The Chanel Ratonas Off-topic Thread

[cutemiauw]

Ratona ladies are welcome to share a bottle of wine with me

. The cafe was a bit touristy but the view was just so great! There were a small vineyards too just next to it, too gorgeous .

Katred ~ yup it was great! Especially since we didn't spend as much money as we thought (things are a little bit cheaper there ). Oh and definitely the city to go when you're not buying MU, the price wouldn't tempt you at all

Elegant ~ I bet the result of painting was all worth it

. I'm so looking forward to have our own place for decorating! (at the moment we're living in a furnished apartment - it's lovely but we can't do any wall decorating)

Naynadine ~ Don't worry with your English! I'm embarrassed with my German skills too, always sweat in buckets when I have to write a letter auf Deutsch

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Ohh those Givency blushes are very pretty! Not that I should be buying more blushes or anything. I'll approach with caution when I feel there's a missing color in my collection

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HG ~ Please come back, we miss you

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Thanks for those Olay recs. I've got to try those Olay products too. I used to love the brand, until they only had the products in jars (I dislike jars for moisturizers, so unhygienic)

 

[Miss QQ]

^^ Prague is gorgeous! I want to visit the country one day.

elegant - your son looks so cute and smart!

I swatched Givenchy Vintage Pink blush today at Sephora and it's beautiful! We have a Givenchy counter in a department store as well as the stand at Sephora (which I forgot it is there until today). It's matte, but feels smooth and soft. It's love at first swatch! I don't usually like matte blushes, like those from mac, but this is gorgeous.

RC Shines arrived at my Chanel counter today, surprisingly! I have posted pics of the brochure I got at the Chanel l/s thread. They are very sheer and balm-like. I got the test card and I'm so happy to be able to test them before buying any.

 

[Shypo]

Girls! I wanted to let you know that I found one of those plastic drawer sets on wheels at Staples for $9.00 - they seemed to be on clearance. The one I got is pink, but they had black and green as well. This one has 2 'shallow' drawers and 2 deep drawers. I have a black one already, which has 4 shallow and 1 deep drawer. The shallow drawers are great for organizing things like Chanel eye quads/JCs, and MAC quads and blushes (or MES) - they fit perfectly when stood on end. I can't remember how much I paid for the black one, but it wasn't $9.

 

[Prettypackages]

Hey ladies, are chanel brushes worth the price since they are made in china. I think I'm in love with the 12, but then I saw the China stamp on it.

 

[Shypo]

^ Chanel blushes are made in France - sounds like you might be looking at a fake -

 

[Prettypackages]

really? I got this directly from Nordstroms. I don't buy brushes online. Ok, so I double checked it and right on the ferrule it is stamped China. But I got this from Nordies.

^ Chanel blushes are made in France - sounds like you might be looking at a fake -

 

[Bonitinha]

The blushes are made in France -- but maybe the brushes are made in China?? If you got it directly from the Chanel counter at Nordies, I would think they are authentic -- you would hope so

 

[Shypo]

Duh - my eyesight must be going - I thought you said 'bLushes', not brushes - I'm sorry.

I have a crease brush from Chanel that was made in China too and I love it - I wish I had another one -

Sorry about that!!

 

[Bonitinha]

Girls! I wanted to let you know that I found one of those plastic drawer sets on wheels at Staples for $9.00 - they seemed to be on clearance. The one I got is pink, but they had black and green as well. This one has 2 'shallow' drawers and 2 deep drawers. I have a black one already, which has 4 shallow and 1 deep drawer. The shallow drawers are great for organizing things like Chanel eye quads/JCs, and MAC quads and blushes (or MES) - they fit perfectly when stood on end. I can't remember how much I paid for the black one, but it wasn't $9.

Thanks Cheryl -- always looking for ways to organize my stash! It's a little out of control!

 

[User38]

waves to all the Ratonas!

was in Central AMerica and saw some really good goodies.. le items, and discontinued.. will advise on next trip if anyone wants something.. like Euro Narcisse as well as many other lines.. I was floored but could not buy because I was there on business.

