Aimzster
Dianna GWhen beloved beauty products become discontinued...
February 14th 2008 00:49
I recently grew attached to a lipstick. It didn't matter that it had a tacky floral print on the cover and I found it in a dilapidated cardboard box in the corner of a $2 shop. All it mattered was that it gave my lips that shimmering, plump look. The shade wasn't so dark that it looked like I had no lips at all, not too pink that I looked like I was permanently stuck in the 80s. It was just right, the texture so smooth it went over my lips like silk and most important of all, it made my lips look 'kissable'.
So obsessed was I that I would use it routinely throughout the day, directly after meals and even resorted to drinking my 8 glasses of water through a straw. Mind you, I never put my lips around the straw, just my teeth so I looked like a braying donkey with my lips pulled back everytime I drank, sorry, sipped.
Then came the black day when I drove the 45 minutes to my beloved bargain shop for the 3rd time and was told the product was no longer being sold - after me scouring the back corner of the shop with mounting panic. There was the numbness, then disbelief before panic overcame again, to be replaced by a dogged resolve to go on ebay and buy directly from China, regardless of the steep delivery charges. When that search proved futile, I had to concede defeat in a manner a tantrum-chucking two-year old would have been envious of - mingled with a strong desire to headbutt myself and ask why, why didn't I buy the whole box of 10 for $20???
The fact that the product was pulled out due to 'health' reasons was of no importance. The reasonable thought of "Oh no! What effects will I have after two weeks' of continued use?" didn't occur to me (until now) as I was too preoccupied mourning the death of my once luscious, kissable lips attained for only $2.
So, have you ever been obsessed by a beauty product only to find out it's been discontinued?
So obsessed was I that I would use it routinely throughout the day, directly after meals and even resorted to drinking my 8 glasses of water through a straw. Mind you, I never put my lips around the straw, just my teeth so I looked like a braying donkey with my lips pulled back everytime I drank, sorry, sipped.
What do you mean DISCONTINUED!?!
Then came the black day when I drove the 45 minutes to my beloved bargain shop for the 3rd time and was told the product was no longer being sold - after me scouring the back corner of the shop with mounting panic. There was the numbness, then disbelief before panic overcame again, to be replaced by a dogged resolve to go on ebay and buy directly from China, regardless of the steep delivery charges. When that search proved futile, I had to concede defeat in a manner a tantrum-chucking two-year old would have been envious of - mingled with a strong desire to headbutt myself and ask why, why didn't I buy the whole box of 10 for $20???
The fact that the product was pulled out due to 'health' reasons was of no importance. The reasonable thought of "Oh no! What effects will I have after two weeks' of continued use?" didn't occur to me (until now) as I was too preoccupied mourning the death of my once luscious, kissable lips attained for only $2.
So, have you ever been obsessed by a beauty product only to find out it's been discontinued?
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Cibb, and hiding under the desk while I do it too! No thanks!
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I can definitely empathise with you Aimz, and so could my Mum. When she found out her favourite foundation was being discontinued, she went to every chemist and department store in a forty kilometre radius and bought everything they had in stock. It was her version of preparing for the apocalypse. She spent hundreds and hundreds. Thank god they were all running low from not reordering or she'd probably have to have remortgaged the house or something.
Anyway, she's still going on her fave - she has all the unopened bottles lined up in the bathroom cupboard!
My commiserations that you didn't have advance warning to do the same!
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It sound so stressful.
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What do you mean?
I almost had a breakdown in the middle of the shopping centre.
Like Michaelies mother, i scoured every department store and pharmacy but came up empty handed. To this very day i still have not found a foundation brand that i want to stick to!!
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Michaelie, hehe...see, that's exactly what I should have done! Argh!
Damo, I envy you men too. *sigh*
Krystal, it's been a week and I haven't found anything
What must a girl do?
Lex, it sux, doesn't it? Just the thought of being without that beautiful lipstick...*sniff*