Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

Anneri

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I need your help, ladies - I've searched my brain to no avail but can't remember the name of the indie polish company that was surrounded by that scandal last year or the year before - the one with the nail polish that made people's nails melt? Does anyone remember? I'm writing some kind of an overview of indie polishes and wanted to mention it.
 

Anitacska

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I need your help, ladies - I've searched my brain to no avail but can't remember the name of the indie polish company that was surrounded by that scandal last year or the year before - the one with the nail polish that made people's nails melt? Does anyone remember? I'm writing some kind of an overview of indie polishes and wanted to mention it.

It was Mentality. x
 

Anitacska

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You're welcome, Anneri. Did you know that after all the drama, they continued selling their polish on their website and also at farmers' markets for quite some time? Of course they never offered any compensation to anyone. Really disgusting and the owner guy, Danny is an absolute fruitcake. Luckily the shop is now closed. God knows what's happened to them. They have a gazillion children, I think she was heavily pregnant with number 6 or something when the drama erupted, they live in a trailer and mixed their polish in their with all their children around. Ugh. I still have a few bottles, I think I've used one and it was fine, but I daren't use them again, you never know.

On another note, I had a great night in London last night at the 30th anniversary gig for The Final Countdown. I have been a fan of Europe for 30 years, TFC was the song that hooked me on them. They played the whole album and showed lots of their old pictures on the big screens, it was like being a teenager again. And yet, my very own teenager was standing next to me, lol.

Couple of recent manis, first one is Lilypad Flaming Hot with Alchemy Lacquer Ruby of Power on the accents. The big lump on my thumb is a massive flakie, the AL didn't have the best formula, but I LOVE the Lilypad, it's such a gorgeous colour.

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My previous mani was Femme Fatale Grape Minds Think Alike. Just gorgeous.

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Anitacska

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Got my Stackry package on Monday with all my recent EPs. They're all pretty nice, I especially like Rare Magic, Candied Opal and Pumpkin Spice. Spiderwebs is a let down, it seemed to have purple sheen/duochrome to it in the pictures, but all it has is some pink microglitter, like October 2013 (with blue), and I guess it probably won't show up on the nail just like the blue microglitter in October 2013 doesn't show up.

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I had some other pretties in there including Pahlish, Different Dimension, EdM, etc. Here's a group photo. :)

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Speaking of packages, it has emerged that MMB started destroying packages, so it looks very likely that they destroyed my Different Dimension package that was basically the last one to arrive and was the one that triggered the e-mail about them not shipping nail polish. :mad: To say I'm pissed off is an understatement!!! Luckily it only contained one LE polish (Lincoln Park Before Dark) and only 4 in total. As it happens, I contacted Missi about it and she is able to sell me one LPBD (it's not on the site anymore) and has offered to replace the other 3 as well, the 4 as a grab bag for $20! That is really generous of her! I also asked her if I could get a free shipping code because she sent me one with my Stackry order, but the code had expired as it took me a while to gather enough polish to make it worthwhile, and she gave me one. So I'm really happy about that, but will of course pursue MMB for a refund as they owe me $40. It's one thing not being able to ship, and another just throwing out people's property! It's an absolute disgrace! Anyway, rant over.

I have a couple of manis to show again, first one is EP November 2014 with Naild It Goose-bumps and stamped over with Color Alike Red Wine and Raindrop.

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My current mani is Accessorize Starlet (2011 untried) with Bear Pawlish Lisa Frank on the accents. The Accessorize is just amazing, almost a one coater, did 2 for good measures, but not really needed and such a gorgeous colour!

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Where is everyone? PQ, are you okay? Haven't seen you around for a while!
 

Anneri

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Anita, that is outrageous! Very nice of Missi to help you out, though. I would be so pissed about the whole thing! Very nice manis and haul, though!

