The Chanel Ratonas Off-topic Thread

[Miss QQ]

Astrid - Hope they aren't too expensive for you!

Cheryl -I agree, not cool when my hair gets stuck to my lipgloss and worse, it gets over my glasses and leaves streaks that are difficult to wipe off. I'm going to cut my hair to shoulder length again. It is now a few inches over and while I like how I look at this length, I don't like to manage it.

I'm going to check out Hibiscus Bloom at least. I haven't purchased the RCS that I wanted, not forgetting I still want Guerlain's rouge automatiques, and possibly the dior addict and shiseido that I didn't pick up yet. Too many lipsticks and not enough time, and money too. Thanks, ladies! The chanel event was a memorable one for me. We would have a blast if we go to a chanel event together!

Here's the brooch - it is an antique gold colour. Happy mother's day to our mums here!

 

[Shypo]

MissQQ, that event sounds divine - yes, it would have been a blast to have a 'Ratona' event!! Everything you got is lovely, and you did a beautiful job on the flowers!!

Believe it or not, my NM package arrived this morning while we were at breakfast! I am shocked! Gardenia is gorgeous, and I love Misia - I have it packed!

And the Starfish bronzer is

! It's in my carry-on!

I hate to have to be on a plane all day....I'll have a lot of posts to catch up on, and will try to get online whenever I can.

P.S. I didn't get ANY shopping in at all with pooter-head. Not surprised. I was chained to him while I was out there - not this trip though!! I'm hitting up INGLOT and the MAC Pro store out there to meet everyone who has been so helpful to me on the phone - and if I get a chance to do some 'HE' browsing, I will do that as well.......

Have a good week everyone! Hope you are able to spend time with your moms!!

 

[stv578]

Happy Mother's Day to all the very cool and beautiful mom's on here! Hope everyone enjoys their day!

 

[Miss QQ]

Cheryl - thanks. I don't know anything about floral arrangement so it was fun for a first time! Great that your package is here! Enjoy! Have fun shopping too!

 

[katred]

Thanks for the link, Astrid! Her description of Sweet Cherry actually made me want to run and get it NOW.

Read a review on this blog: http://theconcretebrunette.blogspot.com/2011/04/laura-mercier-gel-lip-colour.html
Hibiscus Bloom: "It will suit most anyone who likes to sport a fresh rosey lip." SOLD

I just hope they are not severely overpriced here. Well, if they are, then I'm coming home with another RCS. Easy

 

[elegant-one]

Darn it!!! I put it in my shopping cart yesterday

<---------yeah, we all know where this goes

 

[stv578]

Hey everyone! So it was a long day, but a good day! The kids woke us up super early because they wanted to give me all the gifts they made! It was so sweet, lots of pictures, a card from each of them, a little pot with a few seeds for a spruce tree in it, and a frame that my son painted with a picture in it that he drew! And hubby spoiled me too, with two charms for my newest Pandora bracelet, (including a new "mom" charm) as well as a gorgeous bouquet of flowers! The best part though is just how excited the kids were the days leading up to today!

 

[elegant-one]

Hey everyone! So it was a long day, but a good day! The kids woke us up super early because they wanted to give me all the gifts they made! It was so sweet, lots of pictures, a card from each of them, a little pot with a few seeds for a spruce tree in it, and a frame that my son painted with a picture in it that he drew! And hubby spoiled me too, with two charms for my newest Pandora bracelet, (including a new "mom" charm) as well as a gorgeous bouquet of flowers! The best part though is just how excited the kids were the days leading up to today!

Aww, soooo cute! And, your son painting the frame & drawing the picture reminded me SO much of our son!

How sweet of your whole family

as those are the most important memories in life!

For me it is bittersweet & emotional. My son called me twice - in the morning & in the evening. He has a special gift that they are bringing me in 2 weeks - sweet. My mother barely remembers anything now - bitter. So, hubby took me shopping & bought me a beautiful bra at VS, some shoes & dinner - & then we came home and painted ceilings in 3 rooms!

Which I am glad that they are finally finished.

I loved reading your post!

 

[Bonitinha]

Sounds like all of you moms are having a fabulous day!

Nora -- how sweet about the gifts/cards your kids made you. I absolutely love the little homemade gifts. I have a little box full of them that I save!

Elegant -- so sweet that your son called you twice. I can't wait to hear about the gift he has picked out for you. So sorry about your mom -- that is so hard.
Awesome about getting the painting done!

