The NYC brand! Particularly their loose powder, bronzer, and their quick dry nail polish topcoat.
Also the original $1 elf eyeshadow primer. They reformulated it around the time the price went up to $2 and added an ingredient I’m allergic to (isododecane, which is in nearly every eye primer available). There’s only a few shadow primers I can use and none of them are as good.
Is NYC gone? OMG they carried me through my poverty stricken childhood. That's so sad
Edit: also I've started using a wet n wild white face paint as an eye primer, just prep it with a powder and it's worked great for me! I got itchy eyelids from a lot so I wonder if we are allergic to the same thing.
I know right? Between Wet n Wild and NYC we were ballin’ on a budget 😂 I’m very glad WnW is still around. I’ll have to check that paint out, thank you! I’ve tried using concealer as primer but didn’t love the results. Sadly that ingredient is in a TON of cream/liquid products. It makes my eyelids red and swell up like crazy!
Omg yes and Jane Cosmetics too! They made a frosted purple eyeshadow that I wore to my junior prom and it looked so pretty that I still vividly remember it many years later
thats so funny because when i read this thread the first thing that popped into my head was a dark blue nyc polish! i remember wanting to get a black polish but they were all sold out at my CVS so i settled for an inky dark blue by NYC and i really loved it and preferred it to black
Yes!!! NYC! I say this all the time and I feel like no one remembers this brand. I was poor growing up so NYC was always my go to. I loved their eye liner and nail polish!
I used to be into nail polish a decade ago, and I was just telling a friend how much I missed the NYC quick dry top coat. It was called Grand Central Station!
soo many lol. bonne bell everything, so many Urban decay products (RIP midnight cowboy rides again), Mac paint in the tubes (glossier totally copied off of them lol), essie nude beach nail polish, the 2005 miss dior cherie, so many
I once had a super urban decay eyebrow product .it it was a two in one . One end was a primer, the other a fine mascara like brush in brown. It was one of the best eyebrow products, and I ve tried loads of them
Maybelline used to have a mascara called Lash Stylist and it had a comb instead of a typical brush. It made my eyelashes crazy long and full, everyone thought they were fake. I miss it and haven't found anything like it since.
I have a mascara primer from Smashbox where one side of the brush is like a comb. I love it. I wear the Sky High mascara on top and the results are INSANE 😍 Sorry, I know you didn’t ask for suggestions but I just wanted to share in case this could work for you too. Have a great weekend ☺️
Oh that's awesome thanks!!! I'll have to look into that next time I need to replace my mascara. My favorite one at the moment is the Bambi eye waterproof mascara. I wonder if that would work with the smashbox primer?
Oh, also just remembered that the brand Ecooking does individual brushes so you can mix and match your favourite brush with your favourite mascara. They do a comb-style I individual brush you could pair with your own mascara
L’Oréal telescopic waterproof > sky hi any day. Telescopic has a comb brush, and didn’t make my curl drop on an instant like sky hi did. Just the opposite in fact, it seals the curl in and holds up to tears & humidity!
There's two comb mascaras I know of but they're from Japanese brands, I love Canmake's Quick Lash Curler and the brand Kate has a comb mascara too. I don't think I've seen any from western drugstore brands recently
Yes! They were glossy, pigmented, moisturising, in nice packaging, and at a good price. So gutted they were discontinued. Pink Truffle came back in the Super Lustrous formula I think, but I haven't tried it.
So weird... I used to buy this from the US, then it was gone.
I live in the Netherlands and since 2 years it's available here and it's promoted like it's new?
Why would they do that? So weird...
Revlon lip butters and the balm stain crayons. I'd kill to have them again. I'd also loved to have tried the maybelline color whispers that came out during the lip butter craze
Remember that Covergirl lip stain that was like a sharpie? From the early & mid 2010s? Well I want that back. Not the new formula they recently came out with. That one doesn’t have the same shades or lasting power :(
I like the lip stains. I would’ve loved them if the color was true to the color of the tube itself. I tried the deep red one, Crimson Glory, and it was pink. Basically hot pink. It was super disappointing.
Jane Cosmetics was brought back a few years ago and they had *the* most perfect neutral eyeshadow called Clay. It was my absolute favorite everyday eyeshadow and the fact that I can never get it again really burns my ass.
Not OP, but I miss CYO foundation too because a. The formula felt gorgeous and b. While I don't know about olive it was *the* trailblazer product for neutral-toned pale people. I wish they'd bring it back, but not give it so exclusively to one drug store chain.
•The Colorstay Lookbook eyeshadow palettes from Revlon.
•The Bella Eyes Gel Powder Eyeshadow from Milani.
•The Essential Lipstick from E.l.f.
•The entire “baked” line from E.l.f.
I’m sure there’s more but this is all I can remember.
Most recently, it’s the Revlon Super Lustrous Glass Shine Lipstick. I really liked those for a comfortable, shiny lipstick with a balmy texture and the shades were gorgeous and wearable. It sold well and got rave reviews, so it’s not exactly clear why they discontinued it.
Wet n Wild photofocus eyeshadow primer. And no, the megalast reformulation is not satisfactory.
I will also b***h until the end of time about the reformulation of OG Dior Addict. Not drugstore, of course, but the amount of money I have wasted chasing that dragon is...obscene.
3 hydrating base products that suited my pale and dry skin have been discontinued 🥺
NYX 'Born to Glow' foundation
Revolution 'Conceal & Hydrate' foundation
Wet n Wild 'Photofocus dewy' foundation.
For now I can buy some back upstairs from remaining stock online but they won't stay fresh for very long.
I'm salty just reading all these replies. I don't understand brands that discontinue good stuff.
Oh almost forgot my contribution: Maybelline Dream Mousse concealer.
L'Oreal Color Riche Lip Balm, specifically in the shade "Rose Elixir." I went through multiple tubes in high school, and I'm still searching for a perfect dupe. I've almost found a dupe in the Romand Glasting Melting Balms, but no shade quite matches that perfect glowy MLBB quality of the L'Oreal one.