I'm swamped with work, Mandarin lessons and Christmas/journey preparations. Of course my in-laws think that the whole trip to Germany revolves around them, clearly, no matter our wishes and plans. :action1::crazy::screams::banghead::canabis: Super annoyed right now, and I totally don't have the time to deal with that. Argh!
 

Anitacska

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Thank you! Yeah, they've done this to a load of people, I think it was an initial stupid panic on their part or I don't know. There was a girl who had $1500 worth of wax oils destroyed, they refused to compensate her for 6 weeks, but apparently has now been given her money back. I have no idea what they were thinking! Oh well, as long as I eventually get the rest of my stuff that does have a couple of very precious polishes, I'll be okay.

Oh the joys of in-laws! :mad: So happy I don't have to deal with mine anymore. They were at my ex's last weekend helping him with sorting his new house out (he's finally managed to buy his own place nearly a year after moving out of here) and I did see them fleetingly, but I don't have the obligation to be nice to them anymore. They are the most selfish and horrible people I know. Ugh.
 
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PearlyQueen

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Thank you!



Thank you!



Very pretty. I don't have this one.

My current mani is Emily de Molly Still Waters with Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe (2011 untried). The flakies don't show up very well in the EdM, but they're more visible irl. The holo is insane though.

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My previous mani was Glam Polish Scorpio, Loud As The Hell You Want and The Internet Is For Pourn with some homemade decals. I was pleased with this one, sadly didn't have much sun to bring out the bling!

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I'm once again left very indifferent about the EP monthlies, October is quite nice, but not enough to bother. Apparently the new collections are restocking very soon, there will be a newsletter about it. Knowing my luck it'll be Saturday as I'll be going to a Europe concert in London. Oh well, I'd still rather see Europe than buy EPs. ;)


Love our manis, the skittle is sooo colourful!
Hope you had fun with Europe!
 

PearlyQueen

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I know, we are crazy! I woke up at 1.50 am and bought the 4 Opals I missed out on, then went back to bed. But she could've saved me 35 minutes of refreshing last night. I got Opal Lagoon, Apple Cider and Prismatic Static into my cart straight away, but then couldn't get Opal Nectar in a cart drop. I checked out with the 3 and then gave up eventually. I don't understand why she plays these stupid games!

I was in the fun with this too - I was kicking myself because first time I missed the button to click for Opal Nectar, got the other four I wanted, none of the new ones, spent 45 minutes refreshing Opal Nectar till it sold out.
Was still up when the pre-order opened, hadn't planned to buy all the new ones, bought them anyway, had that 1am rush of blood to the clicking finger...
So 45 mins wasted, plus double consolidation fees, if only she'd just done a pre-order anyway. When I saw her post, I had a vision of her inbox bristling with upset emails...
 

PearlyQueen

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You're welcome, Anneri. Did you know that after all the drama, they continued selling their polish on their website and also at farmers' markets for quite some time? Of course they never offered any compensation to anyone. Really disgusting and the owner guy, Danny is an absolute fruitcake. Luckily the shop is now closed. God knows what's happened to them. They have a gazillion children, I think she was heavily pregnant with number 6 or something when the drama erupted, they live in a trailer and mixed their polish in their with all their children around. Ugh. I still have a few bottles, I think I've used one and it was fine, but I daren't use them again, you never know.

On another note, I had a great night in London last night at the 30th anniversary gig for The Final Countdown. I have been a fan of Europe for 30 years, TFC was the song that hooked me on them. They played the whole album and showed lots of their old pictures on the big screens, it was like being a teenager again. And yet, my very own teenager was standing next to me, lol.

Couple of recent manis, first one is Lilypad Flaming Hot with Alchemy Lacquer Ruby of Power on the accents. The big lump on my thumb is a massive flakie, the AL didn't have the best formula, but I LOVE the Lilypad, it's such a gorgeous colour.

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My previous mani was Femme Fatale Grape Minds Think Alike. Just gorgeous.

