My “Marine Life Highlighting” Powder Story & Pics

30th May, 2010

I’m going to start off with Marine Life story (everybody has one!) so here is mine! I went on May 27, 2010 to my MAC counter to pick it up. It was the only item from the To The Beach collection I picked up that day because I was broke. Pay day was the next day so I returned to pick up the rest of my haul the next day. Anyway…on to the story!

MY MARINE LIFE HIGHLIGHTING POWDER STORY!

MAC selfishly launched their “To The Beach” collection days earlier than they were supposed to. The official launch date for the U.S. was written as May 27, 2010 so I waited patiently for that day to arrive. I told my best friend that I was going to the mall on my lunch break to pick up Marine Life Highlighting Powder and I really had to have it. I told her that it was the most sought after product of the collection and I wanted it bad too. It was about 11:30 am and she told me to call the MAC counter to see if they could put one on hold for me because my lunch break is at noon. I took her advice (thank you Lisa Lisa – love you much!) and the MA told me that he’s going to hold the LAST ONE FOR ME! OMFreakingG! I was like what? The last one? The mall opens at 10am! I was a little confused, but then I went on Specktra.net where I found out that the collection had been launched a week prior. WTHell?

People was saying how Marine Life was sold out at their freestanding MAC store and counters where they lived. I felt so lucky to get the last one at mine on hold. So, I decided to take my lunch break from 11:30 to 12:30am so I could FLY down to the mall to get my Marine Life before it mysteriously ended up in somebody else’s shopping bag.

I get to the counter and there is this one chick in line buying a bunch of stuff from the To The Beach collection and just running her mouth with the MA about the To The Beach collection and about the 130 and 131 brushes (gah!) at the cash register. I was nervous and saying in my mind “hurry up lady…let’s go!” amongst other things I rather not disclose in this PG rated blog of mine. There was a woman behind me waiting with A LOT of Back 2 MAC items so I was glad I got to the register before her. Anyway, the girl in front of me asks the MA if they were getting in anymore of the Marine Life highlighting powders and the MA told her no and that items like that never come back a second time – I was on fire as in anxious – tummy aching. The MA also told the lady in front of me that they only got in maybe eight or nine of them. What??? I’m not sure why MAC does that…why not send all of their stores and counters ample amounts? If they do that they will make even more bookoo money! Doy!

So, blabber mouth pays and leaves FINALLY! I get to the MA at the cash register and I tell her that I have a Marine Life Highlighting Powder on hold. She opens the drawer and I see that there were about five of them on hold. She asks me what my name was and I tell her my name and she picks up a bag and HANDS IT TO ME!!! I immediately heard that Godly score from up above. You know the score…it sounds like a soft “ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!” LOL! I am so serious. I took my Marine Life out of the bag to admire it and I saw a beam of light flash before my eyes (ok so I made that up). I was so freaking happy though! I left the store a happy lady! No swatches sorry…it is the day before Memorial Day and I have yet to get my brush and dive in. I want to keep it looking new and pretty for as long as I can because I only have one. I wish I could have picked up two like some people I know. Did this purchase make up for me missing out on the MAC Ripe Peach Blush Ombre? No, but it feels good! The End! Price: $26.00

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