MA's... do you ever dislike a look you have to wear?

[Ninjette]

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Originally Posted by lara "Can you do a smokey eye on me? Not like yours though, you look a little slutty and cheap." - one of my favourite lines as delivered to a co-worker of mine. Six months on and I think she's still smarting over that one.

Thats horrible! That was crazy rude right there. At that point i would have been like "just get the hell out of my chair". I dont think i could have kept my cool lol. Can yall refuse to do makeup on clients or do you have to do everybody's makeup that asks for it?

 

[User93]

I think being rude with a make-up artist is just lack of education + ingorance. I mean, why do people in general always gotta be rude no matter what job are you doing? Cant you just enjoy the fact you gonna have your make-up done by a pro artist? Whoever is in front of you, make-up artist, repectionist, consultant etc - this is rude to tell people they look cheap/slutty etc.

My fav ma told me people are wierd aswell, no one wants vivid bright colours much, they even get bored of making a "natural" face. As for me, i never mind it, simply because i wont be able to do anything like that myself, plus, experimenting is fun! She did me some hot (slutty?) smoky-eyes, and then the other day naughty nauticals promo look. People in the subway were staring at me sometimes, but thats ok.

I feel ashamed for all that people and what the do to MA's. We appreciate your job so much, and rude people you can meet at any job. Sorry ladies!

 

[frocher]

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[photobycourtney]

I'm glad this question was asked. I went to the MAC counter because of my love of color and ability to have intensity and recently waited to speak to an MA because I liked her makeup. I photograph rock bands in my "second life" and like the edgeier (dang think that was not spelled correctly!) looks. I love what she did for me and seriously if I had gone and chosen my colors, I would have never picked plum dressing! It's now one of my favorites. Did my makeup look like hers when I was done? No, but it was her style that I liked.. It's like going to get your hair but and bringing in a photo with you. Sure I want that cut like Victoria Beckham but I'm not her so it's not going to look the same.

 

[lara]

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Originally Posted by Ninjette Thats horrible! That was crazy rude right there. At that point i would have been like "just get the hell out of my chair". I dont think i could have kept my cool lol. Can yall refuse to do makeup on clients or do you have to do everybody's makeup that asks for it?

Of course we can refuse service if there's a valid reason to*, but sometimes you just gotta swallow your pride and make the sale. If I refused service to every rude person that I encountered, I'd be lucky to bring in a thousand dollars a day. Bringing in the money is more important than my (temporarily) hurt feelings.

* I refuse service if I consider it a risk to my health or the health of other customers and coworkers (open sores, weeping acne, etc), or if the person has seriously ripe body odour.

 

[VioletB]

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Originally Posted by lara * I refuse service if I consider it a risk to my health or the health of other customers and coworkers (open sores, weeping acne, etc), or if the person has seriously ripe body odour.

I love how descriptive you are! Weeping acne.. ripe odor. What perfect words.. and so very very true.

 

[stacylynne]

I personally love color. I know most of the MA's @ my mac counter that I goto.
They know what I like & if I don't like something I tell them, no I don't like it.
They get to know you & it's all trial & error. But to be nasty @ a MA for no reason is totally uncalled for. It's just not nice.

Remember, if you have nothing nice to say, don't say it @ all.

I like the crazy colors & trying on different looks. Ladies, remember it's makeup, if you don't like it, wash it off. It's not permanent.

 

[redambition]

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Originally Posted by lara Not so much whether I like my required make-up or not (there's not much I can do about it so it's not worth stressing over), I still get chapped about people dissing our features. People tend to forget there's a person behind the fierce make-up and can get really personal about your appearance. Most of the time it's aspirational ("I really love your eyeliner, I wish I could do my make-up like yours!" etc) but sometimes people can be incredibly brutal about your looks. Aaaaaaaaaall the time. I can't tell you how many times I've been described by customers as 'the fat girl with glasses and pink eyeshadow.'

how rude. :/ they are obviously jealous of your amazing hotness.

 

[1QTPie]

The only time I was ever disappointed with MAC MUA's makeup looks was around the N Collection. I went in super excited to play with the new stuff and all the artists looked normal. I was really bummed. Really bummed. Browns and grays BLAH.