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Yay, sounds like you had fun!!!
Lovely manis, both equally pretty!
 

PearlyQueen

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Got my Stackry package on Monday with all my recent EPs. They're all pretty nice, I especially like Rare Magic, Candied Opal and Pumpkin Spice. Spiderwebs is a let down, it seemed to have purple sheen/duochrome to it in the pictures, but all it has is some pink microglitter, like October 2013 (with blue), and I guess it probably won't show up on the nail just like the blue microglitter in October 2013 doesn't show up.

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I had some other pretties in there including Pahlish, Different Dimension, EdM, etc. Here's a group photo. :)

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Speaking of packages, it has emerged that MMB started destroying packages, so it looks very likely that they destroyed my Different Dimension package that was basically the last one to arrive and was the one that triggered the e-mail about them not shipping nail polish. :mad: To say I'm pissed off is an understatement!!! Luckily it only contained one LE polish (Lincoln Park Before Dark) and only 4 in total. As it happens, I contacted Missi about it and she is able to sell me one LPBD (it's not on the site anymore) and has offered to replace the other 3 as well, the 4 as a grab bag for $20! That is really generous of her! I also asked her if I could get a free shipping code because she sent me one with my Stackry order, but the code had expired as it took me a while to gather enough polish to make it worthwhile, and she gave me one. So I'm really happy about that, but will of course pursue MMB for a refund as they owe me $40. It's one thing not being able to ship, and another just throwing out people's property! It's an absolute disgrace! Anyway, rant over.

I have a couple of manis to show again, first one is EP November 2014 with Naild It Goose-bumps and stamped over with Color Alike Red Wine and Raindrop.

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My current mani is Accessorize Starlet (2011 untried) with Bear Pawlish Lisa Frank on the accents. The Accessorize is just amazing, almost a one coater, did 2 for good measures, but not really needed and such a gorgeous colour!

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Where is everyone? PQ, are you okay? Haven't seen you around for a while!

Stunning order! Love that blue FF - is it the Beautometry one? I think I have most of those Pahlishes on the way. What a shame about Spiderwebs, mine is still in the US - I nearly didn't get it... but must buy all the EPs!!!! Hopefully I'll like it more than you do!
I can't believe MMB has pulled such a horrible stunt, I'm so glad I stuck with Stackry now, hope you get it all sorted out.
Nice that DD have helped out so much - I thought I read someone saying their CS wasn't that great, but glad I was wrong.
Love love love that EP based mani, sooo pretty and just my kind of colours.
And the Accessorize is really pretty too, I have a few of theirs but haven't worn any of them.
Sorry I've been MIA, usually would have updated on Sunday but was watching the Brazilian GP (my other great passion after nail polish!!!!) and with red flags it went on for hours, didn't have time to do anything else! Spent Monday trying to catch up with all the other stuff I should have done on Sunday. And had a painful fall yesterday running for the bus home, spent the evening licking my wounds (not literally...) My right hand is ripped to bits by gravel. Broke a nail too, sprained toe, ankle, pinkie, thumb, two big bruised lumps on my knees, And assorted pulls and strains - a new bit starts hurting every few minutes!!!
I haven't had time to do my mani pics yet, too busy feeling sorry for myself. Bizarrely, my not very nice mani survived the fall, even the broken nail the polish stayed whole, the tip just has no nail underneath it - weird!
Hopefully I'll get round to editing soon - I thought I'd do posting here instead tonight, wanted to check in with you.
 

Anitacska

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Love our manis, the skittle is sooo colourful!
Hope you had fun with Europe!

Thank you! Yes, it was good fun! :)

I was in the fun with this too - I was kicking myself because first time I missed the button to click for Opal Nectar, got the other four I wanted, none of the new ones, spent 45 minutes refreshing Opal Nectar till it sold out.
Was still up when the pre-order opened, hadn't planned to buy all the new ones, bought them anyway, had that 1am rush of blood to the clicking finger...
So 45 mins wasted, plus double consolidation fees, if only she'd just done a pre-order anyway. When I saw her post, I had a vision of her inbox bristling with upset emails...

