Anitacska
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I don't buy Mac on eBay anymore. The seller I buy Chane Glaze and Color Club polishes from is this one: http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/beautyzone2007/&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2754 They also sell OPI and Orly I think.
UK Release Dates Discussion - All Brands Welcome!
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Anitacska
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Yes, the threshold is now £15. 
Unless it's a gift, but you have to be careful with that as if the seller puts their eBay ID instead their name, it doesn't matter if it's marked as gift. I got charged on a Cle De Peau powder at $50 value even though it was marked as gift.
Unless it's a gift, but you have to be careful with that as if the seller puts their eBay ID instead their name, it doesn't matter if it's marked as gift. I got charged on a Cle De Peau powder at $50 value even though it was marked as gift. i received a parcel last week from Hong Kong and i got charged customs!!
PeachTwist
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Awesome - thank you.
RE: Customs being £15 now - that eBay seller, what are customs charges like when ordering from them?
Anitacska
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I don't pay customs, she always marks them with a very low value like $10.
But you have to ask nicely. 
Alisha1
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Hope you guys get your orders tomorrow! I purchased the new Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Gelee powder for £3 as I had £25 in points!
Also have some summer collection release dates:
Guerlain - 22nd May
Chanel - 25th May
I never got the chance to ask at the Dior counter but my guess is the same week as the Chanel release but I will try to confirm
Also have some summer collection release dates:
Guerlain - 22nd May
Chanel - 25th May
I never got the chance to ask at the Dior counter but my guess is the same week as the Chanel release but I will try to confirm
PeachTwist
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Thank you. Greatly appreciated.I don't pay customs, she always marks them with a very low value like $10.But you have to ask nicely.
well my goodies arrived today. reel sexy lipstick is lovely and bright and my sailor stuff looks ok but not swatted any of it yet! we actually had a laugh with the tattoos today at work. if you're on my Facebook you'll have seen already! we decided to put them on which made me laugh no end that Ben had a tattoo that said 'hello sailor'! plus a customer actually commented on steve's tattoo (he had the lady one) and said it was cool that his tat said mac and he was selling mac computers! lol!!
Alisha1
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Aw lol yeah the tattoos are super cute though I wouldn't wear them so don't really know what to do with them :/ lol
stick them on your staff!
lol! i guess it shows my guys would do anything for me! ha ha! nah we actually did it because another staff member has a nautical themed tattoo on his arm so we all thought we'd be like him for the day. 
nazia
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Damn, are you sure about the Guerlain? BritishBeautyBlogger said June!Hope you guys get your orders tomorrow! I purchased the new Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Gelee powder for £3 as I had £25 in points!
Also have some summer collection release dates:
Guerlain - 22nd May
Chanel - 25th May
I never got the chance to ask at the Dior counter but my guess is the same week as the Chanel release but I will try to confirm
I called and asked about Dior and 2 different stores said the 14th, although they are booking makeover now.
nazia
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Haha I'd have loved to have seen that!
PeachTwist
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Lou that's awesome. Glad you and your staff are so friendly and get along so well, it's such an important thing.
Anitacska
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Yes, I've heard end of May for Guerlain too.
Forgot to say, Corinne has offered to CP GAT l/g for me and it only comes to £14 with shipping, Paypal fees, etc., so I'm happy!Hope you guys get your orders tomorrow! I purchased the new Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Gelee powder for £3 as I had £25 in points!
Also have some summer collection release dates:
Guerlain - 22nd May
Chanel - 25th May
I never got the chance to ask at the Dior counter but my guess is the same week as the Chanel release but I will try to confirm
Alisha1
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Girl About Town Gloss looks great! If we got those shades I would so get that, Ravishing and Peachstock!Yes, I've heard end of May for Guerlain too.
Thank you! Anyone knows about the Clarins one? I want the eyeshadow palette and want to check out the jelly looking lipsticks.
Forgot to say, Corinne has offered to CP GAT l/g for me and it only comes to £14 with shipping, Paypal fees, etc., so I'm happy!
rockin
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I actually went for a walk today. I took it slow and steady, though. I went to vote in the local elections, taking my son to vote for the first time, then continued on to town, where I went to HoF to collect the eyeshadows I ordered the week before I went into hospital. I got Warm Thunder and Modern Pewter, and I love them both. Warm Thunder is indeed virtually indistinguishable from Estee Lauder Cyber Silver, although my daughter reckons WT has a slightly purple tone to it and CS has a slightly brown tone to it. The MAC one is definitely better value, with so much more for your money. Oh, and they gave me a free sample of Miss Dior Eau Fraiche EDT, too.
Whilst there, I had a look at the Estee Lauder Illuminating Powder Gelee and I love it - less orange than the last one, and so soft and easy to blend. I also liked the eyeshadow palette that goes with it, so I think this might be what I spend my HoF reward vouchers on when I get them.
I spent some Boots points on the way back, as they now have the silver Maybelline Color Tattoo in, and I wanted it to complete the set lol.
Whilst there, I had a look at the Estee Lauder Illuminating Powder Gelee and I love it - less orange than the last one, and so soft and easy to blend. I also liked the eyeshadow palette that goes with it, so I think this might be what I spend my HoF reward vouchers on when I get them.
I spent some Boots points on the way back, as they now have the silver Maybelline Color Tattoo in, and I wanted it to complete the set lol.
Anitacska
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Glad to hear you're feeling better. A little shopping always makes things look better, eh? I didn't get Warm Thunder exactly because I have the EL silver shadow, but hey, at least you have a backup?
I've bought both the EL gelee powder and the e/s palette, the powder is really wearable and I'm gonna try out the e/s tomorrow, but I swatched them yesterday and they're like butter. So lovely.
I'm going swatching tomorrow to HoF myself.
I've bought both the EL gelee powder and the e/s palette, the powder is really wearable and I'm gonna try out the e/s tomorrow, but I swatched them yesterday and they're like butter. So lovely.
I'm going swatching tomorrow to HoF myself.
PeachTwist
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Have any of you ladies pressed pigments? If so, is surgicial spirit what is needed? I've only seen the US tutorials on how to do it and they all use rubbing alcohol but I'm not sure what it's called over here. In Canada we called it rubbing alcohol too.
rockin
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Yep, reckon I'm alright for silver eyeshadow for some time lol. I hadn't originally intended to get Warm Thunder, but curiosity got the better of me.Glad to hear you're feeling better. A little shopping always makes things look better, eh? I didn't get Warm Thunder exactly because I have the EL silver shadow, but hey, at least you have a backup?
I've bought both the EL gelee powder and the e/s palette, the powder is really wearable and I'm gonna try out the e/s tomorrow, but I swatched them yesterday and they're like butter. So lovely.
I'm going swatching tomorrow to HoF myself.
It was good to get out in the fresh air, even if it was drizzling some of the time. My daughter met us in town after school, and we went for a meal in the chippy - it saved me cooking tea tonight and also gave me a sit down to recover before heading home. I actually wasn't beetroot faced and struggling for breath when I got home - don't know if it was because I wasn't doing my usual fast walk, or if it had anything to do with the warfarin. My Dad actually wrote in an email to my sister that I am on 'wolverine' (he was thinking of my nephew's love of the Wolverine character from X Men, and wrote the wrong thing) and my sister replied that she hoped I didn't start having blades shoot out of the back of my hands lol.
rockin
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I asked in all the chemists near me, and none of them had heard of rubbing alcohol! In the end I bought some on ebay. It is 70% Isopropyl Alcohol, and to me doesn't smell like the surgical spirit I've come across before. Some computer part shops sell 70% Isopropyl Alcohol, too - apparently it's great for cleaning monitor screens and electrical contacts etc.
I've not pressed any pigments, but I have repaired a couple of eyeshadows, and it worked
Anitacska
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I'm trying to remember where I got mine from, it might have been Wilkinson or Superdrug? I know I asked and was told you couldn't get it, but I did in the end.
