Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[PearlyQueen]

Quick life update: both my children did well in their GCSEs, they're now both enrolled in College (different ones). My middle one of course had to throw a curveball to make things interesting, but it's all sorted now. But they're going to Madrid alone for 2 nights in Sunday, so I'm horribly stressed about that. They're really looking forward to it, I'm not. They only just turned 18 and I'm really anxious, both about making sure everything is in order and about their safety while there. Plus they're prone to losing things, so really stressed about all the "what ifs". Trying not to stress, but you know how it is.

Congrats on getting them all through schooling and into college xxx.
Eek, it must be a worry their first holiday - I'm sure they'll be fine, we've all had to do it for the first time, it seldom ends in disaster, especially somewhere civilised like Madrid!
I know you'll worry anyway but try not to stress too much. And give them some responsibility for sorting themselves out too, that's what it's all about!
And paint your dam' nails! xxx

 

[Anitacska]

Congrats on getting them all through schooling and into college xxx.
Eek, it must be a worry their first holiday - I'm sure they'll be fine, we've all had to do it for the first time, it seldom ends in disaster, especially somewhere civilised like Madrid!
I know you'll worry anyway but try not to stress too much. And give them some responsibility for sorting themselves out too, that's what it's all about!
And paint your dam' nails! xxx

Thank you for being the voice of reason. I get inside my head too much and start imagining all bad scenarios. I need to calm myself down.

As for PPU, it'll have to be a pass this month, my car's service ended up costing twice as much as I thought, so no funds left for polish. But I'm quite happy as I got an email from HR to ask me for my bank details, so I can get paid at the end of September instead of October, so seems like I'll be getting a bit of extra money sooner than expected.

 

[boschicka]

Congrats on getting them all through schooling and into college xxx.
Eek, it must be a worry their first holiday - I'm sure they'll be fine, we've all had to do it for the first time, it seldom ends in disaster, especially somewhere civilised like Madrid!
I know you'll worry anyway but try not to stress too much. And give them some responsibility for sorting themselves out too, that's what it's all about!
And paint your dam' nails! xxx

Ha, well said.
And congrats are definitely in order!

 

[PearlyQueen]

Thank you for being the voice of reason. I get inside my head too much and start imagining all bad scenarios. I need to calm myself down.

As for PPU, it'll have to be a pass this month, my car's service ended up costing twice as much as I thought, so no funds left for polish. But I'm quite happy as I got an email from HR to ask me for my bank details, so I can get paid at the end of September instead of October, so seems like I'll be getting a bit of extra money sooner than expected.

As I said, prioritising! But great news re job! (or at least money!)

 

[Anitacska]

Sorry I've been absent, I've been a nervous wreck with my middle child being in Spain for the past 3 days. They're finally on the plane home, and all went well, but I worried constantly. I did paint my nails (purely because I needed to stay awake to make sure they safely returned to their hotel in the night), so here you go, Emily de Molly LE 253.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Sorry I've been absent, I've been a nervous wreck with my middle child being in Spain for the past 3 days. They're finally on the plane home, and all went well, but I worried constantly. I did paint my nails (purely because I needed to stay awake to make sure they safely returned to their hotel in the night), so here you go, Emily de Molly LE 253.

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Phew! You'll be glad that's over! Love this pretty polish xxx

 

[daisyriddler]

Hi everyone - brand new member here. I've been reading up on indies now after years of collecting, and I have a question, for anyone who might be willing to humor me:

Has anyone ever had an issue with Lemming Lacquer?

I've only heard a bit about the brand here and there, but I've bought from A LOT of indie makers, and Lemming is the only one I've ever decided to never buy from again based entirely on my interaction with the maker.
What happened was, I ordered two hauls from them and found that one polish, out of close to two dozen, seemed to have dried out; it still worked, but it was globby (unlike the lacquer's sisters) and there were gaps that wouldn't fill in the bottle. I read in the maker's policies and they stated that they replaced faulty polish, so I sent a cordial email describing the issue. After waiting longer than I'm used to from other makers to hear a reply, I was asked for photo and video, and provided these. After I didn't hear back again for even longer than the first time, I reached out again, and I guess the reason she didn't bother to reply was that she thought it looked like a faulty bottle. I explained again that it wasn't just the bottle but the formula that was very dry, and she kind of flippantly told me that she could "make me a new one if she has to" (or something to that effect). A) This didn't make much sense because it wasn't a pre-order and the item was still listed as available on her website, and B) I responded that I would really appreciate it if she could please? and then never received a replacement, or even a response.

