Yes, MAC prices go up from time to time. Here's why-

MAC is an Estee Lauder subsidary. This means they follow the guidelines for Estee Lauder and it's associated brands. EL raises prices on assorted products $0.50 every July 1st, and once in the winter (although that date is dynamic, not the same every year) generally for items not effected by the July price increase.

It happens every year. It is not directly effected by packaging changes, the market, returns, etc. as this is basically a method of pro-rating what the production cost increase will be over a certain time and spreading it out. It's also to prevent major class-action lawsuits as we had a few years ago in regard to price fixing.

If this practice is something that upsets you, contact MAC and inform them of your displeasure. The only way this will change is for MAC to return to being an independant company, and no longer an EL subsidiary.

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That is so frustrating. I love MAC, but I hate that EL is its parent company. MAC is such a huge brand, it needs to go indepedent. Ggggrrr. They are making a huge profit already, why raise prices?? So what if production costs increase slightly, they still turn a huge profit. (Cant wait to get my PPID card!!) And if I remember correctly, haven't eyeshadows been $13.50 forever??

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It sort of is it's own company though, look at what they've achieved with Viva Glam and the AIDS fund, they have their own training things, they have the PPID, they have basically everything they could ask for. Very few brands have that if they're owned by someone higher up. But this is just my opinion, if you don't like it then that's okay.

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Estee Lauder purchasing MAC has not at all compramised the companies intergrity, it has allowed MAC to expand globally.

yes yes yes remember girls, mac was this small make up line UNTILL EL bought it...

the price is forever increase??never decrease???

Yo,
Yep always increase! I remember Stila had a mass decrease in price once upon a time, but MAC has always been increasing.
Sigh!
LN

This doesn't make much sense to me. Doesn't this mean that by next winter eyeshadows would be $14.50? I don't think its quite right.

Is this everywhere (by that I mean in ALL countries not just the US)?

now im having a debate with my hubby and need help...lol
if its true about the prices going up my hubby says i shouldnt get the lure collection(which i already have on res.) and just buy a bunch of stuff i need and not just a collection i want .....

What would u do??? ... to Lure or not to ???????....lol

does mac compitition? , due to the increasing prices i Might have to switch it up ....

yeh over here in the UK they went up but it was like the Khol pencils went from £10.50 to £11 so a 50p rise. and e/s went from like £9 to £10 a whole pound grr

Poop, That sucks. I guess I need to buy the ones I want before July 1st

do they honestly need to do this to survive as a company?

i found an old magazine the other day which showed lipglass (the colored, kind, not clear) as being $12. :/

In germany we have that too! Our prices are higher than in the us anyway (14€ for an e/s).

Man... the price increases aren't very fun. I can't afford to have a deeper hole in my wallet! haha.