Hi, i'm not a Twilight fan myself, but know a lot of people out there are and wondered if any of my followers were?
A friend of mine (who is notoriously hard to shop for) is a huge fan of the books and movies and i thought it would be nice to get her something twilight related for christmas. Also it would be easy :P
I think she likes both Edward and Jacob, and she likes makeup and jewellery. As i'm in the UK i don't think i can get any of the official makeup available at Nordstrum.
So, i guess this is hard because everyone has different tastes, but if anyone has any ideas of a cute Twilight related gift i would be really grateful!
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Friday, 6 November 2009
Hair!
My hair is irritating me so much. I really need to bleach my roots, but i can't do it myself and everyone is really busy.
Also my hair confuses me because even though i get around an inch of root growth every month it doesn't actually seem to be getting longer! It may be breaking off at the ends, but i certainly haven't noticed it.
Also while my hair is quite damaged because of the bleach i very rarely use heat styling or anything else. Though i do tease it a lot, which certainly isn't good for hair...
Anyway i've been trying to grow it out for about a year now because i don't think i've had hair longer than shoulder-length in my entire life! I'm hoping if it's long i'll be able to get it really huge like a lions mane :P Or sometimes i like to do my hair in pincurls and vintage styles, and i think i could make a wider variety of styles.
I've not had my hair it's natural colour since i was 10! In a way i kind of want to grow it out just to see if it's changed at all (it used to be dark blonde and poker straight naturally, then one day i dyed it red and it suddenly went curly and has never changed back). I also want to dye it ginger, not red but proper carrot-top ginger. And i looked good with black hair, so i am tempted to go back to that, but then i wouldn't be able to go back to blonde for years.
Silly as this sounds but i have a sort of image of myself in my head (like a cartoon version of me) and that has blonde hair.
Also my hair confuses me because even though i get around an inch of root growth every month it doesn't actually seem to be getting longer! It may be breaking off at the ends, but i certainly haven't noticed it.
Also while my hair is quite damaged because of the bleach i very rarely use heat styling or anything else. Though i do tease it a lot, which certainly isn't good for hair...
Anyway i've been trying to grow it out for about a year now because i don't think i've had hair longer than shoulder-length in my entire life! I'm hoping if it's long i'll be able to get it really huge like a lions mane :P Or sometimes i like to do my hair in pincurls and vintage styles, and i think i could make a wider variety of styles.
I've not had my hair it's natural colour since i was 10! In a way i kind of want to grow it out just to see if it's changed at all (it used to be dark blonde and poker straight naturally, then one day i dyed it red and it suddenly went curly and has never changed back). I also want to dye it ginger, not red but proper carrot-top ginger. And i looked good with black hair, so i am tempted to go back to that, but then i wouldn't be able to go back to blonde for years.
Silly as this sounds but i have a sort of image of myself in my head (like a cartoon version of me) and that has blonde hair.
Phew
I've finally finished replying to everyone's comments.
I wanted to just thank you all so much for your support and kindness. Hopefully now the drama will be gone from my blog for a long time, but someone has been kind enough to say they will actually send me some samples of Lime Crime eyeshadows so i can see for myself just how similar (i.e. identical) they are to TKB wholesale mica, so i'm afraid this isn't quite the end!
I feel a bit silly now because i did let Mary's comments get to me.
Firstly, i actually am a bit self-concious of my weight at the moment because i've gone up a dress size since last year, so being called fat, turkey necked and so on by a perfect stranger was not pleasant anyway.
I was bullied pretty much throughout my whole life until i was 18 and went to art college. Firstly because i was fat and a boffin, then in high school because i was weird and liked different music, clothes, etc from everyone, and then in sixth-form (when i assumed most people might have grown out of such things) for being weird again. I have however been proud of myself because, no matter what people have said or done to me, i've been true to myself and never compromised or pretended to be anything i'm not, and i've acted with dignity and never sunk down to name calling in retaliation.
Also I have a mental illness, Social Phobia and Social Anxiety Disorder, that makes me constantly worry that i am going to be attacked in some way in social situations. It makes me incredibly paranoid about what people think of me. It's basically like being constantly incredibly shy. In public i am unable to speak or approach anyone, even people i know. When i first started blogging i was too shy to comment on anyones journals even, and making my first video was a huge step. I've also been suffering from depression for the last year (though that is mainly under control now).
