The Chanel Ratonas Off-topic Thread

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Beware Ratonas !!  A place where nothing is OT !!

Bad girls club!

 

bad girls always do it better

haha.. I still posted in the Chanel Spring thread...gotta respond ya know.

 

Ahhh, it does feel like I can scream, or say anything I want in this thread (not like I didn't in every other thread)

HG & the rest of ya - so what Concealers do you like? I think I hate all of them in one way or another. I have an older Almay that I LOVE & nothin can even come close to it. Suggestions & likes for concealers

I also like the VS one, I love the color, I love how it wears, but yet I still want to try others. I have the CDP too.

Hola ratonas!!

Just found my way over here.  Had a little upset with the MAC counter (posted about it on the Chanel lipstick thread).  All is fine now, and no one had to get hurt!  LOL

 

Concealers -- oh yes, I would love all of your recs, too.  I need something with good coverage that doesn't get cakey or look crepey!

Cle de Peau. I know the price is ridiculous but by the time you buy all the others that you end up hating you could buy it several times over...I know because I have. The Cle de Peau is so pigmented that you use a miniscule amount and because of that it just can't cake up or look crepey. Here's Karla's review:

 

http://karlasugar.net/2010/09/cle-de-peau-concealer/

 

http://karlasugar.net/2010/09/cle-de-peau-face/

 

 

I have the MUFE Lift too & I like it too...but BUT, I am NEVER completely satisfied with any of them.

 

" I need something with good coverage that doesn't get cakey or look crepey! " <---thats what EVERYONE is looking for with coverage

 

I do like the Cle de Peau, but I think with that one, I felt like it faded on me.

Hey, I wore Shiseido 406 today - OMGosh - that color is so gorgeous!!!! I love it

Elegant -- while nobody is ever happy with their concealer I have found that any of them, mixed with a tiny bit of eye cream, makes them more pliable and easier to apply and blend.  Use a taklon brush and a 217 brush  to spread around.  this.. it seems to get the job done the best imo. 

 

As for Cle.. I too have a love/hate relationship with it.. as it can be dry, but then on some days it looks almost just right. So I agree with Wintrop too on this one.. but but but.. I am older, I am sure than Winthrop (hell everybody knows my age) and it's a greater challenge. 

Other concealers I like are the Balm, Prescriptives, Bobbi Brown,  and EL Max Cover --  and a funny named one called Senna -- I think so far this has been my best so far.

 

I don't know the Almay one, but sometimes a little pot of something from someone like Almay or LaFemme who makes a great little concealer and is perfect over a BB Corrector.

 

HTH

 

 

 

 

^^ I doubt that...I am 54. Is 406 one of the new shimmering ones? My biggest problem with any concealer is that they all give me milia if worn with any regularity.

I remember Karla on her site talking about the perfect concealer that she had done at an event.  Darn it -- I wish I could remember with brand!!

^^ Yes, that's the Cle de Peau...check the links I posted above.

 

This is kind of interesting too:

 

http://karlasugar.net/2010/09/tips-from-a-makeup-artist-undereye-concealer/

 

 

maybe I should try Cle in Beige.. and not Ivory

 

Yes is one of the new colors. Its this gorgeous pink slight watermelon red, but there is def. something different about how it looks on. And of course, I just do a light app & smoosh ;) It will be one of my fave ls this year, but behind Joyeuse.

 

I find CDP to be a bit drying at times too, but it is one of the better concealers. I just think I want perfection!? And unfortunately, I will sometimes get the milia too

 

I think a counter I called once actually said they had samples of Beige that they could send me (but then proceeded to tell me how it would not work on my Casper-like self). Maybe you can get a sample of that one to try. I still need to try those new Shiseidos...haven't seen or tried one yet.

ty Winthrop, I might just have to mix like I do with foundation.. I have a devil of a time with my skin colour now.. it is in a between stage and only mixing a B20 with a plop of B10 can I get the right colour... argh. Now Guerlain Parure  is doing well colourwise for me... almost same textures.

Elegant.. I liked that one also, but since (oh shame) I bought a RA Flamboyante, and another Gipsy (NARS) I passed on that one.. but it is gorgeous.

 

Elegant.. DON'T make me do it!!!

 

yeah, but  its still different on  & its GORGEOUS

 

 

 

well, it IS

Winthrop - thanks for Karlas line about the concealer. I will have to try that.