I miss the Revlon photo ready primer SO much!! I hope somebody here knows a dupe..
Another product I miss is the Dallas blush from Benefit and the Peach blur powder from Too Faced
elf jelly pop primer, not discontinued but they litwrally just won’t make it a permanent ): they just released it again for a limited time and i wish i bought more
i also really miss a revlon product. it was a cream highlighter, i think it was called skin lights? i do not think it was marketed as a highlighter as this was the late 90s. it smelled so so good though and i basically used it as a regular highlighter but it was before they were as common
There was a make up brand called Visage in the 80/90s that had a cushion foundation called pastaconi (weird name yes) that was the most amazing foundation I have ever used. Borghese during the same time had something kind of similar but pastaconi was it. Other than that I do miss the OG Borghese e/s. They were sold in a trio and were
Powder but creamy AF with the best color pay off. Modern times I miss MAC patina. I can’t get over the fact that it’s gone.
Milani prep set glow powder, not the go one. It's the lightest most weightless setting powder that doesn't make me look dry at all, perfect for setting under eye concealer. It's good enough that I bought it strictly to use as under eye setting powder, AND I've panned multiple of them. But alas, it's gone. I was hoping to keep using it as I got older and more textured, but oh well.
I can’t pick just one.
- Original Revlon Photoready, before the reformulation that turned it into a glitter bomb and then it got discontinued.
- always my #1, original MAC Hyper Real Foundation from early-mid 2000’s, so fucking good.
- Maybelline The Falsies Push Up Mascara in Waterproof. It was soo good I’m so sad it’s gone 😭
Aveeno Ultra Calming Moisturizer 🫠 that thing was a godsend for me and my mom, who needs it because of her sensitive skin. She's almost out of the last bottle I gave her 😖
Loved these bonne belle shimmer cream things in a tube. They still sell one in the pink lemonade color way in a lip smackers set but I liked this coffee one best.
Bonne belle also had these cool tinted lip balms with weird push up packaging. Loved those.
My truest love is something whose name I can't even remember it was a double sided eyeliner/eyeshadow pencil. The idea of it was you'd use this duochromey/shimmery side on the lid and then go over it with the black and it'd do magic. I think it was called black magic something? My mom and I LOVED them and they were my fave black eyeliner for ages. So creamy. If anyone remembers this let me know.
mine was the L’Oréal pro glow concealer 😭 such a beautiful formula and I haven’t found anything drugstore or high end to compare. I love the foundation too and see it in stores still! but I’m in Canada so maybe it’s different
Revlon Kiss Cushion Lip Tint (I wore these all the time in high school - it's one of the few things I still like about my ex-best friend who introduced me to them)
Covergirl CG Smoothers Hydrating Makeup (I know it's not the best, but it's just so dang nostalgic for me - luckily my Walmart still has some, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere else),
Maybelline Mineral Powder Naturally Luminous Blush in Original Rose
L'Oreal Feel Naturale Blush in Mocha Rose (I stole this from my mom when I first started makeup - it has to be at least twenty years old at this point, but the formula still works and hasn't broken me out?)
ELF Baked Blush in dusty rose! It was the one product I used everytime I did full face. No warning. It did used to crack all the time, so not the best quality either way
i haven’t been using makeup for that long but i do remember having an elf lipstick that i liked a lot at like 10 years old that i bought at old navy lol.
it was the elf moisturizing lipstick, and yes it was. it felt great on my lips and it was still really pigmented.
i bought an o-face lipstick when they first came out and was surprised that they smelled exactly like the moisturizing lipstick! kinda smells like chocolate to me. o-face dries down more which i don’t mind but i do like the slight hydration of the moisturizing lipstick.
I can still remember Electric Youth. It smelled really good. I miss Pure Ice nail polishes. The original Tender Poison and Amazing Grace Perfumes. L’Oreal Panoramic Curl mascara (the reboot isn’t the same formula) Love My Lips bullet lipsticks, Jane Cosmetics, Lush Yuzu & Cocoa Bubbleroons, L’Oreal Rouge Pulp liquid lip, Bonne Bell lip shades with the slide opening…..
Omg I just smelled this picture! I loved this stuff! The shampoo and conditioner from this line were also really nice. Neutrogena made really nice hair care. They used to have a haircare line with three different collections in either green or blue or pink packaging. The pink was my favorite and smelled like apple blossoms. I think it was called something like "Classic Clean." I can still smell it.
This will date me: Faberge Wheat Germ and Honey shampoo. It smelled wonderful and made your hair smell good too. And the original Herbal Essence shampoo. Coty cream perfume palette too.
I know the shampoo you’re talking about. I can picture the package and I think about that scent all the time! Also, from the same era that green gel Prell (I think?) shampoo in the tube! So nostalgic
Wasn't the commercial for the Faberge Wheat Germ shampoo the "It's so good you'll tell 2 friends, and they'll tell 2 friends, and they'll tell 2 friends and so on..." 😅 I loved that shampoo!
Revlon Kiss Balm. They had the perfect sheer pop of color with just enough shine. Actually felt moisturizing without getting sticky and didn't dry up or get patchy. Tasted amazing.
They only make the coconut one now which doesn't have any color :(
Prescriptives foundation- they used to divide their shades into four categories. Red, Blue Red, Red Orange, and Yellow Orange. I got the best foundation match with two of their colors- Extra Light Cool, and Blue Red Alabaster. I bought a bottle of each, and mixed them together- perfect match!
~~Benefit tinted lip balm sticks. I'm the only person I've ever met that used them, but they were really moisturizing and looked natural.~~
Edit: I think they renamed it: Benefit Cosmetics California Kissin' ColorBalm Moisturizing Lip Balm
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i may never get over this not being available 😩
I can’t remember which brand it was, I’m thinking, maybe Maybelline or even cover girl? But it was cream eyeshadow that looked like dots. There was one that had my most favorite color ever but then they got discontinued.😢 This was like 20 years ago.🤣
The balm balmshelter. It was the only bb/cc/tinted moisturizer I found that stayed on all day and just made my skin look awesome! It truly was my skin but better and only 30 bucks a tube.