Well, yes, judging by the comments on her IG, she did piss off a lot of people! I also wasn't going to get the new ones, but yeah, it was a pre-order in the middle of the night, of course I did, lol. Candied Opal is very pretty, so hopefully all the Opals are similarly nice, and Pumpkin Spice is gorgeous too.

Yay, sounds like you had fun!!!
Lovely manis, both equally pretty!

Thank you!

Stunning order! Love that blue FF - is it the Beautometry one? I think I have most of those Pahlishes on the way. What a shame about Spiderwebs, mine is still in the US - I nearly didn't get it... but must buy all the EPs!!!! Hopefully I'll like it more than you do!
I can't believe MMB has pulled such a horrible stunt, I'm so glad I stuck with Stackry now, hope you get it all sorted out.
Nice that DD have helped out so much - I thought I read someone saying their CS wasn't that great, but glad I was wrong.
Love love love that EP based mani, sooo pretty and just my kind of colours.
And the Accessorize is really pretty too, I have a few of theirs but haven't worn any of them.
Sorry I've been MIA, usually would have updated on Sunday but was watching the Brazilian GP (my other great passion after nail polish!!!!) and with red flags it went on for hours, didn't have time to do anything else! Spent Monday trying to catch up with all the other stuff I should have done on Sunday. And had a painful fall yesterday running for the bus home, spent the evening licking my wounds (not literally...) My right hand is ripped to bits by gravel. Broke a nail too, sprained toe, ankle, pinkie, thumb, two big bruised lumps on my knees, And assorted pulls and strains - a new bit starts hurting every few minutes!!!
I haven't had time to do my mani pics yet, too busy feeling sorry for myself. Bizarrely, my not very nice mani survived the fall, even the broken nail the polish stayed whole, the tip just has no nail underneath it - weird!
Hopefully I'll get round to editing soon - I thought I'd do posting here instead tonight, wanted to check in with you.

Thanks. Yes, that's the Beautometry one (well all 3 are). I also want to get the pink to purple thermal once they have it in stock.

I never really noticed Pahlish, but these recent collections have been really nice, especially her purples.

It was me that said that DD didn't have a very good CS, I struggled to get my money back from her when one of her polishes faded, I know MRV did too. But then when there was another fader, she was very good about it, and this time she's more than made up for it. Plus she does make gorgeous polishes! The oranges in my picture are from the grab bag I bought, not colours I would've gone for myself, but they are all really really nice. The last grab bag was equally good too, and for $5 per polish, a really good deal.

MMB have now said that they will refund me for the DD package, so that's good. I have also asked them to confirm that my other packages are and will continue to be safe and that they won't be charging any storage fees if they go over the 90 day free storage. Fingers crossed. I'd hate to lose the gorgeous Ever After flakie polish and my Illyrians.

Thanks. I'm really glad I stuck with going through my 2011 polishes because I did come across a good few that I never thought I'd love so much. I still have 15 of them to go, I've been using one a week and haven't managed to get through all of them yet, but I will.

Oh no, sorry to hear about your fall! :( Sounds very painful. I've burnt myself twice this week already, don't know what's with me. My ex-husband is a big F1 (and overall car) fan, and I'm so happy I've not had to watch any car programmes for a year now! Incidentally it's a year ago tomorrow that he moved out! Time flies when you're having fun, hahaha.
 

Anitacska

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Speaking of customer service, I forgot to say that one of my Darling Diva polishes came seriously underfilled from C4N. It looks like it has 3-4 manis worth missing from it. Contacted Darling Diva, she refunded me immediately. Very pleased.
 

