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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMostly for the gals on DU.......has it happened to you that a favorite
beauty product goes out of stock and you cant find it anywhere because the company has stopped making it??? Mine is Midnight Blue Great Lash Mascara by Maybeline. I swear ive the last tubes available in my area. As soon as I found out its been discontinued I drove all over to buy as many as I could. Went on line and found that MallWort had some and bought 5 more on line. I now have 10 tubes. I have worn this midnight blue mascara since I first started wearing makeup. Love it, and now will have supplies until I die.
You and my wife must be related
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)irisblue
(32,967 posts)Croney
(4,657 posts)I believe mascara expires after six months to a year. Not sure though.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)At least I hope so.
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)that helps smooth it out. I know shelf life isnt long, but at this point Ill take my chances. Im 68......probably wont have any eyelashes left befor to long.
blm
(113,043 posts).
JHan
(10,173 posts)Make up has a shelf life.
You haven't been able to find an alternative?
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)yonder
(9,663 posts)akraven
(1,975 posts)We have a large .45 collection - this one wore out twice!!
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)It may be that it is simply being rebranded into a different name or package. Never hurts to ask.
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)try our other products. No thank you, love the midnight blue color and the great lash texture, nothing Maybeline makes now even comes close. Ugh, they weret helpful at all.
snowybirdie
(5,223 posts)Really? Pssssst. No one uses that word anymore!
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)does anyone one say this?? Thanks, I know now.
delisen
(6,042 posts)Unfortunately "guys" conjures up a image of a male-sort of like when "he" was the default pronoun.
I prefer"people" as in the German greeting of "leute"
But of course I do like to see men wearing mascara-I am too lazy to wear makeup myself but enjoy seeing people wear it
Ohiogal
(31,979 posts)Avon stopped making my favorite lipstick, Sparkling Cashmere. I bought up as many tubes of it as I could find, too, which wasnt very many. I have never, ever, found another company that makes anything that approaches that color. I know how you feel!
planetc
(7,805 posts)I think of this as a phenomenon called "the MBAs strike again!" A company has been going along making a product a number of people like. Then they hire an MBA, and the MBA revamps the entire product line by making it very attractive to that part of the market that wants to have papayas in their shampoo, and the conditioner too, of course. So then, what used to be a line of three kinds of Breck (for dry, normal, and oily hair) turns into a row of eight shampoos with matching conditioners that promise to do anything you want to your hair, with payaya, and herbs, and everything but bacon, I think. And you can't find the kind you've been buying for twenty years. If that innocent little bottle still exists, it's been sunk by the fruit and flower salad, and you have to find something else. Once again, you've been deserted by the manufacturers. Product loyalty, my Aunt fanny--you can't be loyal to a manufacturer that deserted you.. Can't even find them. I used to use the midnight blue mascara too before I retired.
Enough with the Papayas! Bring Back Breck!
ProfessorGAC
(64,995 posts)Buy the basic Dial. Dial bought Breck about 25 years ago. Because their basic brand was identical to the Breck you recall, they used the Breck name as more a boutique varietal.
This freed up the basic Dial product to be sold without them competing against themselves for the basic formula product.
Thought this might help ease your angst over losing your favorite shampoo.
planetc
(7,805 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)You would be loved and fussed over by your dogs and/or cats.
planetc
(7,805 posts)in our hair. I don't think we want them farther in.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Thanks. I smell bacon. Oh, am I having a stroke? No thats burned toast, right?
Mmmmmm bacon.....
csziggy
(34,136 posts)Believe it or not, they carry a lot of personal care and beauty items, many of which are discontinued.
When Dial discontinued the only cheap unscented soap I could use, my husband spotted it at Big Lots and for months bought every bar they put on the shelves. I might have a lifetime supply - but I told him to check again and refill what I have used to make sure!
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)LeftInTX
(25,256 posts)Fortunately, I wear black mascara and the Black Maybelline liquid liner.
I got into creme/liquid eyeshadows. Rimmel made a great one. Then it disappeared in 2016. So, I picked up Almay. Now they've d/c ed the Almay product. Creme shadows seem to be going away and powder on my crepey lids looks like I sustained major injuries!
So, I keep buying new things.........
I wonder if you could try mixing regular blue mascara with black mascara to get the same effect as Midnight Blue?
I'm always experimenting.
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)that could be promising.......thanks.
PennyK
(2,302 posts)LineExact in Black/Brown. It was a liquid with a short, tapered brush. The brush length was perfect in that i could rest my hand on my cheek as I drew it on. It went on perfectly and was waterproof. Never bled or streaked.
Apparently I wasn't the only missing it...if you look at reviews of current Cover Girl liners, you'll see dozens of requests to bring this one back.
