hickle
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I've never tried any of Lime Crime's makeup, but I have read her tutorials which I've enjoyed. I didn't see the link to Xenia's response in this thread, and I figure it's worth listening to her side of the story: Lime Crime here to stay! | Doe Deere Blogazine
I do see what the blogger Lillian means about Xenia looking for sympathy with her story about how hard it was for her to come to America with her family. At the same time though, when I was reading through the comments left on Lillian's post about her Lime Crime Lipstick Dilemma, I did get the sense that a lot of the commenters were jealous. Xenia is kind of a goth version of Tila Tequila, in that she has become a bit of celebrity through myspace/youtube. Much like Tila Tequila, I think the reason females like her is because they want to be her, and those that don't feel threatened by her. When I read Xenia's blog posts, sometimes I think she's cool, and sometimes I think she's coming off as a pretentious bitch.
I guess what I'm saying is I think the truth lies somewhere in between both sides of the story. I don't doubt that Xenia sold some crappy quality clothes, and I wouldn't be surprised if when confronted with it she told people to fuck off because it was their fault for buying her shit in the first place. On the other hand, I do believe what Xenia was saying about not being able to get to where she is today by lying, cheating, and being an all around bitch. However, I felt her little speech at the end about how hard her life was when she first got to America to be absolutely irrelevant and a pathetic plea for sympathy.
Even if Xenia was a total bitch to Lillian one time, I don't think it's a reason to boycott Lime Crime all together. People make mistakes. The lesson for Xenia here is that if she's going to be the spokesmodel/face of her company, then she needs to stay out of the internet drama.
Regarding the allegations of her products being repackaged from other companies, I think if you took any eye shadow from your favorite brand, be it MAC, Smashbox, Urban Decay, etc., you can probably find a dupe for it somewhere out there.
As an advocate of free speech, I believe everybody has the right to post whatever they want on the internet. Unless Xenia can prove that she absolutely did all the testing in the labs exactly as she says she did, she can't tell people to take down their blog posts because they are libel. At the end of the day, each of us has our own mind which we will have to make up on our own. The one thing that kind of bothers me about this thread is how quick people are to jump on the anti-Xenia bandwagon. I don't think it's fair to formulate your opinion on Lime Crime based on one person's negative experience with the founder of the brand. If there's one thing I'd ask of all of you it's that you look at the information presented critically before making up your mind one way or another.
That being said, I'll probably pick up some samples from beauty from the earth before I do at Lime Crime.
I do see what the blogger Lillian means about Xenia looking for sympathy with her story about how hard it was for her to come to America with her family. At the same time though, when I was reading through the comments left on Lillian's post about her Lime Crime Lipstick Dilemma, I did get the sense that a lot of the commenters were jealous. Xenia is kind of a goth version of Tila Tequila, in that she has become a bit of celebrity through myspace/youtube. Much like Tila Tequila, I think the reason females like her is because they want to be her, and those that don't feel threatened by her. When I read Xenia's blog posts, sometimes I think she's cool, and sometimes I think she's coming off as a pretentious bitch.
I guess what I'm saying is I think the truth lies somewhere in between both sides of the story. I don't doubt that Xenia sold some crappy quality clothes, and I wouldn't be surprised if when confronted with it she told people to fuck off because it was their fault for buying her shit in the first place. On the other hand, I do believe what Xenia was saying about not being able to get to where she is today by lying, cheating, and being an all around bitch. However, I felt her little speech at the end about how hard her life was when she first got to America to be absolutely irrelevant and a pathetic plea for sympathy.
Even if Xenia was a total bitch to Lillian one time, I don't think it's a reason to boycott Lime Crime all together. People make mistakes. The lesson for Xenia here is that if she's going to be the spokesmodel/face of her company, then she needs to stay out of the internet drama.
Regarding the allegations of her products being repackaged from other companies, I think if you took any eye shadow from your favorite brand, be it MAC, Smashbox, Urban Decay, etc., you can probably find a dupe for it somewhere out there.
As an advocate of free speech, I believe everybody has the right to post whatever they want on the internet. Unless Xenia can prove that she absolutely did all the testing in the labs exactly as she says she did, she can't tell people to take down their blog posts because they are libel. At the end of the day, each of us has our own mind which we will have to make up on our own. The one thing that kind of bothers me about this thread is how quick people are to jump on the anti-Xenia bandwagon. I don't think it's fair to formulate your opinion on Lime Crime based on one person's negative experience with the founder of the brand. If there's one thing I'd ask of all of you it's that you look at the information presented critically before making up your mind one way or another.
That being said, I'll probably pick up some samples from beauty from the earth before I do at Lime Crime.