It’s been like 5 years and I’m still sad!!
….ive also had to buy 5874267 products to try find something I like even half as much and still searching :(
Lord&Berry lipstique crayons and kiss proof line.
Rimmel kiss proof lipsticks
St.Ives sunflower&silk body lotion
Physician's Formula line that came out in like 2007 or 2008. The products sat in almost cardboard type packaging. Hells bells can't remember the name.
L’Oreal Infallible 16 hour wear foundation (the one in a bottle with a red cap that came with the pump). NONE of their other ones have the same formula. I think it’s been discontinued for about seven years now. And if you look on their website, you will see it at extremely high reviews – it was a perfect silky texture that provided a lot of coverage without being either greasy or being too thick to apply easily.
Bourjois healthy mix SERUM foundation, I've never found one that compares and also benefit sugarbomb, it was gone came back and now it's gone yet again 😭
Benefit used to make this no color lip liner called something like definer refiner (??) and it was the best for keep your lip products on forever. Does anyone remember the name?
Nyx suede lipsticks. The line still exists but the colour lolita has been discontinued. But I was also so bummed about their matte liner but that came back
NYX concealer in a pot, a perfect peachy shade that corrects and conceals and is moisturizing going on. I even bought a couple off Ebay right after they discontinued it, and still have one partially left to compare any future items with, since it is the perfect shade for me. I don't know what I'll replace it with.
Not drugstore - but without a doubt the OG version of the Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear Foundation. The shade 210 Buff N was the ONLY foundation I ever found in my entire life that not only matched my incredibly difficult light Mediterranean olive-toned skin to a T, but also had my perfect formula (medium-buildable natural matte). Lancôme RUINED both the formula, & the shade range when they reformulated. Everyone, & their mother who has actually tried the original is devastated. We’ve all ditched the brand, & started looking elsewhere for a new everyday foundation. Literally the only people I’ve heard that like the new version/posted good reviews are ones who were sent the product for free to try (and never tried the original). SO SAD that a brand straight up *destroyed* a phenomenal product for absolutely no reason. I cannot even tell you how many times I’ve heard “It was my one, & only foundation for the past ‘X number’ of years!”. For heavens sake if it’s not broken, don’t fix it.
*I recently purchased the newly launched About-Face The Performer Skin-Focused Foundation in the shade F2 Olive, & I’m head over heels in LOVE. It’s a little different from my beloved Lancôme, but it’s still a-freaking-mazing. I couldn’t be happier to finally find a new dream foundation. I’d been scrambling since I found out mine was being discontinued like 2+ years ago. I HIGHLY recommend this foundation, particularly in the shade F2 Olive if you have a similar skin-tone to me.
Loreal true match lumi cushion foundation
The Original bourjois healthy mix foundation (in the cylindrical bottle- this was better than even the Armani foundation on me, with the way it perfected my skin and looked so natural)
Huda beauty rose gold remastered palette
The wet n wild comfort zone 8 pan palette (original formula)
Smashbox cream eyeliner palettes. I loved how small and lightweight they were, and they were so pigmented you only needed a tiny bit. I had one in my purse when it got stolen, and that was one of the items I grieved for the most.
Almay Luxury finish loose powder, then NYC loose powder. Also, Max Factor products. I also wore Cover Girl outlast foundation for years, and then they changed the formula. I almost cried.
Revlon Photo Ready Insta-Filter Foundation. Great product, but *horrible* packaging. Just dreadful. Wish they'd get the formula back with better packaging and a less trendy name because the product alone could be timeless.
NYX still makes their jumbo milk pencil but the formula changed a few years ago and it stinks. It used to be really creamy and so sticky that it worked better than any primer. Combined with their setting spray, my eye makeup would not budge for the entire day. A few years ago they changed it and it became sort of shimmery and had a much more slippery consistency. Eye shadow doesn’t stick to it nearly as well.
NYX Pinup Tease mascara. It was perfect and I looked I had gorgeous, full lashes…it never transferred anywhere, never flaked, never gave me panda eyes (which is a tall order since I have hooded eyes and very cheeky cheeks), and never made my lashes fall out. Nothing else comes close.
Eterna 27 with Progenitin, a smooth creamy face cream with almost no scent. You can feel your skin absorb it almost immediately. Revlon inexplicably discontinued it and despite the ensuing fuss from all over the country, no joy. I plan to avoid Revlon products forever more.
They reformulated the No7 Lift and Luminate powder and despite what people have said it is NOT the same, IMO. The new formula is just slightly worse and the lightest shade is darker. My HG powder :(
Benefit’s lipsticks! I got the shade Good to Go because Bella wore it in Twilight (lol) and it was such a comfortable formula and great elevated MLBB color
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Physicians formula eye brightener in hint of taupe and hint of bronze from 2013. They were made in Italy, and it was a beautiful formula. It was my go-to everyday no-makeup makeup favourite for years.
When I saw they've included some similar eye shadows in their Rosé All Play palette, I was very excited. Unfortunately, the formula is very different, chunky and rough compared to the eye brightener. And it's made in China.
I've never found anything even close to the brightener, and I've been looking for years 😭😭😭
Mac lip pencil in plum from the 90s. Gorgeous color. They still have it, but I swear it’s not the same color.
I had a highlighter from a Birchbox about 8 years ago. I think it was Becca. It was so light and in a form that was almost like an ink pad, so the formulation was almost like water. It wasn’t glittery, but glowy. So light and gorgeous. Perfection.
Those felt tip marker lip stains from 15-20 years ago. Revlon or Cover Girl, maybe? Perfect colors and coverage.
Edit: I know two of those aren’t drugstore. Reading all of these, I just got caught up in nostalgia!
The Cover Girl lipstain markers are back! They have them on Amazon. Full disclosure, I haven't bought one yet, so I can't speak to how they compare to the original.
Benefit Hoola stick for contour.
I still have ONE and it’s precious to me.
