Official bottega veneta chat thread - thread #4

CoastalCouture · Aug 29, 2016

grietje said:
Welcome home! We need a long lunch and a Carmel meet up to hear about your travels.....

Thank you, Grietje!

diane278 · Aug 29, 2016

CoastalCouture said:
I am back from the last of my summer travels. All together, I've been away six weeks since June, a long time to go without my favorite designer bags. The Argento BV pouch was the perfect clutch for the wedding I attended, I am so grateful to Diane for allowing me to put the grabs on the one in stock that day in Valley Fair.

We'll need another day like that soon! After my visit to Ban Island.

jburgh · Aug 30, 2016

G - I am so glad Leslie's lumps were removed and you have good prognosis. We had to use sunscreen on Tucker after his radiation and chemo...get the baby formula, for gentleness. Give her a big smooch!

indiaink · Aug 30, 2016

Speaking of sunscreen - what is a good brand/formula? I want something that goes on relatively 'dry' and isn't sticky. Is there such a thing?

ksuromax · Aug 30, 2016

indiaink said:
Speaking of sunscreen - what is a good brand/formula? I want something that goes on relatively 'dry' and isn't sticky. Is there such a thing?

Banana Boat? Is it sold in your part of the world?

ksuromax · Aug 30, 2016

ksuromax said:
Banana Boat? Is it sold in your part of the world?

It's made in US, baby formula is really good, paraben free

grietje · Aug 30, 2016

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jburgh said:
G - I am so glad Leslie's lumps were removed and you have good prognosis. We had to use sunscreen on Tucker after his radiation and chemo...get the baby formula, for gentleness. Give her a big smooch!

Thank you!

indiaink said:
Speaking of sunscreen - what is a good brand/formula? I want something that goes on relatively 'dry' and isn't sticky. Is there such a thing?

So there are chemical block sunscreens and physical block sunscreens. Chemical block sunscreens contain avobenzone and most sunscreens on this market have this formulation. I prefer the physical block or mineral-based sunscreens because the avobenzone tends to sting my skin. The mineral block screens contain titanium dioxide and zinc. The mineral-based sunscreens aren't necessarily sticky but it's goopy. And one can have a grey cast after applying. The avobenzone-based products tend to go on lighter.

When I went to Hawaii I used an Alba sunscreen. It was nice. My sister used Babyganics and liked that. We sampled SunBum in Hawaii and that was pretty nice too.

For Lesley, I intend to use a mineral-based, for kids product, to make as sure as I can that it doesn't irritate her skin. I might do a spray because it's a bit lighter.

indiaink · Aug 30, 2016

grietje said:
When I went to Hawaii I used an Alba sunscreen. It was nice. My sister used Babyganics and liked that. We sampled SunBum in Hawaii and that was pretty nice too.

For Lesley, I intend to use a mineral-based, for kids product, to make as sure as I can that it doesn't irritate her skin. I might do a spray because it's a bit lighter.

Can you tell me which Alba - I'm looking on Amazon and there are quite a number of varieties. Thanks for your informative response.

grietje · Aug 30, 2016

indiaink said:
Can you tell me which Alba - I'm looking on Amazon and there are quite a number of varieties. Thanks for your informative response.

This one--the blue tube: Alba Botanica Very Emollient, Sport Sunscreen SPF 45, 4 Ounce
I went for the sport simply because I was in the ocean a ton.

indiaink · Aug 30, 2016

grietje said:
This one--the blue tube: Alba Botanica Very Emollient, Sport Sunscreen SPF 45, 4 Ounce
I went for the sport simply because I was in the ocean a ton.

Thank you.

V0N1B2 · Sep 1, 2016

ksuromax said:
OMG!! She is perfect! It's exactly the colour that I was looking for ( and now holding this one I can confess to myself that I was not quite happy with the one I was watching online, as it was a tad darker than I wanted) but this one make my hear sing! No any sign of use at all! Corners are pristine and overall feeling is of a totally unused item!

Seeing this outside, I don't think it's Walnut. It might be Poussin.
*just throwing my two cents in :smile:

ksuromax · Sep 1, 2016

V0N1B2 said:
Seeing this outside, I don't think it's Walnut. It might be Poussin.
*just throwing my two cents in

thanks anyway for guiding me, I will pop in to the boutique and ask them to de-code it for me on Sat, will let you know what they say

diane278 · Sep 1, 2016

CoastalCouture said:
I am back from the last of my summer travels. All together, I've been away six weeks since June, a long time to go without my favorite designer bags. The Argento BV pouch was the perfect clutch for the wedding I attended, I am so grateful to Diane for allowing me to put the grabs on the one in stock that day in Valley Fair.

Well, it certainly looked perfect with your outfit and my argento pouch arrived just two days later. I wonder what took me so long to realize how useful they would be for organization now that I carry totes so often. I got totally carried away with the lanyards awhile back and I can see how that could happen with pouches, too.