When are you disloyal to MAC and why?

[niamhco]

great another ingot fan.... really fab stuff isn't it

 

[lilysaville]

I'm disloyal to mac when I find products from oher lines that are better suited to what I want them for, or a certain product from another line grabs my attention. Most of my collection is mac, but I use TFSI everyday and I own NARS blushes/eyeshadows, Make Up Store blushes/shadows, Stila convertible colours, Chanel lipsticks... My everyday go-to lip colour is Lipstick Queen's medieval lip treatment with Lush's Ultrabalm on top. I also prefer Illamasqua and OPI for nail polishes... That reminds me! I', also a bit of an Illamasqua fiend

 

[MAChostage]

As many people do in other relationships, I tend to become disloyal to MAC when I'm not being satisfied. Like now. I haven't been excited by MAC products in quite a while and MUFE has been sweetly wooing me with many of its products.

 

[LMD84]

As many people do in other relationships, I tend to become disloyal to MAC when I'm not being satisfied. Like now. I haven't been excited by MAC products in quite a while and MUFE has been sweetly wooing me with many of its products.

yeah i feel the same right now. but i am swinging to nars and chanel!

 

[liba]

When I hardly bought makeup, I'd buy things here and there from many different collections, primarily because I'd shop at a department store where all the brands would be on display. My criteria was what were the weirdest looking colors

Now that I buy a lot of makeup, I'm extremely brand loyal to MAC because I can't really justify the expense of Chanel or Nars or Hourglass and I get extremely good personal service at the store I always go to, which nowadays goes a long way for me.

Then when I see how much I spent, I don't allow myself to give in to my interests in MUFE or Illemasqua or some of the indie brands....I already have a shocking pile.

The only thing that makes me want to cheat is if I see some completely insane color that I can't resist. Those new MUFE liquid liners in hot pink and red are trying to make me philander.

 

[katred]

I used to be extraordinarily brand-loyal to Mac, to the point where I wouldn't even look at what other brands had to offer. Within the last year, though, I started to explore and now, I'd actually say that the fact that I've been largely uninspired by Mac's collections for 2011 has led me to buy more from other brands. I started off with NARS, but quickly moved on to Guerlain (because I already adored their perfumes) and Chanel... Now it's open season. And now that I'm paying attention to more brands, it pushes the bar higher for Mac to impress me. The MegaMetal eye shadows won me over- at first, I thought that the colour selection was ordinary, but when I realised how awesome the product was, I got really into them. However, their other launches, either in terms of the colour selection or in terms of quality, have fallen short of what I was hoping. Whereas other companies (Guerlain, Armani, Chanel) have really stepped things up and are learning to expand their colour offering just as Mac seems to be narrowing it.

When I first started going to Mac, there was a huge colour selection, including very solid, everyday colours, but there were also a number of shades that made me stop and think :"Wow, who ever thought of that shade?" I miss those days. I realise you can't have too many colours like that, but it was always a reminder that Mac thought about colour differently.

Sorry for the rant. Bottom line: When the formulas are superior and the colours are unique, I've started to cheat on Mac a lot.

 

[dxgirly]

I cheat on MAC when something reeeaally grabs my attention or just when MAC didn't just release a new collection. I got into other brands by choice products that MAC really just didn't offer something up to my standards. For example, I discovered MUFE when the lightest MAC foundation wasn't light enough, I got into Urban Decay because of the eyeshadow primer, and I turned to Sugarpill for those outrageous BRIGHT colors that MAC has seemed to be avoiding.

 

[ElvenEyes]

lol I cheat on MAC all the time. I refuse to be laden down to one brand of cosmetics when there is a plethora of choices out there, some equally good, some even better. My MU collections has plenty of MAC in it, more MAC than anything else, but I also have Maybelline, Revlon, Covergirl, Loreal, NYX, NARS, Clinique, Dior, Estee Lauder, MUFE, Lancome, VS, Bobbi Brown, Lorac, Shesiedo, Inglot, Guerlain, UD, Kat Von D, Smashbox, Two Faced, and more. And I love every single item. I don't buy for the brand. I buy for the item, colour and quality and love my menagerie of makeup choices! They are all just one happy family!

 

[geeko]

I cheat on MAC by using Shu Uemura's and giorgo armani's liquid foundations .......