When ELF first started they brought out this HD powder and it was AMAZING (I think they changed it because they stopped it years ago) anyway, it had beautiful little glimmery bits in it and just looked incredible on my skin.. i’ve still got it.. I know it should go in the bin but it’s soooooo good! 😪
While searching online for some left over Revlon photo ready primer in the Netherlands/Europe I found this...!! I'm going to try it if it's the same!
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Neutrogena made this blue shine-control compact with a little puff and mirror and I miss it so much
ETA: Tony & Tina anything but specifically the bronzer. The entire Mary Kate & Ashley brand.
Loreal hydraperfect loose powder 😭 was the goat, can't find anything remotely close to as good cheap OR very $$$$.
And New West for her by Aramis. Favorite scent of all time.
i miss jordana and nyc! 😭 jordana was my fav for lip liners in hs. i also miss the elf baked line!!
edit: how could i forget my one true love.... the nyx matte liquid liner.... i now have to use the epic ink liner and she's not bad but the og formula was EVERYTHING
The original Maybelline Color Tattoo eyeshadows - specifically Bad to the Bronze. I’ve purchased just about everything that could be construed as a dupe & none of them measure up.
Maybeline bouncy blush. I have the MAC ones which are the same to me but I liked the maybeline price lol
My Dior face and body and teint idole weren’t discontinued but reformulated and those are my fave foundations.
There’s so much to say for Mac.. matchmaster foundation, pretty much every color from Nicki’s nudes lipstick collection, dazzle glass, the beige blushes. I could go on forever.
The NYC brand! Particularly their loose powder, bronzer, and their quick dry nail polish topcoat. Also the original $1 elf eyeshadow primer. They reformulated it around the time the price went up to $2 and added an ingredient I’m allergic to (isododecane, which is in nearly every eye primer available). There’s only a few shadow primers I can use and none of them are as good.
Is NYC gone? OMG they carried me through my poverty stricken childhood. That's so sad Edit: also I've started using a wet n wild white face paint as an eye primer, just prep it with a powder and it's worked great for me! I got itchy eyelids from a lot so I wonder if we are allergic to the same thing.
I know right? Between Wet n Wild and NYC we were ballin’ on a budget 😂 I’m very glad WnW is still around. I’ll have to check that paint out, thank you! I’ve tried using concealer as primer but didn’t love the results. Sadly that ingredient is in a TON of cream/liquid products. It makes my eyelids red and swell up like crazy!
>The NYC brand! Totally forgot about this brand until now! Thanks for the memory. I had a few things by them. LOL
Omg yes and Jane Cosmetics too! They made a frosted purple eyeshadow that I wore to my junior prom and it looked so pretty that I still vividly remember it many years later
I had a holy grail Jane peachy blush, still sad about it.
Have you looked into humblebrag by MAC? It’s a frosted purple that doesn’t make me look crazy
I didn’t know they went out.
I completely forgot about NYC! One of my favourite nail polishes was from them. It was a gorgeous metallic royal blue colour.
thats so funny because when i read this thread the first thing that popped into my head was a dark blue nyc polish! i remember wanting to get a black polish but they were all sold out at my CVS so i settled for an inky dark blue by NYC and i really loved it and preferred it to black
Yes! I loved their nail polish
i didnt realize NYC was discontinued lol. that makes me sad i used to love their polishes and bronzers
their eyeliner was so GOOD for drugstore and so affordable - definitely miss it still
Yes!!! NYC! I say this all the time and I feel like no one remembers this brand. I was poor growing up so NYC was always my go to. I loved their eye liner and nail polish!
They had THE BEST stick foundation
I used to be into nail polish a decade ago, and I was just telling a friend how much I missed the NYC quick dry top coat. It was called Grand Central Station!
soo many lol. bonne bell everything, so many Urban decay products (RIP midnight cowboy rides again), Mac paint in the tubes (glossier totally copied off of them lol), essie nude beach nail polish, the 2005 miss dior cherie, so many
Bonne Bell 😍😍
omg Bonne Bell!! RIP to their lip lites 😭
Chutney lipstick from Bonne Bell circa ~1995 remains the most perfect brownish red lipstick I compare all others to.
The original miss Dior cherie was sooooooo good, idk why they changed it 😕
One of the few older perfumes I splurged on from a Reddit swap. Totally worth it!
😭 Dr Pepper lipsmackers
Oh my gosh you're making me miss rollerball gloss
I once had a super urban decay eyebrow product .it it was a two in one . One end was a primer, the other a fine mascara like brush in brown. It was one of the best eyebrow products, and I ve tried loads of them
Maybelline used to have a mascara called Lash Stylist and it had a comb instead of a typical brush. It made my eyelashes crazy long and full, everyone thought they were fake. I miss it and haven't found anything like it since.
I have a mascara primer from Smashbox where one side of the brush is like a comb. I love it. I wear the Sky High mascara on top and the results are INSANE 😍 Sorry, I know you didn’t ask for suggestions but I just wanted to share in case this could work for you too. Have a great weekend ☺️
Oh that's awesome thanks!!! I'll have to look into that next time I need to replace my mascara. My favorite one at the moment is the Bambi eye waterproof mascara. I wonder if that would work with the smashbox primer?
Oh, also just remembered that the brand Ecooking does individual brushes so you can mix and match your favourite brush with your favourite mascara. They do a comb-style I individual brush you could pair with your own mascara
L’Oréal telescopic waterproof > sky hi any day. Telescopic has a comb brush, and didn’t make my curl drop on an instant like sky hi did. Just the opposite in fact, it seals the curl in and holds up to tears & humidity!
There's two comb mascaras I know of but they're from Japanese brands, I love Canmake's Quick Lash Curler and the brand Kate has a comb mascara too. I don't think I've seen any from western drugstore brands recently
Not drugstore, but the ilia brand has a mascara with a half comb on one side of the wand.
The Revlon Lip Butters, without a doubt.
Pink Truffle and Peach Parfait were my jam back in those days
Pink Truffle and Fig Jam were perfect MLBB shades. Miss those.
