Comments on: Bionic’s Diary: Thoughts on Not-so-Actual Product Reviews http://bionic-beauty.com/thoughts-on-product-reviews/ Achieve Powerful Beauty!™ Sat, 12 May 2012 16:13:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bionic Beauty http://bionic-beauty.com/thoughts-on-product-reviews/comment-page-1/#comment-6863 Bionic Beauty Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:49:42 +0000 http://bionic-beauty.com/?p=222#comment-6863 Paula, EXACTLY. I refuse to even do giveaways without having tried the product first. Otherwise I feel like I'm letting all my readers down. But like you, I will sometimes mention products that are upcoming that I'm lookin' to get my little mitts on. And thanks for the words of encouragement and support! Robyn, I actually had one guy offer me $50 if I'd review his product. Umm... NO. Bionic Beauty is *not* for sale. And money certainly isn't going to make me like your product if it's truly crappy. Hmpf. Tee hee! Jami Paula, EXACTLY. I refuse to even do giveaways without having tried the product first. Otherwise I feel like I’m letting all my readers down. But like you, I will sometimes mention products that are upcoming that I’m lookin’ to get my little mitts on. And thanks for the words of encouragement and support!

Robyn, I actually had one guy offer me $50 if I’d review his product. Umm… NO. Bionic Beauty is *not* for sale. And money certainly isn’t going to make me like your product if it’s truly crappy. Hmpf.
Tee hee!

Jami

]]> By: Robyn @ PurelyCosmetics http://bionic-beauty.com/thoughts-on-product-reviews/comment-page-1/#comment-6839 Robyn @ PurelyCosmetics Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:21:59 +0000 http://bionic-beauty.com/?p=222#comment-6839 You're kidding, right? I mean I really don't expect that Sarah Jessica Parker really dyes her own hair with Garnier, but beauty bloggers? They're too cheap to send you some product to actually TRY before you write about it? Where's the value in a review that you've never tried? All that would do is end up degrading your blog, eventually making those types of reviews totally meaningless! You’re kidding, right? I mean I really don’t expect that Sarah Jessica Parker really dyes her own hair with Garnier, but beauty bloggers? They’re too cheap to send you some product to actually TRY before you write about it? Where’s the value in a review that you’ve never tried? All that would do is end up degrading your blog, eventually making those types of reviews totally meaningless!

]]> By: Paula http://bionic-beauty.com/thoughts-on-product-reviews/comment-page-1/#comment-6811 Paula Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:06:08 +0000 http://bionic-beauty.com/?p=222#comment-6811 I absolutely agree. I try to make it clear that 1) I will consider the product and 2) that if I do, I will make sure to try it out first, specifically for what you say - how can we talk about it if we don't know how it works? Now, I may give a teaser of something I WANT to try, but I say in my post that I HAVEN"T tried it, and it has just caught my eye. I really try to make a point to differentiate between wanna try and have tried. I love your reviews, keep them coming - at your own pace. :) I absolutely agree. I try to make it clear that 1) I will consider the product and 2) that if I do, I will make sure to try it out first, specifically for what you say – how can we talk about it if we don’t know how it works?
Now, I may give a teaser of something I WANT to try, but I say in my post that I HAVEN”T tried it, and it has just caught my eye. I really try to make a point to differentiate between wanna try and have tried.
I love your reviews, keep them coming – at your own pace. :)

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