Up until now everyone in the beauty community that i've encountered have been incredibly kind, supportive and encouraging. Even though i'm no real makeup artist, and certainly can't compare to many of the others out there, everyone has seemed genuinely interested and even thankful for my opinions. I can't tell you how much it means to me everytime i get a new follower here or a new subscriber on youtube. I've never been able to share my opinions in public before, but now through this community i feel i'm finally able to actually do something that might be helpful to other people, even if it is just as trivial as giving my thoughts on a lipstick.
So i guess this Mary thing just frightened me a bit, that maybe this world i'd been so enamoured with had an ugly side that would be just as cruel to me as the strangers who shout rude things at me in the street.
It also just hit me hard as, through the allegations about Lime Crime i have tried to be as fair and diplomatic to her as possible, even though she had personally insulted me in the past so i might have more reason than others to want to slander her name (I was in fact disgusted by some of the comments about Doe, particularly regarding her appearance and someone who said she was probably lying about being bi-polar. Those things had nothing to do with her product or business practices and was just purely nasty) and yet not only was Doe lumping me, and anyone else with legitimate complaints or worries about her company, in with people who were just viciously and rudely attacking. And then Mary decided to pick on me in particular, calling me a troll when all i have done is posted in my own blog and occaisionally posted a comment on the Examiner article.
I was also just disgusted that anyone could think that just because i am a bit plump i could not have any valid opinions on the matter! I know she was probably just saying it to be cruel, but from what she wrote it really seemed like she actually believed what she was saying, that i would just be jealous of Doe simply because she is thinner than me.
However i'm happy to say that i, genuinely, am not upset at all by her comments anymore. After reading them over (Doe has now deleted all the comments from or about Mary *eyeroll*) the absolute stupidity of her comments has hit me and now i find thw whole thing very funny! Especially how she claimed i was lying about being an artist, why on earth would i do that? What is there possibly for me to gain by it? It boggles my mind.
And yes, i am a bit larger than i would like to be, but it's really not very important in the grand scheme of things. I still think i'm attractive, and more importantly i am kind, fair, polite and have a good sense of humour (this is fast becoming a would like to meet!)
Anyway i just wanted to once again thank all of you. It has meant so much to see new friends willing to defend me and happy to listen fairly to what i have to say.
I'm preparing to do a giveaway just to say thank you for following me, so watch this space :)
I wanted to just thank you all so much for your support and kindness. Hopefully now the drama will be gone from my blog for a long time, but someone has been kind enough to say they will actually send me some samples of Lime Crime eyeshadows so i can see for myself just how similar (i.e. identical) they are to TKB wholesale mica, so i'm afraid this isn't quite the end!
I feel a bit silly now because i did let Mary's comments get to me.
Firstly, i actually am a bit self-concious of my weight at the moment because i've gone up a dress size since last year, so being called fat, turkey necked and so on by a perfect stranger was not pleasant anyway.
I was bullied pretty much throughout my whole life until i was 18 and went to art college. Firstly because i was fat and a boffin, then in high school because i was weird and liked different music, clothes, etc from everyone, and then in sixth-form (when i assumed most people might have grown out of such things) for being weird again. I have however been proud of myself because, no matter what people have said or done to me, i've been true to myself and never compromised or pretended to be anything i'm not, and i've acted with dignity and never sunk down to name calling in retaliation.
Also I have a mental illness, Social Phobia and Social Anxiety Disorder, that makes me constantly worry that i am going to be attacked in some way in social situations. It makes me incredibly paranoid about what people think of me. It's basically like being constantly incredibly shy. In public i am unable to speak or approach anyone, even people i know. When i first started blogging i was too shy to comment on anyones journals even, and making my first video was a huge step. I've also been suffering from depression for the last year (though that is mainly under control now).
