Beauty

[Mona Dahl]

Hi girls. It's been awhile. My life has been crazy, and I'm hardly out of the woods yet, but I thought I'd stop by and say hello.

I haven't been keeping up with the boards, so I don't know if this has been discussed already, but apparently Liz Garrett is stepping down from Philosophy this month. Short article here: http://mybeautywire.com/liz-garrett-to-step-down-from-philosophy/

Apparently the new boss lady will be Jill Scalamandre, whoever that is. And maybe we will have Cristina back, too, as someone suggested in a post back in May.

Either way, I'm finished. Although I still use and enjoy several Philosophy products regularly, I have moved on from loving Philosophy as a brand. It's been very long since I've tried any of the new products. I've simply had no desire. The love, the attachment to this brand has just gone away for me.

I doubt I'll come back, even if Cristina is back on board. IMO, at this point it would be like beating a dead horse. Philosophy and Cristina both moved their separate ways long ago, and it is too late now to undo that and pretend it never happened. Or at least that's my pessimistic opinion. I'd love to be wrong.

Anyway, what I feel bad about being happy about is that Liz Garrett stepped down. It seems pretty clear that it wasn't a "retirement" sort of thing. Obviously the brand was doing badly and ultimately the buck stops with LG...so...well, you know. I shouldn't be happy about it, but I can't help feeling like she had a hand in messing up something great.

I feel so bad for Cristina, seeing her baby go down the tubes like this, and then being made to come back and save it at its worst point. They probably had to talk her hard into coming back, if she is in fact coming. It doesn't seem like something Cristina would take lightly or do easily.