Eugh! Sounds horrendous. What a nightmare! Sounds like the set up was terribly unprofessional. I was once a extra on a DFS commercial, it was horrid. All the models sat in a room, in silence and ever so often a 'stylist' came in looked you up and down and selected the 'best' couple to be in shot. I was told I was too tall for the furniture. It turned out that the people that they had fussed about picking so much ended up being a mere blur on the horizon in the final cut. SO, so ridiculous.
Hope your shoot turns out better than it sounds! Can't wait to see it.
what a nightmare, what an adventure, what a mess. what would have frustrated me the most is this business of you literally hauling a gazillion of polishes when they only want 10 or so. Why do people always always always go 'it's only 5 minutes' when even when you know the place it's 20 minutes. why why why. i hate smiling. i hate that my eyes disappearing to nothing when i smile, i hate that my nose goes funny when i smile. in fact i pretty much hate every photo which is taken of me, i think this is because i am so used to just take myself of myself, myself. you did well to finish the shoot. it must have been so hard to resist the temptation to say ' you know, this is not working anymore, this is not what i imagined in my head to be, i dont think i am enjoying this, i dont see why i am putting myself through what it now seems to be an ordeal, the last thing i want is to lie down on a sofa and pose on a sofa. i just want to be home, scoffing crisps, watching crap on telly, in my pjs and i couldnt care less being glamourous, i am sorry for the inconvenience it caused, i gotta go now, again sorry about everything' then run.
but i would have chickened out as well and went ahead with it because upsetting them would have been too mortifying to live with.
You really would think that when they're dealing with a blogger with the internet reach you have they'd be a touch nicer to you. That's why they wanted you after all.. they knew you were going to tell a great deal of people about the shoot.. idiots!
Oh My God! I know exactly who you are talking about as they asked me if I wanted to do it! And to haul all my polishes over with me. They were all nice on email until they asked me to confirm my age - as you have to be over 30 to feature in the magazine and I told them I wasn't they never bothered replying after that! Charming. By the sounds of it it would have been a miserable time dragging my polishes from Luton to only use a few anyway!
That is shocking how they treated you though, I hope they do a great write up about you and you get your times worth in the end! xx
OMG, you poor thing oO That sounds just horrible!! I think its just stupid of them to have you haul your polishes over and then just using a few!!!! Guess you won't be jumping to any offers like this anytime soon huh?
Anyway, I'd still love to see the result...will you be posting it?
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Eugh! Sounds horrendous. What a nightmare! Sounds like the set up was terribly unprofessional. I was once a extra on a DFS commercial, it was horrid. All the models sat in a room, in silence and ever so often a 'stylist' came in looked you up and down and selected the 'best' couple to be in shot. I was told I was too tall for the furniture. It turned out that the people that they had fussed about picking so much ended up being a mere blur on the horizon in the final cut. SO, so ridiculous.
Hope your shoot turns out better than it sounds! Can't wait to see it.
what a nightmare, what an adventure, what a mess. what would have frustrated me the most is this business of you literally hauling a gazillion of polishes when they only want 10 or so. Why do people always always always go 'it's only 5 minutes' when even when you know the place it's 20 minutes. why why why. i hate smiling. i hate that my eyes disappearing to nothing when i smile, i hate that my nose goes funny when i smile. in fact i pretty much hate every photo which is taken of me, i think this is because i am so used to just take myself of myself, myself. you did well to finish the shoot. it must have been so hard to resist the temptation to say ' you know, this is not working anymore, this is not what i imagined in my head to be, i dont think i am enjoying this, i dont see why i am putting myself through what it now seems to be an ordeal, the last thing i want is to lie down on a sofa and pose on a sofa. i just want to be home, scoffing crisps, watching crap on telly, in my pjs and i couldnt care less being glamourous, i am sorry for the inconvenience it caused, i gotta go now, again sorry about everything' then run.
but i would have chickened out as well and went ahead with it because upsetting them would have been too mortifying to live with.
xx
@jayne 'I was told I was too tall for the furniture' <--- omg this is so offensive and hilarious at the same time. fancy saying that !! xx
You really would think that when they're dealing with a blogger with the internet reach you have they'd be a touch nicer to you. That's why they wanted you after all.. they knew you were going to tell a great deal of people about the shoot.. idiots!
Oh My God! I know exactly who you are talking about as they asked me if I wanted to do it! And to haul all my polishes over with me. They were all nice on email until they asked me to confirm my age - as you have to be over 30 to feature in the magazine and I told them I wasn't they never bothered replying after that! Charming. By the sounds of it it would have been a miserable time dragging my polishes from Luton to only use a few anyway!
That is shocking how they treated you though, I hope they do a great write up about you and you get your times worth in the end! xx
Sounds like a Sisyphian effort to me, the nail polishes being the rock...
I don't suppose you'll tell us in advance which magazine it is? We can bombard them with complaints on your behalf. Oh yes we would!
OMG, you poor thing oO That sounds just horrible!! I think its just stupid of them to have you haul your polishes over and then just using a few!!!! Guess you won't be jumping to any offers like this anytime soon huh?
Anyway, I'd still love to see the result...will you be posting it?
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