The Chanel Ratonas Off-topic Thread

[Shypo]

Hey girlies!, Just dropping in to say a big hi, and much Ratona love to you all. Howdy HG! Now you have me wanting to try the EL foundation - my face has been my Inglot liquidmfoundation, but I'm alway s on the hunt . I'm alsongiving the dry skin oil from Clarins a whirl - travel this week will wreak havoc on my skin with the weather starting to turn, so I want to get a jump. I also have one of the CD powders on order hahaha. Rose Sable I think it is. I'm hoping to get to the mall while I'm in CA - searching for LMdB kaleidoscopes....... My older son turned 21 today - yikes!! I'm old!! :shock: Hope you have all had a great weekend and are enjoying some previews of fall weather! 'See' you soon!!

 

[shadowaddict]

HG--sorry about your rough summer, at least things are starting to look brighter now. The fashion there sounds lovely. Sometimes I think things are getting a bit too casual.

Glad to hear things are going well for your sister now. I hope she continues to improve.

Oh geez, I would hate to be single at my age and yeah the cougar route just doesn't appeal to me. I don't count my hubby that's 2 yrs younger although he likes to say he's married to an older woman I just turned 49 on the 9th so next year he will have fun with the 50 thing.


MissQQ--I hope your toe is on the mend and feeling better.

 

[Miss QQ]

shadow - Thanks. It still hurts but as long as I don't touch it and don't let anything bump into it, it doesn't bother me much. So I'll wait for it to heal.

HG - The dior sculpting powder is from the Diorskin Nude line right? I looked at them but wasn't sure if I should blend my brush all over the powder or use the individual strips of colour. Wore the EL gelee today, it gives a nice glow, but I needed some blush to brighten my face. I'll try it on my eyes! I hurt my big toe recently and now I know why your pinky could hurt so much, especially since we use our finger so much. Good thing I don't need to move my toe so it doesn't bother me much.

'See' you soon!!

Hello, Cheryl! Happy birthday to your son!

 

[User38]

Winthrop ! thank you for your well wishes for my sister.. every pound she gains is a celebration for us now.. we hope to keep her healthy and happy for as long as we are allowed .

eyeshadowaddictedone.. thank you for your well wishes too.. I had a hellacious summer.. stressful, sick, lack of sleep and every other emotional malady one could think of.. and here I am, it's fall and it seems I can see some light at the end of the tunnel. I agree that in the States it's all about casual.. here it's casual but somehow with flair and fashion.

Elena.. best of luck to you in your new endeavours.. having a new degree feels daunting sometimes but it will be your ticket to leading a wonderful life

enjoy! Ramon is one of the most persistent men I have ever met.. well, so was my Jeff.. lol. Seems the persistence is a shared trait for the men in my life.

msqq.. Yes this is from the Nude line.. I use the CD Sculpting powder in Beige praline which is the lightest I believe and I swirl all the colours together... once swirled they give a gorgeous but light opalescent glow to the skin.. there are a few other shades which give a pinch more of colour but all are quite low key. No glimmer, or glitter.. The EL powder gel is a new breed of hybrid product .. it feels like gel but applies like a light powder. I have not used the sponge applicator which comes with it since I always feel that sponge applicators give more heavy application and don't want to risk too much shine. With the duo fibre brushes I get just the right amount of glow with no colour.. fabulous but I do still wear blush -- I have been wearing cream blush all summer but will not go on to cement the colour with powder blushes. I hope your toe is healing.. It is a difficult time when we have to heal and feel kind of off.. Get well soon!

C! Happy birthday to your son! Enjoy these years they are unique and fun! You are not older.. he is.. lol. And you are better.. the best really !! Glad you got a hold of the CD Sculpting powder.. you will get a lot of use from it. The EL powder is fabulous too. The difference between these two seems to be in the opalescence.. the Cd powder looks like poured pearls

while the EL powder gives the effect of a natural sheen on me.. which I love too. I love both of these powders! When you use the Clarins oils, make sure you have a spritzer bottle of Avene water.. it is the BEST.. and use it before you put on the oils and also afterwards or to refresh your face. I always carry a small travel size with me and have two refrigerated large sizes at home.. on a hot day, or after a meno flash -- this is a lifesaver!! Enjoy your trip and hunt down a lot of fun stuff!

Annieri.. sounds like you are having a fun time seeing the finished products.. thank you for your well wishes for my sister too.. I can only pray and hope for a more peaceful time.

lunch time for me!

 

[Anneri]

Annieri.. sounds like you are having a fun time seeing the finished products.. thank you for your well wishes for my sister too.. I can only pray and hope for a more peaceful time.

