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Ever wondered why your favorite REVLON foundation has changed so much over the years? We were curious about it too, so we decided to get some answers for you. Here are the results of our research! The timeline above is a visual representation of the changes the Age Defying line has had through the years. When put next to each other like this, is very easy to see how different the product looks today. Let's break it down some more and talk about each individual product. …

What is BuyMeBeauty?BuyMeBeauty is your one-stop online store for discontinued, hard-to-find makeup.Do you manufacture or discontinue beauty products?BuyMeBeauty is a distributor of beauty products from a variety of cosmetic brands. With our contacts at the most popular market places, we are able to buy up the last batch they produce to make it accessible for our customers to have and enjoy for themselves.Why do companies discontinue their beauty products?There's no simple answer to this quest …

The average American woman spends around $15,000 on makeup in her lifetime. About $2,000 is spent solely on lipstick; There are lots of interesting facts like that all over the Internet. However, since BuyMeBeauty is your one and only stop for discontinued makeup, we've decided to share some interesting little facts about YOUR brand of discontinued makeup. Specifically, lipstick.Let's get started.1. L'Oreal tests their lipsticks on Episkin, a self-developed reconstruction of skin.Makeup has a te …

Oftentimes we get customers leaving reviews saying how they've been using a particular makeup for years. When we see that, we absolutely believe it--because when they say years, they really do mean years. Some of the oldest makeup being sold today dates back to the 50s and even 30s. Obviously they've changed packages and formulas, but the essence of the product hasn't changed much.Such is the case with Revlon's Super Lustrous Lipstick. During our research we came across magazine ads dating back …

We've established by now that one of the main reasons companies discontinue makeup is packaging. Most of the time all they want is a fresh start to get the customers excited again about their product. Some other times they also update their formulas to keep up with cosmetology advances. With Revlon's ColorStay EyeShadow we have a case of both; a package update and a new formula.Let's take a look!Revlon ColorStay 12 Hour Eye Shadow was the original ColorStay eye shadow formula, back in 2007. Plen …

We're back with a new edition of BMB Exclusives. This time we want to talk about one of Maybelline's longest running collections, Color Sensational. This collection has an extensive selection of lipsticks, lip glosses, and lip liners with a variety of textures. For this blog we're going to focus on their lipsticks. As you may already know, Maybelline was founded in 1915 by a 19-year-old entrepreneur named Thomas Lyle Williams. What started off as a small mascara distributor quickly be …

Remember that fun contest we run on here and our Facebook page?Well, meet our winner: Amanda Clark!We had the pleasure of meeting Amanda and asked her a few things about her biggest passion, makeup! Check out our little interview below!INTERVIEWQ: Tell us a little bit about yourself.Well, I'm a mother of three boys. I was born and raised in California but I'm currently living in Oklahoma. I love makeup and I'm really into learning everything I can about it. I like to buy a lot of it, even if isn …

The next time you visit Europe, specially any Mediterranean country, make sure to ask for rimmel at any makeup store. You might be surprised when the clerk comes back with mascara, not necessarily the Rimmel brand.Rimmel London was founded in the 1834 by chemist Eugene Rimmel. It started out as a perfumery but throughout the years it began manufacturing all sorts of cosmetics, including their famous mascara. Rimmel was the first cosmetic company to mass produce what we know as mascara today henc …

The name Florence Nightingale Graham might sound very unfamiliar to some but believe it or not that's the real name of Canadian-born American businesswoman, Elizabeth Arden. While working for her brother in his lab, Arden was very involved in the chemical and scientific aspect of cosmetics. She worked tirelessly to promote better ways for woman to use cosmetics and to disassociate the word makeup with lower class activities. Arden paved the way for how we perceive and use cosmetics today, she bu …

Revlon has a well-known reputation in the competitive makeup world. Founded in 1929 by brothers Charles and Joseph Revson and their chemist friend Charles Lachman, REVLON was born with a single product line, a nail enamel with an array of opaque shades, first of their own at the time. As of today, Revlon has developed over 10 different cosmetic lines branching out in different sub-companies popular around the world.Let us talk about one of their most beloved lines, now discontinued completely, C …