It’s not a great idea to get too attached to anything, but codependence is especially bad when it comes to beauty products. No matter how much you love a shade of lipstick or the perfect your-skin-but-better foundation, brands make rash decisions all the time, rendering your makeup (or hair, or fragrance) mecca non-existent. Taking to eBay and other unauthorized sellers is one way to get around it, but their stock only sticks around for so long, leaving you effectively empty-handed in only a few years’ time. More proof that life just isn’t fair. It’s nearly impossible to replace your most beloved product with something that ranks second best, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Our editors shared their most traumatic tales of discontinued makeup, and the products in which they’ve found consolation, on the grounds that it really helps to share your problems with a supportive group. Kind of like AA, no"

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