The Chanel Ratonas Off-topic Thread

[mrslid]

I just can't keep up with you HG or this thread!!!

 

[User38]

lol mrslid.. I can't see you cause you are on ignore.

just kiddin darlin.. smile, life is beautifully short !!

I know what you mean about the thread tho.. I only read the last three posts.. and respond if I can. My time management is for the dogs.

 

[katred]

I can't keep up with anything.... As with most things in life, I sort of make out what I can and hope that no one notices that I'm really quite out of it...

^^ Yeah Cheryl, I just have to adapt and live in my hair for now.

Astrid - congrats on finishing the story! Fauve is beautiful, enjoy! Ah birthday month in June? Very exciting, hope you get a voucher and you can buy all the makeup in your want list. I hope you find a new hairdresser you like. I can't find one until now so I always go for a random stylist, but I would love to have one who knows me and my personality so he/she can give me something I like.

HG - very brave of you to go through so much "hair changes" in 8 months! Thanks for sharing! Yeah T always don't score chanel well. I would love to read and follow your blog! And speaking of Sari d'eau, I forgot about it and didn't buy it when I was at the counter which was out of Antigone.

katred - your haircut and dye experience sounds painful. She ruined the memory of you and your filming too. Hope you manage to find a good salon that you like when you want to go lighter.

Fortunately, I managed to get my hair back to its regular light blonde before we started rolling, but with all the stress that we had at the time, it was one more thing that I did not need to think about.

So out of curiosity, which company has the best summer collection thus far? I know a few (Mac, Yves St. Laurent, probably others I can't think of) haven't brought theirs out yet, but of the ones we've seen, who are we all liking best?

 

[User38]

mrslid.. try clementine, and rosette if you like pinkish/red lips.. but clementine is a deep corally orange might just fit with your colouring as katred states.

katred..I know what you mean.. time is never on my side

 

[User38]

oh my Ratonas

thank you for inspiring me to do a blog but I am strictly forbidden by my contracts to have any blogsites. You gals have more confidence in me than I do in myself....also time is never helpful to me for such endeavours.. but it would be fun imo.

 

[stv578]

Cutie, congrats on finishing your story! Good luck with the contest.

Mrs. Lid, it all depends on what types of colours you gravitate to. There's not too many of them, so that definitely makes it easier. I ended with HB, Berry Sorbet and Dollface. But I generally prefer pinks and plums (and the odd peachy nude, but they don't have that now do they?).

Sooo, I now have both the Dior Bronzer and the GA summer quad on hold. What to do...?!

 

[LMD84]

Miss QQ - i use a Clarins serum which is part of the hydra quench line because i have dry skin. I only use it at night and every other day though - i don't feel like i need to wear it everyday And i bought that one because i use the rest of the Clarins line and have been happy so thought I would stick with it

have a lovely day guys!

 

[Almus]

cutie, I wish you tons and tons of luck for the contest!

I appreciate big time all the wisdom you spread around in this forum HG. Maybe you won't have any blog, but I'll truly love your comments in here, so I am more than happy, hehe.

Have a lovely day Lou and the rest of the Ratonas ^^

 

[cutemiauw]

Thank you Miss QQ, Cheryl, Nora, Michelle, Kate, HG, for all the congrats and well wishes!!

. It meant so much to me

I love you all!

Miss QQ - yes I'm a June baby! Unfortunately not many of my friends/family knows and understands my MU addiction so I'm not sure I could get that voucher .

Cheryl - no worries! I found Fauve at my local store so I was able to swatch it. Somehow I'm more confident in picking up e/s colors than lippies.
I must say Fauve stayed on all day without a base. The color stays vibrant as well. Very impressed! Hubs, of course, didn't notice the difference with my other e/s. But he said it was very pretty, so that's alright

.

Michelle - You're such a great mom for encouraging your daughter! Tell her I said go for it too .

Mrslid - I didn't get any of the LM lippies either, but if I were to recommend one, I'll say Clementine .