I get that there are errors, especially after almost 10 years of polish buying; I always try to be as nice and patient as possible when letting a maker know an error has occurred. Lemming is the only maker who has *ever* made me feel like an annoyance to them. And only the second to take so long to respond that I had to email again to get a response (Different Dimension being the other, but once she contacted me, she was very nice and swift with correction - full disclosure, in her case, it was a major cap leak.) But, even if I was wrong, and it really was just a faulty bottle and the formula was perfectly as it should be - I've made mistakes before - still, every other maker I've ever emailed has been very kind and very quick to replace whatever leaked or broke or didn't work. So maybe I'm just spoiled by the amazing customer service of most other indie brands - BKL, KBS, even The Don Deeva treated me better. I'm just surprised, because from what I know, Lemming's a staple of the community... I just didn't receive the experience that others seem to have had before me.

TL;DR Lemming Lacquer's customer service, when cordially asked about a dry polish, was surprisingly bad. Anyone else experience this?

 

[PearlyQueen]

Hi everyone - brand new member here. I've been reading up on indies now after years of collecting, and I have two questions, for anyone who might be willing to humor me:

1. Has anyone ever had an issue with Lemming Lacquer? I've only heard a bit about the brand here and there, but I've bought from A LOT of indie makers, and Lemming is the only one I've ever decided to never buy from again based entirely on my interaction with the maker.
What happened was, I ordered two hauls from them and found that one polish, out of close to two dozen, seemed to have dried out; it still worked, but it was globby (unlike the lacquer's sisters) and there were gaps that wouldn't fill in the bottle. I read in the maker's policies and they stated that they replaced faulty polish, so I sent a cordial email describing the issue. After waiting longer than I'm used to from other makers to hear a reply, I was asked for photo and video, and provided these. After I didn't hear back again for even longer than the first time, I reached out again, and I guess the reason she didn't bother to reply was that she thought it looked like a faulty bottle. I explained again that it wasn't just the bottle but the formula that was very dry, and she kind of flippantly told me that she could "make me a new one if she has to" (or something to that effect). A) This didn't make much sense because it wasn't a pre-order and the item was still listed as available on her website, and B) I responded that I would really appreciate it if she could please? and then never received a replacement, or even a response.

I get that there are errors, especially after almost 10 years of polish buying; I always try to be as nice and patient as possible when letting a maker know an error has occurred. Lemming is the only maker who has *ever* made me feel like an annoyance to them. And only the second to take so long to respond that I had to email again to get a response (Different Dimension being the other, but once she contacted me, she was very nice and swift with correction - full disclosure, in her case, it was a major cap leak.) But, even if I was wrong, and it really was just a faulty bottle and the formula was perfectly as it should be - I've made mistakes before - still, every other maker I've ever emailed has been very kind and very quick to replace whatever leaked or broke or didn't work. So maybe I'm just spoiled by the amazing customer service of most other indie brands. I'm just surprised, because from what I know, Lemming's a staple of the community... I just didn't receive the experience that others seem to have had before me.

Edit: I had a second question, but I figured it out. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Hi Daisy, I'm really sorry to hear that you have had such a poor response from Lemming. I've had several orders, and she's never been anything but helpful when I had an issue Admittedly, that wasn't a quality/replacement issue but she was lovely. Maybe you should try to contact her again? The good thing is, there are so many lovely makers making lovely polishes, easy to choose someone else to give your money to. (I know she had some issues around having to provide care for her mother at one point, but that was a while back and I don't know if it is ongoing.)

 

[daisyriddler]

Thanks for your reply, Pearly! I'm not sure what I could get out of emailing her again, but this *was* quite a while back now, almost a year actually. Maybe that's around the time she was caring for her mom? If that's the case, I can understand the timing issues, and maybe even the attitude... saying she'd have to mix up a whole new bottle just for me when the item was available on site still throws me for a loop, though. You're totally right though, there's so many amazing makers out there - BKL (although sadly they're closing soon), KBShimmer, Colores de Carol, Emily de Molly, WFL, and so many more. I now find it funny that I had a bad Lemming experience, when all of my Don Deeva experiences have been amazing (aside from her exhaustive TAT); I just learned last night that TDD has a terrible customer service reputation. Felt kinda like Uno Reverse, haha.

That was actually the second question I originally had - I was trying to figure out what TDD had done wrong in the past, with the group buy drama that's blowing up right now it was the first I heard anyone say she was shady. Is there anything else I should know about that brand that you're aware of?