I did search all over the 'net, but the few I have are now so old that they work three times and then dry up. I've tried many others, different brands, but I can't find anything comparable.
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)Maybelline Ultra Liner Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner, Dark Brown, 0.25 fl. oz. https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B000V54TNI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_hLQjCb5T8FVVV
The CG one had a tapered brush. I've tried the Maybelline and it didn't work as well for me.
LeftInTX
(25,256 posts)about application disasters.
I rest the brush on the base of my lashes. I've never had a problem.
IcyPeas
(21,858 posts)I used this for years and all of a sudden they stopped carrying it around 1993. I drove around to every department store to see if any of them had any left but they didn't.
(first world problems)
yellowdogintexas
(22,250 posts)It was more of a paprika red and was perfect for my skin tone.
I have yet to find anything remotely close to it
A HERETIC I AM
(24,365 posts)until some Meany McGreedypants went to all the stores in the area and frickin bought it all up.
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a kennedy
(29,647 posts)you are so naughty....
A HERETIC I AM
(24,365 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,237 posts)I recall some department store had some blue/black versions of mascara, but were not anywhere as reasonable as drugstore or big box store brands like Maybelline, etc.
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)and ok, ok, might have to go back and look at them.....but the great lash brush by Maybeline is just the best brush EVER and its JMHO.
sprinkleeninow
(20,237 posts)There are numerous products--cosmetics, food, cleaning, fragrances!, etc., you name it, that gets discontinued. Then replaced with stuff no so hot. I get highly frustrated. You latch onto a favorite, then whoosh, gone. I don't get most of this thinking on the part of manufacturers.
Have a Happy! 🎉🎆
Liberty Belle
(9,534 posts)It worked great and my hair was beautiful with it - only non-permanent, easy to use color rinse on the market. They still have it in all the other colors, but not the reddish hue.
It used to cost about $10 for a bottle that would last months. I searched online and found only one bottle left on earth -- at $85, so reluctantly passed. Wish they'd bring it back. I've written but it's been a couple of years now, no luck.
no_hypocrisy
(46,080 posts)Not even found in the Vermont Country Store.
Grasswire2
(13,568 posts)AJT
(5,240 posts)it came in a white container and didn't clump, run or flake. They discontinued it many years ago. I can't remember the name, but I loved it and even the high end one I use now isn't as nice.
madaboutharry
(40,208 posts)a kennedy
(29,647 posts)madaboutharry
(40,208 posts)a kennedy
(29,647 posts)and damn its expensive....49.00???? Yikes....thats a tad expensive , but thats about what I paid for the tubs at MallWort. So if the Benefit is as good as I want it to be, then ok, Im more then happy to pay for it.
madaboutharry
(40,208 posts)Where is it $49?
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)Kahuna7
(2,531 posts)applegrove
(118,622 posts)like a hairbrush. Over the years as I played with it it got harder and harder till it was like applying wet concrete to your lashes. And about as thick.
Siwsan
(26,259 posts)She specifically used the Rose Beige shade. She was not, at all, flexible in her beauty routine, so nothing else would suffice.
I scoured through store after store after store. I was finally at the stage of ordering it, on line, when she stopped mentioning it.
She also had a specific shade of Clairol hair tint she used. It was the kind that washed out in 7 days. When they stopped making that, it was a stressful situation. She didn't easily accept that something she liked might not always be around. My aunt was a lovely woman, but VERY high maintenance, for someone in her 90's.
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)Gawd love your aunt.
LeftInTX
(25,256 posts)It was around for over 50 years.
My mom was using it in the early 60s.
I have not see Coty products in years. My mom used to have Coty compacts.
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)Chapstick made a "flavor" called raspberry creme I happened upon while on a trip to Hot Springs Village, AR. Found it a few times back up in Wisconsin, but no longer available except....on eBay, expired, and for an exhorbant price!
I hate when that happens!
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,848 posts)It's still available to order on line, but hasn't been in stores for years now. It's one of my favorites.
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)There's a favorite Clinique lipstick that I've used for years and suddenly it's g-o-n-e.
I confess to being scalped online when I've bought a few tubes by private sellers-- at an exorbitant price!!!
TexasBushwhacker
(20,174 posts)There are scents that were discontinued at Bath and Body Works that people sell on Ebay for big bucks. Not to me though. I'm a tightwad.
mnhtnbb
(31,382 posts)that I have worn for the last few years on my fingernails. Not too dark, not too tan, not too pink...perfect for my skin color.
I found TWO bottles of it searching through discontinued colors at the grocery store of all places. Bought both. Now working on the last bottle. Don't know what I'll do when it's gone. Maybe go back to doing French nails.
