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Originally Posted by Anitacska 

Maybe contact them with the order details and let them know about the e-mail address. They'll still deliver fine, I'm sure though.

 

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Originally Posted by rockin 

 

Hopefully you managed to change your email address before they set to work on your order.  Like Anita said, it wouldn't do any harm to give them a ring or email them as well to check.  It's the postal address that matters, though, right?

 

 

I don't use the pink one I bought last year, but I bought the gold and copper this year.  What are we like?  Be careful - I pulled the stopper out of the nozzle of the copper one and got a lap full of powder where some had obviously collected behind the nozzle.  I discovered a little really does go a long way

I checked my email this morning to find I had received a confirmation email from them a few minutes after I had gone to bed so I'm hoping that they never sent one to the other email *fingers crossed* as my address and phone number was on the email. I really should stop online shopping at night as I'm extra careless when I'm sleepy 

Rockin - hope you like your goodies when you get a chance to play with them! I've never ordered from Cocktail cosmetics before so it's good to know they deliver fast :)

have Debenhams improved their delivery? I haven't ordered from them for a while...! 

I've depotted lots of UD palettes and those are very easy as they're all cardboard. The singles are harder, you have to heat those same as the Mac singles. I haven't depotted any of my BOS, but I might do, esp, the NYC one and the 4th one as they're bulkier and not as pretty as others.

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Originally Posted by toobusytostitch 

I've never really understood about Z Palettes - I've googled them, and they do seem like a good idea - certainly for things like the Urban Decay Books of Shadow - I need to declutter, so am considering it.  I'd be worried to death about prising shadows out of palettes though - don't they break up?

 

 

I think they have, although I never really had a problem with them, most time I've ever had to wait was about 5 days or so.

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Originally Posted by Alisha1 

 

 

I checked my email this morning to find I had received a confirmation email from them a few minutes after I had gone to bed so I'm hoping that they never sent one to the other email *fingers crossed* as my address and phone number was on the email. I really should stop online shopping at night as I'm extra careless when I'm sleepy 

 

Rockin - hope you like your goodies when you get a chance to play with them! I've never ordered from Cocktail cosmetics before so it's good to know they deliver fast :)

have Debenhams improved their delivery? I haven't ordered from them for a while...! 

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Originally Posted by Anitacska 

I think they have, although I never really had a problem with them, most time I've ever had to wait was about 5 days or so.

 

I think thats usually how long my parcels take to arrive 4-5 days - guess I'm just impatient! 

Hve you seen the guerlain spring collection? It looks lovely! Though I've still got to pick up a few pieces from the christmas collection! 

http://www.chicprofile.com/2012/10/guerlain-spring-2013-makeup-collection-sneak-peek.html

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Originally Posted by rockin 

 

BeautyBay.com

 

Today is Black Friday!

To celebrate the start of Christmas Shopping Season, we've reduced the price of absolutely everything on the site by 20%!

Hurry, the Black Friday sale ends midnight tonight (UK time)!

 

 

Thanks a lot, rockin!

I've bought a few Orly nailpolishes I was after. I am happy these will be arriving from the UK, so I won't have to wait so long, as I would have to wait if I had ordered them on Ebay from the US. I've also spent quite a bit on Sugarpill's website, since they were having 30% off sale on Friday (and it is still on until tomorrow night, I believe, but it is now 20 % off).

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Originally Posted by Eleentje 

 

Thanks a lot, rockin!

 

I've bought a few Orly nailpolishes I was after. I am happy these will be arriving from the UK, so I won't have to wait so long, as I would have to wait if I had ordered them on Ebay from the US. I've also spent quite a bit on Sugarpill's website, since they were having 30% off sale on Friday (and it is still on until tomorrow night, I believe, but it is now 20 % off).

I'd order direct from Sugarpill, but knowing my luck I'd get stung by Customs when my order arrived.  Our 'allowance' before having to pay duty and postman's charges for collecting said duty is tiny.

My Beautybay.com order is due to be delivered today, with my ArtDeco Glamour collection.  Can't wait to try the Glam Couture eyeshadows

Argh i'm such an idiot, i've just been stung by a fake MAC brush on eBay. Been after a 180 for a looong time so when one came up i was kind of blinded by lust and didn't research properly and i ended up forking out £45 but it's arrived today and it's so fake it's unreal, hairs falling out all over the place and shoddy workmanship in the extreme :-( Hope i can get a refund

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Originally Posted by mushroomteagirl 

Argh i'm such an idiot, i've just been stung by a fake MAC brush on eBay. Been after a 180 for a looong time so when one came up i was kind of blinded by lust and didn't research properly and i ended up forking out £45 but it's arrived today and it's so fake it's unreal, hairs falling out all over the place and shoddy workmanship in the extreme :-( Hope i can get a refund

That sucks :(  It's a lot of money, too.  I really hope you are able to get a refund.  Was it a private seller, or a business one?

