USD 160 (PHP 9,000+) for a tube of beeswax and coloring?! Come on, LVMH, you gotta be kidding me!

I have a million lip products in my bags and drawers and there are only a few times that I managed to finish a tube (shout out to Happy Skin!) and those things cost less than USD 20. I already grumble if a lipstick costs me USD 20.

Pat McGrath, NARS, Urban Decay or Clinique don’t even cost USD 40 per tube and they’re some of the nicer ones in the market. Just because you have Louis Vuitton stamped on the tube, you already have the audacity to charge USD 160 for that?!

Ah but this is the brand that makes Neverfull in China and charges USD 3000 for it. It’s not even made of leather—stamped canvas for thousands of USD.

I literally rub elbows with the richest people in this country (can’t avoid it if I regularly do ambush interviews with them) and I casually check out their accessories because I’m nosey like that. I seldom or never see them toting LV-stamped bags. They may be carrying inconspicuous brands like Loro Piana, Berluti, or Moynat so that’s why I couldn’t decipher them.

Or they’re more practical people than those who buy screaming logos.