Gone, but not forgotten
The makeup gods have smiled down on us. Should you find yourself in the holy-schnikeys-my-favorite-lipstick-is-getting-discontinued conundrum, fret not. The fine folks at Giella Custom Blend cosmetics will recreate it just for you (at $27 a tube, I think it’s worth every penny). Just send them what’s left of your last tube and before you know it, a new lipstick will arrive in the mail, one that perfectly matches your old favorite. And then, apply liberally, and know you’ll never have to run out and buy 16 tubes of an about to be discontinued lipstick again. I have yet to endure this trauma, but I feel at ease just knowing this service is available. If you’re feeling apprehensive, here’s a glowing review of Giella’s service. Oh and they’ll also match a nail polish if that’s what you need.
May 12th, 2007 at 6:56 am
awesome, i miss MAC’s uncorked! do you know if someone does that with perfumes, because seriously like 5 of my signature scents have since been discontinued. it’s disheartening. is the world trying to discontinue me?
January 9th, 2008 at 5:35 am
Yes Giella herself is a nice, professional individual HOWEVER one of her staff of which Giella stands behind is prejudice. If you demand exact matches and you do not look like a barbie doll > shop elsewhere as Katrina who puts on her smile even when taking back incorrect match after incorrect match, when you complain about her to Giella who ALWAYS makes herself available, her help provide a lot less help. I myself pointing out the gross incorrect matches and received new product that was still not correct, had to send it to her via mail and 7 lipsticks later *as I kept all the incorrect matches as they are in the same color family and I can mix them* I still do not have an exact match, on top of which I was treated horribly by her staff because I came in baggy clothing and was not wearing my expensive jewelery as I never do whilst in the city, meanwhile her little helper who obviously makes many mistakes and does many re-dos and smiles and smiles could not afford my cheapest ring, nor should anyone judge a book by its cover, or weight, but apparently a counter girl determines just who Giellas clientèle are. I was intending to sue both the store HB and Giellas company, but it is not fair to cost Giella (who is very nice woman) any heartship, other then loosing a very good customer and the pr and referrals I in the past gave. I prefer prescriptives for making lipsticks as the service is not prejudice and it costs the same and the product is higher grade. However, the only thing that sets Giella apart from other custom blends is her particular brand of micas etc for eyeshadow no BUT THEN AGAIN WHO CAN have products made while not there in person when trying to make a shadow color. Disgusting to have such a prejudice representative of ones brand although I personally know that Giella at least in a professional capacity is not of the same low manner as her counter girl Katrina.
I got BETTER match at Prescriptives and another variation that is better then my original
May 17th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
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April 15th, 2009 at 7:50 am
The style of writing is very familiar to me. Have you written guest posts for other bloggers?
June 13th, 2010 at 5:05 am
Where was this 20 years ago when I used the last of my Mary Quant Nightwatch lipstick that a friend brought back from London.
No other color has ever suited me so well.