Daily Beauty

That’s all I ask.

I was having breakfast with my friend Marisol this morning when she whipped out this vintage Chanel Coromandels de Chanel palette (fall 2005!). I kid you not, I nearly choked on my Nutella croissant. Even with most of the original design worn off it’s still beautiful.

The CHANEL Fall Collection was inspired by the rich materials, flamboyant colours and decorative style of the Far East. The CHANEL face is wearing new COROMANDELS DE CHANEL on eyes and cheeks, and Shanghai Red Creme Lipstick.
— chanel.com

The Chanel Coromandels de Chanel Fall 2005 collection…

• Coromandels de Chanel, a three color palette for eyes and cheeks
• Poudre Coromandel, a golden pearl highlighter for the face and neck
• Irreelle Duo Silky Eyeshadow Duos in Desert-Rose, Orient-Express, Brun-Express, Trans-Atlantic, Train-Bleu, Matte-Velvet, Sunset-Gold and Emerald-Coast
• Rouge Hydrabase Creme Lipsticks in Shanghai Red and Rose Paradise
• Aqualumiere Sheer Colour Lipshines in Java and Honolulu
• Glossimers in Pagoda, Sunset Gold and Sesame
• Rouge Double Intensite Ultra Wear Lip Colours in Pink Sapphire and Fire Opal
• Joues Contraste Powder Blush in Orchid Rose
• Le Crayon Khol in Black Jade
• Le Vernis Nail Colours in Shanghai Red and Gold Shimmer

So I’m not really a tattoo kind of gal because I’m so fickle, but while I was taking pics of a few of the new Chanel Rouge Velvet Matte Lip Colours ($32; available now at Chanel counters, stores and also online), it hit me: if I do ever get inked, I’m going to get a tattoo of the Velveteen Rabbit.

“What is REAL?” asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. “Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?”

“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.”

“Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit.

“Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.”

“Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,” he asked, “or bit by bit?”

“It doesn’t happen all at once,” said the Skin Horse. “You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”

“I suppose you are real?” said the Rabbit. And then he wished he had not said it, for he thought the Skin Horse might be sensitive. But the Skin Horse only smiled.

“The Boy’s Uncle made me Real,” he said. “That was a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can’t become unreal again. It lasts for always.”