Prestige Brands -- Are You Okay?

They are not.

Have any of you heard the Peter Thomas Roth and Patrick Ta drama involving CVS? Prestige brands are suddenly discovering that their products are on rotation in select CVS pharmacy retail sections. Patrick Ta has sued the pharmacy company for carrying his products, which were probably sold to them through a third party liquidator -- the kind of companies that offload overstock to stores like TJ Maxx. He claims CVS has no agreement with his company, he has a complaint about the display branding, and he wants the products taken down and destroyed. Like...there's that much overstock that they can furnish a major pharmacy retailer but he's so offended that people are paying $8 for his palettes after coupons and markdowns that he needs to see it all burn. This is not the economy for a hissy fit, Pat. It's giving Charlotte Tilbury's, "Poor people can't be pretty."

Tonight I stopped at TJ Maxx for some pay day sinning and walked out with a handful of prestige and high-end drugstore brands I've never seen in the store before -- marked down by 40-45% -- including a full size jar of Tatcha Kissu Lip Mask. I've only ever gotten the baby ones! There were two on the shelf. I could have gotten both for the price of one. I was nice and left the second one for someone else. 😇 Besides, I needed The Inkey List Caffeine Eye Cream and a tinted moisturizer so that I can keep staying up late. 😂 Laura Mercier isn't too proud. Her products are always at TJ Maxx. But this time I found my shade: neutral corpse!