Cheryl -- have fun on your trip to LV -- glad you like the Starfish!

My girls all made their little gifts in school and were just beaming as I opened them today. My 2nd grader did a sweet painting of a flower and my 5 year old made me a little beaded keychain at preschool. So darn cute. My 12 year old made me a little gift, but she said it didn't turn out how she wanted, so she was embarrassed to give it to me. Aww, they start getting so self conscious at that age! My hubs was sweet and got me a dress from Anthropologie that I've been wanting forever.

Hope all of you ladies had a great day! And all of your talk about the LM lippies is making me think I need 1 or 2 . . .

 

[Almus]

Hello ladies!

I have been missing for a couple of days, but we had a nasty electric storm last friday night and one of the phone towers in my city got hit by a ray and it burned .. so no phone nor internet in two days (it is down still, let's hope it will get fixed soon).

Sooo ... happy mother's day to you all lovely moms in the forum! stv, Michelle, elegant and so many more, I hope you had a great day ^^. Elegant, life is so unfair sometimes. I am sorry for what's happening to your mom

Back to make up, you totally sold me on Hibiscus Bloom but ... SURPRISE! There is no way to get Laura Mercier in Spain! I am so pissed at this country cosmetics' commerce. I may try at ebay although I don't know any trustable seller but since I am so *lucky* I am sure I'll find one, but he won't ship to Spain, haha

Well, now I have catched up with the posts I am going back to work for a bit =)

Miss yaaa!

 

[Almus]

I am not able to find Laura Mercier in Spain so, could you please tell me some "similar" color? I know the texture won't be the same, but I have seriously fallen in love with that l/s after seeing elegant's swatches

 

[Bonitinha]

Almus -- scary about the storm -- glad you are OK.

Too bad you don't get LM where you live. I haven't tried out her products yet, but it is next on my list!

 

[cutemiauw]

Happy (belated) Mothers Day lovely ladies

. I love reading about everyone's wonderful stories too... and so sorry to hear about your mom, Elegant

, it was bittersweet indeed.

I haven't checked out LM yet... I made a self promise to only buy lipstick after I finish revising my short story... so I must stay strong! Yup, European prices on US cosmetics are quite crazy. It surely made me think some products are overpriced here. I like the Chanel RCS because it's not *that* overpriced, 29 EUR vs $32 isn't as bad as MAC lipstick 18 EUR vs $14.50

.

Shypo, MissQQ ~ and the glosses gets worse in summer because I like my oversize sunglasses... even more streaks than my normal glasses

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MissQQ - that's a lovely brooch!

I only got RCS in Monte Carlo and I seemed to love it more and more each time I wear it!


Almus ~ Glad to hear you're OK too! I could CP you the LM if you'd like... I don't know how much it is here, yet.. or if they even have the gel lip color. But I'll let you know


Then what's stopping you?

 

[stv578]

Elegant, I'm sorry to hear about your mom. I can't imagine how hard that must be for your family. But your hubby is just so sweet and I'm glad you'll be seeing your son in a couple of weeks.

Michelle, your girls sound so cute and your hubby is also super sweet. Kids can be so hard on themselves sometimes.

I think we are all very lucky ladies.

Oh, and I only just read about the Chanel fall collection last night! I can no longer splurge too much, and I also really need to cut down on my daily make-up routine because I'm trying very hard to get my butt into work a bit earlier, but I definitely want to get my hands on the Graphite n/p, a couple of the matte RA's and excited to see the eyeshadow 'pots' as well. Big sigh!

 

[User38]

Ratonassssssssssssssss !!

I missed all of you and had no wifi or good connex anywhere I went.. and I went all over Argentina.. lol.

From BA I went to Mendoza to Rramonnnnnnnnn's farm and was quite impressed -- the wine business to me was Italian's stomping on grapes.. lol. This is a new world for me and exciting to see it. We had a lovely time there and then went to Ushuaia, Santa Cruz and saw the glaciers and lakes, as well as the penguinos.. oh my .. the feeling you get from seeing these glaciers is amazing. I want to live there.. lol. But, my life is on a course now which is taking me across the Atlantic and to the old world. I will only be seeing Rrramon on business trips most likely but the flight to BA plus security/travel etc is about 17 hours.. ugh. So things will be in a holding pattern for now to see what happens and when.. if it happens and when.

