Well, there's still hope ladies. Some brands offer discontinued items directly to the consumer and there are also websites that either help you find these elusive products or recreate them for you.
For example a company called Three Custom Color
This Manhattan company will recreate your favorite item from a dime-size sample, or custom-blend a shade to match a photo or swatch in seven to ten days. If you run out before saving a sample don't despair. Their archive of products (which is heavy on lipsticks) dates back to the 1930s and may have it. Your item will be catalogued once you order for future purchases. Their prices are $50 for two lipsticks or lip glosses; $47.50 for bronzer or loose powder; $37.50 for blusher; and $36.50 for pressed powder, brow powder or gel, cake eyeliner, shadow or concealer. Visit threecustom.com or call (888) 262-7714.
To find products from Estée Lauder brands
(e.g., Clinique, Prescriptives, Stila, Bobbi Brown, MAC, La Mer, Aveda, Origins, Jo Malone, American Beauty, Good Skin)
The Gone But Not Forgotten program offers discontinued items via Global Consumer Communications, (646) 602-7800. (They accept credit cards only).
Prescriptives.com has a Last Chance page.
MAC has a Goodbyes page for about-to-go products.
Stila's customer service line, (866) 415-1332, will try to find a product similar to favorite discontinued one. Sometimes it's just been renamed and repackaged.
So for those of you that thought there was just no hope in finding an oldie but goodie, happy hunting!
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