PearlyQueen

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Thank you! Yes, it was good fun! :)



Well, yes, judging by the comments on her IG, she did piss off a lot of people! I also wasn't going to get the new ones, but yeah, it was a pre-order in the middle of the night, of course I did, lol. Candied Opal is very pretty, so hopefully all the Opals are similarly nice, and Pumpkin Spice is gorgeous too.



Thank you!



Thanks. Yes, that's the Beautometry one (well all 3 are). I also want to get the pink to purple thermal once they have it in stock.

I never really noticed Pahlish, but these recent collections have been really nice, especially her purples.

It was me that said that DD didn't have a very good CS, I struggled to get my money back from her when one of her polishes faded, I know MRV did too. But then when there was another fader, she was very good about it, and this time she's more than made up for it. Plus she does make gorgeous polishes! The oranges in my picture are from the grab bag I bought, not colours I would've gone for myself, but they are all really really nice. The last grab bag was equally good too, and for $5 per polish, a really good deal.

MMB have now said that they will refund me for the DD package, so that's good. I have also asked them to confirm that my other packages are and will continue to be safe and that they won't be charging any storage fees if they go over the 90 day free storage. Fingers crossed. I'd hate to lose the gorgeous Ever After flakie polish and my Illyrians.

Thanks. I'm really glad I stuck with going through my 2011 polishes because I did come across a good few that I never thought I'd love so much. I still have 15 of them to go, I've been using one a week and haven't managed to get through all of them yet, but I will.

Oh no, sorry to hear about your fall! :( Sounds very painful. I've burnt myself twice this week already, don't know what's with me. My ex-husband is a big F1 (and overall car) fan, and I'm so happy I've not had to watch any car programmes for a year now! Incidentally it's a year ago tomorrow that he moved out! Time flies when you're having fun, hahaha.


Thanks, I was planning to get the blue and purple Beautometry ones, I'm hoping for a Black Friday discount which is why I've held off (and trust me, that's not the only brand I'm keeping a watch on!!!) Speaking of which... have you seen Pahlish's BF listings??? She's put them up early so we can all plan for it, and they're preorders - and she's also offering free international shipping on orders over $75, there are loads of old favourites and new polishes too, and discounts on everything - and free polishes.... I will of course be buying loads! I already have loads too, which means I've missed out on discounts with them, but although I thought this might happen, I'd have missed some that aren't listed if I'd held off! I do love my Pahlishes!
I thought it was you who said DD were a bit pants over a fader, but I wasn't sure, and you've bought so many more since then I suspected I'd got that wrong. Glad to hear of a reformed attitude! I do hope MMB get themselves sorted out for you, it sounds even more stressful than when Stackry started this palaver.
I'm planning to start using some of my older polishes as well now - I've been testing out brands/types/colours and I've come to the end of my "list", so there will be some more "vintage" colours coming in my posts going forward! I feel I shouldn't neglect them just because of newer shinies!!! It's been nice to see yours getting an outing, I think mine are even older though.
Sorry to hear about your burns. I swear I've had more physical injuries over the last couple of years than in my whole life till now - I don't know if it's an age thing or what, but I'm seriously fed up. It's over a year since I was able to wear my heels, and this is another delay. Mind you, since I can do so much damage in flats, not sure I should risk the towering stilettos.... They were my last obsession before the nail polish kicked off, I have loads of expensive high heels, and I do love them, but I'm slightly afraid of them now.
Can't believe it's a year since your hubby moved out, time really flies. I've had this boring job for over a year now too, unbelievable.
 

PearlyQueen

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Speaking of customer service, I forgot to say that one of my Darling Diva polishes came seriously underfilled from C4N. It looks like it has 3-4 manis worth missing from it. Contacted Darling Diva, she refunded me immediately. Very pleased.

DD are fantastic to deal with, they are brilliant at CS (so are Pahlish) - it's amazing how much difference that makes when there's an issue (or even if you've made an error yourself!). Shame you had the problem - but I guess you ended up with most of the bottle for free, can't really knock that! Free is my favourite price...
 

