The Chanel Ratonas Off-topic Thread

[User38]

bonitinha.. you must look lovely.. the colours sound awesome on you

stv.. I use any oily cosmetic remover or oil to remove any residue on mu brushes - - I don't like olive oil too much because of the scent, but I do like to use lavender oil and bifacil which I use for everything to remove gunk on the bristles. then I use baby shampoo or any other shampoo to remove the oil. Regular baby shampoo is great for any natural bristle brush.
As regards decorating, I am long distance refurbishing an old old old house.. and am in the structural phases.. It is a madhouse! Don't worry -- all this takes time and if you do it with love and affection it will be marvelous.

Almus -- I have the Sephora no. 55 which is as C! points out a bit floppy but I use it instead of the 187 to buff foundation and for that it works beautifully. I did not see the # 55 in your link. I apply foundation as stv says with fingers and also use an Eco Tools Blush brush to stipple and spread more. It works better than most brushes.

I highly recommend the Eco Tools Buffer brush for all powder, or all over highliters.

Elena,, thanks so much for your help. I have pmd C! so we can coordinate -- I will be out of town for another week and she has my info.

katred, you look lovely and yes, I am going to push you to buy Moxie -- when it is released of course.. lol. For now we are doing sheers.. lol.
thank you for the offer also to buy our stuff -- we are like the "famigilia"..

 

[Eleentje]

That's fine, HG! Whatever suits everyone best, really I'll wait for Cheryl's final instructions on what to get and where to send it
Oh I laughed so much at "famiglia", as if we are some kind of makeup mafia clan Making the Specktra coasts unsafe by our continuous enabling Enter at your own risk
HG has already got a cigar in her mouth, as a capo di tutti capi!

 

[Shypo]

^^^

That is so funny! The Makeup Mafia!!!

That's us!!! HG and her cee-gar. We'd all need names like Bugsy and Fast-Finger Freddy!!!

 

[User38]

Elena... lol.. you got it!! il capo di tutti capi.. lolol.

ceegar and all !!

I will let C! organize (she is the most organized anyway - I am a total basket case for organization)..

oh.. I have news from the Southern Continent..
I received a phone call from mi amigo the Argentine Wildman.. and he is inviting me to see his winery next month.. also, he wonders why I don't write.. why I don't call him, and why in the world would I not.. REPEAT NOT, want to pursue a lovely friendship with him (coughing fit).. really? the man is a womanizer, he is very attractive and successful.. but he is "worried" about me

not succumbing to his worldly charms.. ha.
I told him that he is frankly a very nice man, but I am not interested or ready for a relationship (this was last time I saw him) and left it at that.. I don't write, I don't call or anything and he says it drives him

. So, he has taken as he calls them, extreme measures to see me.. roflmao

He wants to send me the ticket to Buenos Aires so we could meet there.. and I told him not to worry, I can buy my own ticket (I know this steams his butt), and he said yes madame.. lol. So, if I go, I will go to Buenos Aires (I am due for a trip South anyway) and meet him there and on my own terms and of my own volition go to his farm.. lol. The fact that I call the vineyard a FARM annoys him.. lol. In other words -- to my youngins in this thread.. don't give in, don't give it up, go slow, go steady and make yourselves a rarity for these poor poor men.

that's my story for today.. 10-4

 

[Bonitinha]

Elena -- tee hee -- love the Makeup Mafia (verrrrry dangerous and best not to mess with a girl and her makeup!!)

HG -- wow, the Argentine sounds utterly perplexed as to why you aren't head over heels over him this instant. Good for you being strong and independent. I think it is great when you make a man work for you LOL

 

[User38]

Bonitinha.. this means pretty one little one in Portuguese, no? well, you certainly are pretty !! .. yes, the poor man has been drinking his vineyard over me.. lmao.

just kidding.. but honestly.. I don't know how to just be friends with benefits.. All I know in my life is being married and in love, and the only relationship I had which ended in heartbreak was to a no good Canadian (hides from katred) but he had the sexiest legs around.. lol. That was when I was young and dumb enough to let some testoteroned person break my poor lil heart.

oh oh.. I just realized I posted something OT in the Chanel ls thread..

 

[User38]

omg.. if the Laura Mercier gel lipsticks hold colour better and don't have shimmer.. I am going to buy them all !!

will advise.

 

[elegant-one]

omg.. if the Laura Mercier gel lipsticks hold colour better and don't have shimmer.. I am going to buy them all !!

will advise.

NOOOOOOO! LALALALALALA (I'm not buying any more ls brands nonononono)

So what was your favorite color

 

[elegant-one]

Oh, I've been strippin all day...

























.....wallpaper

 

[elegant-one]

Well good evening ladies!

