I am sad to report that the Museum will not be getting the Manish Arora items from MAC. It's especially sad given how excited I was about the collection. Apparently it was only being sold online and in 3 stores across the U.S., all of which were sold out within minutes of opening (as were stores outside of the U.S.) I didn't realize it was such an exclusive collection – the reason I didn't order when it first appeared online is because I thought I'd see it in person a few days later at my local MAC store. Sigh. At the MAC website some of the items are shown as "coming soon" so maybe there's a chance they will be restocked, but I'm not optimistic. The collection is selling for double or triple retail prices on E-bay, and I'm not willing to pay that much – not yet anyway! So for now I will have to be content with looking at pictures of the collection from those lucky few who managed to get their hands on it.
(photo from thegazz.com)
Update: I actually managed to order the Pink Manish lip gloss from MAC – it really did go back in stock! So at least I have one Manish item to call my own without paying an arm and a leg on E-bay.