Anitacska

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Thanks, I was planning to get the blue and purple Beautometry ones, I'm hoping for a Black Friday discount which is why I've held off (and trust me, that's not the only brand I'm keeping a watch on!!!) Speaking of which... have you seen Pahlish's BF listings??? She's put them up early so we can all plan for it, and they're preorders - and she's also offering free international shipping on orders over $75, there are loads of old favourites and new polishes too, and discounts on everything - and free polishes.... I will of course be buying loads! I already have loads too, which means I've missed out on discounts with them, but although I thought this might happen, I'd have missed some that aren't listed if I'd held off! I do love my Pahlishes!
I thought it was you who said DD were a bit pants over a fader, but I wasn't sure, and you've bought so many more since then I suspected I'd got that wrong. Glad to hear of a reformed attitude! I do hope MMB get themselves sorted out for you, it sounds even more stressful than when Stackry started this palaver.
I'm planning to start using some of my older polishes as well now - I've been testing out brands/types/colours and I've come to the end of my "list", so there will be some more "vintage" colours coming in my posts going forward! I feel I shouldn't neglect them just because of newer shinies!!! It's been nice to see yours getting an outing, I think mine are even older though.
Sorry to hear about your burns. I swear I've had more physical injuries over the last couple of years than in my whole life till now - I don't know if it's an age thing or what, but I'm seriously fed up. It's over a year since I was able to wear my heels, and this is another delay. Mind you, since I can do so much damage in flats, not sure I should risk the towering stilettos.... They were my last obsession before the nail polish kicked off, I have loads of expensive high heels, and I do love them, but I'm slightly afraid of them now.
Can't believe it's a year since your hubby moved out, time really flies. I've had this boring job for over a year now too, unbelievable.

I also have a long list for Black Friday, there are loads of Glams I want to get, some Cupcakes, Illyrian's (she's also restocking Mad World which is one of my LE polishes at MMB and I'm repurchasing it just in case!) and there is a new gorgeous Femme Fatale release that I must buy (although she doesn't do BF sales). I did look at the Pahlishes and luckily there's nothing I really must have, so that's good. After this month I will seriously need to consider going on a no-buy for December to let my bank account recover and have some money left for Christmas. Hopefully there won't be any EP releases anytime soon as I really shouldn't buy them, but of course I would if they were released.

MMB refunded me the $40 for my Different Dimension package last night, so at least that's good. They have promised to make sure that my other packages are safe and that there won't be any storage charges, so hopefully they keep their word. The upside is, I got the 4 polishes half price in the end, lol.

I think it's good to give some love to the older polishes. If I were only using my new ones, I'd never get around to using older ones, I buy them at 5x the rate of actually being able to use them as it is! I'm also trying to use the brands I have most of and the brands I have used the least of, or in some cases both. Eg. I have over 300 Glams and I've only used 30 of them! Anyway, looking forward to seeing your vintage manis!

Sorry to hear you can't wear your heels anymore. :( I was never into high heels or shoes in general, although I am rather partial to some pretty Skechers trainers. I usually just wear jeans and trainers now since I haven't had a job for 15 years, I was actually thinking I don't even know what I would wear if I finally found a job! Eeek! I have had some other obsessions of course, scarves and make up in particular, although I've been too lazy to bother with wearing much make up lately, other than mascara, eyeliner and tinted lipbalm.

Beautiful! I adore that EdM, I don't have it.

Thank you! It is really pretty!

DD are fantastic to deal with, they are brilliant at CS (so are Pahlish) - it's amazing how much difference that makes when there's an issue (or even if you've made an error yourself!). Shame you had the problem - but I guess you ended up with most of the bottle for free, can't really knock that! Free is my favourite price...

Exactly! The bottle has way more in it than I'll ever use and it was free, so I'm not complaining, lol.
 
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