He smokes cigars.. after dinner with a cognac/brandy and inadvertently my hair flew into the tip and got burned -- I mean crispy.. lol. So he showed me one of his hidden talents (something which I now share with him) and he cut my hair into a pixie cut -- he says he grooms his dogs and his horses.. lmao. I have a short pixie cut now and I dyed it brown with REvlong Colorsilk (the only brand I knew that was available). So, I am looking like I did when I cut my waist lenght hair and got a mia farrow hair cut last century. I love it though. And, he felt so bad he got me a lovely ring -- looks like a gold grid with a stone in the middle.. and it's called " All roads lead to Rrramon".. so far, so good on that end... but time will tell.

Elegant -- sorry to hear about your mom..

 

[User38]

the site is insane.

I noticed you are all talking about the LM gel ls.. and when I mentioned them months ago, only C! paid any mind to my rant.. I love these!

I took the oh my darlin Clementine, Hibiscus and Dollface with me on the trip and looked very cute I must say.. but then the weathere is amazing.. cool with cooler nights.. not hot/humid, not freezing. The glaciers cool the night and the sun warms the day.

I am in love

with Argentina

 

[Miss QQ]

^^ I love hearing about your adventure in Argentina! The short pixie cut sounds so fun and elegant. I always want a pixie cut but my ears are sticking out to the sides and I'm bothered by the look. The weather sounds fantastic - it's just what I want. It's bloody warm here now every night. I want to go the new zealand (nearer than argentina) to see glaciers!

Sounds like all of you moms are having a fabulous day!

Nora -- how sweet about the gifts/cards your kids made you. I absolutely love the little homemade gifts. I have a little box full of them that I save!

Elegant -- so sweet that your son called you twice. I can't wait to hear about the gift he has picked out for you. So sorry about your mom -- that is so hard.
Awesome about getting the painting done!

Cheryl -- have fun on your trip to LV -- glad you like the Starfish!

My girls all made their little gifts in school and were just beaming as I opened them today. My 2nd grader did a sweet painting of a flower and my 5 year old made me a little beaded keychain at preschool. So darn cute. My 12 year old made me a little gift, but she said it didn't turn out how she wanted, so she was embarrassed to give it to me. Aww, they start getting so self conscious at that age! My hubs was sweet and got me a dress from Anthropologie that I've been wanting forever.

Hope all of you ladies had a great day! And all of your talk about the LM lippies is making me think I need 1 or 2 . . .

Your girls are so thoughtful and sweet! Your 12 yr old is getting grown up now! The dress must be beautiful on you. Glad you had a great time. lol yes we need to check out new lipsticks again.

I copied and pasted what I had typed and the fonts went wonky and strangely I can't change them back.

 

[cutemiauw]

HerGreyness!!! Welcome back we've missed you

Your Argentina trip sounds awesome (and funny!), I bet you look hot with your pixie cut

Yeah, I know with LMs I remember you were raving about them first... I finally checked them out yesterday at the store! I love the feel of them, but sadly I couldn't fall in love with any of the colors. I'm currently looking for something lighter, the MLBB types... so I guess I'll be looking at the RCS again

 

[Almus]

Hi everyone.

I just have a few minutes to say hello and I'll be back to work. I still have no internet or phone at home and I am starting to get pissed at the supplier.

cute, thanks so much for the offering! I most probably take it if finally I don't find a place to order online (still on the hunt on Ebay

).

The details about your trip to visit Rrrrrrramon and the glaciers sound terrific HG. I'd love to go to the very south of Argentina sometime, in fact, like two days ago I was watching a documentary about it on tv and I could checked that the landscapes are amazing.

 

[Bonitinha]

HG -- glad you had a fun time exploring Argentina! We need pics of the pixie cut! I want to see the glaciers now . . .

MissQQ -- sounds like it is so hot where you are. We both need a happy medium with the weather! It is supposed to be in the 70's F here this week finally. I don't like it too hot or too cold -- but upper 70's is perfect!
I know what you mean about people putting makeup on in the trains, etc. I seriously see women doing their makeup while driving in the car. How can they do that? Between that and texting while driving, I can't believe they don't cause an accident

Almus -- hope you are still enjoying your new place -- any new projects??

Astrid -- I love the RCS for the MLBB colors -- and some for more of a pop of color, too. I can't wait to get a few more!