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Does nail polish count as a fandom?
(Anonymous)
2012-06-21 05:10 pm UTC (link)

Lynnderella's an indie polish maker who does glitter nail polishes that people really really like. There's tons of hype surrounding her polishes in the blogosphere. However, she's only one person and refuses to get more help in making her polishes (she's afraid of people ripping off her secret glitter sources/recipes. That particular blog post is here[http://lynnderella-lynnderella.blogspot.com/2012/02/about-auction-and-more.html] set to private).
The laws of supply and demand take effect. Some people began selling her nail polishes on ebay. Some of her polishes have been able to fetch hundreds of dollars. $255 for one 5mL bottle of nail polish. http://i.imgur.com/X6WIW.png (image from nastassiasnails on tumblr). Lynnderella and llarowe (the distributor of Lynn’s polishes) decide to crack down on ebayers. http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=228792587209847&id=126027514153022
Lynn makes a blog post about it but that’s been set to private.

Today’s wank.
Background on the ordering process: Lynnderellas are sold through llarowe through a "wishlist" system. Llarowe tells people when wishlists are. People email what colors they want. Llarowe takes their names in alphabetical order and goes down the wishlists to send people invoices. People pay. Llarowe send the polishes. When llarowe has extra inventory, she puts them up in a flash sale. People who are caught buying Lynnderellas to sell on ebay are blacklisted from ever purchasing again.
Llarowe has a flash sale. After the flash sale, she puts up a facebook post saying that she’s cancelling the orders of well known ebayers and people who have ordered too much (the limit was one polish per color). http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=313862708702834&id=126027514153022

Meanwhile suspicion has been brewing about one particular ebay seller who seems to have an endless supply of Lynnderella polishes. Shit hits the fan when someone posts a document to llarowe’s facebook page. It’s been deleted from llarowe’s page since then. Here’s the document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fy3OU2ScjjYKZkYMohBc35CuCbr-HhJ01ixYYRYqZSo/edit?pli=1
The maker of the document has tracked down one well known ebay user called zinranger2 who sells Lynnderella polishes. Through some internet stalking, someone has discovered that the ebay user is actually Lynnderella’s brother. Lynn has been gifting him polishes to sell on ebay all while llarowe’s been blacklisting ebay sellers. Lynn hasn’t told llarowe.
Lynn’s blogpost in which she explains her situation and throws a couple of insults at other indie nail polish makers: http://lynnderella-lynnderella.blogspot.ca/search?updated-max=2012-06-19T17:49:00-04:00&max-results=1&start=3&by-date=false
Excerpt: “All of the lacquers created by me as part of Lynnderella Collections are made by hand, from scratch with lacquer base, pigments and glitter. I am using fewer of the nail-polish-tinted bases from past collections, but that may change. I am not a "frankener". Lynnderella is an artist and a designer.”
Llarowe’s response: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=315417441880694&id=126027514153022
Lynn posts a few more blog posts. Defending her comments http://lynnderella-lynnderella.blogspot.com/2012/06/since-you-asked.html (excerpt: “In New York City, where I have done most of my growing up, calling someone a snob is often a compliment. “), revealing swatches of her new collection http://lynnderella-lynnderella.blogspot.com/2012/06/golden-rules-is-almost-like-gold.html, and threatening her partnership with llarowe http://lynnderella-lynnderella.blogspot.com/2012/06/further-clarifications.html (excerpt: What can I tell you? That the future of Lynnderella is uncertain? Well, as a matter of fact, yes it is.)

Llarowe responds in the next day by announcing on facebook that she has ended her partnership with Lynnderella. http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=316354961786942&id=126027514153022
MUA and Reddit Lacqueristas’ responses: http://www.makeupalley.com/board/n.asp/bid=10/tid=515772, http://www.reddit.com/r/RedditLaqueristas/comments/vcko2/she_just_cant_seem_to_keep_her_mouth_shut_blog/,
Lynn’s response: http://lynnderella-lynnderella.blogspot.com/

More explanation + older miniwank
(Anonymous)
2012-06-21 05:11 pm UTC (link)

Some more explanations and comments on the drama: http://www.reddit.com/r/RedditLaqueristas/comments/pp65x/can_we_discuss_the_lynnderellallaroweebaybloggers/
http://forum.purseblog.com/nail-care/lynderella-chit-chat-swatches-questions-and-kitchen-sink-717177-309.html
http://www.reddit.com/r/RedditLaqueristas/comments/v9k5j/bring_on_the_drama_llama_lynnderellas_blog_is_back/