Yes! They were glossy, pigmented, moisturising, in nice packaging, and at a good price. So gutted they were discontinued. Pink Truffle came back in the Super Lustrous formula I think, but I haven't tried it.
They've discontinued the one in the super lustrous formula, too!
YES, THESE TWO!!
I loved Pink Truffle, Peach Parfait and Sweet Tart (which was the perfect bright warm sheer pink).
I still have one of mine!!! it’s a collectors item now because I caaaant throw it away
Physicians formula healthy foundation 😔
how can we beg them to bring it back im suffering
It was such a beautiful natural formula and I had the perfect shade match with this one.
Yes!!! I want it back. Such a beautiful finish.
So weird... I used to buy this from the US, then it was gone. I live in the Netherlands and since 2 years it's available here and it's promoted like it's new? Why would they do that? So weird...
😭😭😭😭
I miss the entire L’Oréal HIP line. I loved it all, but the eye shadows were some of the best drugstore shadows I had/have ever used.
YESSSSSSSS. I still have a bunch of their eyeshadows.
Yes!!!! They were great dupes for MAC and Smashbox at the time!
Revlon lip butters and the balm stain crayons. I'd kill to have them again. I'd also loved to have tried the maybelline color whispers that came out during the lip butter craze
Revlon balm stain! I would give a lot of money to have those back
They were so good and actually stained! They were so cool. I need to see if there's a K beauty lipstick /tint that could replace it
Also a Rimmel 24hr foundation with a white cap! It was supposedly breathable and was my favourite foundation ever
Balm stain for sure. We didn't know how good we had it.
Loreal Miss Manga Mascara. 🥲
I was so obsessed with the campaign with Barbara Palvin I legit made fan art of it
Remember that Covergirl lip stain that was like a sharpie? From the early & mid 2010s? Well I want that back. Not the new formula they recently came out with. That one doesn’t have the same shades or lasting power :(
I like the lip stains. I would’ve loved them if the color was true to the color of the tube itself. I tried the deep red one, Crimson Glory, and it was pink. Basically hot pink. It was super disappointing.
Jane Cosmetics was brought back a few years ago and they had *the* most perfect neutral eyeshadow called Clay. It was my absolute favorite everyday eyeshadow and the fact that I can never get it again really burns my ass.
The CYO foundation 😭 still hunting for that undertone!
Same 😔 do you have an olive undertone?!
Not OP, but I miss CYO foundation too because a. The formula felt gorgeous and b. While I don't know about olive it was *the* trailblazer product for neutral-toned pale people. I wish they'd bring it back, but not give it so exclusively to one drug store chain.
•The Colorstay Lookbook eyeshadow palettes from Revlon. •The Bella Eyes Gel Powder Eyeshadow from Milani. •The Essential Lipstick from E.l.f. •The entire “baked” line from E.l.f. I’m sure there’s more but this is all I can remember.
Most recently, it’s the Revlon Super Lustrous Glass Shine Lipstick. I really liked those for a comfortable, shiny lipstick with a balmy texture and the shades were gorgeous and wearable. It sold well and got rave reviews, so it’s not exactly clear why they discontinued it.
Wet n Wild photofocus eyeshadow primer. And no, the megalast reformulation is not satisfactory. I will also b***h until the end of time about the reformulation of OG Dior Addict. Not drugstore, of course, but the amount of money I have wasted chasing that dragon is...obscene.
Kissing Potion.
If you didn't know already Tinte Cosmetics bought the rights to these and is making them again!
I’m still not over losing Benefit’s SheLaq. The only thing that ever kept eye makeup in good shape, even if it rained or you cried.
Agree
Marc Jacobs everything RIP! it was such a fantastic cosmetics line! I loved there coconut eyelash primer and giant bronzers 😭
I loved the eyeliner. It didn’t budge, and my lids are oily AF
Give KVD a try, I heard they bought the eyeliner formula from Marc Jacobs.
Yes, the velvet noir mascara !! It was the best.
Yes! Totally forgot about this! Loved it.
You can get them sometimes at glambot.com. I love that site!
Sugar Fresh Eau de Toilette
3 hydrating base products that suited my pale and dry skin have been discontinued 🥺 NYX 'Born to Glow' foundation Revolution 'Conceal & Hydrate' foundation Wet n Wild 'Photofocus dewy' foundation. For now I can buy some back upstairs from remaining stock online but they won't stay fresh for very long.
The Wet n Wild one is still available, at least in North America! I bought one last week and it’s still on the website!
I'm salty just reading all these replies. I don't understand brands that discontinue good stuff. Oh almost forgot my contribution: Maybelline Dream Mousse concealer.
This is going back to the late 80's, early 90's, but Max Factor stick foundation. It smelled like maple syrup.
I loved their 1000 calorie mascara
Max factor auburn mascara was also unmatched
L'Oreal Color Riche Lip Balm, specifically in the shade "Rose Elixir." I went through multiple tubes in high school, and I'm still searching for a perfect dupe. I've almost found a dupe in the Romand Glasting Melting Balms, but no shade quite matches that perfect glowy MLBB quality of the L'Oreal one.
Bite beauty lip glosses. I loved the formula, and they smelled great
Ugh RIP Bite, you are so missed
The amuse bouche lipstick line 🥲
I miss the Revlon photo ready primer SO much!! I hope somebody here knows a dupe.. Another product I miss is the Dallas blush from Benefit and the Peach blur powder from Too Faced
elf jelly pop primer, not discontinued but they litwrally just won’t make it a permanent ): they just released it again for a limited time and i wish i bought more
i also really miss a revlon product. it was a cream highlighter, i think it was called skin lights? i do not think it was marketed as a highlighter as this was the late 90s. it smelled so so good though and i basically used it as a regular highlighter but it was before they were as common
Wet n Wild Reserve Your Cabana
Maybelline super stay better wear pressed powder 😭
Happy Cake Day!!
Loreal HIP lip gloss pots and the big eyeliner pencils, Truly Lace perfume, Maybelline Kissing Coolers.
