tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post7675720345376836616..comments2024-03-05T17:18:18.534+00:00Comments on The Student's Guide To Nail Polish: Eh. A Long List of Stuff that Irks Me Slightly About The Beauty Blogging WorldThe Student's Guide To Nail Polishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10654865894104986646noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-6176241975427933982011-03-13T20:14:27.670+00:002011-03-13T20:14:27.670+00:00Lol, thanks so much, Witoxicity!
I've cut dow...Lol, thanks so much, Witoxicity!<br /><br />I've cut down on my giveaway entering rate as well because of this sort of thing. I don't get why someone would be like that...urgh.The Student's Guide To Nail Polishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654865894104986646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-79148140050632170252011-03-10T01:58:05.995+00:002011-03-10T01:58:05.995+00:00You're so articulate, so never mind that you&#...You're so articulate, so never mind that you've forgotten your French and Spanish. :) That was a very interesting and entertaining read. Some things, I've heard of. Some others, I wasn't aware of. I don't very often take part in giveaways, so I was probably naive to have never thought that there could be fake giveaways out there. :P I don't understand how people can be dishonest like that.Witoxicityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17840068842090199600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-12457727790364754442011-03-07T23:26:01.768+00:002011-03-07T23:26:01.768+00:00Yup, people do, Enigma. I think it's awful.Yup, people do, Enigma. I think it's awful.The Student's Guide To Nail Polishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654865894104986646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-6585972303002688832011-03-07T22:24:45.891+00:002011-03-07T22:24:45.891+00:00Wow I didnt know people did that with giveaways, t...Wow I didnt know people did that with giveaways, thats really awful! I've never gotten anything to review but if I did while I might say its a bad product I'd not be a b*tch about it.Enigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15277027976919378245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-75086696604935192732011-03-07T19:17:50.573+00:002011-03-07T19:17:50.573+00:00@Ash-Lilly (love your name) Basically. It's su...@Ash-Lilly (love your name) Basically. It's such a shame that you're new and have already experienced this sort of thing.<br /><br />@ChaosButterfly: I love your photos! I find that they always display the colour of the polish accurately and are pretty high quality. But I too do like my visuals so it irks me when the photos are poor.<br /><br />"Hush your mouth" is completely the right expression in this situation. I just think it's so rude to behave in that way. I always just htink, take your ego down just a tad, lady.<br /><br />I wouldn't worry about that. Many people don't announce their giveaway winners. People would only get suspicious if the winner had waited like one or two months with still no product.<br /><br />@April: I agree completely with your comment, so not much to add. I too would feel special if a PR sent me something to review, but I certainly don't expect it.<br /><br />@Glamadazzle: Emailed. Though I wasn't talking soley about your giveaway as such. Also I don't understand the last part of your comment :/The Student's Guide To Nail Polishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654865894104986646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-13114639415467852962011-03-07T17:26:54.019+00:002011-03-07T17:26:54.019+00:00I know exactly which giveaway you're talking a...I know exactly which giveaway you're talking about, but have you wondered for a bit that there may be a reason the host is being a little TOO generous? Perhaps she was offered money for buying a laptop from her rich aunt, and was afraid her parents might suspect her of ASKING for the money, so she decided to ask her aunt to get a bunch of lovely stuff from the nearest brand stores instead, and DHL it to an address a month or so later, which is obviously the address of the winner of the giveaway? Also, about announcing the winner, if she's got about 600 or more entrants with, say, 50 or more entries EACH, she should ENTER THEM ALL INTO THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET, SHUFFLE, and THEN choose a fair winner? Please ask the person you point a finger at about the situation before you blindly mention it as a FAKE GIVEAWAY on your BLOG, it really hurts the host!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-90964566014803611602011-03-07T17:10:57.699+00:002011-03-07T17:10:57.699+00:00@Chaos Butterfly It never even occured to me that ...@Chaos Butterfly It never even occured to me that someone might think you or I was lying if we didn't announce the winner of a giveaway. I always announced them at first and then I decided it was boring to announce a name that has no internet presence. So I stopped unless the winner was a fellow blogger but maybe I should just announce them anyway.<br /><br />I really hate it when people whine about not receiving free products. I agree with all of your points. I do this for fun and feel super lucky when I do occasionally get freebies! Companies don't have unlimited product to giveaway and they have every right to be picky.april brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811074174762857958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-56808465597196633312011-03-07T13:23:39.037+00:002011-03-07T13:23:39.037+00:00I agree with everything you wrote.
Especially the ...I agree with everything you wrote.<br />Especially the photos. I'm a crazy visual person, so bad/ no real photos drive me up the wall. I know that mine aren't so hot either, but I at least try really hard to make them sharp and well-lit. That's all I ask of others, and I don't think that it's too hard to do it. All you have to do is take an hour and fiddle around with your camera. <br /><br />And the entitlement thing...I read posts where people rant about not getting free stuff from PR, and I'm like omg, hush your mouth. Maybe you just aren't as great as you think you are. -__-<br /><br /><br />I've never encountered the fake giveaway thing though. I actually won't enter a giveaway if it's a million and one steps. I like polish, but man I'm lazy. I can follow you, like you on facebook, put you on the blogroll, and give you a spot on my giveaway sidebar. But if I have to go to your shop and favorite an item and tell you why I like it and then go to blah blah incorporated and like them on facebook and then write on their wall, etc. I just give up. <br /><br />I'd be so mad though if I did all the work and the giveaway was a fake.I can't believe people actually do that...why though? I feel like it's so stupid...people are gonna figure out that you lied about the giveaway and then you're gonna be known as that lying blogger. <br />But you know, I actually feel like poop a little bit, because I completely forgot to announce the winner of the Icicle Lights giveaway. Lol, it was such a little giveaway and there were only a few entries, so I selected the winner, sent them out, and promptly forgot the whole thing. I hope people don't think that I lied. :(The Phalanges Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05876817563424417251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685070406599250428.post-65446990039665068072011-03-07T12:43:56.434+00:002011-03-07T12:43:56.434+00:00Get it off ya chest.
On the giveaways situation - ...Get it off ya chest.<br />On the giveaways situation - I'm pretty new to the very idea of a blog and (fortunately/unfortunately) due to my immediate experience with a very generous blogger, I'm minded to be the same way. To have a giveaway, increasing followers and make them jump through hoops...to get air afterwards? Not a good look.<br />Thanks for this post, it's given me insight into the things I may not have payed that much attention to before. :-)Lianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04847081737314196171noreply@blogger.com