Chanel Summer 2011
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Winthrop44
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lol! why am i so stoopid!? thanks! i have been stressed the past week - i shall blame it on that!
katred
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.... don't you guys tempt me into even trying yellow nails..
Hm... The colour is much more wearable than it looks in the pictures I've seen... A more "mellow yellow"- butter yellow rather than the super-bright shade it looks in some swatches. I did find it a bit streaky to apply, but now that it's on, it looks quite nice. Even on my pale hands... Very fresh and summery...
Miss QQ
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^^ Great that it looks good on you!
elegant - I wore Lotus Rose yesterday and the colour shows up beautifully as a sheer glossy warm pink, so it will show up on you. But it is an Aqualumiere gloss so it didn't last very long, about 1 to 1.5 hrs. It feels very good on my lips, which is dry and flaky at the moment.
Today I wore BR with a heavier hand using the brush that comes with the compact and I like the more bronzed effect. I'm pleased that BR is so versatile.
elegant - I wore Lotus Rose yesterday and the colour shows up beautifully as a sheer glossy warm pink, so it will show up on you. But it is an Aqualumiere gloss so it didn't last very long, about 1 to 1.5 hrs. It feels very good on my lips, which is dry and flaky at the moment.
Today I wore BR with a heavier hand using the brush that comes with the compact and I like the more bronzed effect. I'm pleased that BR is so versatile.
User38
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thanks katred.. I love you too.. lol. But my hands and body have a decidely yellow undertone -- thus the full on cockateil effect. You are more pinky.
msqqq.. sounds like a lovely look.
I am not putting on mu today until lunchtime -- I am meeting an old friend for AU lunch -- Argentine update time.. lol
msqqq.. sounds like a lovely look.
I am not putting on mu today until lunchtime -- I am meeting an old friend for AU lunch -- Argentine update time.. lol
elegant-one
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Ahhhh, I cannot wait to see it - I am in love with that color
You make it sound so perfectYes, I think that the brush that comes in the BR compact does work better - at least it did for me too.
HG, you and I can be yellow-less together......
....I also love both bronzers - Corail is just different. I've gone nuts with the bronzers this summer, but sometimes I just hate to miss out. I absolutely LOVE the Guerlain Inca bronzer - wow - I was so surprised by it. I'm learning where NOT to put it (down the center of my nose, for instance, as it does have some shimmer) but on the rest of my face it's stunning. There are some awesome formulas out there now!!
katred
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HG, you and I can be yellow-less together..........I also love both bronzers - Corail is just different. I've gone nuts with the bronzers this summer, but sometimes I just hate to miss out. I absolutely LOVE the Guerlain Inca bronzer - wow - I was so surprised by it. I'm learning where NOT to put it (down the center of my nose, for instance, as it does have some shimmer) but on the rest of my face it's stunning. There are some awesome formulas out there now!!
I am still in love with this. I've had to stop myself from reaching for it every other day. I've never seen such a shimmery product have such a fine, even application without the "frosty the sun man" effect. I love adding a little bit to my decollete for an evening out, too.
I'm generally happy with that and my EL Starfish, so I have to force myself to stop there. For someone who doesn't wear bronzers, I seem to have amassed a collection recently.
Miss QQ
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^^ Hope they don't sell out quickly. Which gloss are you eyeing?
katred - your description of Inca sounds divine. A shimmery powder that isn't frosty - perfect!
I tried the terracotta bronzer 01 from guerlain and like it too, but I'm waiting to see Inca first. I'm going bronzer crazy this summer too!
My Morning Rose nail polish started to chip after 1 day and after 2 days it looks really bad. Nail polishes always chip within a 4 to 5 days on my fingers and I always have chanel np chipping relatively more severely than OPIs. But MR is one of the fastest!
Which gloss are you eyeing? katred - your description of Inca sounds divine. A shimmery powder that isn't frosty - perfect!
Is Inca in anyway more similar to Bronze Rose or Corail? I have Rose and think I want to pick up Inca and pass Corail. I'm going to remember your tip not to put Inca on my nose.HG, you and I can be yellow-less together..........I also love both bronzers - Corail is just different. I've gone nuts with the bronzers this summer, but sometimes I just hate to miss out. I absolutely LOVE the Guerlain Inca bronzer - wow - I was so surprised by it. I'm learning where NOT to put it (down the center of my nose, for instance, as it does have some shimmer) but on the rest of my face it's stunning. There are some awesome formulas out there now!!
I tried the terracotta bronzer 01 from guerlain and like it too, but I'm waiting to see Inca first. I'm going bronzer crazy this summer too!My Morning Rose nail polish started to chip after 1 day and after 2 days it looks really bad. Nail polishes always chip within a 4 to 5 days on my fingers and I always have chanel np chipping relatively more severely than OPIs. But MR is one of the fastest!
