Hi 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? ๐
Enough bragging. Let me get back to the ‘communique de IMBB.’ ๐ 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.
Umm… I forgot many other things I wanted to write. Will add later in this post if I remember. ๐
Live long and prosper. Whatever.
All points noted..:-)!!
:yes:
:thanks: everyone. ๐
jes sir!!! ๐ btw can see IMBB readers some whooping 7200 plus…. Rati u guys need one more holiday when it crosses 10k
pakka :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
:toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
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..
200000 comments ….thats awesome
Great going….heres to more such milestones :cheers:
Oh… ok….. agreed to all that you mentioned…..
And… 200000 comments!!!! Congratulations…!!
hanji yes ji.noted ji! :yes:
personal personal holiday se hume kya mila.huh.sub IMBBIANS ko le ke jao to hum maane……khi khikhi :stars:
:teddy: for u Fkygirl!!! apt said
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mila kyun nahin, tumhein khushi nahin mili kya? O:)
Thanks for the list of dos and don’ts, will make it a point to follow them.
Keep up the good work!
: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 :))
Yes Sir!! All points noted! :phoolan:
๐ Here’s to many more milestones!! :cheers: :pompom: :happydance:
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 :))
Thanks Neha ๐ 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 โThis is my blog and Iโll write what I wantโ in response to a troll. The response was โNo Mike, This is OUR blog. You just work here.โ
Neha this is definitely your blog as well. ๐ 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. ๐
:waytogo: happy to hv this platform
dont feel like going elsewhere ever
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…. ๐ ๐ 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 ๐ฅ ๐ฅ Ok i am getting emotional…if IMBB stops i will die pakka :ghost2: :ghost2: love youuuuuuuuuuuuu :love: :love: :makeup: :preen:
oh really :stars: :stars: ..that is something!!! :pompom: :pompom: but ya IMBB is really wonderful. No doubt about it..
And there were days I would not take a walk at all because of IMBB ๐
Hatss off for ur efforts sir… :jaiho: :jaiho: :jaiho:
that is so sweet of you to say that priyanka. :))
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :haanji: :haanji: :haanji: :haanji: :clap: :clap:
Noted ๐
Points noted Sir! ๐
NOTED :thanks: :teddy:
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:
:puchhi:
Congos guys :pompom: :pompom: :pompom: :pompom: :pompom:
And I definitely agree with FG,you should take us all on a holiday :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
sab 10-10 rs contri maaro. we’ll go to haldiram’s :manicure:
great great going sanjeev sir & rati madam…. :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: ….all the points noted….but the smileys….. :(( :(( :((
: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:
Points noted. But I wanted to sell some of my stuffs in Tuesday Bazaar but its closed now :chewnails :chewnails
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:
Rati and Sanjeev thank you for this wonderful and informative blog :thanks: :thanks: :clap: :clap: ,all points are noted.
Cheers!!!!!!! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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….. ๐ :yuck: :yikes: :yahoo: :woot: :(( ๐ฅ :cheers: :chewnails :announce: :bash: :balle: :blush: :daayan: :dance: :drool: :duel: :dumb: ๐ฎ :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: ๐ :woot: :worship: :yahoo: :yawn: :yes: :yikes: :yuck:
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: ๐ :lol2: :haanji: :happydance: :headbang: :huh: :hunterwali: :duel: :drool: :bash: ๐ ๐ :(( ๐ :)) ๐ฅ :clap: :chewnails :cheers:
specially :duel: :spank: :hunterwali: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
jomiiiiiiiiii :puchhi:
soniiiiiiii…kaise ho tussi :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi:
bole toh ekdum mast hai…. today last day of my fast.. m so excited.. :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
Jomu and Sugu, relax ๐ The smilies which we wanted to remove have already been removed. These are the left ones. ๐
hein sachi???? were they so unnoticeable? pata hi nai chala,,,,, three cheers for smilies :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
my school friends used to cal me sugu.. ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Hain, why roying? School ki building gir gayi hai ya friends nahin rahe?
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….
