The Chatwalk - Off Topic Thread

Toast4532 · 18-12-2013 07:16PM

Very annoyed with ASOS lately.

The past few times I have ordered from them they have either sent the wrong item, or a damaged item.

Received a bag from them today and the detail on the outside it damaged.

Last time I ordered a blazer and ordered cream, they sent me it in a lemon colour.

Time before that I ordered a necklace, took it out of the plastic bag and it was in bits, literally.

Getting very fed up of constantly having to email them and then post things back and then wait for them to refund me the postage costs due to them sending wrong or damaged items.

Stench Blossoms · 25-12-2013 05:00PM

Anyone know where this dress is from? Or where I'd get something similar?

Toast4532 · 25-12-2013 06:43PM

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

http://cdn3.independent.ie/incoming/article29864218.ece/ALTERNATES/h342/HN++DSC+9365a.jpg

Anyone know where this dress is from? Or where I'd get something similar?

I have seen dresses very similar to that on ASOS. I can't recall if they are exactly the same though, but maybe worth a look? They came in different colours too.

Stench Blossoms · 25-12-2013 07:38PM

Thanks Toast. I thought i might get something on ASOS but didn't see anything.

Edit: Found this but way out of my price range http://www.asos.com/Tempest/Tempest-Dolly-Pencil-Dress-With-Lace-Sleeve-And-Beaded-Collar/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=3313961&cid=13720&sh=0&pge=1&pgesize=204&sort=-1&clr=Navy

Dolbert · 04-01-2014 04:23PM

Surprised to see Beaut.ie go, I thought it had plenty of life in it yet! Though I admit I've been reading it less than I used to...

Goodbye from Beaut.ie

04-01-2014 06:35PM

Dolbert wrote: »

Surprised to see Beaut.ie go, I thought it had plenty of life in it yet! Though I admit I've been reading it less than I used to...

Goodbye from Beaut.ie

Woah, that's mad. Was it just announced out of the blue or had it been on the horizon for a while? I used to love it when Kirstie was a writer on it - loved her humour! I actually tune in regularly to her new site frillseeker.ie.

Tbh, I had seen this coming for beaut.ie for several reasons
1) It was a great site back in Irelands' hey-day when they did reviews on high end lines such as Tom Ford, Shu Uemura, Creme de la mer ad the like. Don't think many would be going out of their way to purchase such products now let alone read about them (this might be a generalization on my part though, so I stand corrected).

2) The quality of their writing wasn't the best of late (sorry to be blunt

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3) I actually think they ran out of things to talk about. Thy tried extending beyond beauty reviews, which was good...... but I suppose there were so many 'topical' subjects that fitted their remit.

Hopefully the likes of her.ie won't be the new forerunner - not massive fan of that site.

bnagrrl · 04-01-2014 08:11PM

Dolbert wrote: »

Surprised to see Beaut.ie go, I thought it had plenty of life in it yet! Though I admit I've been reading it less than I used to...

Goodbye from Beaut.ie

I'm not surprised to see it go tbh. I stopped regularly reading it 2/3 years ago. Got fed up of the hokey Oirish style of writing and while I liked the high end product reviews it would have been nice if they had more affordable products more often.

The comments section was like a clique and remember reading some under a new make up post, some posters disagreed with Kirstie and she gave out to them! :rolleyes:

I admit I did look at it a few months ago and thought the non beauty posts were a bit meh and didn't sit well with the general vibe of the site. I do miss Lynda Moorhead though, her nail posts were fab and unfortunately she doesn't update her own blog that often.

Anyway it definitely wasn't a site for me.

04-01-2014 10:02PM

bnagrrl wrote: »

The comments section was like a clique and remember reading some under a new make up post, some posters disagreed with Kirstie and she gave out to them! :rolleyes:

+1 on this point bnagrrl. It was indeed awfully cliquey at times, esp the blather section. The site did have a fair bit of controversy in the past (one spat developed over a competition if I recall). I also witnessed incidences where regular posters 'ganged up' on other posters when their opinion didn't fit with the majority. That side of things used to make me feel uneasy - another reason that I gave up on the site sooner rather than later.

Pang · 04-01-2014 10:31PM

There were too many articles on faux feminism and celebrities and crap basically. When I go on a beauty blog, that's what I want to read about, beauty. They were writing less and less on beauty products and I didn't like the style of writing either.

jadie · 06-01-2014 01:35PM

I think they had their day. The actual beauty articles on a weekly basis were very low. The skincare articles by one writer -and all her advice was directly copied from Caroline Hiron's blog I thought. The blather was so cliquey and people seem to give out a lot of personal information on it-I see now they have carried it over to some other individuals blog.

