The Chanel Ratonas Off-topic Thread

[Camnagem]

ElvenEyes - Hi there! My birthday is in November too, but I feel like splurging all the time, lol! All of those 6 color palettes are stunning!

Cheryl - GREAT to see you! I'm totally excited to be able to post here again! I feel like I'm hooked on these new Guerlain quads and I don't even have one yet, lol. In addition to the full blown Chanel addiction I'm finding myself drawn to Guerlain more and more lately. Everything they release feels special to me! I can't wait to try out some of these new things!

Nora - Yay that you found a painting! I always feel like filling up a room with personal touches is the longest process! Hang in there with the busy school year.

Michelle - What an adorable picture! I love it! My only great idea about storage is to downsize, lol. I have to cut back and pass on things to others so I can make room for new things. I took a big batch of new items to a local women's shelter Saturday and that was wonderful. They were so appreciative and I know everything will be put to great use. I'm heading to the container store when I get my car back next week and I'm sure I'll spend hours in there trying to find a new system. For some reason I always feel like re-organizing things in the Fall! The kitchen is next...ugh, lol.

HG - Your career is fascinating! I can only imagine how stressful, fun, irritating and exhilarating it must be all at the same time. Big warm hugs for your sister, and both of you hang in there! I'm laughing my butt off about the hairy pits. You should have asked her if she was trying to grow them out!!!

Hi to everyone else, and to those of you I don't know yet I'm Meg/Megan/any other Meg-related nickname, lol. Hope everyone's enjoying the weekend!

 

[ElvenEyes]

xo Thank you for the kind welcomes!

Bonitinha~The two Guerlain's I have are Rose Strass and R'eve Dior. They are both very soft colours and creamy, one has a hint of brown in it, so extra nice for fall. I love the elegant packaging with the triple cubes. It is just so pretty! It is so nice to talk to you again! I've missed you!

HG~Thank you! I actually don't post a lot. I chat a bit in the Bimbo section, which I am desperately trying to get the name changed to something more classy! I like looking at hauls and collections, but fairly quiet other than that. I am definitely not an all MAC girl. I am getting frustrated with them releasing too many collections and can't keep up with the fuss. Sometimes it is just nice to go to a counter and buy what you love, if that makes any sense! I also love to mix it up and prefer not to stay faithful to any just one brand. There are too many nice ones out there!

Camnagem~Oh, I am with you. I always have a large MU wishlist going and notes scattered about for items I didn't even know existed but saw in a video, something mentioned here, a swatch of it there. I know I don't need anything else, but I still keep buying! For me though it has always been a tradition to purchase some lovely high end makeup just before the holiday season to wear at family gatherings and holiday parties. Nothing says festive like that perfect red lipstick in a shiny gold tube or a pressed powder in a beautiful compact.Okay,now I am drooling!

Last night was fun. We zipped out after a light supper, stopped at our favourite ice-cream stand and I got Mocha Chip. As they soon close and the days are getting shorter, this was our last trip. We go about 2-3 times during the spring/summer months. Then off to the mall where I returned a mascara and then went nutty, yet again, at Bath and Body Works. I even have my husband into it now. I wanted him to be familiar with the store for Christmas, telling him to stop filling my stocking with candy and fill it with MU and lotions, please! We both came home with a nice assortment of foaming soaps in the autumn scents. Yummy. And I am officially hooked to Wallflowers!

Hope everyone has a lovely day!

 

[Miss QQ]

^^ HI Debi! Sounds like you have fun at BBW! Great to see you here!

Megan - The Guerlain quads are lovely. It's a nice change from their old quads. I didn't get the 6 colours palettes because I felt they were too massive and embellished for my liking. Let us know if you get anything from Guerlain! I bought the Terracotta 00 and Terra Inca this summer, but I don't own a lot of Guerlain. Looking forward to the holiday collection.

Michelle - what a sweet pic of you and your girls. I love the sandals! I love sandals of that design: strappy and bright colours. I want your white skirts too! Good to hear they are keeping you busy! I haven't bought any of the Guerlain quads, but I have my eyes on Fumes, Bois de Rose and Perles. I do it by elimination and picking out the ones I want to add to my collection, among the chanel quads mostly. I got new Nars goodies to play with yesterday, Grand Palais, Habenera, and Desire blush. My friend helped me to buy them from overseas. I tried Habenera and both the es are creamy and blend very well. I love the sleek packaging of Nars too. If Nars is available here I probably will buy less chanel.