Up until now everyone in the beauty community that i've encountered have been incredibly kind, supportive and encouraging. Even though i'm no real makeup artist, and certainly can't compare to many of the others out there, everyone has seemed genuinely interested and even thankful for my opinions. I can't tell you how much it means to me everytime i get a new follower here or a new subscriber on youtube. I've never been able to share my opinions in public before, but now through this community i feel i'm finally able to actually do something that might be helpful to other people, even if it is just as trivial as giving my thoughts on a lipstick.
So i guess this Mary thing just frightened me a bit, that maybe this world i'd been so enamoured with had an ugly side that would be just as cruel to me as the strangers who shout rude things at me in the street.
It also just hit me hard as, through the allegations about Lime Crime i have tried to be as fair and diplomatic to her as possible, even though she had personally insulted me in the past so i might have more reason than others to want to slander her name (I was in fact disgusted by some of the comments about Doe, particularly regarding her appearance and someone who said she was probably lying about being bi-polar. Those things had nothing to do with her product or business practices and was just purely nasty) and yet not only was Doe lumping me, and anyone else with legitimate complaints or worries about her company, in with people who were just viciously and rudely attacking. And then Mary decided to pick on me in particular, calling me a troll when all i have done is posted in my own blog and occaisionally posted a comment on the Examiner article.
I was also just disgusted that anyone could think that just because i am a bit plump i could not have any valid opinions on the matter! I know she was probably just saying it to be cruel, but from what she wrote it really seemed like she actually believed what she was saying, that i would just be jealous of Doe simply because she is thinner than me.
However i'm happy to say that i, genuinely, am not upset at all by her comments anymore. After reading them over (Doe has now deleted all the comments from or about Mary *eyeroll*) the absolute stupidity of her comments has hit me and now i find thw whole thing very funny! Especially how she claimed i was lying about being an artist, why on earth would i do that? What is there possibly for me to gain by it? It boggles my mind.
And yes, i am a bit larger than i would like to be, but it's really not very important in the grand scheme of things. I still think i'm attractive, and more importantly i am kind, fair, polite and have a good sense of humour (this is fast becoming a would like to meet!)
Anyway i just wanted to once again thank all of you. It has meant so much to see new friends willing to defend me and happy to listen fairly to what i have to say.
I'm preparing to do a giveaway just to say thank you for following me, so watch this space :)
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Oh for gods sake
'Wow . . . what a power trip you’re on, “I could have made her life hell.” That’s sad, Lillian. Get over it.
And about these “allegations” coming out . . . you’re part of the problem! You’re accusing her of repackaging with no proof, which —HELLO— is LIBEL! You are old enough to know what that is and to also know that Xenia should get a lawyer for that kind of shit.
You claim to be an illustrator, so why is your blog so unartistic? Are you too dense to figure out how to use Photoshop or Illustrator? 12 year olds can use those programs. Maybe you couldn’t get into University?
You have no talent so you try to suck the energy from someone who is working hard for her success. How lame.
BTW . . . you have a right to clogged arteries. So go enjoy those crisps and cakes, girl! Just know that if you put yourself on camera while you’re being a jerk, some people may notice.'
Mary won't let me reply to her on Doe's blog, so i figured i would do it here.
I'm not on a power trip, i'm just sharing my experience. When i wrote 'i could have made her life hell' i mean i could have joined in the name calling, helped get her paypal account closed after the charity thing, just continued insulting her all these years etc etc. The fact is i didn't.
If Xenia wants to sue me she can go ahead. All i've said is that I agree with the many others who have found exact duplicates to her eyeshadows. The proof has been shown in other blogs.
I am an artist and illustrator but i use traditional media, inks, pens, pencils, paints and so on. I can use photoshop a little, but not well and i'm not ashamed to admit it. I'm not too interested in digital art so have seen no need to learn it well.
Another reason why my blog doesn't look artistic is that i don't care what it looks like, it's here for me to write in. Also i'm too busy trying to make a career for myself with my art, the blogs i have are just a hobby, so i'm not going to spend time and effort on them when i can be making art i can actually sell, or trying to get exhibitions and so on.
And yes, i did go to university, Wimbledon College of Art, which is widely regarded as a fantastic art school. And I graduated. If you must know i got a 2:2, which is good, but not excellent, but i am happy with it.