I've got doubts myself about a "Blanc Terriblement" YSL highlighter I bought on ebay.  It looks legit to me, and even has the monogrammed fabric band around the palette, but the weight both on the box and on the palette itself says 10,8g rather than 10.8g.  There's a decimal point where the weight is stated in ounces, but a comma where it is stated in grammes.  Does anyone know if this is as it should be or not?

Benefit have the "Looking to rock Rita" EDT and the "Cabana Glama" kit at 50% off today on their website.  Offer ends at midnight

I've just got a card in the post from House Of Fraser.  They are having a 2 day Brand Event on Thursday and Friday this week (from 5pm on Wednesday online).  It's "Up to 40%"  but as usual beauty is only 10%.  For anyone with HoF rewards, it states "Please note that Rewards WILL be accepted as payment during this event", which has to be good news.  Usually they don't accept them during events like this now.

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Originally Posted by rockin 

 

That sucks :(  It's a lot of money, too.  I really hope you are able to get a refund.  Was it a private seller, or a business one?

 

I've got doubts myself about a "Blanc Terriblement" YSL highlighter I bought on ebay.  It looks legit to me, and even has the monogrammed fabric band around the palette, but the weight both on the box and on the palette itself says 10,8g rather than 10.8g.  There's a decimal point where the weight is stated in ounces, but a comma where it is stated in grammes.  Does anyone know if this is as it should be or not?

I've opened a case so fingers crossed. I think they are a private seller though they have quite a few cosmetic items for sale.

Hmmm this is a tough one. I work with quite a few French people at work and i have often seen them use a comma instead of a decimal place when writing down numbers and obviously YSL is a French brand. I would have expected it to be consistent though unless it's just a typo

Is that the newest highlighter? If it is, it's probably real. In Hungary people use comma instead of decimal point, so would write 10,8 g. It might be the same in France.

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Originally Posted by rockin 

 

That sucks :(  It's a lot of money, too.  I really hope you are able to get a refund.  Was it a private seller, or a business one?

 

I've got doubts myself about a "Blanc Terriblement" YSL highlighter I bought on ebay.  It looks legit to me, and even has the monogrammed fabric band around the palette, but the weight both on the box and on the palette itself says 10,8g rather than 10.8g.  There's a decimal point where the weight is stated in ounces, but a comma where it is stated in grammes.  Does anyone know if this is as it should be or not?

Just had an email from beautybay.com they were overwelmed by the black friday promotion so there will be delays in sending stuff out :-( Shame since I was really looking forward to trying my new cleansing balm, my skin isn't very happy at the moment due to the change in temperature!

Never mind at least they communicated it which is better than other online retailers.

I am off into town at lunch time to look for a new morning cleanser, fancying trying ren for a change? Anyway have any thoughts?

Ebay/Paypal should refund you in a case situation for this I hope! fingers crossed

Yay! Thanks for letting me know. I have £30 to spend, was going to go tomorrow, but will go Thursday or Friday instead.

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Originally Posted by rockin 

Benefit have the "Looking to rock Rita" EDT and the "Cabana Glama" kit at 50% off today on their website.  Offer ends at midnight

 

 

 

 

 

I've just got a card in the post from House Of Fraser.  They are having a 2 day Brand Event on Thursday and Friday this week (from 5pm on Wednesday online).  It's "Up to 40%"  but as usual beauty is only 10%.  For anyone with HoF rewards, it states "Please note that Rewards WILL be accepted as payment during this event", which has to be good news.  Usually they don't accept them during events like this now.

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Originally Posted by Anitacska 

Is that the newest highlighter? If it is, it's probably real. In Hungary people use comma instead of decimal point, so would write 10,8 g. It might be the same in France.

 

It's last year's - the 3 colour one.  Glad to hear it might be genuine after all.  It just worried me that it had the decimal point in the ounces, but a comma in the gram weight.

My Beautybay order has arrived.  I was surprised so many things fit in such a small box, with room to spare, but then the Glam Couture eyeshadows aren't boxed, so that saves some space, and the regular eyeshadows are tiny anyway.  The Glam Stars ones are boxed, nonetheless.

