High end makeup lovers

Yes, adding my apologies Nys for hijacking your forum with this spam post vent.

It’s SO annoying when you create a topic only to have spammers post useless, annoying or random posts – it’s personal!!!!

Haha I honestly don`t mind!

Whenever the subject of constant spam arises and people suggest that a few trusted and long-term forum members moderate the spam, BH has said no.

Hi Petal I`ve done a quick random check on the “”SERIAL SPAM MEMBER ON BH”” thread back to early October and it does seem the spam has been removed up to 15th November.

Yes, that does seem to be the best place to post all spam you see (at least it`s all in the one place) as well as when posting below their actual comment (above post reported as spam) then when you check that forum, you can see it`s gone!

Below is the link to that “”SERIAL SPAM MEMBER ON BH”” forum.

https://www.beautyheaven.com.au/forums/warning-direct-spammers/serial-spam-member-on-bh?page=59#comment-4486687

Kassalee, thank you for going back and searching for how much of the reported spam has actually been removed. I rarely check these days because I already spend about one-quarter of my time in the forums reporting spam and it`s quite tedious.

I applaud (hand clapping emoji) you Petal and all other diligent members who report the spam (apart from hitting the Report Spam button, which I sometimes wonder if it does anything!) and Hell Yeah! It does take so much time and very tedious.

I would occasionally spend time doing as you and others diligently do –

1. Hit Report Spam

2. Post under their Spam – “Above Comment Reported As Spam

3. Copy and paste the spammed forum thread and

4. Put another post on the “”SERIAL SPAM MEMBER ON BH”” naming the spammer (in bold) and posting the link to the forum thread.

WHEW! I’M EXHAUSTED!

One finger typing on my phone and unlike my laptop, unable to open several windows for the sites to copy/paste and type quickly using all my fingers on the keyboard.

By the time I’ve reported 2 or 3 spam posts at 6am, my 45 minute train commute is up and I’ve read no other comments!

Awesome! So it is working! So…not just enough to press spam button then?

Seriously, I don’t know Yoh!

I recall that forum “”SERIAL SPAM MEMBER ON BH”” being set up at Bh’s request.

Previously, there were so many forum posts created about the spammers and they asked if we could please report them on the one forum – which is being done.

Guessing that every now and then, someone at Bh goes to that forum, checks out the reported links to forums and deems whether they are spam or not.

This explains why some supposedly innocent/random comments (that don’t have links to other websites) are not removed – they should be and the user deleted! END OF!

Is anyone actually moderating the forums?

Spam has always been an ongoing issue in the BH forums. Although lots of people reported the spam, it wasn`t always being removed (I used to check). Perhaps BH staff didn`t receive the notifications for it.

There were a few occasions when spam was relentlessly flooding the forums on a nightly basis with sports content. It was so full-on that it was almost impossible to navigate through posts by genuine members. I suspect that some members gave up and never returned.

BH eventually created a new role called community manager, which was fulfilled by Lauren. I am not sure if she was also the person that removed the spam. In July this year, Jessica took over Lauren`s role. For a while, I noticed that spam was not being removed, but then started being removed again. I assume that Jessica found out about the spam in the forums; and hopefully she discovered the “”SERIAL SPAM MEMBER ON BH”” thread.

I`m not aware of any official BH staff member as being a moderator of the forums. I have the impression that different staff members check in here whenever they have a few minutes of spare time and they do the best that they can. They are probably under-staffed.

That`s a good question. who knows?

Me too, I’ve been using the tinted moisturiser for ages! I just wish Nars would come out with some lighter olive shades.

It`s so good isn`t it? But yeah, they definitely need to expand the shade range

Another good tinted moisturiser is the BareMinerals Complexion Rescue. It’s available in 20 shades. I’ve been through countless tubes of this. I’ve got one on the go now. I alternate with my Nars.

I’m going to grab something new for myself before my holiday, so I’ll have a look at the tinted moisturiser too. That would likely be better for me

The Nars tinted moisturiser is amazing. Just enough coverage without feeling too heavy. I prefer it over foundation.

Mecca will give you a sample to try so you see if you like it xx

OMG don’t we all! Back when I was a teenager (mid-late 1980s) it was fashionable to wear blue eyeshadow, as well as way too much blush. Eeekkkkk!

Rose_P, I would love to see a pic of that, please haha.

As a teen in 90s I did not know makeup existed! My mom had I think a lipstick or two. The rest, did not exist (for me at least, did not see any or was blind to it)

I have been obsessed with make up since I was very young. Mum bought me my own collection of goodies and has always encouraged me to use it. In those days we didn’t have anywhere near as much to choose from as we do now, and the most common budget brand name was ‘Starlet’, which was purchased from Coles. I went to a private school and they wouldn’t allow us to wear make up to school. Once I finished school and went on to Uni I went nuts with make up. Like I said before, blue eyeshadow, too much blush…….OMG. Thank goodness I’ve come a loooooooooong way!

I grew up in a country town so there was only Maybelline or Max Factor available at the chemist lol! I moved to the Perth when I was 17, 5 minutes from a Mecca store. 16 years later I`m still in love ♥️