And you know what, if i had some some cake and crisps in the hosue i would be all over them. Because i like them.
Thank you to everyone who has left me encouraging comments about this, i will make sure i reply to you all later. But right now i have to go suck the energy from other thin, successful people.
And about these “allegations” coming out . . . you’re part of the problem! You’re accusing her of repackaging with no proof, which —HELLO— is LIBEL! You are old enough to know what that is and to also know that Xenia should get a lawyer for that kind of shit.
You claim to be an illustrator, so why is your blog so unartistic? Are you too dense to figure out how to use Photoshop or Illustrator? 12 year olds can use those programs. Maybe you couldn’t get into University?
You have no talent so you try to suck the energy from someone who is working hard for her success. How lame.
BTW . . . you have a right to clogged arteries. So go enjoy those crisps and cakes, girl! Just know that if you put yourself on camera while you’re being a jerk, some people may notice.'
Mary won't let me reply to her on Doe's blog, so i figured i would do it here.
I'm not on a power trip, i'm just sharing my experience. When i wrote 'i could have made her life hell' i mean i could have joined in the name calling, helped get her paypal account closed after the charity thing, just continued insulting her all these years etc etc. The fact is i didn't.
If Xenia wants to sue me she can go ahead. All i've said is that I agree with the many others who have found exact duplicates to her eyeshadows. The proof has been shown in other blogs.
I am an artist and illustrator but i use traditional media, inks, pens, pencils, paints and so on. I can use photoshop a little, but not well and i'm not ashamed to admit it. I'm not too interested in digital art so have seen no need to learn it well.
Another reason why my blog doesn't look artistic is that i don't care what it looks like, it's here for me to write in. Also i'm too busy trying to make a career for myself with my art, the blogs i have are just a hobby, so i'm not going to spend time and effort on them when i can be making art i can actually sell, or trying to get exhibitions and so on.
And yes, i did go to university, Wimbledon College of Art, which is widely regarded as a fantastic art school. And I graduated. If you must know i got a 2:2, which is good, but not excellent, but i am happy with it.
And you know what, if i had some some cake and crisps in the hosue i would be all over them. Because i like them.
Thank you to everyone who has left me encouraging comments about this, i will make sure i reply to you all later. But right now i have to go suck the energy from other thin, successful people.
Something nice!
I received an award from the lovely Blix
Thank you so much, it's so sweet :)
I particularly like how in the picture there's a nice little tea cup!
Rules of this award are:
1.Accept the Award
2.Post it on your Blog
3.Post the name and link for the person who gave you the award
4.Pass the award onto 15 other newly discovered blogs
5.Notify the Bloggers that they have been awarded
If you get this award from me and you're not able to follow all of the rules don't worry about it, it's all in fun.:)
(i actually am only going to tag 5, just because lots of people i wanted to tag have already got this award!)
Ok, so here goes the people i award this to :
Angie
Lisa Kate
Evil Angel
Ashley
Saila
Xenia's reply
I must say i was actually very surprised by Xenia's reply. First of all i expected to be ignored, or if not, to be attacked. However i will say that actually she has responded in a very fair and diplomatic fashion to me. Here's what she has said so far:
In reply to the email i posted last night
' Lillian,
If you'd like to speak to me over the phone about this, I would love to call you. Let me know where to call.
-Xenia'
to which i responded:
' I don't think that would be practical, i live in England.
I honestly have no personal vendetta against you, i was discussing you with my friend the other day and we both agreed that had we not been around for so long, and seen the drama and scandals with you involved, we would be huge fans of yours. I'll admit i love your whole aesthetic, if i had not been insulted by you i probably would have bought your entire candyfuture line.
If you look you'll see that i didn't even mention my problems with you in the pass until after the repackaging rumours came out, so please don't think i have been trying to sabotage you from the beginning.
I understand that you have to stand up for your company, so of course rebuke people saying your product is duped (i'm still not convinced about your eyeshadows, but i have seen swatches of your lipsticks and i agree that they are not just repackaged) but please don't call people, some of whom are ex-fans of yours liars.