I was so confused and trying to figure out why my makeup was more exciting than there's.

 

[ms.marymac]

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Originally Posted by 1QTPie The only time I was ever disappointed with MAC MUA's makeup looks was around the N Collection. I went in super excited to play with the new stuff and all the artists looked normal. I was really bummed. Really bummed. Browns and grays BLAH. I was so confused and trying to figure out why my makeup was more exciting than there's.

Well, it was a natural collection.

 

[Sweexy985]

This post was very informative for me!

I had no idea that MAC MAs have to wear certain looks on the job. I just always saw all the pretty made up faces and was like, "wow, that's somebody that loves makeup". lol

It's fun. It does sometime look a little over the top, but never ever BAD.

Bad makeup, to me, is what a little girl looks like after playing in her mommy's makeup.

How can what a professional makeup artist creates on themselves ever be BAD? No, it's just on another level that some people don't get.

 

[User67]

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[AppleDiva]

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Originally Posted by benzito_714 to each is own but i do hate when i'm in MAC and i overhear customers ask/tell MA's 'is it gonna be like yours?' or 'i don't want it as crazy as yours.' if you go in MAC, you must trust them to steer you in the right direction, right? i've had MA's say to me, 'i'm going to do neutrals on you' or ask me 'would i mind color?'. i always say hell yeah-i look good in anything do whatever your heart desires-well with the exception of red lips and noticeable lip liner. i have big lips and those accents make me look like i'm giving bj's in the parking lot. lol!

I think that it is great the MAs ask that question. I know too many WOC, especially Black women that fear color. Gosh, it makes me sad sometimes. What I realize is that people do not understand the art of makeup, which imho, makes it more compelling. I want to see people trying different colors and stepping out of the box.

 

[productjunkie]

I'm so glad that all of the ladies on here are all really understanding of our situation.
Working at MAC has taught me to come out of my comfort zone when it comes to my makeup. I never really wear bold lips. I never wear eye shadow on my days off unless I'm going out. I'm pretty plain.
I have a lot of woman diss me at work. I wear s.fix fluid with mineralize skinfinish natural on top and a few ladies have been like "I want foundation but I don't want it to be heavy like yours". Well, excuse me. I just tell them in the nicest voice that "to each there own and I happen to like how my makeup looks". You can't win them all.
One time I wore a really dark smokey eye. These girls walking in the mall when I was on my break said outloud so I would hear "omg... is that much eye makeup necessary".
I think a lot of people are just haters.

 

[erine1881]

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Originally Posted by productjunkie I think a lot of people are just haters.

that's because we're fabulous and they aren't!

 

[pumpkincat210]

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Originally Posted by erine1881 we get alot of looks when we do theme days that require masks. i love doing masks! customers will stare at us and ask "what's with makeup?" then we gotta explain the whole thing, blah, blah, blah. it gets really annoying! they actually think we wear them on a normal daily basis.

Gah, that would be annoying, I may stare at the makeup, but it's usually because i'm trying to figure out what colors they used. I think theme days are really neat and fun for both the MA and the customer. If all jobs had that creativity in them i think more people would like to work.

 

[roselyn112]

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Originally Posted by hellman I'm not a makeup artist, but when the Fafi collection came out my friend and I went to go check it out and bought a bunch of stuff. I went a few days after it came out, so I guess I missed the theme day, but after MAC we went to this chocolate store across the street. The guy at the counter looked at our Fafi bags and was like, "WHERE IS THAT BAG FROM?" And we said it was from the MAC store across the street. He goes on to explain that a few days previously, a bunch of girls came in "that looked exactly like the girl on that bag" and he couldn't figure out where they came from. It made me laugh =)

How funny!!!

 

[Ruby Lou]

Every day is a staring contest at the counter, not just special theme days or looks for new collections. haha

Although we get some haughty looks, I find our theme days or event days always bring in more people and business.

And I never hate wearing a look. Ever. No matter what look I'm wearing, I always make it my style. That's what MAC is all about.