And I'm with everyone who said they can't keep up with this thread. My excuse is the time difference. LOL. But I love reading every single post!! Just got overwhelmed to reply to every topic, especially when it's already a couple of days old

 

[cutemiauw]

Fortunately, I managed to get my hair back to its regular light blonde before we started rolling, but with all the stress that we had at the time, it was one more thing that I did not need to think about.
So out of curiosity, which company has the best summer collection thus far? I know a few (Mac, Yves St. Laurent, probably others I can't think of) haven't brought theirs out yet, but of the ones we've seen, who are we all liking best?

That's really bad with your hairdresser experience. Makes me mad when I thought spent extra money for such crap.
I found a good hairdresser here but she's quite expensive. Let's see if I could find a place that's slightly cheaper! There's this place with lots of recommendations and it's quite affordable as well. Might going to try that (after I've summoned my courage). Cheers to finding good and affordable hairdressers

Kate, I saw your book... and you were filming as well? Wow, is there a thing you can't do?

For the summer collection, I like Armani's color palette. I love the quad, if only I didn't feel I have so many similar color to that. I haven't really checked out other collection though. It doesn't feel lik summer (yet!) around here

 

[Shypo]

Nora, I think the Dior bronzer (if I had it to do over again) would be a skip for me, and I would go with the GA summer quad - it's really pretty, and I was tempted by it when I saw it.

Katred, I'm not sure which collection I would consider the best yet - summer collections aren't usually 'my thing' - I'm much more intrigued by spring and fall (my favorite seasons anyway) I think because they bring us out of the doldrums of the extreme seasons. And summer collections always seem to have the same theme: BRONZE. But I guess if I had to pick, I'd say Chanel right now - I've been very happy with what I've purchased from that collection!

And where did I miss your book? I'm fascinated by the fact you are into filmmaking - how exciting!

Is anyone else disgusted by all of the news of men behaving badly? Surprised, no......disgusted, yes. The list gets longer and longer..........

 

[Bonitinha]

^^ Cheryl -- I totally agree with the men behaving badly. The whole Arnold thing -- uggggh. Is there no decency anymore??

Enjoy your day ladies. I see the sun peeking through today -- I'll take it!!

 

[cutemiauw]

oh my Ratonas

thank you for inspiring me to do a blog but I am strictly forbidden by my contracts to have any blogsites. You gals have more confidence in me than I do in myself....also time is never helpful to me for such endeavours.. but it would be fun imo.

Ah that's too bad! Nevertheless I enjoyed reading your recommendations and crazy adventures here

. I highly regard your opinions btw. If I didn't buy them yet it's just because my lack of funds

... and I just want to make sure what I bought is also what I need, otherwise I'll never stop buying pretty things

.

 

[Miss QQ]

Nora - both looks pretty in the pics I've seen but I have no way of seeing them IRL. I say it depends on whether you want an e/s quad or bronzer, but I love the looks of the quad. Sorry not much help!

Miss QQ - i use a Clarins serum which is part of the hydra quench line because i have dry skin. I only use it at night and every other day though - i don't feel like i need to wear it everyday And i bought that one because i use the rest of the Clarins line and have been happy so thought I would stick with it

have a lovely day guys!

Thanks. So happened I was organising my makeup and skincare samples I received over the past few years and I found the hydra quench gel-cream and cream mask. I think they have turned bad. I have dry skin too and have read that we can't use serum daily so I guess alternate days is good.

 

[User38]

thank you cutie !!

nora, I think all quads are now perm.. bronzers are LE.. so maybe that will influence your decision.. also, what do you like or need more?

I got both bronzers and a bu of the rose bronze, cause I use one a lot!

 

[stv578]

Hi everyone, a busy but super fun day! Um yes, I'm not all that suprised with stories of men behaving badly, it's sad but true. I think it's more shocking to read stories of men in positions of power and privilege actually leading decent lives and not getting themselves into more seedy types of scenarios.

Thanks for all the feedback. I probably shouldn't have done what I did today, but at any rate, I now am the proud owner of Bronze Corail and the GA quad. I kinda needed a warm quad, although I'm sure with all my single shadows that have been depotted and inserted into the 15 pan palettes, I probably could've somewhat duped all four shades. But I much prefer the ease of quads, and well the review of the GA quad was quite good. As for the bronzer, I swatched both the Dior and Chanel bronzers, and picked the Chanel as it can be used more as a blush, which is what I generally use bronzers for anyway. Plus I basically had both swatches on my hand and asked my daughter which she liked better!!!