 

[PearlyQueen]

Thanks for your reply, Pearly! I'm not sure what I could get out of emailing her again, but this *was* quite a while back now, almost a year actually. Maybe that's around the time she was caring for her mom? If that's the case, I can understand the timing issues, and maybe even the attitude... saying she'd have to mix up a whole new bottle just for me when the item was available on site still throws me for a loop, though. You're totally right though, there's so many amazing makers out there - BKL (although sadly they're closing soon), KBShimmer, Colores de Carol, Emily de Molly, WFL, and so many more. I now find it funny that I had a bad Lemming experience, when all of my Don Deeva experiences have been amazing (aside from her exhaustive TAT); I just learned last night that TDD has a terrible customer service reputation. Felt kinda like Uno Reverse, haha.

That was actually the second question I originally had - I was trying to figure out what TDD had done wrong in the past, with the group buy drama that's blowing up right now it was the first I heard anyone say she was shady. Is there anything else I should know about that brand that you're aware of?

Hi Daisy, I'm not sure if it would help to contact Lemming again (but the timeframe seems about right). The Don Deeva controversy was about a collection she released inspired by two known racists, Jeffree Star and Shawn Dawson, as well as poor customer service - it's not a brand I've ever shopped with or even had any interest in, so I can't comment on that, it's just what I read.

 

[Anitacska]

Thanks for your reply, Pearly! I'm not sure what I could get out of emailing her again, but this *was* quite a while back now, almost a year actually. Maybe that's around the time she was caring for her mom? If that's the case, I can understand the timing issues, and maybe even the attitude... saying she'd have to mix up a whole new bottle just for me when the item was available on site still throws me for a loop, though. You're totally right though, there's so many amazing makers out there - BKL (although sadly they're closing soon), KBShimmer, Colores de Carol, Emily de Molly, WFL, and so many more. I now find it funny that I had a bad Lemming experience, when all of my Don Deeva experiences have been amazing (aside from her exhaustive TAT); I just learned last night that TDD has a terrible customer service reputation. Felt kinda like Uno Reverse, haha.

That was actually the second question I originally had - I was trying to figure out what TDD had done wrong in the past, with the group buy drama that's blowing up right now it was the first I heard anyone say she was shady. Is there anything else I should know about that brand that you're aware of?

I don't have any experiences with Lemming, only ever bought their polishes from PPU. I also don't own any from The Don Deeva, but she is bad news on do many level. Trump supporter, demented, weird, and I've heard a lot of bad things about her CS. There's a shit list about makers in Toluene Trashcan on Facebook if you want to learn more.

Also, welcome to the thread!

 

[PearlyQueen]

Thanks for your reply, Pearly! I'm not sure what I could get out of emailing her again, but this *was* quite a while back now, almost a year actually. Maybe that's around the time she was caring for her mom? If that's the case, I can understand the timing issues, and maybe even the attitude... saying she'd have to mix up a whole new bottle just for me when the item was available on site still throws me for a loop, though. You're totally right though, there's so many amazing makers out there - BKL (although sadly they're closing soon), KBShimmer, Colores de Carol, Emily de Molly, WFL, and so many more. I now find it funny that I had a bad Lemming experience, when all of my Don Deeva experiences have been amazing (aside from her exhaustive TAT); I just learned last night that TDD has a terrible customer service reputation. Felt kinda like Uno Reverse, haha.

That was actually the second question I originally had - I was trying to figure out what TDD had done wrong in the past, with the group buy drama that's blowing up right now it was the first I heard anyone say she was shady. Is there anything else I should know about that brand that you're aware of?

I read earlier today that she makes each bottle individually for every order! Which seems a bit unusual.

 

[daisyriddler]

Pearly - Oh! Well I guess that solves that, then; thank you. I'd just never heard of a maker doing that before. I guess I just caught her at an inopportune time. Also if she made a fresh batch, that must just be a very thick polish... I'd ordered other color sisters, but I guess that shade behaved differently. All good to know, so again, thank you

 

[daisyriddler]

I don't have any experiences with Lemming, only ever bought their polishes from PPU. I also don't own any from The Don Deeva, but she is bad news on do many level. Trump supporter, demented, weird, and I've heard a lot of bad things about her CS. There's a shit list about makers in Toluene Trashcan on Facebook if you want to learn more.

Also, welcome to the thread!

