After having been saddled with the Catrice Nymphelia collection (which came out in Europe in February and March 2012, by the way) for 6 months, if not more, I was excited to see the staff at Dischem unpack a new limited edition...until I realised it was not one of the recent editions I'd been hearing so much about online but instead the Bohemia collection from September/October 2011!I could understand if we were a few months behind Europe in terms of receiving limited editions and also if we receive only some of those which come out, but to get a limited edition that is 19-20 months old is very disappointing. I don't know if the fault lies with Dischem or with the importers of the Catrice products, Cosmetix, but I'd be interested to know why this is the case.
Essence trend editions seem to be more up to date, particularly at Clicks (we got the Ready for Boarding edition around the same time Europe did last year, for example), but change infrequently. We have had the second Breaking Dawn collection for months and months and I suspect we will have the Great and Wonderful Oz collection for a similar amount of time.
I can only hope that perhaps we will also get to see some of the limited editions I have been waiting for, like the Catrice second Big City Life collection, Catrice Hollywood's Fabulous Forties collection and the Essence Vintage District Collection. The history of and previews for limited edition collections can be viewed here: Catrice limited editions history and Essence trend editions history.
Has anyone else been disappointed by the lack of limited editions reaching South Africa's shores?
It sucks that you get so little Limited Editions or that they come to South Africa so late. I thought it was bad in Belgium, but you seem to get a worse deal.
ReplyDeleteI hope it improves soon. :)
I'm sorry to hear this is a problem in other countries too!
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