 

[honybr]

I used to be extraordinarily brand-loyal to Mac, to the point where I wouldn't even look at what other brands had to offer. Within the last year, though, I started to explore and now, I'd actually say that the fact that I've been largely uninspired by Mac's collections for 2011 has led me to buy more from other brands. I started off with NARS, but quickly moved on to Guerlain (because I already adored their perfumes) and Chanel... Now it's open season. And now that I'm paying attention to more brands, it pushes the bar higher for Mac to impress me. The MegaMetal eye shadows won me over- at first, I thought that the colour selection was ordinary, but when I realised how awesome the product was, I got really into them. However, their other launches, either in terms of the colour selection or in terms of quality, have fallen short of what I was hoping. Whereas other companies (Guerlain, Armani, Chanel) have really stepped things up and are learning to expand their colour offering just as Mac seems to be narrowing it.

When I first started going to Mac, there was a huge colour selection, including very solid, everyday colours, but there were also a number of shades that made me stop and think :"Wow, who ever thought of that shade?" I miss those days. I realise you can't have too many colours like that, but it was always a reminder that Mac thought about colour differently.

Sorry for the rant. Bottom line: When the formulas are superior and the colours are unique, I've started to cheat on Mac a lot.

Well said! I've just recently become really interested in makeup so before that I just bought MAC because I live in a place where they barely bring in any makeup for WOC because the demand is extremely low. MAC was the only brand that I heard of that had options for WOC. Then when I started to really research and read all the threads on Specktra I started branching out. I may have more NARS than MAC now because I love their blushes and lipgloss and that's what I wear the most. I'm an equal opportunist though - I'll give any brand a chance if they have something unique I want to try.

 

[User38]

I have never been loyal to MAC... lol.

I have been a bigger buyer -- what I do actually buy, but I have grown weary of under performing products recently and have concentrated more of my disposable cash on Chanel, Guerlain, NARS, Givenchy and other HE brands, MAC is not making my heart sing anymore.

 

[shontay07108]

I've never been loyal to Mac either. From the beginning I went back and forth from Mac to Sephora. I love Mac shadows, lipsticks and (to a lesser extent) lipglasses and blushes. Also, their collections inspire excitement before I get my hands on them. Marketing can do that to ya. However, Mac can do nothing for me when it comes to foundation and mascara. Their foundations either break me out and/or the undertones are all wrong. I am yellow. I am not pink or orage/red. The dark is too dark and the light is a touch too light. They discontinued my beloved Select Tint, so I went off and found mufe. Their face and body and hd foundations shame all others for me. I will always look out for Mac, but I couldn't live without Mufe, Nars, and Chanel(my go-to mascaras) in my life. As a matter of fact, I realized about a year ago that Mufe is my favorite brand. The real treat is, since Mufe doesn't put out product nearly as much as Mac, I get even more excited and I know it'll be worth the wait (and that it's most likely a permanent item!).

 

[User38]

^ I left MUFE out.. but yes, it's in the hotcha cheat on MAC brands.. and MAC can't compete on many levels with MUFE, NARS, Chanel.. etc.

 

[Mazdan]

I'm disloyal to MAC when it comes to skincare products... I don't feel they have anything that work for my skin!

 

[cno64]

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilu If I stuck to MAC, what would I do for mascaras? :twisted:

Seriously. Their mascaras SUCK and that is pretty much the only time I buy makeup that is not MAC.



I must admit that I haven't liked many of the MAC mascaras I've tried, but I do like Plush Lash and Zoom Lash, and I'm wearing Haute & Naughty Lash right now, and it's really really good.
I'm glad I didn't give up on MAC for mascaras.

 

[naturallyfab]

I'm disloyal to mac when it comes to foundation. I've actually never tried a foundation from mac before! I've heard that they break people out very easily, so I've never bothered with them. The only one that I may try is the face and body.

 

[jennyash]

This was a long thread to read, but anyway! I'm disloyal to MAC when something of another brand catches my eye, atm I'm trying to find a lighter foundation for example. I'm a NW15, but I think that it might be a bit to dark when the fall/winter comes and my tan disappears. And my favourite mascara is from L'Oreal (got one from HR aswell, do like the Plushlash from MAC but it's hard to get right sometimes).

So yes, I can, and will, be disloyal to MAC sometimes, cause even if they do good stuff - everything isn't for me