C! Chanel brushes are made in China.. and they changed companies about two years ago so I don't know if the Quality Control went down a bit.. my guess is that it has. They used to be made in France just like the rest of the line.. now with globalization things are made or assembled in different parts of world and they get to put the final label on where it is finally assembled and packaged..grr.

I have not caught up on the threads, but will try as soon as I can.. meanwhile, it's nice to see our thread is still growing by yaks and yaks

 

[User38]

oh, I have a big surprise for everybody but cannot annouce it until later tonight

 

[Shypo]

^^ Welcome back HG!!

Sounds like a whirlwind trip this time.....no Rrrrrrrramon, eh?

The LE stuff sounds interesting......looking forward to hearing more about that! I got my Narcisse from overseas (Strawberrynet) - is it likely that it's a Euro version vs US version? I really cannot tell (have to go back and look at Winthrop's link when I'm not behind my company's firewall).........

Thanks for the info on the brushes - it figures something like that would happen. I'm still very much liking my taklon brushes from Wally World - still on the hunt for the crease brush - looks like I'm going to have to hit some of the ones further away.......

 

[User38]

Bonitinha, I have the IT purple, and the Vintage pink was a remake of the older Givenchy blush called a similar name/ almost identical colours... but about 3x as much product

^^ Sephora is the only retailer that carries Givenchy in the US (I think) and shade 22 Vintage Pink is not available on the website right now. Bummer! It is so pretty. Would you mind sharing the site you ordered it from? I did see that Sephora carries 24 It Girl Purple -- I'm interested in seeing what that one looks like

 

[User38]

C! you probably have a euro version of Narcisse.. Strawberry sells from AU and Singapore I believe.. so it's offshore. Don't trust anything because the trademark is registered in France, England, or wherever.. they are many times made in the Far East.. and the far eastern factories are really stepping up their quality controls too which is great... not that we will see lower prices, au contraire, the prices of all products will increase steadily.

on this trip.. no Rrrrrrrrramon.. the wildman is calling me and texting me a bit too much for my liking tho.. lol.

 

[Bonitinha]

oh, I have a big surprise for everybody but cannot annouce it until later tonight

Don't leave us hanging like that!!

 

[elegant-one]

Well I'm late to the party

Dead tired - my body aches - & I question why I do these projects

Hope everyone is doing well!!!!

 

[Shypo]

You take them on because they are worth the aches and fatigue....you'll be so happy when you're finished!!

I should check my Givenchy blushes to see which I have - I know I have one of the pink ones - perhaps it's the predecessor and that would be nice.........yeah, the shrinkage thing.........why are women always the ones who get the short end of THAT stick?? (ahem....so to speak.......)

 

[elegant-one]

Shrinkage - reminds me of a Seinfeld episode with George & swimming

LOL

C - yeah! I can't believe that I have to do 2 more rooms

 

[Miss QQ]

Hi HG! Sounds great to be able to see le and discontinued treasures, too bad you can't buy any!

I have a few that I brought a few years ago and those are made in France. The short handled ones from the holiday sets in the last two years are made in China. I have no problems with them, they are soft and don't shed/bleed.

Cheryl - Is there a number for the crease brush? I don't see any crease brush from Chanel at my counter. I'm looking for one and may go for mac 224 if I don't find anything better.

 

[katred]

C! you probably have a euro version of Narcisse.. Strawberry sells from AU and Singapore I believe.. so it's offshore. Don't trust anything because the trademark is registered in France, England, or wherever.. they are many times made in the Far East.. and the far eastern factories are really stepping up their quality controls too which is great... not that we will see lower prices, au contraire, the prices of all products will increase steadily.

on this trip.. no Rrrrrrrrramon.. the wildman is calling me and texting me a bit too much for my liking tho.. lol.

You heartbreaker!!

So, feeling a little disappointment at the Mac Quite Cute collection, I went on rampage at The Bay... picked up one of the long-wear YSL eye shadows (a gorgeous deep green with sparkle), Myriade Glossimer and... wait for it... Fauve eye shadow. I don't know how I missed it, but it is available up here.