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Christine, there’s one other reason why I love Temptalia: you! You’re wonderful. Thank you so much for all the work you do, and for being so generous and fair and open-minded in the way you approach your work. Quite apart from the fact that your site is so beautiful and useful, it’s just such a pleasure to be in your company here. You deserve every success, and more!

taking the time to conduct surveys like this is the reason why your blog will continue to flourish. Thanks for asking!

I love you and your blog, Christine. You come across as a nice person. I also love the looks you put together.

Thanks for all your hard work Christine- I can’t imagine how you do it all, you do such a great job. Temptalia is my absolute favourite blog, coming on and reading all your new post always makes a rubbish day better (or any day for that matter)!

First time posting in the comments, but I feel the need to tell you how much your site honestly does help me out!

Not only the incredible Swatch and Foundation matrix (which I have spent countless nights browsing and comparing shades with), but the reviews and everything else you post!

Have always had a passion for makeup, but just in the last few months really been delving in and participating in online blogs. Your website was the first that I memorized and will remain the first I consult for anything beauty related!

Please keep up the good work, and stay beautiful! 🙂

I love Mellan, too! Christine, I really appreciate that you have products at all price points! Too many other beauty media sources concentrate on high-end products only. Your questions and tips/tricks posts are so informative, too. Keep adding to that Dupe List–one day, someone will discover a substitute for Lippmann Rehab! I love your site, Christine!

I never take surveys-but I took yours- I know I wont be getting a zillion follow ups from ad agencies!… and as everyone else commented-how could i possibly turn down the precious Mellan!!! He is beyond cute, and such a poser for the camera!

Will we see the results? I’m really curious!! (btw, I already answered from my work place, I won’t answer it again, obviously!)

Well I cannot resist those puppy eyes! 🙂

I have a question, Christine: I’ve noticed that the reply button has disappeared from the comments on old posts. But when exactly does it become impossible to add any comment?

My favourite feature on this site is the swatch gallery, it is truly unique. I would like to make a suggestion for it though.

There is an option to select brands as well as colours, but of course you can only select one of each. Is it possible to add a feature so that you could select say two or three brands together rather than only all brands or one brand? Or a way to filter out a few brands?

As all brands aren’t available in all regions, it would be useful to be able to leave out a few that one would have no way of getting without some hassle and effort. As time goes on and the gallery gets bigger, it can be overwhelming so to be able to have greater control for a more limited selection would be great!

Overall, I really love your website, thank you for all the hard work you put into it!

Thank you for all the work you are doing. I don’t always buy everything that gets good votes (that would be a bit much product) but I do avoid those items that get very low rating, because I experienced a couple of times that the negative points listed in the review were true 😉 But of course it is always nice when what I wish to buy anyways also gets a good review here.
I have a bit of a “request”, if that is possible though it mainly refers to MAC-products: I notice sometimes that in the comments on which product / colour something is similar to, there are mentioned different brands, additionally to MAC. In general, that is of course very good, to have some alternatives across brands, with different price points, too.
However, when it comes to MAC-Lipsticks (or also Eyeshadows), I personally (and I know that I could be in the minority here) only look for alternatives among other MAC-products. So if a there is a lipstick, which is limited and sold out in seconds (happens quite often in Germany), I would only look for alternatives within MAC (that could also be older LE-products I might have already).
If I can’t find it in within MAC, I am not going to buy Revlon, Lancome, Milani, Bobbi Brown, Estee Lauder (I would perhaps consider Estee Lauder as parent company, but they are about 50% more expensive than MAC), or anything else, rather I go without the Lipstick, because it´s the only brand whose lipsticks I truly like and am not allergic, too, either. For eyeshadows, it´s a bit less strict, but in the end the same.
Usually you compare colours to other MAC-products, too, but I have the feeling that through the last year or so, sometimes the alternatives / comparisons listed are only_other brands. Of course it can be that there is nothing close within MAC, but if there is, I would be really grateful if it could be mentioned.

I certainly don’t want to sound small-minded, I just tried out a lot through the past years and had to realize that I still like MAC best for the categories of lipstick and eyeshadow (and blush usually, too). Alternatives caused reactions or they just did not perform as well. Some higher-end alternatives are simply too expensive for me to ever consider them, some drugstore alternatives are not sold in Europe or at least my country and can only be purchased by mail-order from the US. I tried some Chanel and did not like it, either, so I think I will save money in the long run if I just stick with what works best for me.

Thank you 🙂