Haan mujhe bhi school life mein corner seat hi milti thi… O:)
dnt know y but whenever i see that serial ‘sarabhai vs sarabhai’ on starone, in that whenever i see dushyant, i remember u ๐
Dushyant kaun haiga ye to malum nahin but I promise that if I ever watch that serial I would also remember me :idk:
Hehehe reminds me of the following dialogue-
Aamir Khan- โbal bhi kate aur pata bhi nahi chalaโ
aaaaa from that pic na, salman khan and and karishma and raveena… name swapping wali…. picture name kya tha ?:)
Andaz Apna Apna ๐
ya ya ryt…. ๐
@ Rati and Sanjeev: 200000 comments pe toh party banti hai yaar?? :jiggy1:
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… ๐
Ambition makes happiness a will-o-the-wisp- Sanjeev Singh, circa 2011.
give us a big party after that all milestone will appear small in front of our party :haanji: :haanji: :haanji: :haanji:
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:
Nai rey Jomu.. Pati ko Pattaya ke liye Patane wala fast O:)
เคฎเคนเคคเฅเคตเคพเคเคพเคเคเฅเคทเคพ เคเฅเคถเฅ เคเค will – o – wisp เคฌเคจเคพเคคเคพ เคนเฅ
เคฎเคนเคคเฅเคตเคพเคเคพเคเคเฅเคทเคพ เคเฅเคถเฅ เคเค will โ o โ wisp เคฌเคจเคพเคคเคพ เคนเฅ
เคฎเคนเคคเฅเคตเคพเคเคพเคเคเฅเคทเคพ = importance+kansha maybe a girl’s name.
เคเฅเคถเฅ = Happy or happiness.
will = hope
o = no particular meaning
wisp = maybe a bunch of a girl’s hair
เคฌเคจเคพเคคเคพ = making
what does that mean ??
no no re jomi dear….. fast of sharavan month…. full 32 days ka fast tha
Kansha ki khushi uske baalon ki aasha mein hai O:)
hein !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! who kansa and asha?
oh oh…. jomi k boxes ka answer hai kansa and asha me… acha acha..
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 ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
7200 followers :woot: :woot: :woot:
200000 comments :clap: :clap: :clap:
Rati and Sanjeevji..U rocked it !! Woooohoooooo :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
Points noted!! Will keep them in mind or else you can :spank: us ๐
:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: I liked this grouchy grumpy writer :teddy:
:toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
Me na you liked rads….thankoo :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
Hawwwwwwwwww…it’s you kya? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ :ghost: :ghost: :ghost2: :ghost2: :ghost2: :ghost2: :ghost2: :ghost2: :ghost2: :poop:
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH…is Sanjeeev :smug:
Jomol dream of overtaking imbb i guess might soon come true. i am very scared now. ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
Oh yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…I tho forgot about it….oh ohhhhhh…I am beshtest fraaaaaaaaaaaands with Jomol from now on… ๐
TRAATIITTOOIRRR :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug:
he he…yeah Rads and me are on a secret mission….we will finally become owners of imbb…buhahaha ….buhahaha :daayan: :daayan:
:phoolan:
Me tooooooooooooooo….buhahaha :daayan: :daayan:
we both basht fraands Rads….this is our code password…..
Froggy eyed Goon :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
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:
There is no bribe…all the bribes are to be delivered to Jomol and Rads only :daayan:
mandawli nai hogi kuch? i could be a secret partner :handshake:
Gr8 going Rati and Sanjeev :cheers: :waytogo: :cheers: :waytogo: :cheers:
Points noted. :yes:
Congo to Rati n sanjeev, keep up the gud work guys…..all the very best :waytogo: :waytogo:
Aw you guys! Congrats! :)) :)) :))
Wish we had a spock smiley!….. all points noted Sanjeev, it’s only logical! :toothygrin:
Lololololol LP, I was talking about REDUCING smileys ๐
yea I knw :haanji: , thats why just wishing! :toothygrin:
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:
Don’t die Shruthi, we don’t want ghostwriters ๐
:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
hihihihi Castor, couldn’t resist the pun :toothygrin:
ghostwriter sounds good…. bhut aaya :ghost: :ghost2: :ghost: :ghost2: :ghost: :ghost2: :ghost: :ghost2: :ghost2: :giggle:
he he he i ve heard of ghost riders but ghost :ghost: :ghost2: :ghost: :ghost2: writers….. ๐
yayyyyy for alll of us!!! and the way we keep IMBB ona pedestal!!!! :pompom: :pompom:
love you guys!!!
froggy eyes goons :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
congrats to all here as this is victory of every one here too….
100….
Points noted !! ๐
Done.. Points Duly noted ๐
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. ๐ :yahoo:
Read and noted! :))
R.I.P Tuesday bazaar , i really liked checking things out and people going all loco over prity things ๐
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: