MAC Pro Question - Do I have to be a pro member to shop there?

[madeinglamour]

Pro Store Question please help

Im not a makeup artist, nor do I have a Pro Card. But if I walk into a Pro Store am I able to purchase Pro Products?

 

[MACATTAK]

Re: Pro Store Question please help

Of course! You just can't get the discount

 

[Socialite]

Question. About getting pro items.

If I go to a pro store. Will I be able to buy pro items without a procard?

Something I've been rather unsure about.

 

[ash10spro]

Re: Question. About getting pro items.

Yes, you can certainly buy products there without a card! However, you will be paying full price for everything, since you cannot use the pro discount. Happy shopping! HTH =)

 

[Socialite]

Re: Question. About getting pro items.

Thank you!

I went to the mac pro store we have in Dallas and asked to purchase the empty 15 eyeshadow palatte and the associate said she didnt know what i was talking about.

 

[red]

Re: Question. About getting pro items.

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Originally Posted by Socialite Thank you! I went to the mac pro store we have in Dallas and asked to purchase the empty 15 eyeshadow palatte and the associate said she didnt know what i was talking about.

some are not that swift

however, I always pray I get one of those on the phone (shame on me) as I get them to send me more samples of the piggies that I'm allowed

the staff at the Mac Pro in NY are really great

 

[Shimmer]

Re: Question. About getting pro items.

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Originally Posted by Socialite Thank you! I went to the mac pro store we have in Dallas and asked to purchase the empty 15 eyeshadow palatte and the associate said she didnt know what i was talking about.

I'm assuming you went to Northpark? Usually the girls there are really knowledgeable.

Sticky thread about MAC Pro.

 

[CaraAmericana]

Re: Question. About getting pro items.

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Originally Posted by red the staff at the Mac Pro in NY are really great

Yes they are! I did a phone order there and they were great and very fast at getting my order together.

 

[Socialite]

Re: Question. About getting pro items.

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Originally Posted by Shimmer I'm assuming you went to Northpark? Usually the girls there are really knowledgeable. Sticky thread about MAC Pro.

yes. they have always been really nice and helpful. maybe she was new?

 

[Shimmer]

Re: Question. About getting pro items.

That is a possibility, though, as I've said in other threads, the amount of product knowledge a MAC m/a has to have to keep up with not only the regular line but also the LE collections is positively mind boggling. And, when one does something for 'work', the last thing one wants to do is spend one's spare time 'researching' it and, for lack of a better phrase, working.

 

[SlimSugar]

Re: Question. About getting pro items.

whats the difference between the MAC store and the MAC pro??

 

[Danapotter]

Re: Question. About getting pro items.

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Originally Posted by SlimSugar whats the difference between the MAC store and the MAC pro??

The MAC Store, aka freestanding stores, only carry a couple PRO products, such as palettes and palette fill ins.

Pro Stores, where Makeup Artists and other Pros go, carry their own set of items along with items from freestanding stores.
They have a website, macpro.com, which can show you different products they carry (such as containers, more pigments, more eyeshadows, more blushes, airbrushes etc.)

You can purchase pro products via phone, going into a pro store, or asking someone for a CP (custom purchase) to that store!

 

[MAC_Whore]

Re: Question. About getting pro items.

Freestanding stores carry additional regular products that you can't find at counters, but aren't considered pro,i.e.

Smut es
Bitter es
Chrome Yellow es
Juiced es
Orange es

....and a few other items I can't think of atm. Is Passionate es one of those as well.

Drawing a blank, sorry.

At Holiday, they will occasionally release special items for freestanding stores only, i.e. perfume or other holiday sets. Additionally, they release a winter line that is only at freestandings (MACouture last year and The Stylistics this year).

 

[purrtykitty]

Re: Question. About getting pro items.

This is really a couple of questions about Pro items:

1. I checked the Pro website and it seems they sell the e/s in both pot and pan form...is that true?
2. What is the pricing for a pan shadow and along the same lines, what is the pricing for an empty quad?

I've got a friend visiting NYC and she's seriously thinking about going to the Pro store, so I'm gonna give her a little list if she does! TIA!!

 

[lsperry]

Re: Question. About getting pro items.

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Originally Posted by purrtykitty This is really a couple of questions about Pro items: 1. I checked the Pro website and it seems they sell the e/s in both pot and pan form...is that true?

Yes, they sell both pan and pot shadows from the permanent line. And only pot shadows from the LE collections.

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Originally Posted by purrtykitty 2. What is the pricing for a pan shadow and along the same lines, what is the pricing for an empty quad?

From an order I received this month:
$10.50 Pan shadow
$12.00 15-pan palette (for eye shadows)
$12.00 6-pan palette (for blushes)
$4.00 4-pan palette (for eye shadows)

HTH

 

[trip75]

Question about PRO Store - Do I need a pro card to shop there?

I'm probably posting in the wrong section but I did a general search and didn't find anything to help. I live in Mass. and we have a few MAC counters around here but not close enough to me. The closest one is in Prov. Place Mall, about 30 min. from me, but the sales tax is like 8%.

So anywhooo...I'm going on vacation to Florida at the end of February so I did a search and they have a PRO store in Orlando. YAY!!!

I recruited my sis to go with but I'm not to clear on whether you have to have a PRO card to go in. I'm a dunce! I wanna go but I don't want to look like a dingus. Please help me!!!!

 

[COBI]

Re: Question about PRO Store

Anyone can shop at Pro stores, you just won't get a discount.

As an aside, I grew up in MA and now live in NH, but I drive just over 2 hours to go to the freestanding store in Burlington, MA so I can use my card (I also often order online.) Funny because the 8% is only 3% more than MA, but when I shop in MA, I'm paying 5% more in sales tax than I do when I order online.

Is the store in Orlando a PRO store or a freestanding store? The actual PRO store stocks more items than the freestanding stores. The freestanding stores have more items than the counters.

Also, check out the outlets in Wrentham, MA, there is a Cosmetic Company Outlet (CCO) which is an Estee Lauder outlet; they have MAC, Clinique, and pretty much most EL-owned brands. You can get a lot of limited edition items and overstocks, etc, for 30% off the retail price. Worth a trip; some days are better than others there because there isn't a set inventory.

Have fun in FL.

 

[CaraAmericana]

Re: Question about PRO Store

That's the PRO store I went to. And nope, no pro card needed to shop at the actually store or when you call the store for a phone order. =)


Here is a pic of the store

 

[trip75]

Re: Question about PRO Store

OMG!!!! Thanx so much. I was worried I couldn't shop there.
It's a freestanding store with "PRO products available". As far as Wrentham...I usually do a yearly trip when I get my taxes back so thats real soon. Hopefully before I go on vacation!! 30% off rocks!
And that pic got my heart beating all crazy!!!!!

Any rec. on what to get?? Since I won't get back there any time soon this is my only chance to get goodies now.

 

[noahlowryfan]

Re: Question about PRO Store

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Originally Posted by trip75 OMG!!!! Thanx so much. I was worried I couldn't shop there. It's a freestanding store with "PRO products available". As far as Wrentham...I usually do a yearly trip when I get my taxes back so thats real soon. Hopefully before I go on vacation!! 30% off rocks! And that pic got my heart beating all crazy!!!!! Any rec. on what to get?? Since I won't get back there any time soon this is my only chance to get goodies now.

It's a freestanding store with "PRO products available" - it's a Pro store not a freestanding store.

I checked maccosmetics.com and if you go to the store locator, the freestanding stores location won't have "PRO products available" underneath its location.

here's an example:

MAC freestanding store location

MAC Pro store location

see the difference?