How do you shop at Mac?

[nursie]

ive usually done my research and know exactly what i want, i just need someone to hand it to me and ring up my purchase

but usually, since the same mua knows me now, he will offer a couple more choices other than what i came in to get. of course, i end up buying that stuff too

 

[rockandregret]

Well, i save all my spare change in a jar and get it counted and switched to cash to use for my LE stuff. Lately the only stuff i've been buying is LE, actually

What I do is make a list when i'm browsing here or on livejournal and when i see a swatch or someone uses something in a look i love, i'll write it down. Then, if i can buy it here or on LJ i try to do that first. If i can't, i'll go to the store, but mostly i just buy my LE stuff at stores.

 

[OfficerJenny]

go in with a general idea of what I want, browse around and look for anything I didn't think about purchasing.

I then proceed to talk to the MAs for an hour

and then i buy my stuff and leave xc

 

[bambidandi]

I always love to here MAs recs, and I end up buying everything they recommended lol... Therefore, I now only stop buy MAC once a month

 

[hawaii02]

I research here and take my list with me. There have been times when I was convinced of a product but the swatches didn't work for me.

 

[frankenstain]

I usually have an idea of what I want from the websites but I wait till I see it in real life to decide. I don't have a shortage of things I want from there either. I went in and didn't buy anything one time in my life. LOL.

 

[JediFarfy]

First I decide on what I want or need.

Then, I go through the MAC site.

I choose a few things and hit Specktra for swatches and color comparisons.

I narrow down my list (or expand, depending), write it down, and head off.

I always leave room for extras too. I'm addicted to e/s, so I go in for 2 and leave with 4.

Next shopping trip: I have 42 emtpies, which shall become 7 eyeshadows. I am also researching for another blush and probably more e/s.

JF

 

[snowflakelashes]

I shop online and have to trust reviews here etc. So far I haven't had anything that I'm dissapointed w/ . My strategy for the next time I can get to a MAC story (maybe sometime in 2009...) is to research and have a LIST of things I want to get that are eternally out of stock on the web (like Bare Study Paint Pot and Vanilla Pigment). To call the stores and ask them to put at the very least those things on hold for me and to book a makeover b/c I want to get foundation matched so I might as well do the whole nine yards. I will probably buy the items on my list plus a couple recomended eye shadows since I am building my collection. And since I only get to shop in a real store/counter once in a blue blue moon its okay. If I lived within driving distance of a MAC store I'd probably have a different strategy. Oh and also b/c I am only able to get to one while I am on vacation I go during 'off hours' when everyone is in school or at work so its not as busy and I don't feel 'in the way' of other shoppers.

 

[fidelistoh]

usually i walk in with a list of products that i want.
Heh, don't feel comfy play with the colours with all the MAs staring at me,
esp when i'm the only customer there.

 

[Tsunami Rose]

I look at my palattes and pick a color I need be it greens, blules, purples whatever. Then I got and swatch all the colors. Hehe. I consider reviews I've seen, and see tuts and what others use.

I can't afford MAC either, I limit myself to one or two eyeshadows a visit. Although, I do tend to visit about once a week. -_-;

 

[M.A.C. head.]

I always go online first. I put things in my cart then slowly "remove" or "save for later" until I get down to where I feel that I can make a purchase with confidence. Being able to see prices and totals helps me a lot, so when I get to the store I know exactly what I want to try, and I generally don't stray from that. No buyers remorse about cost or product.