What was the last beauty product you missed getting? Do you still look for it or are you over it?
Chanel’s limited edition Tisse Poesie, since I didn’t pick it up, but I don’t regret it too much.
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I hated missing out on MAC Pedro Lourenco Mirror and Gold Mirror lipglasses for sure.
MAC’s Black Ivy liner. SO pretty.
It’s still for sale online if you look under fluidlines ☺
I’m kind of sad I didn’t pick up a ton of Illamasqua lipsticks and polishes before Sephora and Bloomingdales stopped carrying them. Now if i want it I have to spend $15 for shipping.
I missed out on the mac aquatic collection lipstick in mystic. :'(
MAC’s That Trillion Dollar Look quad. It’s still available, but given the price and my [un]employment status, it’s probably not going to happen.
Dior constellation quint from fall 2013… so sad !
It would be more of the eyeshadows from the Alluring Aquatics collection from MAC. I got Sea Worship and then went back to get either Legendary Lure, Fathoms Deep or Soul Serenade but they were all sold out (this is a day later!) – all they had left was the silver one that I didn’t like (interestingly, it’s also the one that didn’t sell out online either for weeks or possibly months!)
The Chanel Dentelle Precieuse highlight. By the time I decided it was worth the splurge it disappeared from Nordstrom. Guess that was a sign lol
Hi! It is available for purchase on Chanel’s website now!
I was going to say Chanel Dentelle highlighter, as well. Will have to check out the Chanel website now. Thanks for the tip!
Nothing that I can think of. There hasn’t been anything that I really meant to get but missed.
Er, well, based on the things that pop up on this blog, there are too many to list, LOL! But that’s mostly because stuff is expensive or hard to get here 😉 I certainly know that I was disappointed not to even get to have a look at the MAC Alluring Aquatic collection’s lipstick packaging, as pretty much everything sold out before I even saw it. I may not buy MAC< but that collection really was super pretty…
Still kinda miffed I didn’t get Kelly Yum Yum :/
A bunch of limited edition MAC lipsticks. I won’t buy a product until I’ve read reviews, which is almost always too late for MAC LE
Hi Christine,
Macys.com has Tisse Poese available now!
http://www1.macys.com/shop/product/chanel-les-4-ombres-quadra-eye-shadow?ID=1518648&CategoryID=62597#fn=sp%3D1%26spc%3D22%26ruleId%3D%26slotId%3D%26kws%3Dchanel
poesie, sorry 🙂
Thank you Stacey!!
The Laura Mercier Artist Palette Holiday 2013. I didn’t find out about it until after the fact (I have no idea how I missed it). I searched for it on-line for a few months afterwards, but when prices were hitting $300+ on eBay, I gave up looking for it. I may buy too many eye shadow palettes, but I am not insane enough to pay a ridiculous amount of money for one. It is just make up after all.
Some of the previous limited edition collections by MAC. Especially the Rhianna lippies. 🙁
TF Négligée…. Getting over it… Somewhat.
I sat on that thought too long as well.
I was able to pick up Poésie online from Hudson’s Bay/ The Bay in Canada! I also got a lot of Illamasqua polishes & blushes on sale, and when I tried to get Venous it said it was discontinued. I also checked the Illamasqua site and sure enough Venous was discontinued on there too! I wonder if they’ll be discontinuing more, since it seemed like a big clear out.
MAC x Kelly Osbourne Riot House. If I don’t hurry up, it’s going to be NARS Jardin Perdu!
Hey Maddie: I thought I would be crazy over Jardin Perdu, and yet I find myself happier with the Dolomites duo. It’s the lightest shade of the pair..looks soooo pretty and lively on the eyelid..it’s like a warm pink with a hint of mauve of something. Really unique to my stash. I don’t feel the same excitement over the JP duo at all. I’m NC20ish..neutral.. thought the JP would work better since I’m not a huge fan of warmer toned eyeshadows in general, so I surprised myself there.
