a faster response, please email cat@vampyrecosmetics.com directly for order questions & battygoth@vampyrecosmetics.com for affiliate program/Shopify collabs questions. For all other inquiries, please use the form below or contact our C.E.O Rachel@vampyrecosmetics.com