Oh gosh, I had no idea it went that deep - I thought she'd just had a pretty bad interaction with one customer. The Starr/Dawson collection is bad enough, but I didn't know she's a straight up Trumper! I thought that was just Superchic. I tried to join Toluene Trashcan last night but I haven't been accepted. TDD's never done anything other than bend over backwards for me so I was genuinely surprised about the CS issues, she did seem a little 'off' somehow but I didn't think that equated to being straight up unethical. I started reading about this because I saw the group buy drama in FB on DD's page, and one girl said she knew someone else who said D's sketchy, but I couldn't find a whole lot when I tried to dig deeper. Another commenter said something to the effect of, "imagine the community uniting over a maker no one cares for" and yeah, alarm bells were going. That's how I found my way here, by trying to find out what everyone's talking about. So I really appreciate the info!

Thank you so much for the warm welcome, btw!

 

[Anitacska]

Oh gosh, I had no idea it went that deep - I thought she'd just had a pretty bad interaction with one customer. The Starr/Dawson collection is bad enough, but I didn't know she's a straight up Trumper! I thought that was just Superchic. I tried to join Toluene Trashcan last night but I haven't been accepted. TDD's never done anything other than bend over backwards for me so I was genuinely surprised about the CS issues, she did seem a little 'off' somehow but I didn't think that equated to being straight up unethical. I started reading about this because I saw the group buy drama in FB on DD's page, and one girl said she knew someone else who said D's sketchy, but I couldn't find a whole lot when I tried to dig deeper. Another commenter said something to the effect of, "imagine the community uniting over a maker no one cares for" and yeah, alarm bells were going. That's how I found my way here, by trying to find out what everyone's talking about. So I really appreciate the info!

Thank you so much for the warm welcome, btw!

Oh actually, not sure about the Trump bit, I think I may have mixed her up with Superchic. But they're as bad as each other. There are plenty of other makers worth giving money to.

 

[PearlyQueen]

So what do we think about the Glam HHS this year? I'm very underwhelmed at first glance.

 

[Anitacska]

So what do we think about the Glam HHS this year? I'm very underwhelmed at first glance.

Not much, lol, I've been exhausted with early mornings and working all day. Very overwhelmed with work, although today was better, and everyone's really nice. But it's a massive shock to the system. I'm out from 7.45 am until 6 pm (ish). Thank goodness for the extra bank holiday! (Sad news about the Queen, but she was 96, so it was expected. We're not royalists in this house anyway, but understand that done people are devastated.)

 

[PearlyQueen]

Not much, lol, I've been exhausted with early mornings and working all day. Very overwhelmed with work, although today was better, and everyone's really nice. But it's a massive shock to the system. I'm out from 7.45 am until 6 pm (ish). Thank goodness for the extra bank holiday! (Sad news about the Queen, but she was 96, so it was expected. We're not royalists in this house anyway, but understand that done people are devastated.)

Hi Anita, I had no idea you had started, for some reason I thought it would be next month, so yay for new job, yay for forthcoming new money, boo for being knackered all the time lol! This is also my life, but it's much easier on my work from home days.
Glad to hear they're nice people, hopefully you'll get used to it soon.

 

[Anitacska]

Hi Anita, I had no idea you had started, for some reason I thought it would be next month, so yay for new job, yay for forthcoming new money, boo for being knackered all the time lol! This is also my life, but it's much easier on my work from home days.
Glad to hear they're nice people, hopefully you'll get used to it soon.

Hi Anne, Yeah, I started on Monday. Commute has been very hit and miss, sometimes it only takes 30 minutes, this morning it took over an hour! I'll have to be in every day for a few weeks, but after that I'll be able to work from home 2 days a week. I need to get more organised with stuff at home as well, but luckily the ex is able to take children to the station and pick up in the afternoon, so that's huge help. I take whoever needs to go in early, then head to work. It's nice to be among adults and use my brain, but it's also very tiring. I'm sure it'll get easier soon.

 

[Anitacska]

Yay, I survived the first week of work! But I'm absolutely knackered.

Just saw the email from Glam with the Halloween collection, I honestly only want one, but even that I'm not sure about. It's the purple one called Whatever You Do, Don't Fall Asleep!

I have ordered the perfume I wanted as a reward for surviving the first week, I'll only pay for it once I've got paid anyway due to the credit card billing cycle. Otherwise I need to use my salary to pay off debts and save up for Black Friday and fir the future. So far I like the job, so quite happy, but will be happier after a big sleep.