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I don’t really buy makeup products often, but I’m a total hair product junkie. I love to color, perm, cut, and straighten my hair, so I try to take decent care of it.
Here’s a glimpse of what’s in my shower right now: Kerastase Nutritive Nutridefense conditioner, Neutrogena Triple Moisture Hair Mask, VO5 hot oil treatment, Freeman’s Peppermint and Plum foot scrub, pumice stone, My Melody mini bucket, Dermalogica: special cleansing gel, daily microexfoliant (purchased after Miss Lemonade’s review), and skin prep scrub, Alterna Moisturesilk Caviar Shampoo, Terax Crema Ultra Moisturizing Daily Conditioner, and Tom’s of Maine toothpaste. (Isn’t this kinda like peeking in my medicine cabinet? 
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Is up on Weddingbee PRO. Go check it out! 
Weddingbee Classifieds has been taking off lately. We were especially amazed to see the Weddingbee Classifieds featured this weekend in the New York Times!
So we thought we’d review all the feedback we’ve gotten so far, and make the changes you’ve been asking for.
ABILITY TO CLOSE LISTINGS
Gracers asked, “Mrs. Bee, How do I close a posting? I ended up just adding a comment to my post on the free engagement session but we’re still getting E-mails.”
Now you can close any listing by changing its Status to “Inactive Listing”. Well not just anyone can close a post; you have to be the person who added the listing in the first place.
Inactive listings have their status highlighted in red text when you view them. Hopefully that will cut down on emails after an item has sold!
BETTER CATEGORIES
Bride asked, “The classified ads are getting so packed that it is so hard to sift through. is there a way we can have categories for the items for sale? for example, “bridal attire” vs. “decor” vs. “jewelry” etc?”
Sure thing. We added new categories!
I received the loveliest email today from Laura, who won a stunning Lukab & Motwani clutch in a giveaway we hosted last summer. I love seeing how brides end up using the items they win in our giveaways on their wedding day!
Hi Mrs. Bee!
Just before my wedding last August I won a beautiful Lukab & Motwani clutch from Weddingbee, and I’m finally getting around to sorting through all my pictures and sending some to you.
I splurged on my wedding dress, so I planned very budget accessories–and definitely never thought that I would own and carry such a fabulous and luxurious purse. I knew the clutch would be beautiful from the pictures posted online, but when I opened the box–it took my breath away! The computer truly doesn’t capture the sparkle and the rich texture of the sequins and pearls. It was a perfect size for my wedding day necessities and so gorgeous that I loved having it sit next to me at the reception. I know this will be the something borrowed for many of my friends’ future weddings!
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Avatars have been one of our most popular features ever! It’s only been four days since we launched the feature, and already hundreds of you have uploaded avatars. I love seeing what you guys look like (or at least, what your avatars look like). It’s definitely been one of my favorite features ever.
One thing I’ve noticed is that some of the uploaded avatars look a lot like Bee icons! That’s not a big deal or anything, but it reminded me why we launched Bee icons in the first place (back in December of ‘07):
We recently had our first Bee impersonation! Whether it was purposeful or not, a reader left a strongly worded comment using the name “Spider”. It’d be awful if someone thought that Mrs. Spider had left that comment! A number of our readers were fooled, even though the comment wasn’t left from a Weddingbee account.
So we realized we have to make it even more clear when a Bee is commenting. At first we were going to put some color trim around comments from the Bees, but then BilBee came up with the idea of using the Bee icons next to comments.
I almost forgot that we actually launched Bee icons to prevent Bee impersonations! With avatars on the site, that protection is no longer in place… so just to be on the safe side, we added a discreet dotted green border around Bee icons.
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Update: I just found an invitation link on my account so I don’t have to send out individual emails. Just go to http://www.gilt.com/invite/beekim and you can set up your account right now.
Happy Shopping — You’ll see me on the site at noon checking Vera and Botkier!
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Many-a-bee has blogged about Gilt Group before me. I’m sure you’ve already heard of it, but in case you haven’t, it’s an online sample sale site that sells top designer brands like Marc Jacobs, Zac Posen, Vera Wang, J Brand, Seven, Marchesa… at up to 70% off (and even more during their final sales)! I’ve seen things I’ve purchased off Gilt Group sell for much more on sites like Bluefly and in stand alone boutiques, and that makes me happy.
Yesterday a friend of mine was trying to purchase something off Gilt, but her size sold out by the time she’d made a decision on what she wanted. Because it’s such an awesome place to buy heavily discounted designer clothing, shoes, handbags, and jewelry for bridal showers, bachelorette parties, rehearsal dinners… I thought I’d share my Gilt Group strategy.
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We’ve been working hard to push out avatars tonight, and they’re finally live on both the blog and the boards!
To upload your avatar:
Voila! Your avatar should appear! Please comment below or on this board thread to make sure your avatar is working!
We’re super excited to announce our first batch of Hive Hostesses!
Hive Hostesses comment on board threads, give advice, and welcome new and existing members. We hope this will make the Weddingbee community an even friendlier place to hang out!
MrsLeopard is our new Community Coordinator, and she’s going to be helping our hostesses with anything they need. Be sure to check out her stunning wedding which was recently featured on Weddingbee PRO!
Our fabulous reader hostesses and the boards they’re hosting are:
Hostesses can easily be recognized by the beehive icon, and their “Hostess” title under it. The little question mark sends you to this page where you can apply to be a Hive Hostess!
Please help me in welcoming this fabulous group of ladies who have already given so much to the Weddingbee community! We’ll also be adding more hostesses in the coming weeks, and we’re still accepting applications if you’re interested in applying!
PS - We’re working hard to get avatars out asap!
You may have noticed that we have an Announcements Board. This is a board just for anyone who wants to post their engagement or wedding announcement. We’re going to turn it into a regular feature, so we had our lovely artist Irene come up with an icon!
These two are very cute and very similar, but do you have a preference?
PS - If you want us to feature your engagement or wedding announcement, please go here for more details!
Weddingbee reader nyckim won 125 letterpress invitations from Plum Blossom Press in a contest we hosted last year, and she just picked up her invitations last week! We always love to hear from our past contest winners, so we can share the final product with you! They turned out gorgeous!
Mrs. Bee
Mrs. Bee, New York
Age and Occupation: 29, Weddingbee Publisher
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Internet
Engagement Date: May 7, 2004
Wedding Date: March 5, 2005
Venue: Westside Loft, New York
About Me: Yes, my name really is Bee! I love my blogging, wikis, and tabasco sauce!
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