Sittingpretty · 09-01-2014 02:53PM

So beaut.ie is back.

How odd. Gone forever and 4 days later it's back.

Never been the same since Kirstie left I felt.

They must've had a whopper of a fall out.

09-01-2014 05:06PM

Sittingpretty wrote: »

So beaut.ie is back.

How odd. Gone forever and 4 days later it's back.

Never been the same since Kirstie left I felt.

They must've had a whopper of a fall out.

Do you reckon they fell out? It does seem that they're in compettion now alright..... Also, wtf, they're back now :rolleyes:

Sittingpretty · 09-01-2014 05:33PM

SmallTeapot wrote: »

Do you reckon they fell out? It does seem that they're in compettion now alright..... Also, wtf, they're back now :rolleyes:

The reason I think they may have had a fall out is Kirstie leaving and setting up her own beauty blog in direction competition.

Also there is never any cross promotion from them on twitter or fb.

I could be totally wrong though.

And yeah, it's back, blather and all.

09-01-2014 06:01PM

Sittingpretty wrote: »

The reason I think they may have had a fall out is Kirstie leaving and setting up her own beauty blog in direction competition.

Also there is never any cross promotion from them on twitter or fb.

I could be totally wrong though.

And yeah, it's back, blather and all.

They also don't follow each other on twitter. Dun Dun Dunnnnnn.......

ams · 13-01-2014 04:56PM

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Anyone know where this dress is from? Or where I'd get something similar?

Juniper Boutique (based in Clare) are selling this exact dress via Facebook for 100e I think at the moment in sz 8 or 10. Don't know the brand or anything.

ams · 15-01-2014 12:10PM

Did I see a certain Boardsies blog being featured on image.ie ? :-)

http://image.ie/People/Fave-Blogs/The-Last-Vagabond/

OldGoat · 16-01-2014 10:04AM

One for the vintage fashionistas, a lovely film running through the major fashions of the last 100 years in 100 seconds.
Quite amused by the first few decades only having one fashion represented but by the time we get to the sixties we see two, three or more styles per decade. Our fashion attention span is growing shorter and shorter.

http://www.wimp.com/yearsstyle/

honerbright · 16-01-2014 05:36PM

I found a photo from 4 years ago where I had a fringe and it looked so good. I have to keep reminding myself that I can't maintain a fringe and it looks terrible when it starts to grow but I want it back so bad

boomkatalog · 16-01-2014 08:20PM

Same as that, I love a long fringe but its only a week before it's in my eyes. Growing mine out again.

suitcasepink · 24-01-2014 12:01AM

You know student codes for Asos, can they be used on beauty or sale items or is it just full priced clothes?

Toast4532 · 24-01-2014 12:38AM

deise_girl wrote: »

You know student codes for Asos, can they be used on beauty or sale items or is it just full priced clothes?

As far as I am aware they can be used on all items, beauty, sale and full priced.

Michellenman · 24-01-2014 12:41AM

Never had a problem with full priced, whether clothing or make up but 99% sure it doesn't come off sale items. Unless they've changed bathe policy in the last few weeks. Been a month or so since I've ordered.

suitcasepink · 24-01-2014 12:54AM

Ahh ok thanks! Just wanted to make sure what the actual price id be paying would be before I got my hopes up!

ams · 24-01-2014 11:58AM

Being a past student of DCU I was able to sign up for Unidays by imputting my old DCU email address - 20% off Asos at the mo.

Links234 · 25-01-2014 09:53PM

Anyone seen in Penny's they've got kinda fake leather jeans, almost thinking of getting them, they don't look half bad at all

Femme_Fatale · 30-01-2014 12:36AM

I'm not hugely bothered usually about what fellas wear, but by god the shtyle on the lads in the new Guinness ad - it's brilliant!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-3sVWOxuXc

Ilyana 2.0 · 30-01-2014 08:12AM

^^
I think they look fantastically dapper. Love the ad too

Toto Wolfcastle · 30-01-2014 11:19AM

I really love that ad. Makes me smile every time it see it.

Kintarō Hattori · 30-01-2014 06:17PM

carvela-kurt-geiger-white-sabrina-product-2-5838381-791512108_large_flex.jpeg

http://www.shoeaholics.com/sabrina-white-leather-35-carvela-kurt-geiger-ladies-shoe.html

Kurt Geiger Carvela Sabrina. There is much want in these- I must try and track them down. It's a brand I continually forget to pay attention too and which I must look at more often- they do some seriously sexy boots.

Toast4532 · 30-01-2014 08:29PM

Anyone think this is suitable for a wedding?

http://www.topshop.com/en/tsuk/product/clothing-427/dresses-442/contrast-lace-dress-by-wal-g-2560721?bi=201&ps=200

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