Kali
(55,007 posts)when I was young I liked maybeline comb on smear proof mascara, that apparently does not exist anymore, nor does much brown mascara at all. then there was a clear product I found once but no idea what and don't see anything like that when I remember to look. since I maybe only put it on once or twice a year it isn't a big deal...
the others are all hair products, can't even remember the names anymore as I finally gave up, went to grocery store stuff - pantene conditioners are the best even though I hate the scents they use
flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)My mom used to buy them for my sister and I a long time ago. They turned the water blue, the skin soft and smelled like heaven.
violetpastille
(1,483 posts)But this stuff is cheap as chips and gets great reviews:
https://www.makeupalley.com/product/showreview.asp/ItemId=138753/Lash-Building-Mascara/L.A.-COLORS/Mascara
I took a pic of the Navy color tonight whilst shopping @Winco:
It was 1.29. I'm going to have a go and buy it the next time I need mascara. If you would like me to pick some up for you send me a DU mail - I think it's widely available at Dollar Trees? It was a deep blue, a bold navy, but nothing close to colbalt.
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)We do have Dollar General stores....looks like a trip to the store. Thanks.
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)Aftershave helps soothe the skin, but I didn't want to put on any artificial aroma. Mennen used to make an unscented aftershave. When, at some point, I couldn't find it on the shelves, I even cared enough to write to the company, inquiring where it might be sold. I got back a nice letter, telling me that the product had been discontinued (and giving me a coupon for a discount on some other product). Apparently most guys were happy with scented aftershave. So much for the invisible hand.
LeftInTX
(25,256 posts)The color always reminded me of peacocks.
I think my mom also wore the same mascara from time to time.
diva77
(7,640 posts)slightly so you can't tell what it is -- and the companies never put a useful picture on the box -- so you get home and find out that you've purchased something that could absorb all of the liquid from a small pond when you needed something much more modest. (sorry if this is too much information, LOL!!)
Phentex
(16,334 posts)this was before Amazon so it was straight from the manufacturer. They weren't discontinuing the product but they had made what I considered to be significant changes to it. Like you said, they repackaged and all that. Well, I thought 880 would get me through all my years of menses. The company ended up refunding my money and said they could not fulfill the order. I guess enough people complained because it wasn't very long (maybe 6 months or so) when they brought the original product back but kept the new name. It was weird. They still make them to this day. And I was off by SO many years in my calculations that I'm still buying them - in advance, lol.
diva77
(7,640 posts)who don't use the products!!
But I hoard other stuff.
If I find a dry mouth product that works, I buy, buy, buy because they always d/c dry mouth stuff.
irisblue
(32,967 posts)I had a sephora giftcard, it's pricey $30ish, but an excellent mascara.
Texasgal
(17,045 posts)I loved their lite cream base. It was not heavy and never streaked. The also had a water-based loose powder. I miss that stuff! Nothing has come close. I've tried Clinique and Estee Lauder.
yellowdogintexas
(22,250 posts)I order from them to get their fabulous serum.
They don't sell in stores anymore but have a lot of products on line
Texasgal
(17,045 posts)I'll have to look that up!
Thank you!
July
(4,750 posts)I buy it at CVS for $7 or $8 a pop. Just bought some, so it's a current product.
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)and as someone suggested here, may-be I should try to mix it with black.....its a thought.
Farmer-Rick
(10,154 posts)Don't leave us out.
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,154 posts)Your heart is in the right place.
I know where you are coming from.
whathehell
(29,067 posts)Tis a sad day when that happens...Glad you were able to find more.
Freddie
(9,259 posts)I call it Freddies Law of Consumer Products. If I really like something (food, deodorant, shampoo etc) they stop making it. Most recent thing was Colgate Max Clean Spearmint Blast. I hate strong peppermint toothpaste and that stuff was the best. Gone. But I found BOXES of it (at .99/tube!) at my local Ollies, where discontinued products go to die. So yes, check a place like that or Big Lots.
TuxedoKat
(3,818 posts)I liked called Town Taupe that they discontinued years ago. When all the new Taupe colors started coming out a few years back I hoped they would reinstate it but no luck.
madamesilverspurs
(15,800 posts)It was a Sally Hansen brand, and one of the very few that doesn't dramatically change color with my body chemistry. Have found one similar, but not totally happy with it.
And not a cosmetic, but Safeway used to carry a delish Amaretto Nut yogurt; when I couldn't find it after several tries, my inquiry got me the info that they just quit making it. Phooey.
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Tikki
(14,557 posts)Also, my TABU parfume.
Still can find the cologne, sometimes, though.
Tikki
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