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My blog migration has been in progress.

However, I have been having a couple of technical issues. The new blog has not been able to import all the comments from this blog. Based on the information that I have come across, this seems to be a common problem with those who are moving their blogs from Blogger to self-hosted WordPress blogs.

I have been trying different ways around it. If nothing works, I will still go ahead with the URL re-direction and then I will import the comments manually.

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(One last look…)

After more than three and a half years on Blogger, I will be moving my blog to WordPress and a new webhost in the next couple of days. This is mainly for the purpose of having more control of my blog domain and design. Also, I want to minimize the risk of what happened last August happening again.

After the move, you will be automatically re-directed to my new blog/URL when you log on to this URL (atouchofblusher.blogspot.com). If you have my blog bookmarked in your web browser or if you have a link to my blog on your blogroll, I would appreciate it if you would kindly update the URL.

If you are a follower of my blog (from Blogger), I am assuming that you will be re-directed to my new URL as well.

If you are a subscriber of my blog posts, you shouldn’t have to do anything and all my new posts should continue to be delivered to you.

I will disable comments temporarily while I prepare for the migration. You will be able to leave comments again on my new blog.

In situations where I am not able to inform you of problems with the migration on my old/new blogs, I will post updates and announcements on my Twitter page.

Hopefully the move will go smoothly!

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Some of you (especially if you are US-based bloggers) might be aware of the updated guides concerning endorsements and testimonials set out by the US Federal Trade Commission (which will go into effect on December 1st, 2009). You can read the guides here.

According to the guides, bloggers who receive free products to review on their blogs will need to disclose, in a clear and conspicuous manner, that they receive these products. This also applies to bloggers who receive monetary compensation for posting an article on their blogs. (Carleen at Beauty and Fashion Tech has written a very informative article on this. You can also read the shorter version here.)

I am not a US-based blogger, so I am assuming these guides do not apply to me. (But I could be wrong, since Blogger, which hosts my blog, is US-based) However, I do think it is a good idea for all boggers to be more conspicuous about the disclosure.

For the past two years or so (of my nearly three years of blogging), there has been a statement at the end of my blog about reviews of products that I receive from cosmetics companies (and about which articles are reviews of such products). From now on, reviews of products that I receive from cosmetics companies or PR firms will include disclosures within the articles.

(A side note: I have never received monetary compensation for my blog articles and I do not write paid (sponsored) posts.)

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I would like to apologize to all my readers for disappearing for the past 20 days. On August 13th, I discovered that there were malware issues with the BlogLinker blogroll widget that I was using. Despite the fact that I removed the widget (which I am no longer using) as soon as I discovered the issues, Blogger still took down my blog the next day. My blog was finally back up earlier today after I sought help from Blogger.

I would like to thank all the readers who e-mailed me to express their concerns and support. I am very grateful. Also, I would like to thank Betsy at Autumn Masquerade for posting my message and Nutty at Nutsaboutmakeup for linking to it. I am also thankful for the friendly support from BA at Beauty Anonymous, Kia at Yummy411 (I hope her blog goes back up soon) and The Muse at Musings of a Muse.

Since there was no way to communicate with all my readers during the downtime, I decided to sign up for Twitter just in case something similar happens again. (You can follow my tweets here.) I won’t be twitting very regularly but I will still try to make my (beauty-related) tweets worth following. (One thing I might do is to mention upcoming posts in my tweets.)

Also, I am considering moving to another webhost. (I really don’t want to have a downtime like this again.) I will keep you all posted.

My next post will be up in the next couple of days.

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Last June, members of The Beauty Blog Network joined together for Comments for a Cure to raise money for cancer-related charities. This year, we decided to do it again in October, the Beast Cancer Awareness month.

As with last year, for every comment that you leave on A Touch of Blusher (under this post or any other post) on the 13th (today), 14th and 15th, I will donate 1 USD (up to 30 USD in total) to Cancer Research UK, which is the word’s leading independent organization dedicated to cancer research.

Please check out The Beauty Blog Network Comments for a Cure page for all the participating blogs (which start the Comments for a Cure on various dates) and the chip-in widget where you can make your own donation.

Please also check out Beauty and Fashion Tech, Girl Gloss and Raging Rouge, which are holding the Comments for a Cure event from today as well. In addition, Makeup Moxie‘s and Christina Loves‘ Comments for a Cure events are lasting all the way until the end of this month.

Please do kindly take time to leave your comment, and thank you very much for all your support!

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