Wow, it's been a fun few days at home with the kids, sad that it's over.

I did get to the Bay yesterday to look at the Vitalumiere Aqua fndt and the Shiseido lippies. I wanted to get VA, was colour matched but alas, they were outta stock on my shade (I'm currently a B20). I also went to look at the Shiseido l/s, they swatched beautifully, and I was eyeing Pink Champagne, Stiletto and Iron Maiden. But since I couldn't make up my mind, I ended up with nothing for now (shocking, isn't it?!). I will be going tomorrow to a different Bay, the one near my work, where I have the VA on hold. So I have tonight to figure out which l/s to get, I think I'll start with Pink Champagne and Stiletto, I just hope Stiletto won't go too blue (Elegant, how do you find it once it's on your lips? Does the sheerness of it make it a bit less blue once on?). I did find that these are a bit more pigmented than the Coco shines, which was nice to see.

Speaking of the Coco shines, I tried Liberte on using the samples in the blister pack. It's definitely on the orange side, very wearable because it's sheer, but it did show up as a light orange on me and it's not my cup of tea. I'll try Boy tomorrow morning. The blister pack of samples is brilliant!

So completely off-topic, now that we've been in the house about 6 months, we've gotten over the "new house" feeling, where it didn't bother us that the walls are so empty and there isn't much in the way of decor, plants, etc. We still don't have any permanent window coverings up. So we're now starting phase two of the process. I called up a couple people for quotes on window coverings, starting with a few rooms for now and I'm hoping to get out and about to look at a few accent pieces and some art for the walls. It is such a long and expensive process!!! I kinda feel guilty even coming on here, because I know it will create new lemmings!

Thats it exactly! on stiletto. Well, it is blue based but the sheerness makes it very wearable. It may depend on your lip color too.

I hear you on the decorating. Its both fun & overwhelming at times. I've spent the last several years stripping older wallpaper & trying to come up with nice paint colors & accents. I did get these really awesome blind from blinds.com - they mount inside & to put them up, you just grab the bottom bar and push up or pull down no strings, very clean looking. Plus, the keep the heat/cold out.

I'm redoing our son's old bedroom - stripping the wallpaper now. Plus I want to do the adjacent bathroom & our room, & repaint our dinning & formal living rooms

yes, its just driving hubs a lil crazy with so many projects. Hey, I like multi-tasking.

I'm sure if you do it little by little it will turn out just right.

 

[stv578]

Thanks Elegant! Though I already ended up getting the lippies, or at least I think i did! They didn't have any names on them, just numbers, so now I need to cross reference the numbers to see what I ended up with, but I did get two of them and I'll report back shortly, lol! Also finally got the VA fndt.

Stripping huh?! I remember doing that back in the day with my parent's house. It is hard work. Did you take before pictures?

As far as the blinds are concerned, I think I'm pretty much decided on the Pirouette's for the two rooms we're going to do for now. But definitely not for the kid's rooms, they need something more... shall we say durable?!

HG, I'm loving the Argentine Wildman stories! Are we at Chapter 2 or 3 now?!

And no, no more lippies for me either!

 

[stv578]

Me again. So yes, I did end up with Stiletto and Pink Champagne! Weird though that the boxes for them here don't indicate the name of the shades, only the numbers?

 

[Bonitinha]

HG -- thank you for the compliment -- you are sweet

My hubby speaks Portuguese and Bonitinha is his nickname for me. He said that is what the guys in Brazil call the girlies. Too funny!
I know what you mean, it would be hard to start dating again after you already experienced the love of your life. But you are gorgeous, smart, and successful -- and I know you will do what is best for you!!
What are these Laura Mericer lipsticks you are talking about??

Elegant -- are you exhausted from all of your stripping today??

Sounds like you have quite a few projects keeping you busy! I have been wanting hubs to install crown moulding and some really high, beautiful baseboards (and strip out the old ones) in our master. Still waiting . . .

 

[elegant-one]

You guys

Hey, I just got the new Allure - Olay was the award winner - again! Great issue on skin care, brown spots, retinol etc.

And, I saw this adorable white shirtdress in the front of the mag. & I was like - wow - I love that it's so me & its cute - HA - its was Chanel! And there is this pic from one of the Chanel fashion shows & the lady has a huge rose around her head made from copy paper

 

[stv578]

I love the high baseboards. We wanted to get them in our new house, but the builder was charging a really stupid amount, considering the product itself didn't cost that much more than the one that came standard, and they would be installing baseboards one way or another, so we decided to stick with what the house came with, which the kids will demolish and then we can redo it ourselves one day. The crown moulding also adds a really nice finish to a room.

 

[elegant-one]

Elegant -- are you exhausted from all of your stripping today??

