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Temptalia Asks You – Have you ever NOT bought a beauty product and then regretted it?

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Have you ever NOT bought a beauty product and then regretted it? Did you end up hounding eBay for it? Did you never find it again?

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I missed out on the whole Heatherette collection which I totally regret. Thankfully I was lucky enough to find Sock Hop & Lollipop Loving at my local CCO. I also regret missing out on purchasing Lavender Whip, although I have faith they will re-promote :)

Hi! You know, a few locations have restocked on Lavender Whip. I was at the PRO store on Robertson in Los Angeles and they got both Lavender Whip and Ever So Rich on stock! I immediately bought a back up of LW because I was being so cautious with the one that I purchased after finding it restocked in San Francisco Macy's!!

Sometimes I will go back and forth about whether or not I should buy a product, and if I don't I might have temporary regret. But true regret doesn't usually hit me until it's too late lol. There were a few things from Heatherette that I didn't get but still want, and a few other LE things I'm sure, but nothing major comes to mind.

it's funny, i spent months lemming, and dreaming, on fleshpot from heatherete because the collection is not sold here. just got it yesterday finally and went pah. lol

Fleshpot is perm at PRO!

I've never posted before, but: Firespot eyeshadow, hands down. My Cranberry and Goldmine crave it! Also, many of the MSFs, like Petticoat... but it's coming back! :D

Ohh, Firespot is gorgeous, and I agree, Cranberry/Goldmine/Firespot is an amazinggg combo.

I wish I would've gone for the N collection instead of skipping over it for Fafi.

Aww!! :( Did Fafi not impress you as much?

Maybe moth brown, although now that I am in California I can get the NYX dupe. I also regret not getting Dark Edge, which I'll pick up at a CCO. Volcanic Ash as well, but it was good that I didn't buy that - I doubt it would have been able to make my cross-country move!

Dark Edge is in the Tempting quad in Cult of Cherry, too!

I missed out on several MAC collections and wanted to die! N Collecton, C-Shock, Barbie Loves MAC, Moon Bathe... the list goes on and on. Thats why now I try to look carefully at every collection and not let people tell me that the collection is crap or the color I want is a dupe... I always miss out, but lately I have been doing pretty good!

Aww, Neena!! Good thing there are so many ;P

There are only two major ones that come to mind: Going Bananas and the Volcanic Ash Exfoliator. I didn't think I'd like or use either one at the time...and now I'm kicking myself for passing them up.

Looks like that Manish Arora palette is going to sell out just 'cause of Going Bananas!

Proenza Pink. It was a limited Edition by Lancome. :-(

Ohhh, I missed that one, too, Rose!

Otherworldly Paint Pot, Golden Lemon Piggie..... Seriously, those two haunt me in my sleep.

You can get Golden Lemon at the PRO store.

I kind of wish I got some of the McQueen paint pots, too. Golden Lemon is perm ;) And being repromoted with Gold Fever.

I only bought two things from Antiquitease, which was the very first collection that started me on my MAC addiction. I really loved a lot of the colors, but by the time I had decided to go back and get them, they were sold out :-( So I treasure what I've got, and keep on the lookout for repromotes/eBay/swappage.

Yes! I really missed out on Antiquitease, but I finally scored a Corsette lipglass on eBay a couple weeks ago for cheaper than retail :D

There are a few repromotes of the MES coming back this fall from Antiquitease.

Yeah, at Sephora I saw this tweezerman diamond foot file thing and I was lazy and didn't get it and now I want it! Oh well I guess I can go back and get it haha

lol, well, hopefully it's there when you go back!

I didn't buy the MAC volcanic scrub when it came out, and have been kicking myself since. I kept telling myself I can always go back when I was at the counter... bad idea, hehe. On the other hand, I have so many things that I bought on a whim and didn't end up using, it's really not a bad thing to have one or two items that I wish I had bought when I saw them.

I wish I got a back up of the Volcanic Ash! Gahhh!

I regret not buying Wondergrass and Going Banannas from C-Shock. I was just a MAC baby at the time and didn't know they were limited edition.

I regret missing out on C-Shock too! At least going Going Bananas is coming back in that Manish palette!

Aww, but the PRO colors are sooo close, I swear :P

i did regret not getting the holiday brush sets, because i didn't really have any mac brushes. i had a se 168 brush and a couple of others that i bought on ebay but i think those ones were fakes...and i regretted not buying sculpt and shape, but luckily i found the brushes and sculpt and shape at the cco a couple of weeks ago. so i kicked myself for about 7 months and then it was all better :)

Glad you got them at your CCO!

I didn't get Totally It lipglass from the Fafi collection and proceeded to obsess over it for months! I'm over it now though, it's ok that I don't have it. No. Really. I'm over it....... :)

Awww! I am sure you'll find a color just like it!

While travelling in Japan I saw a primer I liked in a drug store. Figuring I would see it again in another drugstore, I didn't buy it. I searched but never found it again, and I couldn't go back to the place I saw it because I was already in another city. :( but other than that, I have no regrets about not purchasing. More often, I regret actual purchases. *Christine--I am actually clearing out my entire stash, not as severely as I threatened, but a healthy culling. Feels good, could be addictive. :P

Hi DJ, Aw, that is too bad. I regret making purchases a lot, too! Ahh, yes. Clearing out the stash can be quite therapeutic!

Virginia, check at Nordstrom before you check ebay for the Neo Sci Fi shadows. If they don't have it at your store, they can get it from another one & have it shipped (free S&H over $25). if you can get the UPC, they can search the entire company, my store still has a danse lipstick from January 2006! also try nordstrom.com or the MAC website (still has femme fi) also MSF's are back October 16th including petticoat!!! and new loose mineralize powders that shimmer!

Hey Marsina, as I just wrote in a comment above I don't think I can still get the shadows here in Germany...but I will get Petticoat for sure! I'm just sorry that they didn't choose such an outstanding shade as Lightscapade to repromote...and since I'm not very fond of loose powder, I won't be getting the upcoming mineralize ones anyway. Still, thanks a lot :)

I´m a great ebay hunter! I´ve found many products that I missed on ebay, the price is often not so bad if you are used to european prices anyway. My MSF collection mainly came from ebay.

Haha! Nell can find anything ;)

All the time - all the time! I really wanted Dior's Poison Blue & missed it on Sephora because I kept waiting. I eventually bought it on ebay for $40! Ugh, but I love it and don't regret buying it - I just regret not buying it at the regular price. Another regret was quite a few years ago Shu Uemura had a green e/s quad - I had a chance to buy it in Amsterdam (this was before Shu was in North America)but didn't. Regret!!!!

I think I have that one - if it's the one I'm thinking of, it's quite lovely.

i really want that gorgeous Chanel Elephant compact and they don't have it at my Chanel counter anymore. I knew I should have bought it when it came out.

Do you mean the Lancome elephant compact? Try Macys.com.

Hah! Yes I did mean Lancome, thanks for catching that. Im not sure why I typed Chanel lol...going to Macys.com now!

Ohh, you should be able to find that online still!

I didn't get one of the quads from smoke signals. I kept going back and forth and I didn't get it and now it's on ebay for $100 :(

Aww :( That sucks, Shari!