The Chanel Ratonas Off-topic Thread
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ssaemblog
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I wanna say that they will except we're do for more today, hahah. In the late afternoon|evening. My area managed to miss it AGAIN. I guess most storms think my country to the bone town is a place too boring to party. Well, I agree. I'm about to turn on the news to see what happens this evening (and apparently we get more around 4 in the morning, wonderful) and I don't want to see how much damage last night left in Charlotte and that area, oi vey.
My birthday weekend is July 15-17, just let me have sunshine, pleeeease. :3
Well, probably nobody will take me anywhere on my actual birthday (16th) since it's a Saturday and that's grocery shopping day, haha, so if I'll be home all day, maybe that won't matter...
Gah, I can't decide if I want to use up this annoying waterproof mascara I have (only paid three bucks for it, yay clearance) or just spend more money and buy my usual favourite that isn't waterproof. I hate wasting products if I can't return it, but ugh, waterproof mascara is so annoying. /cry I need to save money though, errr. Maybe I should see if there are any good Revlon mascaras. 40% at Rite-Aid today.
Okay, enough whining.
Happy thought: I got a cola slushie today.
Hahaha, my dad picked one up for me after work this morning since you get free refills if you buy the refillable slushie cup!
mrslid
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REALLY???!!!! SERIOUSLY??!!! You think they are as good as the MAC Matte2's???!!! I guess it's time I check out INGLOT *sigh* Maybe I'll luck out and they won't ship to Canada because I really don't need another addiction LOL
I just bought another 10-pan palette of Inglot shadows today - mostly mattes. Now I'm dying to try them out!
Congrats Anita!! I am loving these!! Let us know what you think!
ssaemblog
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Just purchased Smashbox tinted moisturizer in Fair. The MUA matched me to Light at first. It looked awesome in the store. But once I got outside and looked in the car mirror... it was way too dark and didn't match my neck at all. So I exchanged really fast before it closed. She let me get Fair instead so I'm going to try that out and see how it goes. Wonderful woman. I hope Fair will match me better otherwise I'm gonna have to exchange for something else AGAIN and I don't wanna get on their nerves. D; Hahah.
cutemiauw
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Thank you
Anneri
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Heh. I did it again last night - read until the small hours (3.30) in the morning and now I feel so bleary-eyed and blah! But it was such fun - I read the Innocent Mage (Karen Miller). A really nice, fun read.
I hope you all had a good weekend! Mine was quite a mixed bag of good and bad - I've a headache since last thursday, that was by far the worst thing. My parents came over for a visit, which was fun, and my mum promised me the Hermessence gift collection for my birthday in August, so we went to the Hermes boutique to let me try the scents. The collection was created by the Hermes parfumeur Jean-Claude Ellena to represent different materials from Hermes - wool, silk, cashmere, leather and so on, and you can choose four scents for your gift set to mix and match as you like. Here is a link, if you're interested: http://usa.hermes.com/c_hermessence_fragrances_137059_137059_137059_10835_10202_10052_-1
I'm a bit of an Ellena fangirl and I just love Hermes. (My big dream is a Birkin bag - well, a girl can dream!) The SA sprayed some of the scents on those little paper strips which I took home. Yesterday I realised that you can smell the scents when you enter my appartment! I'm really looking forward on owning and wearing them. I've already decided on three of the four scents, and now I can't make up my mind on the fourth. Maybe I'll go back to the boutique for another round of 'swatching'! (Do you call it swatching with perfumes, too? I've no idea.) Although the SAs are a bit snooty there when you're not dressed up to the nines with the right handbag!
My parents also brought me a basket full of strawberries and rhubarb - there was no chance to eat that much, so yesterday I made jam and a pie. Very yummy!
Today is going to be very, very hot - and I've a headache again. Not a good combo! How did your week start?
Anneri, I hope you feel better soon! I know how those headaches are, and I get them frequently in extreme heat. I hope you can find a remedy that suits you soon! Your pie & jam sound yummy! I love strawberries and rhubarb! What a nice gift from your parents - I too love Hermes fragrances - I'm currently enjoying Un Jardin Sur le Nil, which reminds me a lot of Estee Lauder's White Linen - it's such a beautiful, summery fragrance! In the winter I love 24 Faubourg....a heavier scent but it smells really good on me.
Miss QQ, I saw the BB collection this weekend - it's quite nice, but I found it a bit 'ho hum' as the colors are more variations of browns - both palettes. So they're a pass for me. Even the lips were somewhat predictable.......
Michelle, on your recommendation from a long time ago I am reading The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte and am quite enjoying it! I think I would have loved to live in that time period, but alas there wasn't much to choose from in the cosmetics world, eh?
