Better than or equal to MAC

BuyMeLipGloss

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brands to check out for...

e/s: UD, Scott Barnes, Stila, Shu
blush: NARS, Chanel, Pout, Scott Barnes chic palettes
l/g: Guerlain, Chanel
 

xiahe

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Dior, UD, Estée Lauder, or Chanel...even though Chanel is uber expensive. an eyeshadow [quad] palette is about 55 USD. o_O;;
 

glamella

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Favorites that I always go back to:
Nars blushes and lip products
Bare Escentuals foundation
Stila has great stuff all around
Flirt blushes (comparable to Nars)
Tarte gel stains for cheeks
Laura Mercier (awesome stuff all around)
 

luxette

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I adore the NARS powder eyeshadow duos. They have fantastic colors and the consistency and pigmentation are wonderful. I also like Stila and Urban Decay shadows.

Clinique makes my favorite mascara. I'm addicted to High Impact.

I'm also a fan of the CARGO lipgloss duos, but a lot of people dislike them so you should try them out and see if they work for you before you buy them.
 

MeganGMcD

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Palladio at Sally's had an eyeshadow that is comprable to MAC pigments. I kid you not, they are highly pigmented, beautiful, and stay on my oil lids for HOURS!
 

mspixieears

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Nars - for gorgeously pigmented blushes, and equally pigmented lip colours which last a while

Shu Uemura - their e/s, especially the P (pearl) and ME (metallic) ones. Some of theirs are EVEN better than MAC's, dare I say it!

UD - lipgunks, though they vary in quality/finish greatly. Some are watery, some are 'gunky'. I have a couple of their e/s & l/s which boast excellent quality however (why they discontinued their l/s will forever remain one of beauty's unsolved mysteries).
 

joytheobscure

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Foundation: (I have oily skin so I need fairly good coverage)- Lancome Tient Idol, Mary Kay medium coverage foundation ($14 retail- its actually good if you use it lightly-great staying power)., Bare Escentuals but I 'm too lazy to buff it on every day. or Maybelline Shine free is ok for really cheap foundation.

Maybelline Volum' express mascara

Liners, I like L'Oreal liners for walmart brand... Urban decay liquid liners

Shadows and blushes- Nars for blush and Urban Decay for shadows.. I'm looking for other good neutral toned down matte shades now that my wild collection is pretty big.
 

fairytale22

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Stila, NARS, and Milani e/s are often equal or better than MAC, imo.
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bocagirl

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Originally Posted by fairytale22
Stila, NARS, and Milani e/s are often equal or better than MAC, imo.
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I agree.
 
Chanel Eyeshadows are the best!.Unfortunately,they have not a lot of colours,but all i have tested were excellent.Quality,staying power,blending .....Blushes are very very good too,superb quality and beautiful shades.And well,what about glossimers:They have great colours and very good staying powder,not as mucj as Mac,but still good and very nice texture(better than Mac in my opinion).

Nars is the best in blushes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All of them are GORGEOUS!!!!!!!.Even the ones that didn,t fit me at all were kind of ok,i could maybe wear them.They are soooooooooooooooooooo natural looking,like if you are really blushing,colour comes from within.
Nars glosses are so and so:they have great shades and staying power,but some others have either a great staying power or a great colour,but not both.
For eyeshadows:they hit or miss.Some are the best shadows ever and some the worst.Get information before buying.

Guerlain!!!!!!!!!!!

Glosses are excellent,beautiful shades,but so many.Very good staying power and wonderful shine.
Eyeshadows are quite pigmented,at least for me(compared to Nars,for example) and extremelñy good quality in all terms like softness of blendability.

Dior:

This is not a very good brand in my opinion.Eyeshadows are chalky and boring,glosses don,t stay for long and blushes are also boring.Mascaras are quite nice(not the best,but good)
 

Ms. Z

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I also like Prescriptives and my new love the L'Oreal HIP line eye shadows.

I agree with LegallyBlond, the Dior e/s are chalky. But I do like their eye liners.

Lipgloss: Lancome & L'Oreal

Mascara: Clinique High Impact, Lancome Définicils and the new CoverGirl Lash Exact mascara



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Originally Posted by Diviniti
Greetings...


Don't misunderstand me folks, I love MAC just as much as the rest of you (that's why we're here, right?), but I'd like to expand my horizons and try some other lines of cosmetics. Besides MAC, what other brand products do you use most, and why? Be as specific as you like...I'm using you all for my research! :)

Thanks!!

 

love-vs-lust

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I really like Lancome, especially their foundations. I find their make up lasts so much longer than MAC, but I still like MAC better, haha.
 

bAbY_cHiCkEn01

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I think Estee Lauder as a whole is fantastic altho I hav'nt used any concealer/foundation or anything. The pure color lipogloss is REALLY gorgeous texture, brillant shades and just delicious all round. I found the mascara horrible though, too chunky and clumpy for my lashes & the mascara was brand new an untouched so yea... I also find the best liquid eyeliner to be Maybellines liner pen (ya know the one in a blue tube with gold lid), its AbSoLoUtLy FaNtAsTiC!!! Dior have nice glosses too
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xxmissjennyxx

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i love mac for their eye shadows and pigments (thats all i buy from them)

as for basics such as powder, mascara, and eyeliner i buy maybelline. my face isnt really high maitenence (thank god) so im able to buy $6-$8 powders (i dont use foundation)

i really love lip glosses from clinique and lancome. but i always end up using my rosebud salve. as a result all my lip glosses are collecting dust.

for everything else i have a vast variety of brands but i tend to really gravitate to benefit, sephora, nars, smashbox, and urban decay.
 

kimmy

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milani, seriously. yeah, it's a drugstore brand but it's comparable to mac. or at least, i think it is. the shadows have amazing colour payoff and they stay on pretty well without a base. i actually perfer milani's lipglosses to mac's lipglasses. they're gorgeous colours and there's a good variety, and they're not all sticky like the lipglasses are. and they blush. OMG i swear by their blushes. LOOOOVE them. i wsn't really big on blush until i got the milani blushes.

i also like pallido for lipstick
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it smells good and they have such gorgeous colours. the price is a bit steep, but still half the price of mac hah...so that's ALWAYS a plus.

i'm also pretty big on the FL!RT cosmetics line at kohl's. it's made by estee lauder, as mac is. only it's a bit cheaper and i guess is marketed more to the beginners, but even for people with experience, it's amazing stuff. a few of the eyeshadow shades are almost exact replicas of mac's shadows. they're very pigmented and also stay on relatively well without a base. their lipglosses are soo amazing too. they smell like almonds hah, i don't know why but i really like that. they also have some really gorgeous blushes. i really like how almost everything they make is shimmery. i like shimmery stuff.
 

Becki

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I love Stila! Their eye shadows, blushes, it glosses, lip glazes, illuminating liquid and powder foundations, perfecting concealer and brushes are great!!!!

I also like Nars for blushes
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