trina11225
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Same thoughts, i want that green lippie, but i know for the price and shipping, will be wasting money.
Resolution "LOW-BUY" 2014! Who wants to play?
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RayRay88
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Have you had any problems with it tipping away from the wall at all when the drawers are full and open? I thought I'd heard that on a blog or two. Is it sturdy?
mosha010
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Annnndddd #teamlowbuy wins again. Melt. Restock. But only got te green lippy. I wanted to fill that cart and finally I put my own foot down and straight up only order this since it's nothin that i can come close.... In the mean I'm going to play around w pigments to recreate a dupe...
mosha010
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Awesome !!! U and I both girlfriend!!! Plus I'm going to try hautecore w chartreuse pigment and see if I can get close to it anyway
myfavoritePA
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I have the Alex too and have never had a problem with it feeling unstable or tipping. But I don't know that I've ever opened all of the drawers all the way at one time either.
I love it!
Kaori
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I think anything that is not super heavy real wood furniture will tip over if you open all full drawers at once ^^; But they sell the wall attachments/anti-tip brackets. "Many newer dressers have a drawer lock feature that will only allow one drawer at a time to be opened. This helps reduce the risk of tipping, too." "Pulled-out drawers can shift the weight of a large dresser and cause it to fall over. Never open more than one drawer at a time."
RayRay88
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Welp I just saw the shipping charge Ikea has for the Alex drawers...Hellllll no! :shock: $350??!! So I'm disappointed Hmm.
makeupbyvee
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I haven't hade a problem. My brother put it together for me when I went out of town. When I got back it was ready to go . He said the they us a bracket that comes with it if you want to mount it to the wall. I hope this helps!
myfavoritePA
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Wha?! That's insane. I picked mine up locally.
Kaori
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wow o.o http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/07/ikea-shipping-prices_n_1259975.html seems they have flat rate and doesn't matter if you order whole room furniture or just single piece =/ so best is to pick it up at store
How about getting the Helmer instead of Alex? It's cheap and it should also be way cheaper to ship. (At least that's the case in Germany)
PixieDancer
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Yeah... that's why I was telling you I went with the elfa from the Container Store. I originally wanted to order the Alex, but no IKEA store near me... and there was NO WAY I was paying that kind of shipping charge!
elfa 30% off runs through 2/11, if you wanted to take a look at it.
Kaori
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hah this is another good one, from the blog:
"Another tip- you do not need to spend a lot with those make up removers.
heh and this one:
"And our task is to make sure that these characteristics respond to those of your expectations. And we base your expectations to the brands that you can afford.
Evil, but true. I will not give you Chanel qualities if your point of comparison is Avon."
http://beautyandthebullshit.blogspot.com/2010/08/of-lipsticks-and-marie-antoinette-part.html
"Another tip- you do not need to spend a lot with those make up removers.
One of the best that we use are- drumroll please.....
....
....
Baby Wipes!"
heh and this one:
"And our task is to make sure that these characteristics respond to those of your expectations. And we base your expectations to the brands that you can afford.
Evil, but true. I will not give you Chanel qualities if your point of comparison is Avon."
http://beautyandthebullshit.blogspot.com/2010/08/of-lipsticks-and-marie-antoinette-part.html
Spikesmom
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I might just tip toe over to the FoF to see what Liba has to say. I'm so weak...
RayRay88
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I wish we had one around here, but the nearest is like 6 hours away in Dallas. I would drive down there myself before I'd ever pay $350 shipping! [@]Naynadine[/@] It seems they have a flat rate for shipping
Thanks though! [@]Pixiedancer[/@] I remember you saying the shipping turned you off, but woooo boy I was not prepared for that! Are the elfa storage plastic? I'd really like something similar to the Alex drawers, but I'll definitely check that out too, thanks!
PixieDancer
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No they are metal. Here's the girl's blog that motivated me to try this after I passed on the Alex. http://weshouldmakeup.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-new-makeup-storage.html
It's pretty inexpensive, and I can always use the storage system for something else if I end up wanting to go a different route with my makeup collection storage in the future. And at 30% off... I couldn't NOT at least TRY it.
Spikesmom
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I know this is a little off topic, but since we were discussing it...
I just pulled out my old PT, my new PT and Refined. I was totally wrong about Refined. It's much darker. I'd describe the new PT as a much paler Refined... maybe Refined mixed with white.
My poor PT. I wasn't broken up quite this bad but I dropped right before taking this picture. I'm so sad. The new one is really, really different.
Old PT, new PT and refined...
The top swatch is Refined, the bottom left is the old PT and the right is the new PT.
I just pulled out my old PT, my new PT and Refined. I was totally wrong about Refined. It's much darker. I'd describe the new PT as a much paler Refined... maybe Refined mixed with white.
My poor PT. I wasn't broken up quite this bad but I dropped right before taking this picture. I'm so sad. The new one is really, really different.
Old PT, new PT and refined...
The top swatch is Refined, the bottom left is the old PT and the right is the new PT.
Starlight77
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yeah me too! I really like the new color. it's more of the shade I was looking for. I thought i got away easy wanting one product LOL
*need to stop peeking at swatches*
