The Chanel Ratonas Off-topic Thread

elegant-one

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Isn't this lovely to carry our makeup in?

http://shopping2much.blogspot.com/2011/05/chanel-lipstick-bag.html
So cute - I've never seen anything Chanel done like that. She looks like she has a talented & cute little family. Thanks for sharing that.
 

LMD84

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^^ Yeah the apple servicing guy told me that it could not be a virus because apple don't get viruses, so it must be "some third party program" (to quote him) that I installed and I must uninstall it and remove it completely. This spyware must be quite powerful to infect us and the interface and name of the program was so believable - MacProtector, so I was tricked and the servicing guy told me yesterday he had two customers coming in with the same spyare infection. I've been using my macbk for almost two years and I have no viruses or any spywares at all until this.
yeah there must b something going around everywhere if it has happened to others too - still very upsetting for you though :(
 

elegant-one

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Oh wow - Thanks for the info on the Macbook. Our son has been trying to talk us into going MAC for a long time as thats all he & his wife use. I think I will take the plunge this year :)

Stupid scammers! What a dirty thing to try to do to people.
 

elegant-one

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I just tried the Chanel long lasting concealer today in the lightest shade & so far I am really really liking it. I cannot believe that I didn't buy this before. It always looked too dark for me in the store. It applies like a dream - so soft & very very natural looking on (this is such a must for me). Now to see how well it wears the rest of the day. please wear well please. The texture is luxurious & amazing. The color is perfect too.
 

LMD84

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Oh wow - Thanks for the info on the Macbook. Our son has been trying to talk us into going MAC for a long time as thats all he & his wife use. I think I will take the plunge this year :)
Stupid scammers! What a dirty thing to try to do to people.
oh you will love it! i had a mac while i was at uni and then sold it on when hubby bought me a laptop that was a pc. and i always had issues with it. so finally in jan i had saved enough to get myself a macbook pro and have been loving it ever since! sometimes i feel bad at work though because people always ask me which sony vaio i own! i can never admit to them that i actually have a mac so i just say - a super old one!
 

elegant-one

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^ Funny! Well we looked at a Mac air a couple of weeks ago & that kinda sold us on it. That & we really love our ipad. I used to have a sony vaio but now I have an HP. Its fine, but I guess I'm ready for something different. Also, hubby noted that the Mac ones don't get hot on the bottom like my hp does...so I liked that a lot.
 

Bonitinha

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MissQQ -- how annoying with the spyware! Yikes -- such a pain when we get all of these viruses and hacks on our computers!
My friend made those cake pops for me -- I thought they turned out so cute. And I managed to eat 1 (or ahem, maybe 2 or 3) before they were gone!
And I want that cute pink chanel bag to carry my lippies in
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Yay, Elegant -- you have the whole collection of LM lippies!!
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Can't wait to hear how the concealer wears for you . . .

And it is still raining today -- poo! We had 5 nice days in a row and I guess it's back to cold and rainy.
 

Bonitinha

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On the lipstick (and the other previous products). On the other hand, I hope you have a great time with your son Cheryl ...

Oh Michelle, so sorry to hear about the bbq =(

Yesterday I went shopping and I got a beautiful fresh summer cotton dress in navy blue, a couple of t-shirts and a light shirt, everything in Zara. The summer collections will be on counters next monday, yeyeee
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Enjoy your new summer stuff! I love getting new clothes for summer -- if it would just stay nice so I can actually wear them all, that would be a dream!!
 

elegant-one

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MissQQ -- how annoying with the spyware! Yikes -- such a pain when we get all of these viruses and hacks on our computers!
My friend made those cake pops for me -- I thought they turned out so cute. And I managed to eat 1 (or ahem, maybe 2 or 3) before they were gone!
And I want that cute pink chanel bag to carry my lippies in
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Yay, Elegant -- you have the whole collection of LM lippies!!
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Can't wait to hear how the concealer wears for you . . .

And it is still raining today -- poo! We had 5 nice days in a row and I guess it's back to cold and rainy.

cake pops...yummmm I have been trying to resist a sweet tooth all day. We went out for breakfast this morning, I usually get cinnamon french toast, but opted for a veggie omelet instead.