Unless you’re super-excited about the silvery shade, you can always just nab Kauai down the road. The purples are almost too similar to justify both, unless you’re insane and have to have every NARS duo that catches your eye (like I am, LOL!). Another option would be to stalk eBay-chances are good it’ll end up there, and at a good price! I’m just addicted to NARS *and* purple eyeshadow, so I grabbed it immediately. However, there are quite a few I wasn’t too eager to pay full price for, but ended up paying 1/2 retail, even LE/DCd shades.
OK, so I was very bad, and I bought a bunch of stuff at Barneys New York to get their yearly beauty bag full of samples… I got the Jardin Perdu this morning, because it’s limited edition. The reason why I didn’t get Dolomites is because Kevin Aucoin launched a duo with sorta similar colors and I’m getting that one instead. Its the eyeshadow duo in 216 – Lilac/Bloodroses. OMG! *_*
I’m waiting for Jardin Perdu to arrive at Sephora (the only place I can get Nars). They’ve put me on their call list but maybe I need to phone them to see if maybe it’s come in and they’ve missed calling me. I have Kauai but I at least have to check out Jardin Perdu because the silvery side did look so gorgeous and it’s listed as a dupe for Modern Pewter, which I couldn’t get as it was sold out almost instantly.
I don’t know about Canada, but the Sephora’s down here haven’t been getting in alot of pieces from the last few NARS collections, and they never showed up online, either. NARS site ships to Canada, though! I think they just started fairly recently, but whenever I peek at the site, there’s a banner at the top of the screen. As I stated above, alot of NARS products end up on eBay, brand new, although sometimes they’re “testers”, but for 1/2 the price.
Actually, my biggest regret is the Sephora Storylook Palette Vol. 3 (Ariel palette). I collect palettes sometimes, and I have the first two, so it makes me sick that my collection is incomplete *sobs*
I missed buying a back up of a Shu Uemura lipstick before it was discontinued. Six months later, I am still mourning this loss.
I’ve never felt like I’ve missed out on a particular beauty product. As the old saying goes, “Tomorrow’s another day!” and so there will always be something new and beautiful on the horizon.
Tom Ford Nude Dip, but I’m not too upset about it. The one that sticks with me is Dior Bonne Etoile =/
MAC Pedro Lourenço Lipstick in Roxo and Chanel Illusion d´ Ómbre in New Moon.
I missed MAC’s Enchanted One because they sent the e-mail with the release of the collection after it was sold out.
I might have missed out on Kat Von D’s Studded Kiss Lipstick in Poe. Your review was great! I’m not familiar with Sephora’s restock patterns, and I’m sure as heck not spending double the price in evilBay. I love ebay for many things, but hate the product scalpers. Maybe Poe might not be sold out if resellers hadn’t bought so many to resell.
Sephora will restock, so definitely wait it out. Or, if you have access to an actual store, use the “Find In Store” feature on the site, and see if a local store has it in stock. Just because its sold out online doesn’t mean stores are sold out. HTH
Got it! Thanks for the perspective on how Sephora rolls. It was restocked. I will be smurfy-fab ASAP.
Tom Ford Nude Dip!!! I stalked the websites for days and never even saw it pop up! I’m still very upset, haha
I was lamenting not acting sooner to grab NARS Belly Dance, but after patiently stalking eBay for nearly 2 years, it eventually showed up, and at a decent price! The same went for MAC Taupe Shape. However, I’m still trying to nab NARS Santorini, and would be willing to pay quite a bit more…
Kat Von D Spellbinding Palette – HUGE regret.
MAC Yield to Love Lipstick – didn’t know it was only online (so stupid)!!
Dude that KVD palette… I FEEL YOU! I thought about it too much and missed it too 🙁
I would say I missed out rose diamond from dior
MAC Kelly Yum Yum. I’m over it, though. I have so many bright, candy pinks, I bet I have at least one dupe.