Yes, it's fun. I really enjoy the daily madness of PR! During the last weeks we did mainly the Tom Ford Cosmetics Collection launch, and I'm really happy when that is finally over and we can move on!

I envy you a little bit - Italy! I love Italy, and in my imagination living there must be simply wonderful, though I once spent two weeks in Milan, and it was far from heavenly, more like utter chaos!

 

[Miss QQ]

^^ I read that TF changed the packaging for their lipsticks. No TF here, luckily, since their products are so expensive. I don't need another addiction. Great that you had fun! Thanks for the heads up on the new eyeshadows for holiday. All the colours look lovely. I use the gelee on my eyes today and I love the faint shimmers. Perhaps I should use some concealer first because the colour is not showing up on my lids.

HG - Yeah, I think the sponge applicator of the gelee will deliver too much shine. I used the 129 today and was too heavy handed, so the shine I got was a bit too much. I shall try using the duo fibre brush tomorrow. I think it's great that Ramon is persistent, it shows he is really serious about starting a life with you. I find it hard to find a man who doesn't give up easily after a woman says no now. Poured pearls sounds amazing. Hope I can look at the CD sculpting powder this week. Perhaps I should get it rather than the Guerlain holiday compact powder, which looks glittery. Thanks, I'm sure my toe is healing. I leave it alone to do its thing, because there isn't much I can do lol. Have fun dressing with flair and imagination!

 

[Camnagem]

Hi HG and Cheryl!!! Big hugs to both of you!

Miss QQ - Ouch! Hope your toe feels better!

Have you guys seen the reviews lately on Cafe Makeup for the Guerlain quads? OMG! Les Fumes is gorgeous and I want it! Do any of you own that one, or any others? What do you think of them? I'm a bit scared to walk into the Guerlain world any further than I already am, but I just can't help it. The products are really drawing me in! This is how Chanel started...and that turned into full blown addiction, lol. Oh well, at least it's a good one!

The hubs is away for a few days on a work trip so I have plenty of time to catch up on everything here, yay! Hope you're all doing well, happy hump day!

 

[Almus]

Hi everyone!

I just have a tiny window of spare time at work and I thought to write besides of reading. I hope everyone is doing great and that you are enjoying the coming of fall. Here it is ver hot during daytime, but it is getting slightly fresh at night. I am insanely busy at work and that's not finishing anytime soon. Anyway, I am still reading most of the posts and I always think about you when I see some beautiful mu

Tons of hugs!

 

[Miss QQ]

Almus - Hugs! Miss you! Do write here more when you can. We are getting lots of rain and haze, which isn't that fantastic. There are also lots of birds roosting at the trees outside my house. They call so early in the morning non-stop, and there is a major construction site right in front, so I'm not getting much sleep lately and am very grouchy. lol... that's my life, always something for me to complain about. Glad to know nights are fresher for you now! I love cool nights.

Megan - Good to have you here! Thanks. Yeah I've been reading the reviews of the Guerlain quads. Cheryl has Les Perles, Les Fumes, Bois de Rose and Les Noirs. Check out the Guerlain thread! Which one has caught your eyes? I like a cool palette, but I'm drawn Les Fumes and Bois de Rose more at the moment. Les Perles look stunning on Liz at Cafemakeup.

 

[Camnagem]

Yay I found the Guerlain thread! Of course Cheryl has them, she has amazing taste!!! I'm really drawn to Les Fumes and Bois de Rose. I think they both look stunning and versatile for day or night and the pigmentation looks wonderful. I have been hearing such good things about their lip products for a while now that I just have to try one of those too. My lips are kinda dehydrated right now and I need something moisturizing. I have no idea where to start with the lippies, lol. Anyone have a favorite formula or color?

Seeing all of these new things I'd love to get made me realize I really need to do something about storage space. Some of this stuff has to go to make room for new goodies and I'm not sure what to do! I'm thinking I'll donate some of the new in box stuff to a local women's shelter, but maybe I should set up a sale here too? I've never done that before so I'm not sure. Anyways, regardless...stuff needs to leave, lol.

 

[bis]

Welcome back HerGreyness and Almus and hope all you girls are doing great

 

[User38]

Almus, Meggy, bis,

so nice to see you posting !

Cutie.. you look adorable as usual

It is late here and I am over stimulated (even with a good amount of vino lol).. so sleep is not easy yet. I am attending the Milan FW shows -- backstage mostly.. but that's where the real fun is! It is insanely hectic as usual and people get crosswired really quickly. so dealing with temperaments is something I am still learning to do.

all is well on the home front -- family and sis are doing as well as can be expected and Ramon is still calling me nightly.. but life here is as Annieri said, quite hectic and full of stress .. no wonder everybody is a wino.. ha.

