The Chanel Ratonas Off-topic Thread

[Shypo]

I had some issues trying to upload to photobucket the other day, and I'm wondering if something on that site planted a virus. Several of my pics were 'corrupted', which has never happened before. I just tried to post the pic, and though I can see the whole pic on my computer, when I pull it up, or post it here, most of the picture is missing - as if pixels were deleted. I'm hoping my camera doesn't have a virus now (I don't even know if cameras can GET viruses, but who knows). I have to say that I am so disgusted with internet issues lately - it's getting to the point where you can't go on the internet at all without significant risk.

I tried to post some pics just now - didn't work......

 

[Bonitinha]

Just what we all need -- a new line of lipsticks!!
http://www.temptalia.com/guerlain-rouge-automatique-launches#more-29013

I haven't tried Guerlain lippies before . . .

 

[Almus]

While I was doing my Chanel an Dior swatches this morning I saw the new L'absolut nu or something like that from Lancome. They are beautiful colours for everyday use! So basically, when I had decided that my next purchases would be Chanel's Antigone and Dior's Model and It pink, all my plans fall apart! By the way, I just checked the new LM l/s and they also look great ... WHY???

 

[cutemiauw]

Hi ladies, I've been around and trying to catch up... and failing

(until now)

Bonitinha ~ Thank you

although I must credit my name to my father instead. Yours is Michelle? That sounds lovely too

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I tend to avoid depressing books, except when they are very good. What kind of book do you like? Last book I like was Anne Fortier's Juliet. It's a little cheesy at times, but I love the Tuscany settings.
Btw, your daughter surely whips out the cutest project .

Elegant ~ I agree, this is a very awesome group, I'm happy to be a part of it

HG ~ glad to hear you survived the market!! I'm not yet into investing but I love to hear about it. (Could you be even more awesome?

)
I wish I could be a hyper too, but what I eat is usually well translated into my weight

. I'd love to try out kickboxing too someday... my hubs used to do Karate, but not anymore. Or dancing... I think dancing is sexier

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Oh wish you loads of fun on your next Argentine trip

Almus ~ Sorry to hear about your "accident" hope your haul makes your recovery even faster

Shypo ~ Thank you for the swatches... although I am again confused as to which brand it was... there's so many talks going on with every brand in this thread. I got confused easily

And all the talk about Laura Mercier... hmm I noticed they have a counter in Berlin Lafayette... maybe I should check it out

 

[User38]

yesterday: we was yelling and ranting.. today: we be yelling and ranting too... lol

katred -- that countryman of yours was a knockout with a voice to match (another of my vices /voices .. I hate squeaky men's voices.. they truly sound like RatonES).
Big booming manly man.. yeaaaaaaaaaa

but life works its way out -- I met a man who was a gazillion times more wonderful and who was selfless and loving which is what really counts.. and we married.. not shacked up with is what the Canuck wanted.. lol. Bastard.

C! So sorry you have issues with photobucket.. I do too.. always. Or it's this site.. dunno. Today my screen on my home laptop is shrunken.. lol. Lilliputian style. I don't know how to fix it and my geeks have gone home already.. grrr. Oh well. Be patient with your pics.. and don't get yourself frazzled cause of them. I am beat.. as in exhausted so a nap is due or I will eat the dog's food out of sheer exhaustion. Oh the LM foundation, when used without a primer will give you some shine in the T zone if you have problems in that area like I do. Since I always use YSL Matte Touch primer or Hydrabase/Lancome, this is surely the only way it stays perfect all day!!

Cutie.. yes, you have a lovely name.. to match your lovely persona.... I thank you for your kind words. Right now, I would not ever advise anyone who is not really seasoned in the market to invest or to speculate. I nearly lost my shirt last week.. and this week I am up slightly... even making enough to buy kibble for my doggies.. lol

Elegant darlin -- are you still strippin?

nora darlin.. I have only begun to fight.. and this is only the preface to Chapt 2.. if there is a Chapt 2 to the Wildman

 

[Bonitinha]

Astrid -- I love historical novels -- so Juliet may be up my alley. One of my all time favorites is Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (it is being made into a movie -- can't wait to see it). It is the story of 2 Chinese women who send messages back and forth with this fan. Ultimately it is about the friendships and bonds of women. I also loved Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. It's about the Japanese internment camps in the US during WW II -- so horrific. I also read a lot of the classics -- really, anything I can get my hands on!!