Sounds like you have quite a few projects keeping you busy! I have been wanting hubs to install crown moulding and some really high, beautiful baseboards (and strip out the old ones) in our master. Still waiting . . .

totally...I was taking it all off

I am so completely hyper - it wears the man out!

I can do most of it myself (therapy) but I do need his help for some things.

The mouldings & baseboards sound lovely! It really is time consuming to renovate.

No....I don't want to hear what LM lispticks HG is talking about

 

[Bonitinha]

Yep -- I love all of the craftsmanship and woodwork. Just wish I could get my husband as excited about it! We do have a friend who is a mason (is that what they're called when they do all of the detailed woodwork??) who said he would help out. I really just need to get going on it!!

Elegant - oh my goodness -- the pencil drawings -- that would make me weep! So sweet.

 

[katred]

I miss redecorating. I remember I spent a lot going redoing my apartment in Toronto to get it just the way I liked, only to realise that it didn't make me any happier living in Toronto. I'd love to do something with the place we're in now, but it needs a lot of work and the landlord doesn't seem inclined to help. I'm personally trying to hold out until they sell the building and turn it into condos.

HG- Sorry to hear that one of my countrymen broke your heart... There are some special kinds of jerk that they seem to breed up here, believe me. And I'm already dying to see Moxie make it's magical return... I liked those retro matte colours, I just wish the formula had been a little better.

 

[Shypo]

Redecorating....ah......my list is long! Hubby cringes every time I mention a new 'project'. I either have to stop spending on makeup, or get kids out of school.....so I guess it's going to be getting the kids out of school!

My younger one is going out of state (to my alma mater - yay!!!

) so I'm pacing myself. I have to prioritize. This summer I think I'm going to strip too.....uh, wallpaper..........and repaint the kitchen and long hallway we have. I also want to re-do the floor in the downstairs bathroom. And re-do completely the upstairs full bathroom. And.....and....and.....

A step at a time....easy stuff first I guess.

HG, your Argentine fool.........you go girl! Make him crazy!! Men like that -

- but they're fun to toy with! I think you should be Bugsy!!

New LM gel lippies? What??

Like Elegant says, la la la la la .....fingers in ears........but they do sound intriguing. I'm lemming her cream shadows (like MAC paints) and potentially one or two of the mineral eye shadows, based on the pixiwoo vids........I have to say that I'm really liking the Kat von D eye shadow primer, however. I did a look today that came out VERY pretty (I sound shocked because lately I haven't been getting it done) - I used the Kat von D, then Phloof over my lid, Soft Brown over the crease, an Inglot color that looks sort of like Night Maneuvers (is it really spelled that way? I did a spell check......) in the outer v and Hot Hot Hot on the center lid. Lined with Chanel Espresso.....Beagle blush with a bit of Narcisse on top, and Icone (Dior) for the lips. I have to say I LOVE this lipcolor - it's like a deeper rose coral color that is like MLB rosier. I looked in the mirror and did a double-take......is that really ME?

If it holds up I'll take a pic when I get home. I got a few compliments at work, too....including from a couple of guys......wow.

 

[stv578]

Cheryl, sounds like there's a lot you want to do! My hubby would say the same thing to me, well, not the kids part, we have a long way to go with them, but the stop buying make-up part, all the time when I used to bug him about looking at houses! Well, we have the house now, lol! But ya, I have curtailed my make-up spending quite a bit, but could still probably restrain a bit more in order to get things done around the house. So as always, I'm going to declare a very low-buy after the Chanel summer collection. Question is, will I stick to it?! Something tells me that I will, because we still have a whole lot to do seeing as the house is a newly built home. We need to get fencing up, landscaping done (I'll probably wait it out another year to let the ground settle a bit more), and still a lot more window coverings. I also want DH to fix up the garage properly, he has gotten my permission to get some nice "garage style" cabinetry in there for all his tools. I love that he's handy, but man, what a mess his stuff can make!

Definitely though, I want a fence up this year. I was actually going to come on here on the weekend to rant about my neighbours and their dog's turds!!! I love dogs, really. But I do not appreciate having piles of turds in my backyard, particularly from some other person's dog. It was a good two weeks that I would sit at the table, look out through the garden doors and my eyes would immediately go to the friggin' turds that were basically in direct view. Not nice. They did finally clean it all up this weekend though, without us having to say anything. We would have eventually, but seeing as it's a new neighbour hood and they otherwise seemed nice, we didn't want to have to!!!

And then, probably one of the most important items on our wish list... the walk-in closet!!! I envision pretty wood shelving, etc, with a place for my purses and shoes, and... and! It's contagious!!!!

Sorry for the loooong post!