HG - Your Italian lady's bush story had me laughing, which is great after a stressful Sunday doing an e-test (work) all afternoon on my computer. Graphite is beautiful, I'm glad I bought it. I tried Dior sculpting nude powders on my face too. We have 20, 21(yellow) and 23 (peach). I can't really see which shade looks best on me in the store's lighting, but probably 20 or 21. It looks lovely on though, not powdery and cakey like what most powders are.

 

[Bonitinha]

Meg -- I hear ya about downsizing. I give things to my sisters all the time. I give glosses I don't use to my 12 year old daughter (the sheer colors anyways), which she loves. Sometimes I look at my stash and wonder how in the world I will use it all?? But then something pretty comes along and I can't resist . . .


Debbie ~ I might have to splurge on a Guerlain lippie one of these days. But I can only imagine the consequences of getting addicted to that line LOL
Glad you had a fun night out last night. I am the same about stocking stuffers -- no thank you to the candy -- I'll take makeup please

Thanks MissQQ -- those are actually my 3 daughters in the pic -- I wasn't in that one. Sometimes I can't believe that I have 3 kids!! We did have some nice family ones taken also. I wish I could figure out a way to just post it so the people I actually know can see it (but not the whole world). Have fun with your Nars! I have heard their blushes and shadows are great. But I already have a gazillion blushes and eyeshadows LOL

 

[Shypo]

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

Well, if you needed to tweeze, surely she needed to MOW!!!!!

 

[Miss QQ]

^^ lol! Good one, Cheryl! Monday morning now - I woke up with a headache and felt nauseous, likely due to lack of sleep. But I have a laugh and I feel better! Love you all!

Michelle - Oops, I thought the one in the middle is you. That's a lovely pic. I know, you should protect your daughters and not let everyone see the pic. Absolutely anyone can see it if you post here, which is a no-no. I wore Desire today - not good. Was in a rush to get out of the door, and Desire is so pigmented. I use a 188 which is small for my cheeks and ended up with a bright spot on each cheek. Tried to buff and blend haha. It also mixes with my foundation and turns orangey so I need to figure out how to make it work. Well, at least I have something fun to think about. I'm like you, I try not to buy more lipglosses especially, but something nice always find its way into my collection.

 

[Bonitinha]

MissQQ -- I am feeling the same today -- headache and feeling sick from lack of sleep (I have had major insomnia since high school).
Yep, I have to be careful about posting pics of the girls -- I actually went back and deleted the one, even though the heads were cut off LOL
I have done the same when I am trying to blend something out -- sometimes when I am in a hurry, I feel like I make a mess of things

 

[Miss QQ]

^^ Right to do so, there are baddies out there. Hope you get more sleep tonight.

I'm a light sleeper and gets sleepless when there is slight stress. I always wake up automatically in the middle of the night, but luckily I usually can go back to sleep. There is a major construction work just opposite my house now and it is making noise early in the morning and late at night. Birds too, now it's fall, birds are roosting before dawn and dusk daily at the trees. A bit of tough time for me.

 

[Shypo]

I feel for you girls who can't sleep......I don't have that issue often, but when I do, it's a terrible feeling the next day. I hope you're able to catch up on some rest soon!

MissQQ, have you tried dipping your brush in a finishing or highlight powder first, then on the blush? Another trick would be to put the highlighter on your cheeks first, then the blush - it would give you a base to blend against......just a thought. I try to give my cheeks an extra shot of powder before I put my blush on. I use either MUFE's HD powder, Armani's, La Mer, or even something like Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil (I really like the Featherlight one - I think that's what it's called).

Happy Monday to everyone - I'm not a big fan of Mondays, but they don't last forever .

 

[Almus]

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Oh Cheryl, no more beach for me =(
September is being a super busy period (and I am afraid October will follow that lead too). I am happy to hear that all of you are doing great. HG, it's fantastic to hear about your sister feeling better, I hope she continues like this as far as possible.

So, dear ratonas, I am looking for a nice finishing loose powder and I was thinking either Chanel or NARS (don't know many others actually). I have oily skin, so if I find some mutinying ones, it will be great. Any suggestions?

 

[Bonitinha]

^^Almus, I have oily skin also and am always on the hunt for a loose, mattifying powder. I have heard that Laura Mercier makes a great one. I have to finish up the one I'm using now and then I'm going to venture out . . . Let me know which ones you end up trying!

 

[Miss QQ]

Thanks for the tips, Cheryl. Never thought of putting highlighter first. I'm going to try all that to see which works.