 

You know, sometimes her site - the ads - really screw up my laptop. & I know thats where I got a virus embedded in an ad. Sorry, just a side thought because when I just went there, one of the ads wouldn't load & it froze my laptop.

LOL Winthrop -- I missed a few posts!  I'm a bit slow today.  But glad you tracked it down for me!!
 

 

Helloooo ladies! 

 

Liking the new thread.  Very tired atm, so I'll have to be quick. 

 

For concealer, i am currently using Shiseido's. I'm pretty happy with it. 

 

What I need is a really good foundation, that doesn't make me break-out, is long wearing and doesn't look too flat.  Any suggestions?  I'm currently using Clarin's everlasting foundation, and it doesn't break me out, is long wearing but makes my skin look really dull. 

 

And Elegant, I'll be checking out the Dior lippies, hopefully tomorrow!

 

Sorry ladies, I'm not much fun tonight, having a hard time keeping my eyes open!  Be back tomorrow night! 

Till then, have fun!

My favorite concealer is BB's Creamy Concealer. Not because I'm crazy about the texture (it settles into my undereye lines a little), but I've never found a better match in terms of color (I wear Sand). It's the perfect color for under my eyes, with enough of a slight peach tint that it cancels out any purpley-ness. If they ever discontinue it, I might go nuts. 

I'm currently using the Mac's prolongwear concealer, but it does get crepe-y on the inner corners of my eyes, no matter how much I try to smooth it out... And I need a concealer, because I look like I'm storing coffee grounds under my eyes... Sigh.. Always have, too.

 

HG- Funny, I just purchased a Gipsy myself, but the Guerlain one. I've really been trying to explore orange lips lately, since it's one tone I've stayed away from. That's one of the reasons that I'm looking at Chanel's Rebelle RC Shine... Have to get comfortable with new colours a little at a time.

Oh God! There is nothing better than waking up early in the morning and finding out there's a new meeting point for Chanel's lovers 

 

Regarding concealers, I am absolutely in love with my BB's in warm sand although I cannot wear it w/o using a bit of eye cream underneath or it goes cakey a few hours later. Anyway, it seems that Bobbi has reformulated it, so it is a bit more moisturizing. I guess I will give it a try after I finish the one I am using at the moment. I think we don't have CDP here, but I'll try to make some research later.

 

Elegant - every single time I look any of your posts and I read "watermelon" my imagination starts to fly away to that gorgeous colour and my wishlist increases 

 

HerGreyness, I also miss your picture =(

Ok, coming back from Chanel again. Are those Armani pencils good for the waterline? I don't have an Armani counter in my city, but I may go and grab them to the closest counter if it's necessary, cause I really need some staying power in the waterline (MAC's Teddy don't even colour my waterline , it is very watery).

^^ I've also heard it's been reformulated, both in texture and somewhat in color. I'm concerned!! What if my HG color is changed?! Garrrgh, I need to go buy some backups of the old-style concealer before they're all phased out. 

 

 

Just a bit of off-topic fun: I was reunited with my preschool "husband" today! I was standing in line to buy dinner to-go, when the guy in front of me turns around (very tall) and asks me "Do we know each other from somewhere?" And I was like "Errr, no. Haha." And he was like "Sorry" and turned around again. But then when I left and was on my way home, I thought to myself "Well, his face does look somewhat familiar now that I think about it..." Sure enough, I do a little Facebook investigating and search for the name of the guy that I suspect it is, and... it's the guy who used to kiss me in preschool when we were like 5 years old! I moved away after that and haven't even thought of him pretty much since I was five , so it blows my mind that we would end up in the same city and happen to recognize each others' faces so many years later, and I can't believe that I even remembered his name!

Hi everyone. I thinks it's a bit sad that we cannot go off-topic in the other threads, feels a bit like church and less like a makeup forum.

I do not know if you have seen it, but they changed the formula and now the powder in it is pressed. It looks a bit like a NARS eyeshadow duo. How do you apply it?
Every time someone from BB applied it on my eyes it makes me look like someone used a bit of pork and added flour over it

Currently I am using the MAC Moisturecover concealer and I also tried the MUFE HD and Lift concealer. All more or less the same, so far I like the colour of MAC one the most.

Oh, and I also have the Armani concealers from Karlas link and I found them rather drying.

Where is MissQQ?