Lillian'
and then she replied with:
'Lillian,
I'm really sorry if I offended you in any way. What I was referring to in the video is an email someone posted recently, pretending to be me, calling my customers idiots, etc. If I lashed out at you in the past, it was very reckless and rash and I hope you can forgive me for that. I am human and make mistakes, but I learn from them too. Please let me know if there's anything I can do to make this right.
-X'
So i must say in a way i am impressed because i was fully expecting to get a nasty reply. And it is nice to have finally, after many years, got an apology for what she said. However she did not address any of my concerns surrounding the video and how she was calling anyone who had made a complaint against her a liar.
I then sent this email:
'Xenia
Firstly i'd like to say thank you for replying to me, i honestly expected to be ignored and thank you for not being hostile towards me. I understand that when your business is being called into disrepute it is hard to keep your emotions out of it. I guess that's what the 'asshole' thing was about but, pathetic as it might sound, it did hurt me deeply and because of the implications (that my Mum was stupid for trusting you) i have found it quite relevant to the new rumours surrounding your eyeshadows and your customer service. When you buy from a small company (as i did several times from your clothing line) trust is a very important factor and my trust was lost with those comments.
I am now being insulted by someone on your blog. I understand if you have to delete the comment i posted in reply but really if you could i would like you to keep it up. I didn't say anything insulting about you in it, i just wanted to point out that is is ridiculous to say that the reason i might have a grudge at you is simply because you are thinner than me. Again i would like to point out that, while i may well have a grudge against you because i was hurt by your comments in the past, i did not say anything about you until after people began discussing your customer service and problems with your products. I did not dredge this up myself to create dama, i just shared my own opinions and experiences when people were starting to wonder.
Again i am sorry that things have got so ugly (i think some of the things that have been said about you are awful and shameful) , but people need to know the truth and i'm still not convinced about your eyeshadows, having seen exact duplicates and also some replies from you claiming that the wholesale companies are competitors trying to duplicate what is popular. If you do repackage some products it would not be fatal to just admit it, in fact I and a lot of others would gain a lot of respect for you. As you are a small company just starting up it would be completely understandable. There's nothing wrong with admitting a mistake and moving on. However the huge problem with the video you made is that you are claiming that anyone who has a complaint against you is a liar. I've heard from many people who were fans of yours, bought products and then discovered that they already owned them, purchased from other companies. Even if you are somehow creating the exact same colours as these companies yourself, and not simply repackaging, that still means they are not in any way unique.
In the name of fairness i have not tried any of your products and can only go by what i have seen on other blogs (and i have seen photos where the colours look absolutely identical) i do not have the money to purchase to try for myself. However i do think that it is well within my rights to write my own opinions on my blog without fear of being attacked or called a 'hater'. I also found it unfair as now i, who have had a legitimate reason to doubt your company, have been lumped in with people who are pretending to be you or simply insulting you on things that have nothing to do with the product. I have completely stayed out of the name calling and in fact have been appalled by some of the comments made about you.
I hope that in the future you begin to make your own unique products and that there will be some exciting new things to see, but i know that I, and many others because of this drama, would be very hesitant to purchase from you no matter how brilliant your products become.
Lillian'
I'll keep you posted if i get a reply. I must say that at the moment i am actually feeling a lot less hostile towards her, perhaps simply because i finally got an apology and because she seems less objectionable in comparison with the girl who said i was just jealous and fat!
In reply to the email i posted last night
' Lillian,
If you'd like to speak to me over the phone about this, I would love to call you. Let me know where to call.
-Xenia'
to which i responded:
' I don't think that would be practical, i live in England.
I honestly have no personal vendetta against you, i was discussing you with my friend the other day and we both agreed that had we not been around for so long, and seen the drama and scandals with you involved, we would be huge fans of yours. I'll admit i love your whole aesthetic, if i had not been insulted by you i probably would have bought your entire candyfuture line.
If you look you'll see that i didn't even mention my problems with you in the pass until after the repackaging rumours came out, so please don't think i have been trying to sabotage you from the beginning.
I understand that you have to stand up for your company, so of course rebuke people saying your product is duped (i'm still not convinced about your eyeshadows, but i have seen swatches of your lipsticks and i agree that they are not just repackaged) but please don't call people, some of whom are ex-fans of yours liars.
