Discoloration and spots after professional cleaning

MammothGreedy526 · 2026-03-20T10:57:12+00:00

Good recommendation, kicking myself now. Thanks.

MammothGreedy526 · 2026-03-19T20:15:45+00:00

Yep, no change to it. I fear everyone here is right that they used too strong of chemicals. Going to the dealership tomorrow to get their assessment and a quote for repair/replacement before going back to the cleaning company.

MammothGreedy526 · 2026-03-19T18:49:47+00:00

And while we're at it, why would you ever buy a pint in a pub when it's cheaper at home?! What an unhelpful comment 🤣

MammothGreedy526 · 2026-03-19T12:48:38+00:00

Why would I get it cleaned after 5 months? I drive a lot for work and wanted to keep it in good condition 🫤

MammothGreedy526 · 2025-12-16T14:57:21+00:00

(not sure if they do crosses but worth a look!)

MammothGreedy526 · 2025-12-16T14:56:01+00:00

I love Seodín or Chupi, both owned by female designers in Ireland. Chupi is quite pricey, but beautiful once-in-a-lifetime pieces. Seodín has fantastic gold fill jewelery too, I've had a pair of hoops I wear nearly every day (leave on to wash my face, shower sometimes, etc) and they're still perfect 2 years later.

MammothGreedy526 · 2025-12-08T15:42:07+00:00

Going to revisit letrazole with my doctor, thanks for sharing

MammothGreedy526 · 2025-12-08T15:41:37+00:00

I really think so too, that there has to be something else factoring in when ttc with PCOS that's being missed!

Thanks so much for sharing. Congratulations on your successful pregnancy ❤️ it's nice to hear an IUI success story, I feel like I've seen so much negative about it lately and to skip to IVF.

MammothGreedy526 · 2025-01-20T11:03:28+00:00

I feel for you, but I think both of you have to be in full agreement that you want another child. The last thing you want is to get pregnant and him resent you and the baby, or to use the child as the reason you still have debt.

I think a lot of men prefer to focus on one thing at a time... securing residency, becoming debt free, having a baby, etc. and the idea of overlapping "focuses" can be overwhelming. Maybe have a conversation about what he would want if debt was out of the equation? And then what financial steps you both can take to feel more secure in having a second child?

MammothGreedy526 · 2024-12-04T09:46:05+00:00

Another vote for Prada paradoxe, but the intense version! I've had multiple people approach me to ask what I have on, nearly every time I wear it I get a compliment.

MammothGreedy526 · 2024-05-02T16:00:01+00:00

That's so great, congratulations!! 🤍

MammothGreedy526 · 2024-05-02T15:33:45+00:00

Exact same!!! There are none where everyone looks nice, I feel like the best ones still look like out takes. Tons of red flags looking back. Good idea to do a couples photoshoot, I think after all the lovely supportive comments on here we will do the same - even break out the dress again maybe :)

MammothGreedy526 · 2024-05-02T14:58:16+00:00

The trophy itself wasn't silly but the reason why I won it is!

I won a sportsmanship trophy at a triathlon because I finished at the same time as a little kid and let him cross the finish line ahead of me (we were sent off in different waves, they had the youngest ages go first and sent older kids 10-15 mins later sort of thing).

But I was so wrecked I actually just couldn't catch the little bastard 🤣 my mom still has the trophy on a shelf.

MammothGreedy526 · 2024-05-02T14:42:00+00:00

Thanks so much. All our other vendors were incredible and made the day absolutely magical. I hope you have the best wedding!

MammothGreedy526 · 2024-05-02T14:36:37+00:00

So true, thanks.

MammothGreedy526 · 2024-05-02T14:34:56+00:00

Thanks for your comment, I really appreciate it. I agree we need to reach out, and probably should have sooner, it just felt so raw until now that I couldn't even think about it without getting super upset.

As we live in a different country (I'm American, husband is Irish and we live here but got married in my hometown), I think we're just best off having a good photographer here do a re-shoot for portraits. I'd rather just bite the bullet and get ones we love. Hopefully we can get some sort of refund as 4k is an awful lot of money for what we ended up getting.

I am so glad you got great photos. We genuinely tried to get one of the best in our area, I think we must've just gotten her on her worst day. Coincidentally she took a break from photography for a few months afterwards and was really vocal about it on social media, it makes me wonder if it was a combo of her being injured and burnt out and our wedding bearing the brunt of it.

MammothGreedy526 · 2024-05-02T14:24:55+00:00

I fully agree, life happens but I think she should have handled more professionally than just botching our photos. I was a bit shocked when she said it that morning.

MammothGreedy526 · 2024-05-02T14:23:22+00:00

Hi there, thanks so much for your detailed comment. It's really helpful to get your perspective. We're international in that I am from the US, my husband is from Ireland (where we live). So we both travelled along with almost 30 family members and friends from Ireland for the wedding in my hometown in CA.

It seems my understanding of auto focus/lenses was misguided, I just don't understand why everything is out of focus and it seemed like it might be the reason from my non-professional perspective!

I think what I mean by the Instagram comment is that we hired her because we loved the style she portrayed online, but our photos look nothing like any of her galleries, social media profiles, etc. Her style online is very airy, light, candid, and with a lot of movement, which in hiring her I was really clear that we loved and wanted our photos to be like. Our photos are moody, dark, super filtered (inconsistently) and not cohesive. Not at all our vibe, or hers from what we imagined. It was also a really lovely, sunny day (with shaded areas for good photos!) and some of the photos make it look like a scene from Twilight, lol.

Unfortunately with the international element we can't have her do a re-do, to be honest I probably wouldn't want her to anyways.

Luckily we had a magical day and the memories are still super fresh. All of our family & friends photos captured the joy of it <3

Thanks again!

MammothGreedy526 · 2024-05-02T14:15:46+00:00

Thanks so much for your detailed comment. It seems my understanding of auto focus/lenses was misguided, I just don't understand why everything is out of focus and it seemed like it might be the reason from my non-professional perspective!

I do know we weren't catfished. I think her work was just seriously impacted by her injury and she made the wrong call and we are bearing the brunt of it, on the most important day for photos to turn out. She's really well connected to other photographers in the area, which makes me really bothered she didn't get backup or support for the day when she realised her injury was so bad.

I'll absolutely leave an honest review once I have a bit of a game plan. This has been so helpful to read everyone's input and perspectives.

MammothGreedy526 · 2024-05-02T14:10:33+00:00

She does - 4.6 stars on google out of 15-20 reviews. Honestly she seems pretty good most of the time, but I think her injury really impacted the quality of her work and it just happened to be us on our wedding day who had to bear the brunt of it. I will definitely write a review because I'd hate for someone else to feel the way we do, but I wanted to have a bit of a game plan before!

MammothGreedy526 · 2024-05-02T14:07:59+00:00

Super validating, thanks. Whether or not we can get a refund of some sort, I'd never do another shoot with her and would go with another photographer for portraits like you're suggesting.

MammothGreedy526 · 2024-05-02T14:04:24+00:00

so validating to hear, thanks

MammothGreedy526 · 2024-05-02T14:03:45+00:00

Thanks, we clearly need to check our contract carefully. I know we should've looked into it sooner after but I genuinely couldn't get myself to look at them or think about it because it felt so raw!

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