Oh, and Cheryl's swatches on the white paper were the new Dior Addict lippies. Between the Chanel, Dior, and Shiseido -- I am doomed!!

 

[User38]

this has been a real lippie year.. lol.

Bonitinha, I think we are all in the same sinkin boat..
ha

I love novels about deviants

 

[Shypo]

Hi Astrid - sorry to confuse you - yes, we talk about everything over here, don't we? The swatches were for the new Dior Addict lip colors - there are over 50 new ones!

HG predicted it - this new wave of lippies that we were all going to love! I'm liking the looks of those Guerlain ones too - thanks for the link Michelle!! More to put on the list.

I just booked my next trip out to San Jose - I'm trying to decide what to wear and what makeup (and this time, lipsticks!!) to bring

. I always plan very early cuz I change my mind about 6 times before I pack, and about 4 times after I've packed.....

. But it keeps me sane I guess. Or as sane as I'll ever be.

I'm hoping the rain has subsided by then - they've really had a wet couple of weeks! I'm also trying to figure out what to put on my list to look for while I'm there - their Nordies is very nice and carries a lot of lines - maybe this trip will be Laura Mercier....or Guerlain.....but whoa, the price of Guerlain!! That will also be RCS week, so perhaps one or two of those.......

Hope everyone had a good day - I'm sure Elegant's off stripping somewhere.....

Props to the beautiful and iconic Liz Taylor.......

may she rest in peace.....

 

[User38]

I second that.. Liz Taylor, may she rest in peace.. she was a beautiful lady.. and she managed to marry 7 times.. My hero!

C!.. good going.. and great shopping. I will be going to Central America to advise some new clients but that's first days of April.. and then, quite possibly to Argentina.. but not sure I will meet Ramon yet. I have some new clients there also

I pack in a very simple fashion.. I use only one colour and various tones of the same colour for blouses/tshirts/etc. It keeps my life more simple and I always have a bag packed... just in case. lol. For mu, I keep that to what I call my Nikita colours -- greys, nudes, greige, beige and cream.. and have put all these colours into one palette. I usually have a few ls in different ranges and two blushes. Not that difficult or heavy since I will wind up in DF anyway

 

[User38]

omg.. I couldn't even type.. lol.. those Guerlain ls.. I so love Guerlain.. and YSL, and BB, and and and..

looks like the trend is gonna kill us... lol

 

[elegant-one]

You can join us in the stripping for lipsticks

 

[elegant-one]

I just booked my next trip out to San Jose - I'm trying to decide what to wear and what makeup (and this time, lipsticks!!) to bring

. I always plan very early cuz I change my mind about 6 times before I pack, and about 4 times after I've packed.....

. But it keeps me sane I guess. Or as sane as I'll ever be.

I'm hoping the rain has subsided by then - they've really had a wet couple of weeks! I'm also trying to figure out what to put on my list to look for while I'm there - their Nordies is very nice and carries a lot of lines - maybe this trip will be Laura Mercier....or Guerlain.....but whoa, the price of Guerlain!! That will also be RCS week, so perhaps one or two of those.......

Hope everyone had a good day - I'm sure Elegant's off stripping somewhere.....

I just finished earlier this evening. I think regular stripping would be more enjoyable than this darn paper...uggh

I can't pack well at all when I go anywhere - I have to take everything

sucks

Hope you're doing better my dear!

ANTM & wine....

 

[Bonitinha]

Glad you finally finished stripping! It sounds like a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it!

Let's chat later about ANTM . . . can't wait to see what those girls are crying about tonight lol

 

[elegant-one]

Elegant darlin -- are you still strippin?

