What is your collection worth...

[Love Always Ivy]

according to my spreadsheet i started a few days ago ... $3,245
and thats only the brushes and eyeshadows, not including pigments, lipsticks, lipglosses, foundations, blushes, bronzers, mascaras and eyeliners.

i probably have to add in the disclaimer that i have this obsessive collecting compulsion ... and that hit me hard with Nars and Urban Decay ... starting with MAC of the late too.

 

[purrtykitty]

I shudder to even think.

But seeing as how I spend nearly $300 at the pro store recently, it's at least that!

 

[Simply Elegant]

Way too much. My collection has grown lots over this past year and would take too long to add up.

 

[foxykita143]

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Originally Posted by M.A.C. head. I don't really buy clothes or jewelry, but when I do it's the cheap stuff; so all my "spending money" goes towards higher priced make up because that's what I like.

I'm almost the exact same way with the exception of a good Coach purse and some diamonds

 

[jasminbarley]

*****

 

[jrm]

I've been using MAC for approximately 6 months now - I counted up the retail value of the items I've purchased and I'm already nearly hitting $AUD1600... especially with the 6 brushes I purchased recently ...

But - I love every single product I've purchased, and use them... and I know I'm only going to spend more .... I still have another few items I'm waiting to arrive from a seller to add even more value on top ... lol ...

As someone who never really wore cosmetics (besides mascara and maybe eyeliner) before 6 months ago, I never would have thought I would have gotten this obsessed with cosmetics and specifically MAC!

 

[x.DOLLYMiX.x]

I have spent over a £1000 since last march !!

 

[trollydolly]

ive spent about £1300 in a year. but my collection is changing all the time because i have a tendancy to buy things on impulse, not use them and then i swap them on mua lol. in the past 2 months ive learnt what products im actually going to use and which ones im not

 

[makeupmadb]

I've been 'collecting' MAC since April this year, and have so far spent over £300 (GBP). It's hard though because I'm still in school so cannot work, and also the UK prices are so much more!

 

[Luceuk]

Probably about £1000, I will add it all up tomorrow.

 

[nibjet]

I just did a rough estimate and figured around $2700 for just the MAC in my collection.

This is pretty sad considering I've only been wearing makeup for a year and a half. Before that I didn't own anything more than a burts bees lipgloss!

 

[NatalieMT]

I calculated mine today £2000/$4000 that's madness! I started really actively buying MAC just over a year ago so it's crazy to see how it's all added up. I'm quite shocked actually.

 

[SerenityRaine]

I was fine until I discovered the collections and Specktra...After that it was all downhill. $3,000...Ahh the things that I could've bought with that or saved up for...teacup puppy, breast implants, downpayment on a car...etc. Specktra needs a 12 step program! A restraining order with ankle bracelets that go off when you are near a MAC counter. Lol.Time to purge and diet from MAC.

 

[lanslady]

As my husband always says "she's spent enough to buy a used car!" I have spent, rounded off, around $4500.00 on my collection, and that's 3 years of collecting so that's not too bad. But most of that was done within a year..heh.

 

[NatalieMT]

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Originally Posted by SerenityRaine I was fine until I discovered the collections and Specktra...After that it was all downhill. $3,000...Ahh the things that I could've bought with that or saved up for...teacup puppy, breast implants, downpayment on a car...etc. Specktra needs a 12 step program! A restraining order with ankle bracelets that go off when you are near a MAC counter. Lol.Time to purge and diet from MAC.

I know the feeling! Sometimes I look at my collection and think wow I could have spent all that money so differently and in such a constructive way. But really after lots of consideration I thought I've had so much fun with all my MAC, met lots of great people and developed a passion and that's probably the real benefit, that I might not have got otherwise and I wouldn't have it any other way now.

 

[magia]

I dont't even want to think about it! Really. Too much, many thousands perhaps..

 

[Shaquille]

Not in the thousands definitely.. they're pretty small.. but sure in some hundreds.. I had a couple free stuff when I won a quiz at Fafi launching in Asia, so it's worth more than what I've spent..
Except for the fakes I was fooled

 

[duddelle]

I'm with you ladies. The most I spent in one MAC spree was around $550. Yeah, that was the pro store, baby.

 

[ductapemyheartt]

my friend and i did a rough calculation of my mac last week while we were eating dinner. we based it on the photographs of my makeup on my camera. without tax...around 4500 dollars. i started actually collecting in spring of 07.

embarrassssing. it's horrible.

 

[Lyssah]

I have only been collecting since January 08. My collection is worth $5,253.00 (AU) not including all the starflash (all 12 eyeshadows) and Electroflash goodies I am getting on Monday.
It's kinda sad because my first car was worth $5,500 (AU).