Yes - I would love to have a pink bag with the black CC kogo on it!!!! very cool. Did you read my post - that Anthropology mug you posted the link to is the one I got :)

So far so good on the concealer - its been a few hours. Our Nordies tickets yesterday were redeemable for $15 off any item - so thats when I decided to get the concealer.

Cloudy cooler & slightly rainy here today too.
 

Bonitinha

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^^You are good with your veggie omelet. I need to go back to salads and water next week!
Those Anthro mugs are so cute! I have a bunch in my online cart. I want my girls and myself to all have one with our initial! We do have an Anthropologie here, but it isn't super convenient to get to. I usually order online and find too many cute things.
Good to know about the concealer -- I have yet to find one that works for me . . .
 

Shypo

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I totally agree on the MACs - my whole family uses them, but for work they give us Dell (barf). I have been waffling back and forth between an iPad (which my hubby has) and an Air, and finally decided on the Air. I was supposed to get it for my birthday, but we opted to wait - lots of college bills coming up and we had to get my son a MAC for college, and now we have to fly down to his school for orientation, and that was fairly significant expense.......so I'm last on the list
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. I'm going to try to get on in the next month or so, once I have a better idea of what's due when for my just-entering-college son. They're fabulous - I'm hoping I can then ditch this thing I'm using!
 

LMD84

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^ Funny! Well we looked at a Mac air a couple of weeks ago & that kinda sold us on it. That & we really love our ipad. I used to have a sony vaio but now I have an HP. Its fine, but I guess I'm ready for something different. Also, hubby noted that the Mac ones don't get hot on the bottom like my hp does...so I liked that a lot.
that's very true actually! i have a hp netbook (which is rather nice!) but it does get very hot on the bottom. my macbook doesn't really get hot at all, even when i am running various programs at the same time. sometimes the fan makes quite a bit of noise but that is when i am doing heavy tasks like video editing, uploading and converting all at the same time! the air is such a beautiful mac too! i was going to get it but i need a disc drive really and i needed the extra power that the pro has - but the air is so much nicer looking and just generally very cool!
 

elegant-one

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It does get hot on the bottom - LOL. In fact, it burned up my wireless wifi card! Now I have this ugly looking wifi adapter sticking out the side of my hp now. But, it was a really cheap fix. I don't think I would like a noisy fan though....hmmm.

I do want something with some Horsepower for multi-tasking ;)
 

elegant-one

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^^You are good with your veggie omelet. I need to go back to salads and water next week!
Those Anthro mugs are so cute! I have a bunch in my online cart. I want my girls and myself to all have one with our initial! We do have an Anthropologie here, but it isn't super convenient to get to. I usually order online and find too many cute things.
Good to know about the concealer -- I have yet to find one that works for me . . .
Wow - the concealer has just the tiniest bit of fade, but still looks great! Winthrop mentioned that she bought it & liked it, so I thought if she liked it I probably would too.

Seems like every Anthropology it out in some strange out of the way strip mall???? The one we go to is far away, but its beside a special store where we buy cases of our favorite wine
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Except there is this GORGEOUS new Anthro where our son lives that was specially built inside a beautiful huge mall - it is so spacious & beautiful inside! Love it.

Hey, if you have an Anthro card (not a CC, but the card thats like a points card) you can usually get free shipping online - I always ask for the fs.;)
The mugs are so pretty & a nice touch to have the initial on it I think.
 

Bonitinha

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^^Oooo - the store where your son lives sounds amazing. I just love how creative and funky the vibe is inside. When I visited my friend in Philadelphia the Anthro was a huge 3 story store -- da-rool! I got the Anthro card, but of course, have no idea of where it is. They send me the birthday perks. I need to get another one so I can take advantage of free shipping -- thanks the the tip!
 

elegant-one

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^^Oooo - the store where your son lives sounds amazing. I just love how creative and funky the vibe is inside. When I visited my friend in Philadelphia the Anthro was a huge 3 story store -- da-rool! I got the Anthro card, but of course, have no idea of where it is. They send me the birthday perks. I need to get another one so I can take advantage of free shipping -- thanks the the tip!
WOW - 3 stories!!!! I would so love to shop there...or maybe that would be bad ;) Maybe if you just called their CS number they can look it up & just send you another card. Really, way too many points cards to keep track of these days. The Macy's one is so small that I always have a hard time finding it.
 