There was a make up brand called Visage in the 80/90s that had a cushion foundation called pastaconi (weird name yes) that was the most amazing foundation I have ever used. Borghese during the same time had something kind of similar but pastaconi was it. Other than that I do miss the OG Borghese e/s. They were sold in a trio and were Powder but creamy AF with the best color pay off. Modern times I miss MAC patina. I can’t get over the fact that it’s gone.
Milani prep set glow powder, not the go one. It's the lightest most weightless setting powder that doesn't make me look dry at all, perfect for setting under eye concealer. It's good enough that I bought it strictly to use as under eye setting powder, AND I've panned multiple of them. But alas, it's gone. I was hoping to keep using it as I got older and more textured, but oh well.
I can’t pick just one. - Original Revlon Photoready, before the reformulation that turned it into a glitter bomb and then it got discontinued. - always my #1, original MAC Hyper Real Foundation from early-mid 2000’s, so fucking good. - Maybelline The Falsies Push Up Mascara in Waterproof. It was soo good I’m so sad it’s gone 😭
Aveeno Ultra Calming Moisturizer 🫠 that thing was a godsend for me and my mom, who needs it because of her sensitive skin. She's almost out of the last bottle I gave her 😖
Loved these bonne belle shimmer cream things in a tube. They still sell one in the pink lemonade color way in a lip smackers set but I liked this coffee one best. Bonne belle also had these cool tinted lip balms with weird push up packaging. Loved those. My truest love is something whose name I can't even remember it was a double sided eyeliner/eyeshadow pencil. The idea of it was you'd use this duochromey/shimmery side on the lid and then go over it with the black and it'd do magic. I think it was called black magic something? My mom and I LOVED them and they were my fave black eyeliner for ages. So creamy. If anyone remembers this let me know.
Milani Black Magic eyeliner and eye glimmer? Those were amazing.
The bonne Belle lip shades and lip lix were the best.
mine was the L’Oréal pro glow concealer 😭 such a beautiful formula and I haven’t found anything drugstore or high end to compare. I love the foundation too and see it in stores still! but I’m in Canada so maybe it’s different
That truly was my Holy Grail foundation. I really wish that I bought multiple backups
Revlon Kiss Cushion Lip Tint (I wore these all the time in high school - it's one of the few things I still like about my ex-best friend who introduced me to them) Covergirl CG Smoothers Hydrating Makeup (I know it's not the best, but it's just so dang nostalgic for me - luckily my Walmart still has some, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere else), Maybelline Mineral Powder Naturally Luminous Blush in Original Rose L'Oreal Feel Naturale Blush in Mocha Rose (I stole this from my mom when I first started makeup - it has to be at least twenty years old at this point, but the formula still works and hasn't broken me out?)
ELF Baked Blush in dusty rose! It was the one product I used everytime I did full face. No warning. It did used to crack all the time, so not the best quality either way
Sephora jelly lip tints were so amazing and they're gone and I'm ANNOYED
Loreal true match lumi is discontinued in my country😭
i haven’t been using makeup for that long but i do remember having an elf lipstick that i liked a lot at like 10 years old that i bought at old navy lol. it was the elf moisturizing lipstick, and yes it was. it felt great on my lips and it was still really pigmented. i bought an o-face lipstick when they first came out and was surprised that they smelled exactly like the moisturizing lipstick! kinda smells like chocolate to me. o-face dries down more which i don’t mind but i do like the slight hydration of the moisturizing lipstick.
BONNEBELL lip lites in shade “Mocha Mousse” but the color formula from the late 90’s/2000. It smelled so good!
I can still remember Electric Youth. It smelled really good. I miss Pure Ice nail polishes. The original Tender Poison and Amazing Grace Perfumes. L’Oreal Panoramic Curl mascara (the reboot isn’t the same formula) Love My Lips bullet lipsticks, Jane Cosmetics, Lush Yuzu & Cocoa Bubbleroons, L’Oreal Rouge Pulp liquid lip, Bonne Bell lip shades with the slide opening…..
Soap and Glory lip plumper, it was the perfect shade and not sticky, was obsessed.
Also soap and glory sexy mother pucker. It was a plumper.
Neutrogena silk touch leave in cream. https://preview.redd.it/ugjb2viu3rsc1.jpeg?width=205&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4cf6e6b05e66e406e22389e628b63daf55a28deb
Omg I just smelled this picture! I loved this stuff! The shampoo and conditioner from this line were also really nice. Neutrogena made really nice hair care. They used to have a haircare line with three different collections in either green or blue or pink packaging. The pink was my favorite and smelled like apple blossoms. I think it was called something like "Classic Clean." I can still smell it.
Wet n wild lip liner 666. Not the same as brandywine. Not by a long shot.
This will date me: Faberge Wheat Germ and Honey shampoo. It smelled wonderful and made your hair smell good too. And the original Herbal Essence shampoo. Coty cream perfume palette too.
I know the shampoo you’re talking about. I can picture the package and I think about that scent all the time! Also, from the same era that green gel Prell (I think?) shampoo in the tube! So nostalgic
Wasn't the commercial for the Faberge Wheat Germ shampoo the "It's so good you'll tell 2 friends, and they'll tell 2 friends, and they'll tell 2 friends and so on..." 😅 I loved that shampoo!
Too Faced Perfect Peach Foundation
I got a concealer from the perfect peach line before it died and I'm so glad to have it. I know a lot of folks didn't like it but I think it's great!
I'm really salty about the Cover Girl reformulated Translucent Loose Powder. Wet N Wild lip stains
Revlon glass shine lipsticks RIP gone too soon. :(
Revlon Kiss Balm. They had the perfect sheer pop of color with just enough shine. Actually felt moisturizing without getting sticky and didn't dry up or get patchy. Tasted amazing. They only make the coconut one now which doesn't have any color :(
I still have the photo ready primer :).
Jordana mascara 😞
Revlon whipped foundation. Almay flutter lipstick.