Lillian'
and then she replied with:
'Lillian,
I'm really sorry if I offended you in any way. What I was referring to in the video is an email someone posted recently, pretending to be me, calling my customers idiots, etc. If I lashed out at you in the past, it was very reckless and rash and I hope you can forgive me for that. I am human and make mistakes, but I learn from them too. Please let me know if there's anything I can do to make this right.
-X'
So i must say in a way i am impressed because i was fully expecting to get a nasty reply. And it is nice to have finally, after many years, got an apology for what she said. However she did not address any of my concerns surrounding the video and how she was calling anyone who had made a complaint against her a liar.
I then sent this email:
'Xenia
Firstly i'd like to say thank you for replying to me, i honestly expected to be ignored and thank you for not being hostile towards me. I understand that when your business is being called into disrepute it is hard to keep your emotions out of it. I guess that's what the 'asshole' thing was about but, pathetic as it might sound, it did hurt me deeply and because of the implications (that my Mum was stupid for trusting you) i have found it quite relevant to the new rumours surrounding your eyeshadows and your customer service. When you buy from a small company (as i did several times from your clothing line) trust is a very important factor and my trust was lost with those comments.
I am now being insulted by someone on your blog. I understand if you have to delete the comment i posted in reply but really if you could i would like you to keep it up. I didn't say anything insulting about you in it, i just wanted to point out that is is ridiculous to say that the reason i might have a grudge at you is simply because you are thinner than me. Again i would like to point out that, while i may well have a grudge against you because i was hurt by your comments in the past, i did not say anything about you until after people began discussing your customer service and problems with your products. I did not dredge this up myself to create dama, i just shared my own opinions and experiences when people were starting to wonder.
Again i am sorry that things have got so ugly (i think some of the things that have been said about you are awful and shameful) , but people need to know the truth and i'm still not convinced about your eyeshadows, having seen exact duplicates and also some replies from you claiming that the wholesale companies are competitors trying to duplicate what is popular. If you do repackage some products it would not be fatal to just admit it, in fact I and a lot of others would gain a lot of respect for you. As you are a small company just starting up it would be completely understandable. There's nothing wrong with admitting a mistake and moving on. However the huge problem with the video you made is that you are claiming that anyone who has a complaint against you is a liar. I've heard from many people who were fans of yours, bought products and then discovered that they already owned them, purchased from other companies. Even if you are somehow creating the exact same colours as these companies yourself, and not simply repackaging, that still means they are not in any way unique.
In the name of fairness i have not tried any of your products and can only go by what i have seen on other blogs (and i have seen photos where the colours look absolutely identical) i do not have the money to purchase to try for myself. However i do think that it is well within my rights to write my own opinions on my blog without fear of being attacked or called a 'hater'. I also found it unfair as now i, who have had a legitimate reason to doubt your company, have been lumped in with people who are pretending to be you or simply insulting you on things that have nothing to do with the product. I have completely stayed out of the name calling and in fact have been appalled by some of the comments made about you.
I hope that in the future you begin to make your own unique products and that there will be some exciting new things to see, but i know that I, and many others because of this drama, would be very hesitant to purchase from you no matter how brilliant your products become.
Lillian'
I'll keep you posted if i get a reply. I must say that at the moment i am actually feeling a lot less hostile towards her, perhaps simply because i finally got an apology and because she seems less objectionable in comparison with the girl who said i was just jealous and fat!
'Woah!
This Lillian Low person is really disturbing. Holding an Ebay grudge for years? That’s pathetic and creepy. I think she’s just jealous because she’s getting chunky beyond rubenesque and doesn’t seem to have as much talent as Xenia. What a pity she has to get hits on her blog through libel.'
Ah, now this person has worked out my little secret i guess i'll have to come clean.
I was lying in all my previous posts, Xenia is an angel, the hundreds of people who also remember her comments in meanestbastard are just my pawns.
The real reason that i dislike Xenia and her products is that she is thinner than me! I am on a personal vendetta to take down anyone who weighs less than me!
For goodness sake...