I'm using the Chanel loose powder. I don't have oily skin and it works well on me. This is my second pot and I'm bored with it, so I want to try something else next. We have another loose powder from Chanel White Essentiel range, which is slightly more expensive than the usual one. But it is supposed to brighten and smooth, so maybe I'll give it a try.

 

[Bonitinha]

MissQQ -- have you been happy with the Chanel loose powder? I am trying to figure out which one I want to buy next. I saw a post today on the Beauty Look Book about powders. I definitely don't want the kinds with shimmer (disaster with my oily skin) -- but the Chanel and LM ones looked nice . . .

 

[Anneri]

Hello lovely Ratonas!
A special hello to everyone I didn't 'know' before - hi Debbi! Hi Meg!

I've a horrible cold at the moment, my Monday was horrible workwise, but I had the most wonderful surprise - my bf and me are going to Miami in November and he booked the most wonderful hotel for us. He will treat me to the whole vacation! I'm so looking forward to this week! I haven't been to the US since I was a wee girl and I'm really excited!

 

[Shypo]

Anneri! Congratulations!!! That is fabulous news! I'm sorry you're not feeling well, but I know this news lifted your spirits!

 

[Bonitinha]

How fun Anneri! Enjoy! I grew up in Florida and loved the sunny beaches there! I never went to Miami, though. You'll have to let us know all about it!

 

[User38]

Waves to all the Ratonas !!

Almus...I love my LaMer loose powder (translucent) as well as the Chanel loose powder and LM powder too....any of these would be good to finish your mu and take away shine.. however if you need lots of oil blotting, then MAC blot powder is good too. It depends on what effect you want and how often you need to touch up... you might need a blot powder anyway, and MAC's is good.

Annieri.. how lovely that you will be getting a lovely and romantic holiday in Miami.. lots to do and see ! I am sure you will enjoy the trip! Meanwhile, feel better.. take lots of vit C.. it's helped me with my monthly cold syndrome.

msqqq .. I love the whole white essentiel line.. I am going to try and get some .. don't how or where yet, but the hunt is on

On the personal front : I am overworked and overtired.. and still can't sleep.. it is a bit of jet lag too. sigh. I will be travelling yet again on Thurs.. heading to my mom's before I head back home for another week of work

I plan to get botox /restylane back home.. cause I have developed a frown line and it will only get worse if not detained somehow... lol.

C!... let me know if you want that lilac es.. I found it amongst some of my other EL es (I was not aware I had packed it!)... I will put it into the package on Thurs/Fri.

Meanwhile, hope you are well and that our "issue" got resolved.. argh.

to all !!

 

[Miss QQ]

Michelle - I like the chanel loose powder. I use it all over my face after liquid foundation. It makes my skin soft and smooth like baby's skin, and it doesn't add any colour, so I don't turn paler or darker after powdering. I saw thebeautylookbook post on powders too! Have you ever thought of trying Guerlain's loose pearls? I haven't tried one because I thought they may be too shimmery, but they seem to get good reviews and they aren't shimmery on the face. Cafemakeup just put up the review on this holiday's pearls, and said it illuminates and mattifies.
Here, you can see the pearls individually swatched, and there seem to be shimmer. A Guerlain MA once told me that on the back of our hand, the shimmer is obvious because our hands are flat, but on our face, it isn't shimmery.

Maybe I should take the risk and try it this year.
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Anneri - Get well soon. Colds are nasty. Congrats on going to Miami, what wonderful news!

HG - Hope you can have a break at your mom's. I can't imagine traveling so often, I don't really enjoy it as it is too much of a hassle. But I like to see different places and cultures, so for now I'm doing it from my couch lol. The new white essentiel line is truly good. I bought the pre-lotion and used it together with the toner and moisturizer, and my skin is clearer and almost back to NC20. I also feel my skin is plump with moisture and not dry and tight. However my pores seem to be more obvious, not sure if its due to the products.

 

[Bonitinha]

MissQQ -- I like the idea of a powder that doesn't add color. I always use translucent powder over my foundation. Does the Chanel powder last a long time?
I love how the Guerlain Metorites look in the package. I was worried also about the shimmer -- but you're right, they don't look too shimmery on. Very pretty!

 

[Miss QQ]

^^ I have no problems with the chanel powder, it lasts all day on me on a normal day that isn't too hot and sweaty. I'm using shade 20. I'm also starting to look forward to all the holiday collections, bb, guerlain, chanel.. !