I am wearing graphite np for the shows and doing my mu in a totally fashionabley ethereal look.. sheer white on the lids or a pale pale blue (MAc's robin's egg) smudged black liner and ruby red or matte brick red lips.. with this mop of grey hair seems to look err.. interesting.

I hope everyone is well and enjoying life... when the shows are finished I return to see my family and then back home for two weeks and then back here..(it's exhausting).

to all !

 

[ElvenEyes]

Dropping in to say hello! Since most of you encouraged me to buy Chanel and yes, my collection is always growing thank you, I think I can post here now!

HG~It is wonderful to hear from you and to hear about your adventures! Enjoy the Mediterranean!

Camnagem~I have Guerlain's Rue de Passy palette (6 colours) and love it! A perfect colour scheme to go from day to night in elegance! I want to treat myself to another, but not sure which one, yet. My birthday is in November, so maybe a good time to splurge a bit.

Recently I did some swatching for my blog and when it came to Guerlain and other higher end lipsticks I remember how some of you in this bunch said it was very hard to go back to MAC or other brands because they feel so dry. I get it now! Even in swatching them I felt an amazing difference. No wonder my lips love Chanel RA and CS's! Now I am doing a bit of backtracking to find that one blush or quad that got away and is still out there in makeup land. Always a fun challenge!

Other than that my life has been a myriad of cleaning, disposing, rearranging and everything else to the home front in the quest to get amazingly organized before the holiday season is here, and I am running out of time, so pulling up my sleeves and diving in full-time!

 

[Shypo]

Hola Hola Hola girls!! Meggy!!! So glad you're back! I LOVE the Guerlain quads!! Bois de Rose is fab, but I also love Fumes and Perles. A nice switch from our usual Chanel et al. I'm hooked! Hi to everyone - MissQQ, I hope your toe mends soon - it is a painful thing! Good luck with it! HG, so happy to hear of your sis's progress. It's been a tough road for all of you, but I know she is thriving because of her surroundings. Your fashion show work sounds so exciting! Anneri, you're a doll . I love my new shadows! Elena, congratulations on your achievement! Cutie, welcome back - it's good to see you here! Best of luck to your husband - I wish you all the best! Almus, any beach days lately? Bis - hi! Love your new avatar! Michelle, how are you doing with all of your little femme fatales in school now? Nora - hi! How is the decorating coming along? I'm re -doing my son's room and am excited to get everything done. It takes awhile! I thought of you yesterday as I was flying home over Toronto . Kate, loving your blog. You are fabulously photogenic. Elegant! How are you!! Hope you are all doing well and looking forward to angreat weekend! I have a lot to catch up on, but just wanted to say hi!

 

[stv578]

Hey everyone! A quick hello, nice to see so many of you back!

Cheryl, thanks for thinking of me over Toronto! It was a rather gloomy rainy day yesterday. Where were you flying back from? What are your plans for your son's room? It really is fun to decorate, but ya, it takes time and patience.

Michelle, we finally found one painting, for the dining room. It's a very traditional oil painting of a European countryside. DH wasn't that thrilled with it, but at this point, he doesn't care, just wants to see something up on the walls, lol! We picked a somewhat rustic dark wood frame for it.

HG, glad to hear your sister has improved.

Elegant, miss ya tons! Hope you and hubby are well.

Hope everyone else is also doing well and getting a good start to the weekend!

I am off to continue with the house work, oh joy oh bliss! Can't really do much this weekend, kids are not feeling well, gotta love the new school year.

Talk soon ladies!

 

[Bonitinha]

Hi ladies!!

Hope you are all doing well and enjoying your weekend!

HG -- glad you are back! Sounds like things are crazy there for FW. I hope your sisters continues to gain strength and health.

Cheryl -- hope your son had a wonderful birthday!! Where does the time go?? It is actually nice having all 3 girls in school. My Kindergartener only goes to half day -- so I get to have her to myself for part of the day. They keep me busy with their school activities and cross country, soccer and ballet. Are you still loving your Guerlain palettes (I hope we get to see more of your gorgeous FOTD's!!)? I really want a couple, but I just wish I could swatch in person!

Meg -- I hear you on the storage space. Let me know if you come up with any great ideas.

Debbie -- I was just wondering where you were the other day! What Guerlain lippies have you tried? Do you have a favorite formula? I love the casing -- although some of them look *heavy*!