Yes i guess i have held a grudge for years, and ok if people think thats 'pathetic and creepy' then fine. I think most people would hold a grudge against companies that personally insult members of there families, but apparently i'm in the minority. The fact of the matter is that while i could have brought this whole thing up right at the beginning when Xenia brought out her makeup line, but i didn't because i gave her the benefit of the doubt. The only reason i brought it up at all was because i thought i had valuable information when people were asking questions.
To say this is all because i'm jealous of her (why, because she's in a completely different career from me? Because she gets more hits on her blog? Because i'm fatty-fat-fat-fat?) is just plain silly.
If people don't want to believe my story then that's fine! If people want to believe it but still keep buying Xenia's products then go right on ahead! (in fact i was possibly going to before the whole repackaging thing reared its ugly head) but please don't claim that i am lying because i am jealous and fat.
Yes i may have 'turkey neck' like she claims in another comment, but that does not mean my opinions are going to be sullied just because the company is run by a thinner woman!
This Lillian Low person is really disturbing. Holding an Ebay grudge for years? That’s pathetic and creepy. I think she’s just jealous because she’s getting chunky beyond rubenesque and doesn’t seem to have as much talent as Xenia. What a pity she has to get hits on her blog through libel.'
Ah, now this person has worked out my little secret i guess i'll have to come clean.
I was lying in all my previous posts, Xenia is an angel, the hundreds of people who also remember her comments in meanestbastard are just my pawns.
The real reason that i dislike Xenia and her products is that she is thinner than me! I am on a personal vendetta to take down anyone who weighs less than me!
For goodness sake...
Yes i guess i have held a grudge for years, and ok if people think thats 'pathetic and creepy' then fine. I think most people would hold a grudge against companies that personally insult members of there families, but apparently i'm in the minority. The fact of the matter is that while i could have brought this whole thing up right at the beginning when Xenia brought out her makeup line, but i didn't because i gave her the benefit of the doubt. The only reason i brought it up at all was because i thought i had valuable information when people were asking questions.
To say this is all because i'm jealous of her (why, because she's in a completely different career from me? Because she gets more hits on her blog? Because i'm fatty-fat-fat-fat?) is just plain silly.
If people don't want to believe my story then that's fine! If people want to believe it but still keep buying Xenia's products then go right on ahead! (in fact i was possibly going to before the whole repackaging thing reared its ugly head) but please don't claim that i am lying because i am jealous and fat.
Yes i may have 'turkey neck' like she claims in another comment, but that does not mean my opinions are going to be sullied just because the company is run by a thinner woman!
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Melon Felon
I was going to let it go. I had no more reason to insult Lime Crime now that i've shared my story. I was getting bored of all the drama and even thinking people were going too far.
But now i hope they continue their childish calling or whatever.
If you haven't seen it, Xenia has posted a video calling out against us 'haters' (i.e. people with legitimate criticisms of her product) about the 'lies' we are spreading about her. What particularly irked me (obviously she wasn't going to come out and admit the repackaging scandal) was that she said people were lying about her bad customer service.
i am literally shaking with anger at the moment.
How dare she say that we are all liars?
While i can say, yes i do have a personal reason to be against her, but is she claiming everyone out there, even people who had never heard of her before, or ex-fans have now just decided to lie about her in order to start a huge international slagging match?
I couldn't let it lie, so i had to write to her.
'Years ago, back in your Thunderwear days i was a friend of yours. I thought you were a great, sweet girl and you were kind to me.
The reason i'm writing you is to do with your latest video post. In it you claim that you have never insulted your fans or were mean to others.
However you once sold my mother a dress hemmed with duct tape and then insulted her by calling her an 'asshole' over livejournal when someone posted photos of it. You probably don't remember this at all, but i certainly do. My mother and i never complained to you, and it wasn't us who showed the photos or insulted you, and yet you said a horrible thing, insulting not only my Mum, but anyone who bought your products.
I was around during the whole drama with you surrounding the charity auctions and so on, i could have really been horrible about you as revenge, but no, i never insulted you on any public forum. I gave you the benefit of the doubt time and time again, even after you had been outwardly horrible to me and my family and never apologised.
