Chanel Hong Kong Collection - Available Now!
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Rads
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Oh..I have to ask for samples??!! And you get TONS without asking
So jealous! Heheee I love getting samplers too...is just so much fun even if it is something I already have I think the nicest ones I got were the lipstick samplers - Coco Shines and a couple of red ones from the Rouge Allure Intense range. Tiny little squares with a small brush. Very convenient for travel. Chanel online usually has the mascara and perfumes - I wish they had more options like how Sephora does.The SA always asks me if I would be needing a bag to put everything in and that it is charged (10 cents, I think). I don't need a bag most times - I just throw them away once I get home - but it's so odd that they would want to charge that extra bit - unless it's to avoid unnecessary paper waste, like how a lot of stores do with plastic bags.
Haven
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So how confident are we that this palette will show up in a store somewhere? I really would rather swatch in person before buying for $80.
Plus I just got the LMdB palette with a lot more shadows in it for only $15 more. Makes me wonder if this new Chanel palette is really necessary.
Plus I just got the LMdB palette with a lot more shadows in it for only $15 more. Makes me wonder if this new Chanel palette is really necessary.
sweetscent
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the colour of the shadow palette is common but the application is so smooth and blends well. glad i got it.
MissTT
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Oh I don't get Chanel samples from Nordies. Even when i was working directly with the counter manager. My SA works in Advanced Skin Care so I get Kate Sommerville, Arcona, Miracle Skin Transformer, etc. I "met" her when I was ordering NARS from the Anniversary sale. It is so tacky they charge you 10 cents for a bag when you are buying something. It would turn me off from shopping there.Oh..I have to ask for samples??!! And you get TONS without asking
The SA always asks me if I would be needing a bag to put everything in and that it is charged (10 cents, I think). I don't need a bag most times - I just throw them away once I get home - but it's so odd that they would want to charge that extra bit - unless it's to avoid unnecessary paper waste, like how a lot of stores do with plastic bags.
The Hong Kong palette does look quite basic. I'm sure we all have colors similar to what they're offering. I think I'm going to pass on it.
CartoonChic
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I think they'll start to pop up in more Saks stores, but I'm not sure.
CartoonChic
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I passed on the palette. I'm only interested in the polishes. I'm still waiting for Saks Chevy Chase to get Eastern Light.
Rads
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I don't really buy much from that counter anyway
Oh...Karen has swatches of the palette...she manages to make everything sound/look amazing, but I am happy skipping this one....saving more for the collections coming up in April.http://www.makeupandbeautyblog.com/product-reviews/thursday-post-2-chanel-pearl-river/
Prettypackages
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Karen made that gold look awesome...
CartoonChic
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I'm not looking. Lalalalala...
<--- I'm covering my eyes.
Miss QQ
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I saw the collection at Chanel Studio! Love the palette! I ended up with it, after the MA used it on me to do a smokey look. She used the 1, 3 and 5 colours, the black waterproof eyeliner, Convoitise as the base and Myrifique to intensify the look. Stunning! The eyeshadows are all smooth, silky and pigmented. The colour you get is what you see in the pan. The white is gorgeous! I thought it might be too frosty or sheeny but it wasn't, just a pearly and luminous soft white. Western Light looked meh to me on the MA's nails and in the bottle, the shimmers did not show up. I did not see Eastern Light applied on the fingernail but it looks pretty from the reviews I've seen, not too stark.
CartoonChic
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Chanel.com fixed the name on the Eastern Light bottle.
Rads
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I really do think texture/pigment-wise Chanel has much better shadows and palettes...but then, people say that about so many Chanel polishes too....
CartoonChic
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Rads, I know this is the Chanel thread, but I came across your review of Dior Creme Abricot. Do you still like it and recommend it? I'm thinking about investing in it for my dry cuticles.I really do think texture/pigment-wise Chanel has much better shadows and palettes...but then, people say that about so many Chanel polishes too....
Rads
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Sorry didn't see this earlier! I love it, and it's really really good...but, I recently bought Nivea Lip Butter (it comes in a tin)...and I tried that on my cuticles, and that works too, and it cost me a grand total of $1
I hope I don't sound cuckoo for suggesting this, but do give the Nivea one a try and see if that helps. Of course the Dior version is better since it is meant for the cuticles only. It is quite heavy and feels quite balmy going on..and your fingers will be sticky for a while (which is why Dior recommends bedtime use I guess)...but really like it except, well it is pricey 
User38
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Hi Ladies
I have not been on here in like forever and a day. So much has happened in my personal life that I can almost wonder how come I am still on planet earth.. but, since this is about cosmetics, in particular Chanel, I want to say I just saw the Spring 2013 colours -- and was not entirely impressed save a few ls.. but, none of the new Spring lines from any company are too exciting to me. I wish I could say it's my health (bad cold now) or my state of mind, but it's not. It's logic .. the offerings from many companies are the same as they have been predictably man seasons of springs/summers/fall/holidays.. etc. My work is in the future, with all economic aspects of the beauty industry, and maybe this taints/tints my perspective.
I just want to say, that I have missed you all and hope to come back with more frequency .. my life is still in flux and if I am not on an airplane, then I am stuck doing something else with mean deadlines.
With big hugs to all.. and hoping to stay in touch more
p.s. what happened to Specktra? the format looks cwazy
I have not been on here in like forever and a day. So much has happened in my personal life that I can almost wonder how come I am still on planet earth.. but, since this is about cosmetics, in particular Chanel, I want to say I just saw the Spring 2013 colours -- and was not entirely impressed save a few ls.. but, none of the new Spring lines from any company are too exciting to me. I wish I could say it's my health (bad cold now) or my state of mind, but it's not. It's logic .. the offerings from many companies are the same as they have been predictably man seasons of springs/summers/fall/holidays.. etc. My work is in the future, with all economic aspects of the beauty industry, and maybe this taints/tints my perspective.
I just want to say, that I have missed you all and hope to come back with more frequency .. my life is still in flux and if I am not on an airplane, then I am stuck doing something else with mean deadlines.
With big hugs to all.. and hoping to stay in touch more
p.s. what happened to Specktra? the format looks cwazy
Prettypackages
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Omg her greyness! Its so good to see you! You've been missed as well.