I had the day off today, which is why I was at the store with my girl. But the reason for taking the day off was to volunteer at my son's school for an event, for which they needed parents to help out at different "stations" teaching the kids about structures. It was a blast! I got to take my son out for lunch and then went back for the afternoon. The kids were so cute! And there was one very pretty little girl that was all over my son, hugging him, nuzzling up to him (I'm not kidding), leaning on him and at one point I thought she was going to kiss him. Then she started to warm up to me!!! Smart girl, lol! Another mom was just laughing away, but my poor little guy really doesn't like so much attention, and he's complained about her and another girl before! It's just really interesting to see how kids interact together at such a young age. I wish they would stay so innocent!

 

[katred]

Stopped by my GA counter today and was actually relieved to see that they hadn't received the summer collection... I have a feeling that quad and I have a date with destiny. I did ask the girl working the counter (not their regular person) for some advice on a foundation for summer... She said my best bet would be the Luminous Silk and recommended colour 5. I was a little surprised, since it lokoed dark in the bottle, but she said that it was because it was more pink, like my skin. I tried a bit on my hand and I swear the colour was darker than the blush I was wearing. I tried to gently point out to her, since the lighting in their little corner is pretty crap, that I'm very pale. She agreed (???) and said that 5 was a common colour- she wore the same one. I was kind of surprised, since I'd thought she was considerably darker than me and then I took a good look at her. I could literally see a smudgy brown line where her foundation met her neck. She actually wasn't that much darker than me (I'd guess her at NC20-25), but she was wearing a foundation that was waaaaaayyyy too dark and orange for her. I can't imagine who advised her on what to use, but the effect was borderline tragic. I'm definitely making my own decisions...

 

[Shypo]

^^ You wonder some days, don't you?

Nora, that sounds like a perfect day! And yes, 'from womb to tomb' as a male friend of mine used to say (referring to 'women' and their wiles

). I'm glad you had such a good time, and enjoy your goodies! I think you'll love the Corail bronzer........let us know how you like the quad - I too have heard really good things about it, and almost bought it when I was in Vegas.

Happy Friday ladies!!

 

[Bonitinha]

Nora -- what a fun day with your little girl! I hope you love the GA quad (it is still on my list) and Bronze Corail. I had one of those "I probably shouldn't have done this yesterday" with clothes shopping from J Crew (I was good and stuck to sale items only) and Anthropologie -- I am just in the mood for cute new summery clothes.
And that is too funny about the little girl who has a crush on your son! Starts so early

Katred -- I have been matched with foundations that were absolutely the wrong color for me, too. Ick. I can't believe you could see that lady's foundation line. Do you think you'll end up with the GA quad?

 

[Miss QQ]

^^ Sounds like a lot of fun shopping for summer clothes and great that you find sales items you like! I was in the new summery clothes mood about 2 weeks ago and bought a cream dress from gap. Tried on a few but only like one, which is good for my wallet. I want a white dress but I find white dresses very see-through. Is it only me or what? I don't feel comfortable having my underwear so visible lol. I was bad today and bought 2 silver earrings from tiffany. Have been looking for a new pair but couldn't find any, and now I have 2! One is a new design in butterfly, and the other is an old 4 rings design, but it is out of stock so I paid for it and will pick it up when stocks arrive.

Nora - enjoy the quad and bronzer. So sweet that your daughter chose it! Sounds like a great day you had with your son. Your son must be smart and handsome to be getting all the attention from the girls, heehee. I saw the terracotta bronzer from guerlain and I love the packaging. I'm in trouble as I feel like buying it just for the packaging.

katred - yeah, better to make our own decisions. Maybe the SA wants to look more tan..

I saw the LM lipsticks. Swatched them but couldn't try them on as they were very yucky looking in the tubes. I don't like the store but it is the only one that carries LM. The lipstick costs $2 more than Chanel. Ladies, is it worth the purchase? If I pick one it would be Clementine or Hibiscus Bloom.