IMBB Announcements!

communiqueHi all, there are loads of big and small things that we wanted to communicate to our readers/ writers for quite some time. I thought today was an opportune moment to compile all of these into one post. Some of these are announcements that we would like to make, some are requests, and some are ‘suggestions’ backed with cat o’ nine tails. No guns though. We are very friendly people.

I think most of these things are happening because we have too much traffic at IMBB, and though a good thing it is, it’s still a huge problem to handle. I remember that Rati made a post about 100000 comments back in February. Six months later, we have already crossed the 200000 comments milestone. Just an indication of the rate at which we are growing. Not only that, our writers are also increasing at a phenomenal pace. Again, it’s a good thing but the number of posts, emails, requests and suggestions become difficult to handle at times. And all this time our server- we have a dedicated server- has been creaking under the load. Hmm, do I sound grumpy? Heck no. I am happy! This is what we worked hard for, right? ๐Ÿ™‚

Enough bragging. Let me get back to the ‘communique de IMBB.’ ๐Ÿ˜› Here are some points I would like to mention:

Plugins

I am starting with the bad news first. We are deactivating a lot of plugins to take some load off the server. Although you won’t see many changes as many of the plugins were working in the background, there two changes that you’d notice- we are switching the commentluv off and reducing the number of smilies. Sorry for this. Friends who have been using commentluv can put in their blog url in the comment form instead, and if someone clicks on their name, he/ she would be directed to their blog. The good part is that the visitor would now be directed to the main page instead of a single post. Also, please do not leave your blog links in comments. As for smilies, we shall try to remove the ones which are used the least.

Tuesday Bazaar

We are officially closing Tuesday Bazaar as of now. We really loved this feature and wanted to promote it whole-heartedly but it soon became strenuous and time-consuming work for us to resize all the pictures, put the price/ details on all of them, and then write the posts. Our current team is already laden with work and it’s not possible to continue with Tuesday Bazaar anymore.

Writers

Here are a couple of things I would like to mention to our present and future writers. Frankly speaking, all our writers are very nice and cooperative. And I would really like to thank them for their support. Two three small changes that I would like to mention are-

  • Please do NOT send your posts/ articles to rati [at] makeupandbeauty [dot] com. Please send them to mirrorobsession [at] gmail [dot] com. The former email id is teeming with emails and many emails get ignored.
  • Please email to ask about an unposted article of yours only if it has been more than a week since you last sent it. If more than three article of yours have been lying unposted for a long time, attach all of them in a single email and send it to us.
  • We want writers for our Emirati Makeup and Beauty Blog. Anyone living in Dubai or Gulf countries is more than welcome to contact us at emiratimakeup [at] gmail [dot] com.

Ratings

Unfortunately, it is not possible to maintain several reviews on the same product. Many of the reviews written here are personal experiences of the authors. While the reviews may be good, we would like you to share your experiences and use the rating boxes below the reviews if you have used those particular products before. Please do not ignore the rating box. If you have used the products before, it is your responsibility to vote. Err… no. Don’t rate this post please.
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Umm… I forgot many other things I wanted to write. Will add later in this post if I remember. ๐Ÿ™‚

Live long and prosper. Whatever.

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106 thoughts on “IMBB Announcements!

  1. jes sir!!! ๐Ÿ˜› btw can see IMBB readers some whooping 7200 plus…. Rati u guys need one more holiday when it crosses 10k

  2. Thanks guys..glad the Tuesday Bazaar is off..too much shopping lately. :tongue: .but on a more serious note, appreciate the updates. also thanks to the Bazaar, we have made some wonderful contacts..Nupur, Deepika etc..can always touch base with them offine..

  3. :headbang:
    ok now only mirrorobsession email…
    noted !
    :balle:
    m sad about the tuesday bazaar but def it must hv been strenuous for u
    and i try using the rating box!
    ITS A LOT OF FUN :))

  4. Yes Sir!! All points noted! :phoolan:
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Here’s to many more milestones!! :cheers: :pompom: :happydance:

  5. and also initially i never noticed the reader count :stars:
    but one day i did and i was like :hypnotized:
    and then i started following it and then whoa….i was waiting for it to cross 7000 and then just i belive in two more days it did!
    this is very recent…. :makeup:
    now i always check the count
    i love this blog more than my own blog(if i had one)
    i consider it my own :))

