After being burned one as well lots of times with discontinued or restricted edition products that I LOVE, I made a decision to take matters into my own hands and bought back-ups of certain products for insurance coverage purposes. Here are some products I have unopened in my stash:
Anna Sui Dolly girl Lipstick in Natasha 003 – $25
I’ve already utilized up an entire tube of this – this is my second tube, plus I have another unopened one in my stash. It’s a stunning sheer coral shade with small shimmers that’s extremely hydrating. I utilize this as a tinted lip balm and it opts for any makeup I’m wearing. The quite packaging and bullet design are just added bonus! This was a restricted edition product from 2011.
Tokidoki Gelato Lip Balm discolor in Skeletrina – $9
I like lip tints that look frightening dark in the tube but apply with just a hint of colour. When Sephora discontinued the Tokidoki line, I ran over to buy a back-up of this purple shade for $5 on clearance. It’s provides an remarkable amazing purple-y pink flush to the lips with a moderate staining, and it smells like grapes!
It’s always risky getting back-up of lip products – that’s why I don’t have many. I hope these don’t turn before I get to them. I’ve put both of these in the fridge as suggested by fivezero!
Maybelline dream Matte powder – $15
I’m so annoyed that this is discontinued! and the replacement dream question powder is not almost as good. I utilize this powder for a singular purpose: to dust along my lash line to stop oiliness and transfer of mascara and liner. I’ve tried utilizing other mattifying powders (Rimmel, Essence, MAC) but none have matched this! I have 3 unopened back-ups which will most likely last me at least 10 years.
Illamasqua blush in naked increased – $26
Not restricted edition or discontinued but after the brand exited North America, it’s extremely difficult and expensive to get a hold of (side note, Illamasqua now ships around the world but their pricing is ridiculous! The powder blush on the internet converts to $42.95 CAD whereas I paid $26, not to mention shipping costs!) This shade is my much-loved of all Illamasqua blushes – a neutral dirty increased with a matte finish that opts for just about any eye look. The high quality is excellent just like all Illamasqua blushes I’ve tried. I will likely never ever finish up both the opened blush and the back-up.
China Glaze nail Lacquer in fast Track – $10
I may not have discussed my like of shimmery nudes on here yet, but I am like moth to flame when I see a nudey shade with a fine-tuned shimmer, I need to have it. This putty beige polish with gold shimmer works truly well with my skin tone, but it was a restricted edition from the Hunger games collection. I found a bunch in a clearance bin for 50% off after paying full cost for my first bottle – overall score! I have 2 back-up bottles.
Becca nail Colour in Toasted Marshmallow – $6 ($15 reg)
This was a Winners find and Becca has discontinued all their nail polishes, unfortunately. The formula, colour and clean on this polish is superb. I tried to find a dupe for the colour (China Glaze dress Me Up is quite bang on) but the formulas and clean just were not the same. I ended up finding a seller on ebay so I hoarded gotten 2 a lot more bottles. I also took the chance to buy a bunch of other Becca nail polish shades, which are sitting in my untrieds stack for now.
Illamasqua nail Varnish in Jo’Mina, Raindrops, and Facet – $17 each (but now $27.95 online!)
Jo’mina and Raindrops are part of the routine line-up of Illamasqua nail polishes but difficult for me to replace – both are extremely special colours that I haven’t seen in other nail polish brands. Facet was restricted edition from the sacred hour collection, and is my all time much-loved nail polish shade from Illamasqua – a moody smokey taupe grey omg I just can’t even finish this sentence, it’s so amazing! I will be extremely unfortunate when (if) I ever finish both bottles. I have absolutely no qualms about getting nail polish back-ups considering that they last a long time if kept in an air-tight container.
Tony & Tina eyeliner brush
I may have bought the original brush at a clearance sale when the brand was being discontinued at Eatons, I’m not sure. But I do understand that I got the back-up with a MakeupAlley swap ages ago. It was such a helpful location for me to get access to hard to find stuff or American brands not available in Canada. Then I found ebay. This clean has a extremely crisp edge with firm bristles that make it extremely easy to apply gel liner.
Body shop Kabuki brushes
I talked about these in my beauty tools identify publish – Body shop still brings a version of the kabuki brushes but I like the originals that were top quality under “Nature’s Minerals”. They were better high quality (did not shed) and fuller. I chosen up bunch ranging from $2-5 each from different places: Body shop clearance section and online. I keep them in an acrylic tray I found from the kitchen area section of Winners.
Bourjois eye shadow brush
I found this off ebay and it is a respectable dupe to my much-loved shader clean from Club Monaco beauty which I composed about recently. Since they were only $5 each I gotten the whole great deal that the ebayer was selling – 5 clean in total; 2 are in use, and 3 are unused in my back-ups.
Smashbox blush clean #16
Another Winners find – I gotten one to try out and liked it so I went back to buy another. I had to hit up a few stores to find more – I gotten 2 back-ups in overall at $15 each. It’s a smaller blush clean with a flattened profile, making it best for utilizing with blushes that have little pans, and for exact placements – I such as this for medium pigment blushes. For some reason Smashbox discontinued this blush clean style and just offers a big deal with clean as both powder and blush brush.
Anna Sui Brow blush brush, deal with brush, spoolie
Found these at Marshalls and scooped them up. Anna Sui brushes are a hidden gem – they’re magnificent quality in girly packages. They do have plastic handles which may make them seem cheap, but they’re not. The hairs are super soft, and well made with very little shedding. Her spoolie is my much-loved of all the ones I’ve tried – it’s fluffy and soft and combs out my brows without disturbing my foundation. The deal with clean is one that I suggest commonly to people who are trying to find a contour clean – it’s fluffier, softer and a lot more forgiving than the extremely blunt styles.
Products I desire I had bought back-ups of – often I just don’t recognize how much I like something until it is as well late:
MAC blush in Prim & appropriate from the liberty of London collection – released in 2010, I grew to like this neutral nude-y blush a lot more and a lot more whenever I used it. It is, without a doubt, my much-loved blush of all time! I will devote an entry on my quest in trying to find a dupe for this shade. inspect out my publish devoted to this blush and its dupes.
Lancome Khol in like eyeliner pencil in chocolate affair – was a restricted edition release in spring of 2013. The formula is exquisite – gel-like smoothness and absolutely budge-proof when set. I am trying not to utilize it up as well quickly. inspect out my publish devoted to panning this eyeliner.
Annabelle brow / liner angle clean A-14 – this is such an old clean but it is my much-loved for my brows. It has a bit of a blunt edge that makes filling out my brows extremely easy. and I like how short the handle is so I can get truly close to the mirror. I’ve tried in vain to find a dupe for this.
Well, that’s a look into the collection of a makeup hoarder.
Or, as I like to phone call myself – a makeup enthusiast… Do you buy back-ups of makeup?
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