Cosmetic Case of the Mondays: MAC’s Marilyn Monroe Lipstick

Well, I am definitely suffering a real case of the Mondays as I returned late last night from an amazing NYC trip with my best friend. Back to reality and back to work (on Columbus Day no less), sigh.

Anywho, last Thursday MAC launched the highly anticipated Marilyn Monroe Collection. I had an appointment with the phenomenal Ina at my Boca Bloomingdales to check out the collection that I’ve been counting down the days for. I was floored when I arrived and saw that half of the collection was already sold out. And not just in Bloomingdales, but in all of the other MAC counters in the mall, as well as on MAC’s website. I panicked. The low supply high demand of the collection only made me want it more, especially my favorite absolute product of the line, the Charmed I’m Sure, a dark true red lipstick, which looked almost like a raspberry shade on me. While sitting in the chair as Ina finished my look, I started frantically trying to track down a tube on my phone. After seeing that the $16.50 lipstick was now being sold for as much as $75 on eBay, I practically started sweating. This was apparently the Tickle-Me-Elmo of lipsticks and I clearly wasn’t going to be able to sleep that night if I didn’t secure one.

While I should have been finishing packing for my trip, I started calling stores in New York thinking I’d have an easier time trying to find one there as there are tons of stores and counters in the city. Wrong. Sold out everywhere! Getting desperate, I started calling other stores in South Florida. The lipstick gods, as well as Marilyn herself, must have been looking out for me because I finally tracked one down! I’d be able to board my flight the next morning with ease. The next step was having to convince my husband to pick it up for me at the mall that is about 30 minutes away from us the next day. How he puts up with me, I don’t know (although I’m sure he just did it to shut me up), but I am now the proud owner of a Tickle-Me-Elmo, I mean the Marilyn Monroe Charmed I’m Sure lipstick!

Leah