Freddie, good luck with the SB foundation - they have some lovely ones - I hope the Fair works for you!
And don't worry about going back again - one of the reasons we invest in high(er)-end cosmetics is to be able to 'get it right'........
Have a great Monday ladies!!
Miss QQ, I saw the BB collection this weekend - it's quite nice, but I found it a bit 'ho hum' as the colors are more variations of browns - both palettes. So they're a pass for me. Even the lips were somewhat predictable.......
Michelle, on your recommendation from a long time ago I am reading The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte and am quite enjoying it! I think I would have loved to live in that time period, but alas there wasn't much to choose from in the cosmetics world, eh?
Freddie, good luck with the SB foundation - they have some lovely ones - I hope the Fair works for you!
Have a great Monday ladies!!
Bonitinha
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Cheryl -- so glad you are enjoying that book! I loved it. I love the clothes from that time period -- but yes, they definitely didn't have much in the way of cosmetics back then (which I most definitely need!!). I would have been considered very plain if I had to rely on my natural looks LOL
Are you enjoying all of your Chanel loot??
Are you enjoying all of your Chanel loot??
TBH, it's still in the bag......I will be breaking it out to look at it when I receive my Byzance stuff on Wednesday. I can't even think of Fall right now - I got Nordie's Anniversary catalog today, and all of the models are wearing fur and wool....GAH!!!! We haven't even really properly got summer yet! I used my Naked palette today for a simple neutral look.....and wore Guerlain Rouge Automatique in Rose Bengale.......
Bonitinha
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Ugggh, that makes me hot just thinking about it! It took forever for summer to hit -- but it is now here in full force!! I want to enjoy the warmth before we freeze again in the Fall LOL
ssaemblog
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Why am I so foundation/tinted moisturizer colour blind? Now I can't help but think that Fair is too light and Light was right after all. But another side of my face, and at a different spot outside, Fair will be the good choice. Or the bad choice. It totally depends on where I'm standing, haha.
Makeup, I hate you.
Face, make up your stupid mind.
EDIT: Never mind. I took a bigger mirror, cleaned it, and went back outside. Even someone else told me it's a pretty good match. I think I just have some spots on my neck that make it a little darker in some areas. Kinda like scattered storms. c: Not completely sure how I feel about the TM as a whole though. But I also used it with my fingers and not a brush like Stephanie (MUA) did.
Makeup, I hate you.
Face, make up your stupid mind.
EDIT: Never mind. I took a bigger mirror, cleaned it, and went back outside. Even someone else told me it's a pretty good match. I think I just have some spots on my neck that make it a little darker in some areas. Kinda like scattered storms. c: Not completely sure how I feel about the TM as a whole though. But I also used it with my fingers and not a brush like Stephanie (MUA) did.
well that is an amazing offer. it will be a scary choice but i guess you have to think about if you would regret not taking the chance. i hope you take your time in thinking about everything. is there any way your bf would move with you perhaps?Today I finally managed to go to my department store that carries all the highend brands. Even if it stopped to rain, the last days have been so hot and humid that I couldn't make myself go I hate this kind of weather. When I'm in the city, I always get the feeling I can't breathe properly.
I got Pensee - my first glossimer! And then I got one of the Guerlain Ombre Fusion shadows (the chocolate brown one) on a whim. They also still had the Terra Inca Bronzer. For the love of God, can someone please talk me out of it?
For someone who is unemployed it's really hard to justify this price - also, my Redhead MSF looks similar. Pleeeeaaase kill this lemming! (It is sooooo lovely!)
It seems I could be able to get an internship at a huge international cosmetics company which I love. Which is more than great, but it would mean I had to move (away from my bf), I'd earn no money (internships are not paid over here) which leads to all kinds of secondary questions. I really don't know what to do.
Anneri
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It is! My interview is next Monday. I still don't know how to decide, but maybe things are clearer after the interview.
My bf, though, will stay here - he has a very good job here which he loves, and he earns very good money - and well, he's the bread-winner - my jobs never tend to pay very much... It's stupid, because there are nearly no cosmetics companies here, they are all in different cities, so I don't know whether there's any sense at all to take the offer if I can't work in this field in Frankfurt!
My bf, though, will stay here - he has a very good job here which he loves, and he earns very good money - and well, he's the bread-winner - my jobs never tend to pay very much... It's stupid, because there are nearly no cosmetics companies here, they are all in different cities, so I don't know whether there's any sense at all to take the offer if I can't work in this field in Frankfurt!
Well i guess see how the interview goes. Perhaps that will help make your mind up more because you will be able to ask them many questions too
Miss QQ
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Thanks for sharing. I find that's the case with BB collections many times, I always find it disappointing when I see it in real and end up not buying. Good, more money for other brands!