    1. Thanks Neha ๐Ÿ™‚ It IS your own blog. It is everyone’s blog. Rati and I never forget something Michael Arrington, owner of TechCrunch wrote once-

      The best comment I ever saw on TechCrunch was years ago in response to when I quipped something like โ€œThis is my blog and Iโ€™ll write what I wantโ€ in response to a troll. The response was โ€œNo Mike, This is OUR blog. You just work here.โ€

    2. Neha this is definitely your blog as well. ๐Ÿ™‚ You are as much a part of iMBB as I am. you know Navpreet told me that it was after many days of reading IMBB she realized that I own this blog. That was a huge compliment. So many of us together make this one blog. I wouldn’t have been able to do this alone ever. ๐Ÿ™‚

  6. seriously rati i am telling you this blog has like changed my life……..i feel its like my companion :cheers: ……..i cant personally thank you enough for staring this blog :teddy: :teddy: :teddy: you will not believe it but i browse through this blo9g atleast 70 times a a day if there are new posts i keep reading old posts…. ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ there were days wen i went out of station and coudnt acces net there i used to walk for 3 kms in kerala to to visit the cafe and read IMBB ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ Ok i am getting emotional…if IMBB stops i will die pakka :ghost2: :ghost2: love youuuuuuuuuuuuu :love: :love: :makeup: :preen:

    1. oh really :stars: :stars: ..that is something!!! :pompom: :pompom: but ya IMBB is really wonderful. No doubt about it..

  7. Good Going :waytogo:

    I wish Good Luck to everyone and thanks to RATi 7 Sanjeev.. :thanks: :thanks:
    I wish one day this blog would become the first reference point for every make up & beauty purchase for every women in this country…

    It should become the star of this niche :waytogo: :waytogo:

  8. Congos guys :pompom: :pompom: :pompom: :pompom: :pompom:

    And I definitely agree with FG,you should take us all on a holiday :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

  9. great great going sanjeev sir & rati madam…. :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: ….all the points noted….but the smileys….. :(( :(( :((

  10. :thanks: :thanks: :thanks: for the notifications-but saaad Tuesday Bazar is closed :waaa: :waaa: :waaa: It used to be real fun watching – and I was thinking myself of putting up some stuff of mine on sale here :waaa: :waaa: :waaa: :waaa:

  11. Yes its sad Tuesday Bazaar is off :(( :(( … But I can never thank Rati and Sanjeev enuf for giving me this platform :)) :)) …. Rati :puchhi: :puchhi: Called you endlessly on your b’day didn’t know you were in Bangkok :(( :(( Belated Happy Birthday :cheers: :cheers:

  12. Rati and Sanjeev thank you for this wonderful and informative blog :thanks: :thanks: :clap: :clap: ,all points are noted.

  13. This is wonderful………..I am so happy about even the servers being exhausted :stars: :stars: :stars: :stars: :stars: :stars: :stars: …the only sad-o-sad thing is about some smilies getting remove.d….Please don’t remove these ones….personal request Sanjeevji and Rati….. ๐Ÿ˜ :yuck: :yikes: :yahoo: :woot: :(( ๐Ÿ˜ฅ :cheers: :chewnails :announce: :bash: :balle: :blush: :daayan: :dance: :drool: :duel: :dumb: ๐Ÿ˜ฎ :ghost2: :ghost: :giggle: :green: :inlove: :idk: :hypnotized: :hunterwali: :huh: :hugleft: :hughright: :hihi: :highfive: :high5: :headbang: :heart: :happydance: :handshake: :haanji: :jaiho: :jalwa: :jiggy1: :jog: :joker: :kissed: :pan: :nonono: :nono: :nerd: :silly: :smug: :shame: :scream: :pompom: :pray: :preen: :shy: :shout: :shutmouth: :toothygrin: :tremble: :thumbsup: :thanks: :teeth :teddy: :struggle: :stars: :star: :specs: :spank: :smug: :smirk: :silly: :sidefrown: :sick: :vampire: :victory2: :waaa: :waiting: :waytogo: :whistle: ๐Ÿ˜‰ :woot: :worship: :yahoo: :yawn: :yes: :yikes: :yuck:

  14. my fav one are O:) ?:) :yuck: :yikes: :yahoo: :woot: :waaa: :waiting: :toothygrin: :thanks: :stars: :puchhi: :smug: :shying: :shocked: :scream: :nono: :pan: :nonono: :preen: :nababana: :mirror: :methinks: :manicure: :makeup: :love: ๐Ÿ˜† :lol2: :haanji: :happydance: :headbang: :huh: :hunterwali: :duel: :drool: :bash: ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ™ :(( ๐Ÿ™‚ :)) ๐Ÿ˜ฅ :clap: :chewnails :cheers:
    specially :duel: :spank: :hunterwali: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

          1. haye haye…. dono hai… par main school me nai rahi na… and school friends juda ho gae hai… school life have always a special corner….

