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MummyFreckle 
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 Posted: 15 July 2008 at 4:17pm |
I wasnt saying that Fiona didnt DESERVE a makeover, I was merely stating that she was gorgeous to start with, so it must have been an easy job for them!!!
I didnt intend to make light of Fiona's need or deservedness for a makeover, and I apologise if it can across that way.
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Paws
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Posted: 15 July 2008 at 5:29pm |
 nikkiwhyte wrote:
While I made the comment about the target market being higher end, there is no way that I'd criticise OhBaby for it. It's a niche market and one with lots of money so why in heck wouldn't you target them?
I accept that I am not part of the market that is able to actually buy those things, but as Katherine said, take inspiration from it instead! It doesn't stop me reading fancy design magazines either... even though I don't even own a house to put the fancy things! ha.
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I feel the same way and to be honest...even though I am not the target market and can't afford most of the stuff, I am enjoying reading a mag where I don't feel like we are just another struggling family looking for the cheapest options. It's nice to have the inspiration!
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MrsMojo
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Posted: 15 July 2008 at 5:36pm |
aimeejoy wrote:
cuppatea wrote:
Yeah I noticed that in one article where it said if you earn $50 an hour why clean for $20 an hour at home (was a rationale for getting a cleaner in). Wish I could earn $50 an hour, and if I could get paid $20 to clean my home I wouldn't be wasting time posting this I would be scrubbing my kitchen.
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LOL, thats pretty much what I said to my husband! I thought I got paid pretty well, but if thats what I cleaner earns...!
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You couldn't pay me enough to clean other peoples toilets etc  plus I doubt the cleaner actually pockets $20, unless they work for themselves and get the money "under the table" and it's not like they're at one job 40 hours a week, there must be a lot of petrol costs involved.
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cuppatea
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Posted: 15 July 2008 at 6:46pm |
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I don't think mine or Aimee comments were serious. I don't like scrubbing my own bog I certainly don't want to touch anyone elses. It was more the earning $50 a hour part. I mean really the average wage is $38000 not $104000
I doubt that I will renew my subscription as I am a little let down by the mag really. I thought it was going to be aimed more at the everyday mum not the millionaire mum.
But hey with anything some people will like it some won't.
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MrsMojo
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Posted: 15 July 2008 at 7:22pm |
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There's a lot of comments in this thread about the products being high end items but what about the articles? I really enjoyed the articles in the mag last month but haven't bought this months mag yet...... are the complaints you have about the mag purely with the price of the advertised products? i.e. is it worth buying the mag just for the articles?
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.Mel
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Posted: 15 July 2008 at 7:32pm |
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The only article that I read was my own, and the one about the girls trip to Wellington. I've skimmed the other ones.
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Bizzy
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Posted: 15 July 2008 at 7:41pm |
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i'll ask gabriel he was hogging it this morning!!! LOL!
i read some of the breastfeeding article, really liked what steph had to say... skimmed the makeover article and was a bit disappointed the tips for petite women were not echoed in the pic of fiona... there seem to be a good range of articles too...
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cuppatea
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Posted: 15 July 2008 at 7:55pm |
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I haven't read them all but so far the only one I have found interesting is the male infertility one.
There doesn't seem to be much in it for the size of it.
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AnnC
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Posted: 15 July 2008 at 10:25pm |
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Perhaps the touch up on the nails of the cover girl is what was making them look fake - that was the only problem I had with the cover girl.
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Paws
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Posted: 15 July 2008 at 11:57pm |
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So far I have really liked the articles...I read the last one cover to cover and suspect I will this one too. I haven't done that with any other parenting mag.
I didn't see any issues with the cover girl myself.
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Two Blondinis
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Posted: 16 July 2008 at 8:39am |
I think the articles are fantastic, obviously a lot of hard work and talent have gone into them. I think there's also a good range of topics - but then I don't regularly read any other mag so don't have much to compare it to and if I wasn't a forum member I probably wouldn't read this mag either (but that's just me - I'd rather save my pennies for other stuff than mags).
I think the articles in both mags so far cover all classes of people - you just need to read between the lines in some of them to apply it to your own situation.
My only gripe is the prices of the products advertised.
As for the cover girl - I really can't see anything wrong with it at all. I don't find her pose suggestive or her clothing inappropriate, I think she looks lovely 
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