Anyone else feel like MAC is really for under 30 crowd?

[HeatherAnn]

I'm 35 & I just started getting into MAC a few months ago. Frankly I feel like I'm at a point where I finally have enough disposable income to splurge. Which is good b/c MAC can be quite an addiction. I don't know how I could have done it in the days when I was scraping by trying to make rent!

 

[Kuuipo]

I don't think its a question of being too old, I think the campaigns like Fafi and Heatherette and Barbie with all their fuschias and pinks do not appeal to more seasoned women. Neither does the packaging. Neither do the free standing stores with swirling lights and scantily clad attendants. Sure MAC makes some ageless products, but many of the products are aging as well because of all the sparkle and glitz. It's not something that looks appropriate in the boardroom, the OR, etc. Many mature women also move on to higher end brands because they are marketed towards them.

 

[Deirdre]

I'll be 44 in August (and have only been really into makeup for the past couple years), and LOVE my MAC. I am already budgeted for the next three color stories (oooh, I want those Naughty Nautical lippies, and Cool Heat shadows, so bad...)

I wear my MAC everyday. And even have started to plan which products I'll use depending on my activity level (I'm very active). I'm a girly jock, and feel better, and younger, now than I have in my whole life.

 

[AudreyNicole]

IMO, absolutely not. I am 27, so I fall in that under 30 crowd, but I can't imagine ever giving up my MAC. My mom is nearly 51 and wears it. Take a look at some of MAC's best sellers from the line:

Shroom, Naked Lunch and Satin Taupe Eyeshadows
Vanilla, Coco and Coco Beach Pigments
Hug Me and VGV Lipstick and Lipglass

ALL of the above things are neutral and appropriate for any age. Sure there are plently of bright colors (which, IMO, anyone can wear in moderation) and such, but there are plenty of other colors and products for those who feel more comfortable in more natural, neutral shades. I think that in every collection MAC puts out, there is something for everyone from 17 to 70

 

[Karen_B]

A lot of people in this thread has said that there's no problem using MAC if you're over 30 (or 40, or 50... LOL), because they have neutral colours to suit everyone. I agree with this, but I wonder:
Do any of you "older" girls and boys use bright colours, or do most of you shy away from them? I am 31, will be 32 in August, and I am kind of afraid to use the bolder shades because I fear it will seem ridiculous, like I am trying to act a teenager or something.

 

[abbyquack]

MAC is definitely marketed to a hip audience, but by hip I mean any age! My mom is 50, she and I go to MAC together- thankfully, MAC has every color you could ever want so she finds what she wants and I find what I want..but sometimes we end up getting the same thing! So don't feel like you're too old! You don't want to be some stodgy old woman do you? Stick with MAC!