Also a miniwank from a while back

One of Lynnderella’s most famous works is a nail polish called Connect the Dots. A new indie nail polish retailer site called Ninja Polish opens and one of their brands is called “Cover Band” which is dedicated to making “tributes” of popular, hard to get nail polishes. Their first (and currently only) product is a nail polish called Sticks and Stones. http://www.ninjapolish.com/product.php?productid=17750&cat=303&page=1
It is a “dupe” (makeup slang for “copy”) of Connect the Dots. Comparison swatches here: http://mylucidbubble.blogspot.com/2012/03/smackdown-lynnderella-connect-dots-vs.html
Lynn makes a blog post about this. It’s been set to private but someone on purseblog reposted it here: http://forum.purseblog.com/nail-care/lynderella-chit-chat-swatches-questions-and-kitchen-sink-717177-138.html#post21219995
Excerpt: “Are you pleased that you have hurt me? Is it fun? Are you really so cynical that you wish to accept payment for hurting someone who has shown nothing but kindness and generosity to the general public? Really? I am ashamed that this is even possible.”

People argue back and forth about whether or not it’s moral and the legality of it all. http://forum.purseblog.com/nail-care/lynderella-chit-chat-swatches-questions-and-kitchen-sink-717177-139.html, http://www.makeupalley.com/m_138993146, http://www.reddit.com/r/RedditLaqueristas/comments/qhaat/someone_caught_wind_of_the_connect_the_dots_dupe/
The general consensus is that it’s perfectly legal. In the fashion and beauty world, companies dupe each other all the time.
Eventually that died down.

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	Re: More explanation + older miniwank (Anonymous) 2012-06-21 06:11 pm UTC (link)
	That...is a whole lot of fucks to give about nail polish. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: More explanation + older miniwank (Anonymous) 2012-06-21 06:51 pm UTC (link)
	lol tell me about it (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: More explanation + older miniwank (Anonymous) 2012-06-21 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	Shh, nobody tell her about the knockoff fragrance industry! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: More explanation + older miniwank (Anonymous) 2012-06-21 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	Wow...wow. A++ wank, thanks for posting! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: More explanation + older miniwank (Anonymous) 2012-06-25 05:55 am UTC (link)
	I love this wank too, and if i were any better at writing things up i'd do it myself. but i suck :( SOMEONE PLEASE DO THIS JUSTICE! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	slight correction (Anonymous) 2012-06-21 10:52 pm UTC (link)
	$255 for a 15mL bottle of glitter not 5mL not that it makes much of a difference (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Does nail polish count as a fandom? (Anonymous) 2012-06-21 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	BPAL was treated as a fandom, and this nail polish seems to have the same kind of quasi-cult following, so why not? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Does nail polish count as a fandom? (Anonymous) 2012-06-22 12:08 am UTC (link)
	Even if we don't, there's always otf_wank! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Does nail polish count as a fandom? (Anonymous) 2012-06-21 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	Am I the only one who thinks those are some seriously ugly nail polishes? Seen better stuff on etsy. And why in the world would you pay so much for a mail polish? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Does nail polish count as a fandom? (Anonymous) 2012-06-23 05:45 pm UTC (link)
	Nailpolish is more a sub-fandom of the overall mu fandom lol The crazies on MUA definitely prove it's every bit a fandom as anything else. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Does nail polish count as a fandom? (Anonymous) 2012-06-23 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	No. Next? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Does nail polish count as a fandom? (Anonymous) 2012-06-25 01:06 am UTC (link)
	I love this wank. _ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Does nail polish count as a fandom? (Anonymous) 2012-07-17 03:36 am UTC (link)
	$200 is nothing for a bottle of Lynderella. The bids for this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lynnderella-Candy-Bunny-/130730587196?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e7026743c&_uhb=1#ht_178wt_72 is currently at $600 an 43 people are bidding for it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Does nail polish count as a fandom? loopywafflehead 2012-07-17 06:07 pm UTC (link)
	Why. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Does nail polish count as a fandom? (Anonymous) 2012-07-18 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	Why not? People have money to spend & want something no one else has. I've seen bottles of Lynderella go for as much as $800 on ebay. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Does nail polish count as a fandom? loopywafflehead 2012-07-17 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	I mean, look at it, it's fucking hideous. (Reply to this)(Parent)

Re: Does nail polish count as a fandom?

loopywafflehead
2012-07-17 06:19 pm UTC (link)

After my last posts in March, I vowed to never again speak in the first-person voice on this blog or express personal opinions.

And I'm already laughing.

prosperity consciousness is built in to the DNA of the Lynnderella Project. They are designed to invoke prosperity! What's the problem? Are we still supposed to hide our light?

Beautiful.

I don't know if I can do this justice but I'm willing to give it a shot. One thing - the link to Llarowe's post where she announces the end of the partnership. Do you have a screenshot or a copy of the text?

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	Re: Does nail polish count as a fandom? (Anonymous) 2012-07-18 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	courtesy of Google Cache: http://i.imgur.com/iAfaW.png (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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