I really think they should put names as well as numbers on products, where space allows. That's probably the only minor niggle I have with these.

The Glam Couture eyeshadows (the round, fancy ones) are quite subtle, but very pretty.  Same with the blush - no garish colours with ArtDeco.

I might have that one actually (isn't it terrible that I don't even know if I do???), I certainly have many YSL products, I'll have a look in a minute. EDIT: I don't have it, but Googled it and a blogger has a picture of the back and it says 10,8 g, so I'm sure yours is the real deal. I once bought a fake YSL eyeshadow quad and it was so obviously fake, I'm sure anyone would've realised.

My BeautyBay order is due within the next hour - yay!

And Ladies, don't forget Debenhams has 10% off beauty and 500 bonus points (for £40 spend).

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Originally Posted by rockin 

 

It's last year's - the 3 colour one.  Glad to hear it might be genuine after all.  It just worried me that it had the decimal point in the ounces, but a comma in the gram weight.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/26/loreal-buys-urban-decay

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Originally Posted by toobusytostitch 
 

So nice - as always!!  I'm going on a 'sort of' no-buy - the best that I can possibly hope to follow - nothing but new releases from Art Deco and Guerlain!  I can't believe that I 'have' to buy anything else, as I've got backups for absolutely everything that I use!

 

Woke up this morning to a really blood-shot eye - the sort that has made everybody today look away lol!  I don't know why - I definitely removed the small amount of makeup that I had on last night :(  No eye makeup until it's better though :(

I've been very good with makeup buying, I pick 1-2 pieces from collections only though I have a backlog of stuff to buy from the christmas collections; still haven't purchased the things I want from the guerlain and chanel collections! 

Hope your eye get well soon! I've had a few of those random red eyes ever since I started wearing glasses a few months ago!

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Originally Posted by rockin 

Benefit have the "Looking to rock Rita" EDT and the "Cabana Glama" kit at 50% off today on their website.  Offer ends at midnight

 

 

 

 

 

I've just got a card in the post from House Of Fraser.  They are having a 2 day Brand Event on Thursday and Friday this week (from 5pm on Wednesday online).  It's "Up to 40%"  but as usual beauty is only 10%.  For anyone with HoF rewards, it states "Please note that Rewards WILL be accepted as payment during this event", which has to be good news.  Usually they don't accept them during events like this now.

Eek why is everybody having sales! Lol I wanted to finally get the Tom Ford contour/highlighter kit when HoF next had a sale but I don't think I'll be able to afford it this week :/ ah well...

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Originally Posted by charlotte366 

Just had an email from beautybay.com they were overwelmed by the black friday promotion so there will be delays in sending stuff out :-( Shame since I was really looking forward to trying my new cleansing balm, my skin isn't very happy at the moment due to the change in temperature!

 

Never mind at least they communicated it which is better than other online retailers.

 

I am off into town at lunch time to look for a new morning cleanser, fancying trying ren for a change? Anyway have any thoughts?

I've been using Olay Gentle cleanser since college so it has been about 2 1/2 years and I love it - definitely recommend! 

Edit: Posted about an offer, but it doesn't seem to work

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Originally Posted by mushroomteagirl 

Argh i'm such an idiot, i've just been stung by a fake MAC brush on eBay. Been after a 180 for a looong time so when one came up i was kind of blinded by lust and didn't research properly and i ended up forking out £45 but it's arrived today and it's so fake it's unreal, hairs falling out all over the place and shoddy workmanship in the extreme :-( Hope i can get a refund

Oh no! I hope you'll get your money back! You'd think you're safe with a discontinued brush... I generally avoid purchasing second hand brushes, because it is so difficult to distinguish the high quality fakes from the real deal, unless you already have the same brush. It doesn't help that Mac changed some of them over time...

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Originally Posted by rockin 

 

That sucks :(  It's a lot of money, too.  I really hope you are able to get a refund.  Was it a private seller, or a business one?

 

I've got doubts myself about a "Blanc Terriblement" YSL highlighter I bought on ebay.  It looks legit to me, and even has the monogrammed fabric band around the palette, but the weight both on the box and on the palette itself says 10,8g rather than 10.8g.  There's a decimal point where the weight is stated in ounces, but a comma where it is stated in grammes.  Does anyone know if this is as it should be or not?

My guess would be: dot decimal separator is used in the US/Commonwealth countries, who also measure weight in oz and comma is for European countries, etc. who generally measure weight in grams.  Hence the discrepancy.

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 Originally Posted by rockin 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/26/loreal-buys-urban-decay

Looking into my crystal ball, I can see expansion of Urban Decay into China now...

Don't forget it's Boots' Points Event again this week.  Ours is on Thursday and I have a bonus 500 point voucher.  I'm not sure whether I can afford anything now though (other than using points)

Uh oh... :(

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Originally Posted by Eleentje 

Oh no! I hope you'll get your money back! You'd think you're safe with a discontinued brush... I generally avoid purchasing second hand brushes, because it is so difficult to distinguish the high quality fakes from the real deal, unless you already have the same brush. It doesn't help that Mac changed some of them over time...

My guess would be: dot decimal separator is used in the US/Commonwealth countries, who also measure weight in oz and comma is for European countries, etc. who generally measure weight in grams.  Hence the discrepancy.

Looking into my crystal ball, I can see expansion of Urban Decay into China now...

I'm not even going near Boots on Thursday, there's nothing I need right now, really can't justify spending another £50 on stuff I don't even need.

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Originally Posted by rockin 

Don't forget it's Boots' Points Event again this week.  Ours is on Thursday and I have a bonus 500 point voucher.  I'm not sure whether I can afford anything now though (other than using points)

Thank you - it's much better already today - might get away with some makeup tomorrow for work!

NYX sale, anyone?  http://www.nyxcosmeticsstore.co.uk/acatalog/SALE.html

How do you like the ArtDeco Glam Couture stuff? I've not had any time to swatch them, want to take pictures first, but they only arrived at 2.30 and I didn't have time. They look pretty, but I'm a bit disappointed that the silvery one isn't more blue, I'm sure it looked blue in the pictures. 

My Coctail Cosmetics order was only dispatched today, but hopefully it'll get here tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by rockin 

My Beautybay order has arrived.  I was surprised so many things fit in such a small box, with room to spare, but then the Glam Couture eyeshadows aren't boxed, so that saves some space, and the regular eyeshadows are tiny anyway.  The Glam Stars ones are boxed, nonetheless.

 

I really think they should put names as well as numbers on products, where space allows. That's probably the only minor niggle I have with these.

 

The Glam Couture eyeshadows (the round, fancy ones) are quite subtle, but very pretty.  Same with the blush - no garish colours with ArtDeco.

Got lots of goodies in the post today - yay! The postman really hates me now, he was grumpier than ever, lol. Haven't tried anything, I had to do some shopping (costumes for Christmas plays, etc.), and now off to help at school, but maybe tomorrow I'll finally have some time to play. :)
 

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Originally Posted by Anitacska 

How do you like the ArtDeco Glam Couture stuff? I've not had any time to swatch them, want to take pictures first, but they only arrived at 2.30 and I didn't have time. They look pretty, but I'm a bit disappointed that the silvery one isn't more blue, I'm sure it looked blue in the pictures. 

 

My Coctail Cosmetics order was only dispatched today, but hopefully it'll get here tomorrow.

 

The silver does appear to have a slight blue tinge to it once swatched on the back of my hand, but it looks very silver in the pot.  The white, although it doesn't look it in the pot, has a slight pink tinge, a little like  MAC Pink Opal.  The taupe is beautiful.  I also have the pinks, which are very pretty as well.  They all have a wonderful sheen which shows best when the light hits them.

I haven't tried any of them on my eyes yet, as I'm currently trying the Too Faced Glitter Glue with some FaceFront glitter.  I have that on one eye and Urban Decay Primer Potion on the other.  The Too Faced is thicker than the UD, and I have been able to apply the glitter thicker on that one, so more colour.  So far, minimal fallout on both, although some of that could just be the glitter that landed on my eyelashes while I was applying it.

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Originally Posted by Anitacska 

Got lots of goodies in the post today - yay! The postman really hates me now, he was grumpier than ever, lol. Haven't tried anything, I had to do some shopping (costumes for Christmas plays, etc.), and now off to help at school, but maybe tomorrow I'll finally have some time to play. :)
 

LOL, I love it when lots of goodies arrive.  Sadly, nothing arrived for me today, apart from my home insurance renewal quotes.  I am expecting a few things, like my Z Palette from Love Makeup (which usually arrives next day, but hasn't this time) and some bits and pieces from ebay and Amazon.  They'll probably all arrive tomorrow while I'm out at my dance class, and I'll have to wait until Friday for them to be redelivered.

It bugs me how schools expect parents to fork out for costumes for school plays.  Schools do Christmas plays every year - surely they should have a stock of costumes that can be re-used?  They seem to forget that not all parents have the money, or the time to go searching for or making costumes that will be worn only once.