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Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Saturday, June 18, 2005 12:51 PM (Eastern)
What are lemmings?
Besides being a furry rodent that jumps off cliffs, lemming has a very specific meaning on beauty boards.
There is such thing as a board lemming. I realized yesterday when I started blogging about the FOTD threads, that I was describing several Lipstick Page board lemmings such as MAC Blot pressed powder and clear pink blushes such as Benefit Dandelion and MAC Angel.
More LP board lemmings include MAC Heirloom Eye Kohl, MAC Sophisto Lustre lipstick, MAC Vapour eyeshadow (at least MAC is a widely-available brand; LP is a mainly international forum...and it's affordable). Nars eyeshadow duos were another board lemming. Many of us lemming'd these, including Ireland, Island Fever, Cleo, etc.
A lemming can be a brand--such as Milani, MAC or Nars. And it can be a general product such as MAC Lustre lipsticks or Nars blushes. Oftentimes though, it is a specific shade: Maybelline Wet Shine Drippin' Honey lipstick; MAC Powersurge Eye Kohl; MAC Permaplum Powerpoint eyepencil.
It is not easy to start a lemming on LP, which, imo, is one of the best aspects of belonging on a smaller board. On a larger board, at least in theory, it would be possible for cosmetic companies to plant lemmings. How would you know? On smaller boards, you need to develop your reputation before you can genuinely start a lemming.
So...a lemming is what you currently desire. You may lemming your lemming by purchasing it. You may be lemming, oh, that Balenciaga Cristobal fragrance I keep hearing about. You may even ask someone to kill your lemming...although that is something of an extreme measure.
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