These questions are for the MAC MAs out there. I'd love to hear your thoughts on your personal experiences with:

• What specific product (type and colour name) do you sell the most of?
• What specific product (type and colour name) do you sell the least of?
• What product do you feel should be discontinued (type of product or a specific colour)?
• What product do you feel isn't getting the love it deserves (type of product or a specific colour)?

For the rest of us consumers, what do you think deserves to be discontinued (product type or specific product)? What doesn't get the love it deserves? Consider adding your skintone and hair/eye colour so that others can learn from your recommendations.

And go......

Okay, I work freelance for MAC here in Indy,..

What specific product (type and colour name) do you sell the most of?

Lipglass in "Oh Baby" and "Nymphette" Lip Liner in Chestnut

What specific product (type and colour name) do you sell the least of?

Lip Laquers -All of them,.. though I do manage to sell Fanplastico from time to time cuz I wear that over red lips to kick them up. It goes over well.

Pro-longwear

Studio Mist Foundation & Studio Sticks

What product do you feel should be discontinued (type of product or a specific colour)?

Studio Mist Foundations

What product do you feel isn't getting the love it deserves (type of product or a specific colour)?

Dervish Lip Liner, paints of all colors, Frankly scarlet blush, Pigments in general (At our store)

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Here's what I have noticed at my counter:
-What specific product (type and colour name) do you sell the most of?
We sell alot of Studio Fix foundations, bronzers and alot of Brulés...

-What specific product (type and colour name) do you sell the least of?
As mentionned above, we don't sell alot of Lacquers, which is a very sad thing because they are amazing. I guess we also tend to forget about them, considering the number of lip collections that are permanent now. But customers do miss out on them. We also don't sell alot of CCB's, alot of clients at my counter just don't know what they are or how to use them.

-What product do you feel should be discontinued (type of product or a specific colour)?
Lustre eyeshadows should be discontinued hands down. They're very chalky, and their pigmentation isn't great (aside maybe from Aquadisiac).

-What product do you feel isn't getting the love it deserves (type of product or a specific colour)?
My list is long.
All the color shadesticks. Everyone buys Beig-ing because it can go with everything.
Also, the paints in the tube don't seem to get customers attention,
as well as Studio Stick foundation, which IMO gives the most beautiful satiny finish to the skin.
I also feel Plumage eyeshadow doesn't get alot of love, and it's such a unique color. Carbon overshadow's it.
As mentionned above, the pigments should get more attention. I guess people don't have the time in the morning to play with loose powders, and all the cleaning up that comes with their application.
Viva Glams, aside from the V and the VI, should definetly be looked at. The money is going to a great cause and the colors are universally flattering.
Also, alot of clients are scared of deep vampy lip colors, such as Film Noir or Diva, but they are so gutsy and with the perfect makeup, they make such an impact. It gives off a 1920's vibe, and is different from all the smokey eyes everyone else is wearing.

From a consumer standpoint I have to agree with discontinuing the lustres...or atleast tweaking the formula so more come out like Tempting and Magnetic Fields. And it would be great if they kept around the Shadesticks and Paints. The Paintpots seem far more prone to drying out.

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we sell alot of spice lip pencils,Studio fix powder and foundation,and oh baby gloss

Great thread, thanks!
I'm an NC40..
So at my store...

What specific product (type and colour name) do you sell the most of?

Myth, Hue, Blankety, Snob, Syrup lispticks
viva glam glosses do well, thankfully
lip conditioners
Select liquid, select concealer, studio fix foundation
black tied, amber lights, ricepaper, sable, naked lunch eyeshadows
zoom lash, pro lash mascaras
golden bronzer
powerpoints
Blushbaby

What specific product (type and colour name) do you sell the least of?

Lip laquers, never sold one!
Pigments struggle
Shadesticks, forget it
deep coloured frost lipsticks such as Shitaki etc
studio stick, select tint foundation
Brow sets, brow finishers


What product do you feel should be discontinued (type of product or a specific colour)?
All the laquers
eye prep n prime

What product do you feel isn't getting the love it deserves (type of product or a specific colour)?

Hot Tahiti, New York Apple, Faux, viva glam lipsticks
mineralize powders
hyper real, mineralize satinfinish foundations
iridiscent powders, pressed and loose
nail laquers (ppl either love em or hate em) - i personally think the whole range of colours needs a revamp
CCBs, hush, pearl, improper copper
sublime culture creme lip liner
liqiud eyeliner boot black
paint
fluidlines, simply cos ppl feel they have to buy a brush with it too
182, 224, 168 brushes, surprisingly

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Discontinue:
the lacquers. so so sticky!
lustre e/s. or at least reformulate the colors.
same for the existing mattes, they should be made in the matte^2 finish, I find it much smoother.

Repromote:
the CCB's, I don't even really get what these are for! New LE colors would probably garner them more attn in the regular line.
Mattenes, although in more wearable colors, please.
I would like Paints if they repackaged them into plastic tubes. The metal ones are neat and artsy, but a pain in the rear and they leak all over (even with the crimp unfolded)

Personally, I think these don't get enough love:
Faux and Sweetie lipsticks
Plushglasses, I wish MAC would knock the price down on these to the regular lipglasses.
Shale and Sable e/s

• What product do you feel should be discontinued (type of product or a specific colour)?
  
  Pro-longwears
  Prep & Prime Eye & Lips
  Lustre eyeshadows (they are awful, with a very few exceptions)
  Full coverage foundation
  Irridescent Powders Loose (too chunky)
  CCB - maybe reforumulated but as is they don't really work great for anything that can't be replaced with a better product
  
  
• What product do you feel isn't getting the love it deserves (type of product or a specific colour)?

Shadesticks (but they are on the way out anyway)
Paints
182 brush

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I guess it's always a regional issue, because the Prolongwears sell alot in my area, especially when an older clientele is concerned.

[quote=MAC_Whore;1133766]These questions are for the MAC MAs out there. I'd love to hear your thoughts on your personal experiences with:

• What specific product (type and colour name) do you sell the most
  of?
  Lipglass (c-thru), foundation (studio fix), Mascara (zoomblack), Black Eyeliner (graphblack)
• What specific product (type and colour name) do you sell the least of?
  Prolongwear
• What product do you feel should be discontinued (type of product or a specific colour)?
  All prolongwear
• What product do you feel isn't getting the love it deserves (type of product or a specific colour)?
  Liquidlast liners
  

this is at my store...

sell the most of?
Myth, blankety, Viva glam V lipsticks, studio fix and studio fix fluid foundations, moisturelush face cream, fix+ spray, Studio finish concealer, deep truth, embark, honey lust, shroom eyeshadows, oh baby, love nectar, viva glam V, lipglasses, spice, chestnut and whirl lip liners, sunbasque, blushbaby and gingerly blushes.

least of?
prep & prime eye, studio mist, mineralize satinfinish, select tint spf 15 foundations, matte bronze bronzer, strobe liquid (which I love!), gently off eye and lip, studio touch up stick, cream blushes, laquers, pro long wears, lure lip pencil.

needs more love?
strobe liquid, paints, cream color bases, our skin care

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