How do you afford your MAC addiction?

[Another Janice!]

My husband has a pretty decent job. I am a waitress. We have 2 little boys and as of 2 days ago acquired a cat.

Bills and essentials come first, extras last. We each get about $150 a piece each month to blow on whatever we want.

Sometimes its MAC, sometimes its doing something with my hair at the salon, sometimes I just spend extra on my kids (I love doing that). It all depends.

I'd say I spend around $50 a month on MAC. On average anyway. I only get things that I will really use and try not to get caught up in collections or L/E.

 

[foxyqt]

my parents give me a monthly allowance =)

 

[YvetteJeannine]

I have a very generous husband

!!!!

I'm a nurse, Matthew is a Chef, and we don't have any childrun

..so we're able to spend as much as we like on ourselves!

Just yesterday, I was at my usual MAC counter in Macy's, and the MUA said "Where's your partener in crime?"..He was at work yesterday, but he usually comes in w/ me. The last time I was in there, the MUA said "You're so lucky to have such a great husband..not only does he give you all that money to spend on MU, but he helps you pick it out, too!". So, yeah...I would say I'm pretty lucky to have a husband whom "lets" me spend so much $$$$ on M/U!!!!

 

[amethyst_star]

I work as a nurse, and make-up has always been my little indulgence. I limit myself to buying 2 items from the new collections. For the past 3 months I've been only buying 2 items a month from MAC. Before, I was spending $80-$100 dollars a month on MAC stuff. All these limited edition releases are starting to overwhelm me. I wasn't crazy about the Lure collection and the She Shines releases and so far I've only bought Shooting Star and Heat/Element e/s duo from the A Muse collection. I plan to buy no more MAC stuff until the Holiday stuff comes out Oct 19th. Wish me luck!!!

 

[SARAHluvsMAC]

my employee discount ofcourse!

but even before i worked there i had a llaaarrrrrgggggeeeeee credit card bill that i used to buy insane amounts of mac

 

[pugmommy7]

I stopped buying drugstore stuff. i found that i was pissing $$$ away at trips to target etc when buying household stuff.
now i only buy the really special hg drugstore things. i used to try everything and ended up throwing a lot away. now i may spend more in one pop at MAC but i do not buy bunches in between. plus i read reviews,that helps.
and I know myself, I do not buy stuff that isn't ME just because it is MAC. and I keep all reciepts .

 

[Raerae]

Quote:

Originally Posted by YvetteJeannine So, yeah...I would say I'm pretty lucky to have a husband whom "lets" me spend so much $$$$ on M/U!!!! [/b]

What do you mean he "lets" you?

 

[dollbabybex]

i work too.... i spent about £100 a month... which is about an 9th of my wages

also everyone knows to get mac for me... on my bdays xmas's i always get about £300 worth

cos everyone buys me 2/3 things (friends) and when work do a collection for my bday they get me vouchers for mac

and in work if we work hard we get something called bonus bonds

u can use these in debenhams... a dept store which sell mac

 

[KeshieShimmer]

I work at target and I have scholarships from college.

 

[cno64]

This is probably one of the more bizarre stories:
I'm 42, disabled, and of necessity live with my mother.
I get a small Social Security income each month, and I budget carefully to buy the MAC products that I feel that I can't live without.

 

[Chic 2k6]

I live at home with my Mom and i dont buy MAC that often, only maybe once or twice a year even then i'd buy no more then 3 items per time. When i do buy MAC i either use my own money or my Dad buys it for me, i mean he doesnt care about going in a MAC store and picking out things id like, e.g. Vanilla Pigment lol, i offered him money n he said it was alright lol. I dont have a job either (i want 1 though)

 

[dinostars]

I use the money I get filling out online surveys haha. That way I don't feel as bad spending the money.

 

[SMMY]

My money comes from my income after bills are paid which is usually fairly generous as we have most of our non-reoccuring bills paid off. I sometimes spend a substantial amount on a collection (cough: Amuse) or skip it completely as in the Technacolor collection. So in July it was probably several hundred dollars, but I won't be buying any more MAC until the Untamed collection. Money has never really been an issue for me, just whether I like the collection or not.

 

[Renee]

I'm a teacher and do tutoring on the side for students at my school. I spend about $100-150 per collection depending on what I want. My fiance knows what I spend most of my money on so when he sees the name Nordstom on the bank card statement he just rolls his eyes and says"When are going to apply to MAC so you can make some money off this stuff?" So that's what I'm planning to do! Just freelance for my addiction!HAHAHA!

 

[DOLLface]

I babysit quite often and get a monthly allowance [I'm 14], but my parents do take 20% of what I earn when I babysit to put in my bank account. My parents don't buy me MAC, except once, my mom knew I needed Bare Canvas Paint, so she bought it for me as a part of my grad. present. My collection at the moment isn't huge, but it's slowly getting bigger. This last week has prob. been the most I've spent on MAC [two trips to the counter and ordering off the site]. I won't be buying anything else until sometime after school starts though.

Sorry, I just kept going on.
:]

 

[vivaXglamlove]

well since i'm 15 and doesn't have a job (i will be working soon after the summer help leaves)
i clean the house and makes dinner everynight for money. My mom doesn't mind if i order mac, i just need to do my chores and go over what i am about to order.
i don't buy backups or something that i know i wouldn't use

 

[queenofdisaster]

i sell stuff on ebay for extra money... like old clothes, purses, jewelry, baby stuff etc.. and i have a loving hubby... lol!!

 

[joytheobscure]

I teach, have three kids, a husband, two house cats, four outside cats, a dog, and a rabbit to feed.... My husband is a cop so he doesn't make much. But we only have $200 a month house payments (fairly new trailer) and our cars no car payments. I have cut back on my clothing spending (for myself), no credit cards and sometimes I do juggle. I spend at least a $100 a month on makeup in the months that I'm teaching and cut back in the summer. When my husband drove truck I spent a lot more on makeup.... ack.. and got "caught" --I was worse the first year of addiction, I can get by with spending less now plus it is an effort to drive to the City to go to the mac counter. I don't buy every LE item and lust after everything in a collection - since there are just too many collections.

 

[pugmommy7]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raerae What do you mean he "lets" you?

I think she was being sarcastic since she earns $$ as well.
But I feel ya sister!

 

[ilovexnerdsx]

i basically buy it anyway i can, haha. most of the time i convince my mom to give me some money :roll: but when i can i babysit or beg my grandparents