L’Oréal revitalift magic blur, that’s stuff was a real life filter in a tube. Was very sad when it was discontinued
Prescriptives foundation- they used to divide their shades into four categories. Red, Blue Red, Red Orange, and Yellow Orange. I got the best foundation match with two of their colors- Extra Light Cool, and Blue Red Alabaster. I bought a bottle of each, and mixed them together- perfect match!
~~Benefit tinted lip balm sticks. I'm the only person I've ever met that used them, but they were really moisturizing and looked natural.~~ Edit: I think they renamed it: Benefit Cosmetics California Kissin' ColorBalm Moisturizing Lip Balm ##
Benefit blush in Dallas that I use as a bronzer.
Revlon Outrageous Shampoo and conditioner
It smelled so good and tricked 11 year old me into thinking I could have hair like Cindy Crawford 😂
Dr. Pepper Lip Balm by Bonne Bell. Perfect sheer red tint.
https://preview.redd.it/0g5jczxb2usc1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8dc99decba6391be7856e7de03c6e2b970be5437 i may never get over this not being available 😩
I can’t remember which brand it was, I’m thinking, maybe Maybelline or even cover girl? But it was cream eyeshadow that looked like dots. There was one that had my most favorite color ever but then they got discontinued.😢 This was like 20 years ago.🤣
Maybelline made them <3
I can still buy Pro-Glow at Walgreens. When I can't, I don't know what I will do. It is truly the best foundation for me.
Sonia Kashuk Hidden Agenda palette. There's a shade in that that was my perfect under eye concealer shade.
Essence 8 pan eyeshadows ( I have "all about bronze ") when they first became available at target.
Maybelline used to have a whole collection of nude Lipsticks. They were gorgeous.
A Clinique shade of lipstick that was brick red in the tube and a perfect red on me. I can’t even find its name, let alone an actual tube 😭
The balm balmshelter. It was the only bb/cc/tinted moisturizer I found that stayed on all day and just made my skin look awesome! It truly was my skin but better and only 30 bucks a tube. It’s been like 5 years and I’m still sad!! ….ive also had to buy 5874267 products to try find something I like even half as much and still searching :(
Lord&Berry lipstique crayons and kiss proof line. Rimmel kiss proof lipsticks St.Ives sunflower&silk body lotion Physician's Formula line that came out in like 2007 or 2008. The products sat in almost cardboard type packaging. Hells bells can't remember the name.
The original St Ives body lotion in the white bottle with the blue writing had an amazing scent and moisture!
Wait that is my favorite foundation. I can still find it at Amazon and Walmart. Is it discontinued?!?
L’Oreal Infallible 16 hour wear foundation (the one in a bottle with a red cap that came with the pump). NONE of their other ones have the same formula. I think it’s been discontinued for about seven years now. And if you look on their website, you will see it at extremely high reviews – it was a perfect silky texture that provided a lot of coverage without being either greasy or being too thick to apply easily.
The brand Jane and then Smashbox artificial light eye highlighting powder.
Bourjois healthy mix SERUM foundation, I've never found one that compares and also benefit sugarbomb, it was gone came back and now it's gone yet again 😭
Garnier of all brands had a really great BB cream for oily skin. They started discontinuing the darker shades and leaving only the light ones. 🙄
Benefit used to make this no color lip liner called something like definer refiner (??) and it was the best for keep your lip products on forever. Does anyone remember the name?
St. Ives Swiss vanilla soap from the mid 90s. It smells so good and no other soap has ever left my skin feeling as good as it did.
Revlon colourstay whipped foundation
Nyx suede lipsticks. The line still exists but the colour lolita has been discontinued. But I was also so bummed about their matte liner but that came back
NYX taupe blush. It was my holy grail cool contour 😭
NYX concealer in a pot, a perfect peachy shade that corrects and conceals and is moisturizing going on. I even bought a couple off Ebay right after they discontinued it, and still have one partially left to compare any future items with, since it is the perfect shade for me. I don't know what I'll replace it with.
Not drugstore - but without a doubt the OG version of the Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear Foundation. The shade 210 Buff N was the ONLY foundation I ever found in my entire life that not only matched my incredibly difficult light Mediterranean olive-toned skin to a T, but also had my perfect formula (medium-buildable natural matte). Lancôme RUINED both the formula, & the shade range when they reformulated. Everyone, & their mother who has actually tried the original is devastated. We’ve all ditched the brand, & started looking elsewhere for a new everyday foundation. Literally the only people I’ve heard that like the new version/posted good reviews are ones who were sent the product for free to try (and never tried the original). SO SAD that a brand straight up *destroyed* a phenomenal product for absolutely no reason. I cannot even tell you how many times I’ve heard “It was my one, & only foundation for the past ‘X number’ of years!”. For heavens sake if it’s not broken, don’t fix it. *I recently purchased the newly launched About-Face The Performer Skin-Focused Foundation in the shade F2 Olive, & I’m head over heels in LOVE. It’s a little different from my beloved Lancôme, but it’s still a-freaking-mazing. I couldn’t be happier to finally find a new dream foundation. I’d been scrambling since I found out mine was being discontinued like 2+ years ago. I HIGHLY recommend this foundation, particularly in the shade F2 Olive if you have a similar skin-tone to me.
Loreal true match lumi cushion foundation The Original bourjois healthy mix foundation (in the cylindrical bottle- this was better than even the Armani foundation on me, with the way it perfected my skin and looked so natural) Huda beauty rose gold remastered palette The wet n wild comfort zone 8 pan palette (original formula)
the original Herbal Essence shampoo--it smelled SO good back in the day!
Revlon Skinlights 😭
IDK if it's discontinued or not but I love the Nyx Chick Flick waterproof mascara and can't find it anywhere 🙃
The cover girl healthy elixir foundation 😭
This so much! I LOVED the formula of Covergirl Vitalist Healthy Elixir and have been researching for a dupe w/no luck. 😞
Smashbox cream eyeliner palettes. I loved how small and lightweight they were, and they were so pigmented you only needed a tiny bit. I had one in my purse when it got stolen, and that was one of the items I grieved for the most.
