LOL Faron! Sue, you, rock star, you! LOL I originally bought the purple for my sister (who has much lighter coloring than I do and who wears a lot of purples). I ended up keeping it because the woman told me how nicely it would work with my green eyes and purple glasses. I don't see it-- but I do notice it on others and in photos. All that said, I put the purple aside because I love love love the le volume mascara and I got that in noir .. did you get the le volume or inimitable? Too funny, cosmetic counter people/artists (or whatever you call them) are always yelling at me to use stronger moisturizers and to give up my oil-free makeup. "You are using products you used in your 20s.. " a gentle way of saying, "you are SO not in your 20s anymore!" lol I have some heavier duty moisturizers now but I absolutely hate oil+ makeups. The texture, smell and breathability. Sue, you might want to give this one a try-- it's an ultra-light foundation but it gives good coverage for my aged peri-menopausal skin. It can also be put on in "layers" for more coverage. (link below) Boop.. I've never thought the foundations were too orange at Chanel (though definitely some of the lipsticks and blushes are). There are two bases available-- rose and beige. The rose is def had too much pigment for me-- and it did lean orange despite it's name. I wear the beige base which I much prefer because it neutralizes the red in my skin tone and let's me add color back where I want it. It is SO important to get a good color match. I had a terrible time finding this foundation when Chanel discontinued my old one. I tried other brands, tried a few chanel counters. I actually even returned one which I have NEVER done before. I wear beige 40 which is on the darker end of the medium scale. I am not dark complected but i have *that* much color in my skin. Anything lighter looks like i am made up to play the corpse bride! I also want to give a shout out to whomever got me to try their lipsticks again. I LOVE the coco rouge shine. It is everything you said it was.. I wasnt in love with the colors my store had but i see chanel has a few discontinued colors that should work better. I hate to buy a $30 lipstick without trying it but I love it enough that I may just take a couple of chances. Here is a link that might be useful: vita luminiere

Start off by using hair spray. Spray on both sides of the garment and blot with paper towel and change frequently. If that didn't work, use Zout, rub it in gently and rinse. If it still did not bulge after three treatments. Try using Tide with Bleach (Powder), two full scoops of Oxi-Clean and up to 1 cup of bleach if garment permits. Wait 5 minuets before adding bleach and use the warmest water according to MFG labels. And if you do not feel comfortable using last resort then you need to get a dry cleaning solution. I wish the best! Here is a link that might be useful: Carbona

Glad you brought this up. I'm wondering if it's wise to use lip STAINS. I have used Maybelline 'Superstay'. The stain is in one end of the applicator and a sort of 'Chapstick-like' moisturizer is in the other end. The color does last a LONG time.

I stopped dyeing my hair when I was 50, and by then it was pretty much platinum blond, although I had been dyeing it medium ash brown. My natural color in my early 20s was a sort of auburn, which I never liked. At 50 I started dyeing my hair platinum blond, but I noticed then that I really did not need to dye it anymore, as that was its natural color, which was a relief. Now it's a bit closer to white, but I'm okay with that as well. I did not really change the colors I wear because I would fight the colors and pretty much wore what I wanted regardless. I did find that green and yellow did not look good on me at any age, and I never wore brown. I'm not a fan of beige either, except for pants. Mostly, I've worn bright colors, although I've stayed away from orange, except as an accent color. In San Francisco, I would wear an orange T-shirt under a magenta button shirt. It was so cold there that I needed to wear undershirts, which I always hated and never wore in Texas. I've not worn undershirts since I moved away from SF. Here's a photo of me on Grouse Mountain, BC (north of Vancouver), Sept 1981Here I'm wearing a purple Lycra undershirt, a lavender cowboy shirt, and a black bomber jacket lined in pink, with a skinny purple studded belt. This is a rare photo of me wearing blue jeans. This was when I dyed my my hair ash brown. My friend Greg has a completely different fashion sense, but I forgave him for that. Here I am a month earlier at a party in VancouverThe host of this party spiked my hair for me - I could not have done this myself. I went to Vancouver twice that year, which was not the only time I did that.