OMG - you make me laugh so much

done strippin...paper

My man is manly man

tall...& I like manly hands that look like a man's hand, not a girls

 

[Eleentje]

Cheryl,

Have you checked the file size/resolution of those pictures? They may be too big, and that's why they cannot fully load on photobucket. It can also be a combination of big file size and bad internet connection! Cameras can't get viruses, but the memory cards can carry them over, i.e. if you connect the camera to a "virus-ridden" computer first, and then connect it to a "clean one" and copy files over, you may carry the virus over as well. I haven't heard of viruses corrupting photos in the way you describe, so I think it's something else.

-- Nerd mode OFF--

I had some issues trying to upload to photobucket the other day, and I'm wondering if something on that site planted a virus. Several of my pics were 'corrupted', which has never happened before. I just tried to post the pic, and though I can see the whole pic on my computer, when I pull it up, or post it here, most of the picture is missing - as if pixels were deleted. I'm hoping my camera doesn't have a virus now (I don't even know if cameras can GET viruses, but who knows). I have to say that I am so disgusted with internet issues lately - it's getting to the point where you can't go on the internet at all without significant risk.

I tried to post some pics just now - didn't work......

-- Makeup addict mode ON--

I've just made a list of the stuff I want to check out at DF. It is HUGE!

I've had some red wine from Georgia last night. I am not a big fan of red wines, as I find them a bit too heavy for me, but that one was just right! Yum
And I agree, Liz Taylor was a beauty icon! RIP

 

[Shypo]

Thanks for the info Elena - I'll have to see how it does tomorrow. I'm not using PB to put the pics here (I insert the image), but I'll maybe see what happens tomorrow...I reformatted my memory card, so maybe that will help too. It really looked like a low memory type of issue, but some of the pics had no pic, if that makes sense. I noticed the problems, including my camera 'freezing', which it has never done, after I went to the PB site (with the card in my computer - camera froze after I put it back in). I'll keep my fingers crossed!

Glad you got finished Elegant - how many lipsticks did you earn?

 

[Eleentje]

If formatting your card won't resolve the problem, try copying photos over to your computer first, without opening them, to see if they will behave in the same way, when opened from your computer.
It could definitely be a bad/corrupted memory card.

Have a nice evening everyone, I'm off to bed!

 

[stv578]

Hey girls!

Michelle, I totally hear ya about that first day of kindergarten. In Ontario, the kids start a year earlier, so my daughter started "junior" kindergarten last September. They are sooo little and all the mom's worry so much about them eating enough at lunch or dressing warm enough on the cold days, let alone how tired they get. My son wasn't even 4 yet when he started, I cried for weeks when I dropped him off!

Elegant, I'm with you on the manly men! My guy is quite tall, 6'1", compared with my 4'11" frame! And he's a total guy, but really kind and gentle, never rude and really does his fair share around the house.

As for all the talk of the new lippies, I cannot even entertain the idea of getting any more for now! I'll actually be getting new tires for my car this weekend, partly because of an ongoing problem I've had with my car since it was basically new 2 years ago. And if that doesn't make any sense, I can't understand it myself, but there it is.

 

[stv578]

Elegant, yay for finishing with the stripping! It really is a huge pain in the arse, but you just have to keep the end result in mind I guess.

 

[Bonitinha]

Hey girls!

Michelle, I totally hear ya about that first day of kindergarten. In Ontario, the kids start a year earlier, so my daughter started "junior" kindergarten last September. They are sooo little and all the mom's worry so much about them eating enough at lunch or dressing warm enough on the cold days, let alone how tired they get. My son wasn't even 4 yet when he started, I cried for weeks when I dropped him off!

Elegant, I'm with you on the manly men! My guy is quite tall, 6'1", compared with my 4'11" frame! And he's a total guy, but really kind and gentle, never rude and really does his fair share around the house.

As for all the talk of the new lippies, I cannot even entertain the idea of getting any more for now! I'll actually be getting new tires for my car this weekend, partly because of an ongoing problem I've had with my car since it was basically new 2 years ago. And if that doesn't make any sense, I can't understand it myself, but there it is.

Oh my goodness -- I can't even imagine Junior Kindergarten

They are pretty darned cute though -- with those giant backpacks that look huge compared to their little bodies. It's going to be hard with my youngest. Since she is my baby, I'm sure I will be crying for weeks!!

It is so funny that we are both 4'11". I have never met someone my same height before! I always have on tall wedges or platforms!