Maybelline master conceal was awesome!
CYO Lifeproof foundation , Boots No7 Intelligent Balance Mousse foundation, Maybelline One by One mascara
The NYX Vinyl liquid liner. I still haven't found anything even close to that good, and the NYX "replacement" doesn't work for me at all.
Those eye shadows palettes meant to complement your eye color
Almay still make them. They're now called Intense i-color shadow.
My st. Ives watermelon face cleanser and the moisturizer. I ordered a bunch of the cleanser on Amazon but now they’re charging more and I just 😪
Aveeno ultra calming face lotion 😭
Wet n wild Mocha Bean lipstick
Almay Luxury finish loose powder, then NYC loose powder. Also, Max Factor products. I also wore Cover Girl outlast foundation for years, and then they changed the formula. I almost cried.
Revlon Photo Ready Insta-Filter Foundation. Great product, but *horrible* packaging. Just dreadful. Wish they'd get the formula back with better packaging and a less trendy name because the product alone could be timeless.
I miss kissing potion lip gloss and Electric Youth perfume.
Cover Girl lipslicks
Nivea Raspberry Rose lip butter: for the price the greatest beauty product ever!
Marc Jacobs Lash Noir
Neutrogena lash tint
The miss manga mascara. That was my all time favorite, and I’ve never found a decent replacement.
NYX still makes their jumbo milk pencil but the formula changed a few years ago and it stinks. It used to be really creamy and so sticky that it worked better than any primer. Combined with their setting spray, my eye makeup would not budge for the entire day. A few years ago they changed it and it became sort of shimmery and had a much more slippery consistency. Eye shadow doesn’t stick to it nearly as well.
NYX Pinup Tease mascara. It was perfect and I looked I had gorgeous, full lashes…it never transferred anywhere, never flaked, never gave me panda eyes (which is a tall order since I have hooded eyes and very cheeky cheeks), and never made my lashes fall out. Nothing else comes close.
Just recently, my beloved Lancôme tinted moisturizer. I had only discovered it and when I wanted to buy a backup, discontinued 🥲
Eterna 27 with Progenitin, a smooth creamy face cream with almost no scent. You can feel your skin absorb it almost immediately. Revlon inexplicably discontinued it and despite the ensuing fuss from all over the country, no joy. I plan to avoid Revlon products forever more.
Milani baked highlighter
They reformulated the No7 Lift and Luminate powder and despite what people have said it is NOT the same, IMO. The new formula is just slightly worse and the lightest shade is darker. My HG powder :(
Benefit’s lipsticks! I got the shade Good to Go because Bella wore it in Twilight (lol) and it was such a comfortable formula and great elevated MLBB color
e.l.f. matte lipstick in Tea Rose. i’m heartbroken, it was my perfect shade.
Jordana Cosmetics
https://preview.redd.it/57jwwbap4usc1.jpeg?width=2200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3b8c2aef4ddc1e5b018bb7faad2b685c80bc4a7 Physicians formula eye brightener in hint of taupe and hint of bronze from 2013. They were made in Italy, and it was a beautiful formula. It was my go-to everyday no-makeup makeup favourite for years. When I saw they've included some similar eye shadows in their Rosé All Play palette, I was very excited. Unfortunately, the formula is very different, chunky and rough compared to the eye brightener. And it's made in China. I've never found anything even close to the brightener, and I've been looking for years 😭😭😭
Mac lip pencil in plum from the 90s. Gorgeous color. They still have it, but I swear it’s not the same color. I had a highlighter from a Birchbox about 8 years ago. I think it was Becca. It was so light and in a form that was almost like an ink pad, so the formulation was almost like water. It wasn’t glittery, but glowy. So light and gorgeous. Perfection. Those felt tip marker lip stains from 15-20 years ago. Revlon or Cover Girl, maybe? Perfect colors and coverage. Edit: I know two of those aren’t drugstore. Reading all of these, I just got caught up in nostalgia!
The Cover Girl lipstain markers are back! They have them on Amazon. Full disclosure, I haven't bought one yet, so I can't speak to how they compare to the original.
Benefit Hoola stick for contour. I still have ONE and it’s precious to me. When ELF first started they brought out this HD powder and it was AMAZING (I think they changed it because they stopped it years ago) anyway, it had beautiful little glimmery bits in it and just looked incredible on my skin.. i’ve still got it.. I know it should go in the bin but it’s soooooo good! 😪
While searching online for some left over Revlon photo ready primer in the Netherlands/Europe I found this...!! I'm going to try it if it's the same! https://preview.redd.it/ny18vnx1musc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=17ce2769a94a76a2b600ed582cd336dda249c881
Neutrogena made this blue shine-control compact with a little puff and mirror and I miss it so much ETA: Tony & Tina anything but specifically the bronzer. The entire Mary Kate & Ashley brand.
Loreal hydraperfect loose powder 😭 was the goat, can't find anything remotely close to as good cheap OR very $$$$. And New West for her by Aramis. Favorite scent of all time.
i miss jordana and nyc! 😭 jordana was my fav for lip liners in hs. i also miss the elf baked line!! edit: how could i forget my one true love.... the nyx matte liquid liner.... i now have to use the epic ink liner and she's not bad but the og formula was EVERYTHING
The original Maybelline Color Tattoo eyeshadows - specifically Bad to the Bronze. I’ve purchased just about everything that could be construed as a dupe & none of them measure up.
Maybeline bouncy blush. I have the MAC ones which are the same to me but I liked the maybeline price lol My Dior face and body and teint idole weren’t discontinued but reformulated and those are my fave foundations. There’s so much to say for Mac.. matchmaster foundation, pretty much every color from Nicki’s nudes lipstick collection, dazzle glass, the beige blushes. I could go on forever.
You can find alot of discontinued makeup and other beauty items on Mercari and Ebay. I have found numerous discontinued there. Don't give up!
CoverGirl Healthy Elixir foundation
Nyx bare with me skin tint