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Discontinued products that you can NEVER forgive them for.

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PossumintheHouse · 15/03/2024 16:11

I'm edging towards the last spritzes of my beloved Elle by YSL perfume. Why they discontinued this glorious fragrance, I will never understand. Off to buy another overpriced bottle on eBay, I guess.

I'm also pissed off with Jo Malone for getting rid of her English Oak and Redcurrant scent. The candle and body lotion were the best.

Who will you never forgive for discontinuing your favourite?

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pinkgown · 15/03/2024 18:05

Estee Lauder Intuition perfume. It's my best friend's favourite - now I'm stumped for a gift I am absolutely sure she'd like for her birthday (used to buy her one every year).

Proper moth balls. Could do without extra holes in my best jumpers.

Happytoday69 · 15/03/2024 18:08

Chloe si belle - been buying it off Amazon for years and now can’t get it at all ☹️.

inkblackheart · 15/03/2024 18:08

I will cry if they ever discontinue paloma picasso. Its my signature scent and I worry its going to go due to its extreme 80s ness

BreatheAndFocus · 15/03/2024 18:09

Cornsilk original satin face powder. I used it for years and it was perfect - and then they discontinued it.

PossumintheHouse · 15/03/2024 18:09

inkblackheart · 15/03/2024 18:08

I will cry if they ever discontinue paloma picasso. Its my signature scent and I worry its going to go due to its extreme 80s ness

DON'T say it out loud!

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dreadisabaddog · 15/03/2024 18:10

Kettle chips used to do a mango and chilli crisp. I was obsessed. Also when Coca Cola stopped making diet lime coke first time round I was devvoed. So pleased they brought it back

Seymour5 · 15/03/2024 18:10

Body Shop Cairo Geranium lipstick, and Oils of Life facewash. I bought some online, it smelt off!

Carriemac · 15/03/2024 18:11

Diva by Ungaro body lotion
Miss miss miss it

TamzinGrey · 15/03/2024 18:13

Clinique Touch Tint for Eyes in Soft Heather. I've never been able to find a cream eyeshadow that gets close to the absolute perfection of this little beauty.
There's a Facebook page begging them to bring it back. No posts since 2011 though 😔

Workingmytickettoparadise · 15/03/2024 18:13

@Ilovecurrywednesdays I would love to find something that smells like that too as I never got a chance to own a bottle!

NellyCortado · 15/03/2024 18:14

Bobbi Brown Sparkle Eyeshadow in Sunlight

Essie nail polish in Overnight (adored this and have never found a better nude)

Urban decay eye primer in Eden (recent thread about this outrage!)

Beauty Pie Super Healthy Body Wash (original formulation)

YSL waterproof mascara in gorgeous deep violet shade

All these were brilliant products and would love to see them return

Yiayoula · 15/03/2024 18:14

Another Paloma Picasso fan here -now typing with fingers firmly crossed !

Really miss Gucci Envy -the Envy Me version didn’t compare.
Also Liz Earle , when Liz was still at the helm - I especially liked the cosmetics range .
And Charles Worthington shampoo ( the pink one ).

Throwawayme · 15/03/2024 18:14

Bvlgari pour femme perfume. They discontinued it and brought out splendida d'iris which was really similar, then discontinued that too!

CombatBarbie · 15/03/2024 18:16

Body shop used to sell a bb cream that reacted to your skin tone, was bloody amazing, silver tube, white cream. I have less than 1/3 left in the last one I bought and reserve it for special occasions.

HornyHornersPinkyWinky · 15/03/2024 18:17

Lancome Flash Bronzer Mousse, the leg gel was never as good.
YSL teint in oil, the lip glosses.
YSL Perfect Touch radiant foundation, the one in the tube with a brush at the end.
Also a Clarins liquid bronze self tan - it was a very runny tinted liquid that you could just soak a tanning mit with, and it would go on beautifully. There is now an untinted lotion, but it's not the same.

HamHand · 15/03/2024 18:17

Stella perfume was just perfection, I don’t think I’ll ever forgive her. I have a bottle that I’be been eking out for the last 2 years

samlovesdilys · 15/03/2024 18:18

Clarins sunshine perfume for me, smelt of holiday!! I could buy it on eBay for £150 but fear it wouldn't be the same 😢

For the Bobbi brown sparkle eyeshadow - try the trinny stackables!!

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 15/03/2024 18:19

Taylormiffed · 15/03/2024 16:29

Revlon 3 day lash tint.

It didn't smudge, wear off or need to be taken off. It wasn't really thickening like other mascaras but it really enhanced them. Still bitter 16yrs on.

Loved that! Funnily enough was thinking about that the other day.

Almay full and soft mascara. Loved the Alma section in Boots.

Loreal selenium shampoo, bastards!!!

doingmyboxin · 15/03/2024 18:21

Nivea raspberry rose lip butter.

Had a lovely smell and the faintest colour if worn on its own, but I usually wore it to tone down a lipstick to just the right shade for me.

Freakinfraser · 15/03/2024 18:24

Tres Jordan. God I Loved that. It came out early 90s. I’m not sure when discontinued but I remember walking into house of Fraser,to buy a bottle as I’d run out and the lady saying it’s discontinued and I just stood and stared at her, gawping like a gold fish. Was really pissed off.😂

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 15/03/2024 18:24

BreatheAndFocus · 15/03/2024 18:09

Cornsilk original satin face powder. I used it for years and it was perfect - and then they discontinued it.

Not got photos to hand but my DM was used for magazine and prob in store advertising photos for it in 60s, basically she was in advertising, looked good and it was probably cheaper and less hassle than getting a proper model. I don’t even think she was paid!

sandrapinchedmysandwich · 15/03/2024 18:25

Collection Colour Lash mascara in black. £1.99 and it was just amazing. Now they only do it in clear. What the bloody hell is the point in that? I found an unopened one last week in a forgotten corner of a drawer and I was so giddy I kissed the tube 🤦‍♀️

Ananya bodyshop perfume circa 1995

Spira and brannigans roast beef and mustard crisps

SuePotato · 15/03/2024 18:26

Mine is so random from being a teenager but Kate moss perfume (just called Kate I believe not the other one with the black ditsy floral packaging) was my absolute favourite scent!

muddyford · 15/03/2024 18:26

Bulgari BLV and Gucci Number One
Sainsbury's dark roast instant coffee

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 15/03/2024 18:28

There are so many others, the old Shu Uemura eyeshadows. Mood by Chantecaille blusher, a navy mascara by Chanel, nutmeg and cinnamon I think body shop body scrub, a blue Nivea I think it was massage oil in a blue bottle. The original Femme by Rochas perfume, me, DM and nana (DM’s DM) all wore it.