When i first saw your makeup line i thought the colours looked beautiful, and would have bought things immediately if it weren't for what you have said to me in the past. And now all this business has come out, i must say i am more likely to believe the opinion that you are a cheater simply because of what i have experience.
I am a blogger and, yes, i have written about my experience and also what i've heard and seen in photos about your eyeshadows. I have never said i was certain though, and have always maintained that i have no proof whatsoever about your lipstick formula. I have been as fair to you as it is possible for me to be, even though i was personally affected by you in the past.
I still have proof of what you said, and there are lots of people around who still remember it to, so please don't lie.
Yours
Lillian Low'
Oh and here is an absolutely fantastic post reviewing her new lipsticks:
http://gothique.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/lime-crime-lipstick-a-review/
But now i hope they continue their childish calling or whatever.
If you haven't seen it, Xenia has posted a video calling out against us 'haters' (i.e. people with legitimate criticisms of her product) about the 'lies' we are spreading about her. What particularly irked me (obviously she wasn't going to come out and admit the repackaging scandal) was that she said people were lying about her bad customer service.
i am literally shaking with anger at the moment.
How dare she say that we are all liars?
While i can say, yes i do have a personal reason to be against her, but is she claiming everyone out there, even people who had never heard of her before, or ex-fans have now just decided to lie about her in order to start a huge international slagging match?
I couldn't let it lie, so i had to write to her.
'Years ago, back in your Thunderwear days i was a friend of yours. I thought you were a great, sweet girl and you were kind to me.
The reason i'm writing you is to do with your latest video post. In it you claim that you have never insulted your fans or were mean to others.
However you once sold my mother a dress hemmed with duct tape and then insulted her by calling her an 'asshole' over livejournal when someone posted photos of it. You probably don't remember this at all, but i certainly do. My mother and i never complained to you, and it wasn't us who showed the photos or insulted you, and yet you said a horrible thing, insulting not only my Mum, but anyone who bought your products.
I was around during the whole drama with you surrounding the charity auctions and so on, i could have really been horrible about you as revenge, but no, i never insulted you on any public forum. I gave you the benefit of the doubt time and time again, even after you had been outwardly horrible to me and my family and never apologised.
When i first saw your makeup line i thought the colours looked beautiful, and would have bought things immediately if it weren't for what you have said to me in the past. And now all this business has come out, i must say i am more likely to believe the opinion that you are a cheater simply because of what i have experience.
I am a blogger and, yes, i have written about my experience and also what i've heard and seen in photos about your eyeshadows. I have never said i was certain though, and have always maintained that i have no proof whatsoever about your lipstick formula. I have been as fair to you as it is possible for me to be, even though i was personally affected by you in the past.
I still have proof of what you said, and there are lots of people around who still remember it to, so please don't lie.
Yours
Lillian Low'
Oh and here is an absolutely fantastic post reviewing her new lipsticks:
http://gothique.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/lime-crime-lipstick-a-review/
FOTD
Well not actually of the day, it was from last week actually, but i've been too busy to show it. I just liked my makeup and hair.
Who's a goofy bunny then?
As far as i can remember i was wearing:
Dainty Doll foundation in Ivory
Collection 200 illuminating touch concealer
Illamasqua loose powder in the light pink shade
Mac blush in Azalea
TKB trading sparkling violet mica
Sleek glitter liquid eyeliner in pink
Illamasqua intense lipgloss in Indulge
Who's a goofy bunny then?
As far as i can remember i was wearing:
Dainty Doll foundation in Ivory
Collection 200 illuminating touch concealer
Illamasqua loose powder in the light pink shade
Mac blush in Azalea
TKB trading sparkling violet mica
Sleek glitter liquid eyeliner in pink
Illamasqua intense lipgloss in Indulge
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
New blog
I decided to start writing in my other blog wich previously i just had to put new art on. This is now going to be confined to beauty and fashion related things, anything about my life in general will now be at:
http://lillian-low.blogspot.com/
So if you're interested in my ramblings about things other than lipsticks please follow that. And if you're not then just stay here and share in my shallowness :D
http://lillian-low.blogspot.com/
So if you're interested in my ramblings about things other than lipsticks please follow that. And if you're not then just stay here and share in my shallowness :D
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