Elena -- good for you for finishing your studies. I can totally relate to the brow thing. Sometimes I like my shape and sometimes I feel like I over-do it with the tweezing. I need a professional.

Almus -- good to hear from you -- sounds like you are staying busy. I feel like life is crazy busy right now!!

MissQQ -- what adventures in shopping have you been doing? I can't remember now -- have you been liking the new Guerlain e/s palettes also? How do you narrow down the choices??

Nora -- so glad you found some artwork. Hope you love it -- it really makes a difference, doesn't it? I am still looking for a few pieces. We are wanting to get our front door painted a new color. We have a taupe-ish colored Colonial Style house and I really am having a hard time picking out a color. Any ideas??

 

[User38]

Hi Mitchelle! what a lovely pic of your family.. all so stylish too!!

Thanks for your well wishes for my sister.. she seems to be doing much better at least on the quality of life front (we stopped all chemo and she is now with a wonderful nutritionist and pain control doc)... and she is much happier.

I am exhaustedddddddddddd.. I just got back and it's been a 15 hour day yet again.. but truthfully I would not change it for any other job (unless being a dealer on the NYSE floor when the market crashes

).

my look today was a pair of dark grey suede leggings, a dark grey cashmere sweater and black riding boots.. (my feet are soooo swollen now lol)... so in honour of my clothing colours and totally disrepecting the new collections, I did a dark grey/silver eye with Chanel Gris duo -- light silvery grey on the lid with a contour of the dark grey -- it's wonderful cause it's a true grey and not bluish on me.. MAC Stunner blush and lots of mascara with matte lip (Till Tomorrow MAC pro).. and it looked great and wore the whole day, thru dinner and till just now when I took it off.

life in the fashion industry is tough.. grr.

Nora, so nice to see you posting too.. it seems we all ran away for the summer and took up all sorts of activities ! Thank you too for the well wishes for my sister.. I am praying a lot.

Debbie.. so glad you are posting on here -- I sometimes do not go into MAC threads and don't see you enough. Don't be a stranger !! Enjoy your hauls ... it seems mu is one of the few constants in my life.

Elena.. lol @ the eyebrow comment. When I arrived here several weeks ago, I decided I would do whatever it took to regrow my brows (puny by nature) and started on my eyebrow campaign .. no tweezing, and nightly religious applications of castor oil.. well, it seems like it's working and I have been tweezing strays only... but a funny thing happened to me at a luncheon.. a young Italian lady told me that my eyebrows needed plucking.. and I said, "but of course.. I am trying to grow them out ".. and that was that. Then she lifted her glass of wine when we toasted something, and she had on a no sleeved blouse and the biggesttttttttttttt BUSH under her arms, I nearly spit out my wine

... Talk about the pot calling the kettle black

C! I wrote you about the Gelee.. if you decide you want it let me know and I will send out next week. Don't worry I have mine plus a spare, so for you I am willing to part with one of them..but do let me know as I need to travel with it next week.

 

[User38]

yikes it's almost 2 am.. I need to sleep as the show goes on tomorrow.. lol.

nite all and lots of hugs

 

[stv578]

Michelle, that pic looks so cute!

For your door colour, I think you could go a few ways, seeing as your house is a taupe colour. What is the colour of your garage? Do you prefer to keep things neutral, or would you rather a pop of colour on the door? Our home is also taupe, well partly. We have taupe bricks and beige stones partway up. The garage is currently a light beige and the door a light taupe, so it's all very neutral. I think down the road I would keep the garage the same type of colour, but would love to either get wood doors (too expensive though!) or paint them a muted brick red type shade. Or, you could go really dark, like an espresso brown or black, especially if you have a window in your door (to break it up) and wrought iron fixtures nearby. I think for a colonial style home, that contrast would look really pretty.

 

[Bonitinha]

Thanks for the lovely comments about the pic I can only upload pics with the watermark to the internet, but you get the idea. Can you believe the photographer is only 18?? She took so many cute ones -- I wish I could post them all.

Elegant -- miss you girl!! What fun projects are you up to these days?? Any new makeup infatuations?? How are your home renovations coming??

HG -- so glad your sister is able to have a better quality of life. I know quite a few people that have gotten to the point where enough is enough with chemo. You sound like a wonderful sister to her.

Nora -- I think I would like a pop of color -- but I don't have the eye to pick out just the right shade. Our home has the look of those San Francisco "row" homes. They are called "carriage lane" homes here. So the garage is in the back, if that makes sense. We do have black wrought iron light fixtures -- so we could always go black for the door. I don't know if I am brave enough to go more daring on the color?? We'll see . . .