katred

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^^ Yeah the apple servicing guy told me that it could not be a virus because apple don't get viruses, so it must be "some third party program" (to quote him) that I installed and I must uninstall it and remove it completely. This spyware must be quite powerful to infect us and the interface and name of the program was so believable - MacProtector, so I was tricked and the servicing guy told me yesterday he had two customers coming in with the same spyare infection. I've been using my macbk for almost two years and I have no viruses or any spywares at all until this.

I got the same screen and I just assumed it was some kind of glitch... Now I'll have to go through my damn computer. How the heck do these things even get on there? It did do a particularly good job of masking the identity- but I've seen things like that before and I'm aware that I don't get screens like that from my virus protection software... Off to find a new malware detector I can download...

EDIT : Found this, which I thought might be useful to some people who've had the same problem

http://macscan.securemac.com/#update2
 

LMD84

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It does get hot on the bottom - LOL. In fact, it burned up my wireless wifi card! Now I have this ugly looking wifi adapter sticking out the side of my hp now. But, it was a really cheap fix. I don't think I would like a noisy fan though....hmmm.

I do want something with some Horsepower for multi-tasking ;)
woah! yeah that must have gotten pretty hot!! oh and the fan is only noisey when doing loads of things at once - not a perm thing and after about 5 minutes it quietens down again.
 

Miss QQ

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^^ Yeah sometimes I hear the fan too. I had an IBM laptop and it got very hot at the bottom. The fan also spoilt after 3 years and had to be replaced. My macbook doesn't get as hot. :)

katred- thanks for the link! Very useful! Hopefully you haven't downloaded the spyware unknowingly.

elegant - mac products are so pretty and stylish. I also like the way they keep things simple for both the interface and the physical design. I only started using mac in the last few years, starting with ipod, then iphone and finally macbook. I'm always thinking of getting an ipad. Great that the concealer is working well. My cdp concealer is down to the last 1cm and I shall consider getting this chanel concealer. The texture sounds great and will not emphasize the fine lines I have.

Michelle - the cake pops must have been delicious! The ones from Starbucks are supposed to be very healthy, like 0 calories, and I wish they were sweeter and that I can actually chew the cake. It was so light that it almost dissolved into nothing lol. Getting all the mugs with your initials is so fun! They look so cute all lined up together.
 

Shypo

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I ordered a 2nd backup of Hibiscus Bloom, since these are LE - what an amazing formula! I hope the industry picks up on this and we'll see more like them!

I was a bad girl and also picked up one of the summer Dior quints - I was going to pass totally, but ended up with Rosy Nude in my cart. It will be a good all-around summer basic to use in a pinch.

I was also reading the MAC thread on the upcoming collections, and the boos for the ITG MES from last year - I have a few of them, and while I rarely wear the colors in the trio together, I really like them. I'm obviously in the minority. But I hope the new Semiprecious collection ends up being what everyone wants the mineral products to be - I'm looking forward to that, but don't intend to go wild. I am mad for the metallics from Peacocky, so for me, it will be hard to measure up to them. The other upcoming collections from MAC are snoozers for me at this stage - I could end up changing my mind, but for now they're a pass.

And I think I'm getting into the groove for the Chanel red blush........
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I can't believe I'm wishing the Fall collection would hurry up! We don't even have a proper Spring going here yet!
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And I think I'm putting Armani Eyes to Kill in #6 on my list - it's supposed to re-launch in July. I posted earlier that the SA in NM in Vegas thought it was #2, but it's actually #6 and it's really pretty, and has got good reviews.

Oh, and I'm loving NARS Deep Throat blush - I wore it in Vegas all last week, so now I know what all of the hubbub is about! New loves from NARS: Bohemian Gold and Kuala Lampur e/s trios, and Heart of Glass and Fez e/s singles.

Some days I wish I could stay home and just play makeup all day
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