Lou, I wouldn't worry about the bronzers selling out. They've been out here for a few weeks, and all of the counters I have visited still have them, so you should be fine.
MissQQ, I would get the Inca over the Corail. Inca really doesn't compare to either one......Corail is nice, and unique, but I think the Inca is moreso. It's so beautiful on - hard to describe, but Katred said it - such even application and no frosty effect. Not sure how they accomplish that, but they do. For me, it's more of an 'enhancer' than color.
Another shout-out today to the LM tinted illuminating moisturizer - gosh, I am also so surprised by this! I can't believe the coverage and finish on it. I have the Natural Radiance color - it came in a bag from Nordie's trend show a couple of weekends ago. I thought it was a primer when I got ready to use it. I'm definitely going to get this in the full size - again, an illuminated look without the frosty.
Elegant, I love LM shadows too - I have a couple of the ones you got. I also have Guava, Dusk, Kir Royale and Pewter. You may want to consider getting the empty palette - the eyeshadows pop right out of their cases, and the palette can be used for both eye shadows and blushes - quite handy!!
MissQQ, I would get the Inca over the Corail. Inca really doesn't compare to either one......Corail is nice, and unique, but I think the Inca is moreso. It's so beautiful on - hard to describe, but Katred said it - such even application and no frosty effect. Not sure how they accomplish that, but they do. For me, it's more of an 'enhancer' than color.
Another shout-out today to the LM tinted illuminating moisturizer - gosh, I am also so surprised by this! I can't believe the coverage and finish on it. I have the Natural Radiance color - it came in a bag from Nordie's trend show a couple of weekends ago. I thought it was a primer when I got ready to use it. I'm definitely going to get this in the full size - again, an illuminated look without the frosty.
Elegant, I love LM shadows too - I have a couple of the ones you got. I also have Guava, Dusk, Kir Royale and Pewter. You may want to consider getting the empty palette - the eyeshadows pop right out of their cases, and the palette can be used for both eye shadows and blushes - quite handy!!
I could not resist and went back to get Morning Rose. I got the last one they had. It looks super pretty in the bottle with that golden shimmer, but I don't think I like it too much applied. Even with three coats it's not 100% opaque. It's worse than Mimosa, which I find also quite thin and goes on streaky. But maybe it's just my bad application skills
Not a fan of the texture of both of them, my other Chanel polishes are not like that.
stv578
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Hmmm, that is strange, because I found Morning Rose to apply beautifully. With 2 coats it was almost completely opaque, three coats was just right. And I generally apply thin coats.
I still haven't picked up Bronze Corai and not sure if I will. A part of me wants to, because if it's just a darker, more coral version of the other, I'm sure I'll love it. But it's so expensive, and I have so many coral blushes that I could mix with a bronzer.
I also spent quite some time yesterday organizing my room and bathroom, spending extra time on my make-up and it's times like those that I realize how much of it I really have. I made a decision yesterday that I will absolutely not buy any more pink or peach glosses or lippies for a while. My collection is completely saturated with those. What I think my collection is lacking though is a neutral-warm e/s palette. I remember MAC putting out a really nice bronze-y quad a couple of summers ago, and now I'm wondering why I passed on that, or did I?!?!
I still haven't picked up Bronze Corai and not sure if I will. A part of me wants to, because if it's just a darker, more coral version of the other, I'm sure I'll love it. But it's so expensive, and I have so many coral blushes that I could mix with a bronzer.
I also spent quite some time yesterday organizing my room and bathroom, spending extra time on my make-up and it's times like those that I realize how much of it I really have. I made a decision yesterday that I will absolutely not buy any more pink or peach glosses or lippies for a while. My collection is completely saturated with those. What I think my collection is lacking though is a neutral-warm e/s palette. I remember MAC putting out a really nice bronze-y quad a couple of summers ago, and now I'm wondering why I passed on that, or did I?!?!
Bonitinha
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^^Nora -- good for you for organizing everything! I am such a sucker for pink and peachy lipsticks and glosses, too! I really should stop buying -- but I always seem to get suckered in. I think I may end up ordering the Bronze Corail -- I have quite a few peachy blushes -- but I love the looks of that one.
I am always on the hunt for the perfect bronzey shadows also. That is why I am loving the looks of the new Armani summer eye palette. So gorgeous. I love neutrals on the eyes! I still love color -- but I always go back to my neutrals
I am always on the hunt for the perfect bronzey shadows also. That is why I am loving the looks of the new Armani summer eye palette. So gorgeous. I love neutrals on the eyes! I still love color -- but I always go back to my neutrals
elegant-one
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Welcome!!!
Is your picture like your Graduation pic or maybe it's something else. But how fun & cute if it is your own Grad. pic