Missed tarte’s matteficient palette :((((
NARS holiday blush palette that had the highlighter and all. It was amazing. And I got one for my bff but not for myself and I always wish I had
the old Nars Brush # 12 🙁
I slept on MUF #92. Don’t know what I was thinking because I really like purples.
I am waiting for Tom Ford Nude Dip to be delivered today! After stalking Nordie’s website, I found it one night and snapped it up. 30 minutes later , it had disappeared from the site. For me, Chantecaille’s Sea Turtle Palette is the one that got away. I couldn’t justify dropping the cash on it at the time, but seeing it offered on E bay once in a while for steeper prices, I wish I would have splurged on it when it came out!
I have Poesie. It is real purty!I think my local Macy’s still has it is stock!
Chanel Poesie and NARS Kauai
Poesie is still avail for purchase on the Macy’s website.
Kauai is part of the permanent range, you can easily find it (just checked and it’s in stock on nordstrom.com).
NARS Kauai is permanent! 🙂
I passed on the Pedro Luongo e/s palette but I did snag Chanel’s Tissé Poésie quad which made me feel all better!
Bobbi Brown Old Hollywood Palette – it looked fabulous.
Had the opportunity to get Chanel Dentelle Precieuse but I skipped. Sometimes I think about wanting it, but really I didn’t need it.
NARS Guy Bordain blush palette. So so sad.
MAC Itchy and Scratchy and Sexy and MAC Enchanted One. I’m not really broken up about missing either, but I did want them. I’ve heard people say Enchanted One is close enough to Kinda Sexy that it’s not really the end of the world, and Itchy and Scratchy I wanted more for the theme and name. I love purples, but it actually looks like a weak color compared to others.
Urban Decay Vice 2 and I’m still upset about it.
The only thing I still regret that I missed out on is Guerlain’s Meteorites Cruel Gardenia.
So gorgeous.
I missed out on that release too – the nearest Guerlain counter is 2 hours away and they were all sold out by the time I got there. Then I found one in March this year in an Australian duty free store – score! I missed out on the Gladys Rouge G though, I really wanted that one 🙁
Er… the only thing I can think of is Urban Decay 15th anniversary palette, so that’s really old!!
Lately I’ve come to realize that I don’t NEED all the new shiny LE products and that focusing on products that really work for me is a better idea. I still get excited by new collections and I often go check them out/swatch them but I’m ok to let them go.
The last thing I missed was the MAC x Kelly Osbourne collection! So bummed, I love those lipsticks! Totally not over it!
Yes I wanted kelly collection too. I really liked the dodgy girl lippy
Rihanna’s riri boy by mac
Dior Bonne Etoile and Too Faced A few of my favorite things palettes.
I am really upset about missing the Osbourne’s Collection from MAC. I still think about it daily and hope to one day stumble upon a couple pieces.
I missed getting the MAC – Whisper of gilt (MSF )and the Estee Lauder Heat Wave (last yr summer collection)
WHISPER OF GILT IS EVERYTHING
Mac betty bright And chanel cream blush in inspiration.
And the biggest miss out for me is Guerlain Crazy Meteorites Radiance Powder from holiday 2013. I waited too long to think about it and everywhere I looked was sold out. I still wish that I will stumble across one one day, but know I won’t.
The Amrezy Palette. I went back and forth for so long about whether or not I should get it. And when I finally made the decision, it was gone. XD I still kinda want it. But I’ll deal. I don’t feel like paying extra to get it from Amazon or eBay.
MAC sideshow you. Checked the website every day except the one day it came out, and didn’t get a chance to check my emails that day either.
Tom Ford Nude Dip
I AM currently missing out on the Artificially Wild & A Novel Romance collections by MAC.. which is enormously sad, since they’re the first two collections I get excited about from MAC in a very long time.. but I’m too broke to order any of the 2 items (even though they’re so few!!!) I would like to get!
Mac’s shop cook, Heatherette and Barbie collection. With all things girly, those two collections were too cute to resist. Unfortunately, they happened way before I was makeup savvy.
Bite Beauty’s double ended lipstick set that was limited/holiday edition!