              1. dnt know y but whenever i see that serial ‘sarabhai vs sarabhai’ on starone, in that whenever i see dushyant, i remember u ๐Ÿ˜€

    1. Aashima, milestones to isse bhi bade cross ho chuke hain…par kya karein, jab tak ek milestone aata hai, it starts feeling small, and we start thinking of achieving the next big milestone… ๐Ÿ™

      Ambition makes happiness a will-o-the-wisp- Sanjeev Singh, circa 2011.

      1. give us a big party after that all milestone will appear small in front of our party :haanji: :haanji: :haanji: :haanji:

  15. Ambition makes happiness a will-o-the-wisp- Sanjeev Singh, circa 2011…..kindly translate Sanjeevji…

    Soni…what fast you are keeping….Anna Hazare wala kya :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: tussi great ho :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

    1. เคฎเคนเคคเฅเคตเคพเค•เคพเค‚เค•เฅเคทเคพ เค–เฅเคถเฅ€ เคเค• will – o – wisp เคฌเคจเคพเคคเคพ เคนเฅˆ

      1. เคฎเคนเคคเฅเคตเคพเค•เคพเค‚เค•เฅเคทเคพ เค–เฅเคถเฅ€ เคเค• will โ€“ o โ€“ wisp เคฌเคจเคพเคคเคพ เคนเฅˆ

        เคฎเคนเคคเฅเคตเคพเค•เคพเค‚เค•เฅเคทเคพ = importance+kansha maybe a girl’s name.
        เค–เฅเคถเฅ€ = Happy or happiness.
        will = hope
        o = no particular meaning
        wisp = maybe a bunch of a girl’s hair
        เคฌเคจเคพเคคเคพ = making

        what does that mean ??

  16. Oh…is there sach hai fasht….I am ringing up soni for more details :jog: :jog: :jog: :jog: :jog: :jog: :jog: :jog: my husband not getting pataoed anymore by me to buy gold…he says no more gold after it hit 26,000 ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ

  17. 7200 followers :woot: :woot: :woot:
    200000 comments :clap: :clap: :clap:
    Rati and Sanjeevji..U rocked it !! Woooohoooooo :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

    1. Hawwwwwwwwww…it’s you kya? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐Ÿ˜ฅ :ghost: :ghost: :ghost2: :ghost2: :ghost2: :ghost2: :ghost2: :ghost2: :ghost2: :poop:

          1. he he…yeah Rads and me are on a secret mission….we will finally become owners of imbb…buhahaha ….buhahaha :daayan: :daayan:

                1. we both basht fraands Rads….this is our code password…..

                  Froggy eyed Goon :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

                  1. me wondering which gang i should join…. :idk: :idk: :idk: :idk: :idk: :idk: :idk: . can v discuss the bribe first??????????? :manicure: :manicure: :manicure: :manicure: :manicure: :manicure: :manicure: :manicure: :manicure:

  18. All points noted. This is an awesome blog and am dying to write here and become a part of this blog. Sure will send my mails to mirror obsession hereafter. Thank u rati & sanjeev for such an amazing blog. :yes:

          1. ghostwriter sounds good…. bhut aaya :ghost: :ghost2: :ghost: :ghost2: :ghost: :ghost2: :ghost: :ghost2: :ghost2: :giggle:

  19. yayyyyy for alll of us!!! and the way we keep IMBB ona pedestal!!!! :pompom: :pompom:

    love you guys!!!

    froggy eyes goons :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

  20. Did you also remove the mobile version to this blog? D:
    I like reading on my phone on the way to college. We’ll I guess I can’t complain much though, since my Opera Mini adjusts the texts so I don’t have to keep scrolling. ๐Ÿ™‚ :yahoo:

  21. hey bhagwan!!! :chewnails :chewnails i saw this itne din baad n so much bugged you all up regarding emails :chewnails …. sorry!! :rose: :rose: :rose: err.. i joined imbb within a week of this one i guess…
    all points noted with thanks :preen: :preen: :preen:

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