What Makes MAC So Different From Other Brands?

mac-cakes

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-I love the customer service
-The variety in colors and textures in everything. If I want a hot pink powder or cream blush they have it.
-I love the new monthly LE launches.
-I love the price and how it's an "inexpensive luxury" unlike Makeup forever and NARS
-PIGMENTS!!! That should pretty much sum it all up
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-Over all I am 95% happy with the service and products I buy there.
 

pumpkincat210

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Mostly I like the array of pigmented products whether it be shadesticks, eyeshadows, lipsticks etc...
I love the tube paints to death.
It's not pricey for the quality.
I get a positive vibe from the people that work there.
The packaging is tempting to look at.
They actually donate some money to a good cause.
 

Penn

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A wide range of colours, and products. The staying power, pigmentation, Viva Glam. With Mac, the options are endless and it really lets you get creative with makeup, it's fun and perfect for makeup addicts like us
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I also love the customer service.
 

glamqueen1

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One thing I really appreciate about MAC is that their marketing pictures never are about presenting a pretty, flawless face. Unlike all other brands, MAC is not about adjusting yourself to the beauty-norm, MAC doesn't tell us what we should look like! With MAC, it's all about having fun with your looks and accepting yourself just as you are!
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Winnie

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I think MAC is unique and different to other brands out there.
What drew me to begin with is the amazing colour payoff you get with their eyeshadows. There is such a huge selection! The LE collections always keep me interested and the B2M scheme is really great, not to mention the Viva Glam Campaigns. I usually get very good customer service too! It's also very different to other brands because I can't think of any other brand that have their own freestanding stores. There is no NARS, Chanel or Dior freestanding make up stores (I could be wrong but I don't think they do have any apart from counters in department stores). The same goes with PRO stores, which contributes to the professional aspect of the brand, again not something I connect with other make up brands. Also price wise, it is more expensive than drugstore purchases but cheaper than higher end cosmetics from Chanel etc. You're paying for quality too and thats why I think MAC has such a cult following.
 

_trimm_trabb

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Everybody has pretty much already mentioned everything I was going to say. They carry such a wide range of colours in almost every product, and although they are somewhat expensive, they are definitely one of the more affordable high end brands ($17.50 for a blusher compared to NARS' $25, $14 for a lipstick compared to Lancome's $20-25). I also really like that while artists at MAC stores (I go to a freestanding not a counter) do have sales goals, they are not pure *commission* and therefore I think I experience a lot less sales pressure when I go to a MAC store.

I really just wish they were sold at Sephora. Sometimes I just feel like shopping for makeup like I shop for clothes - browsing, trying things on and then throwing them in my basket, then putting them back if I change my mind. For some reason I like to have that flexibility and independence when I shop. But this isn't a big issue.
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astronaut

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I first got obsessed with makeup when Ulta had a buy one get one free sale on Urban Decay a few years ago. I bought a TON of eyeshadows! Then I slowly got into MAC, but I started buying shades that turned out to be exact dupes of my Urban Decay shadows! I couldn't keep track with the different brands so I chose to stick with only one brand.

What I like about MAC:

* They have a wide range of products and colors. I can do so many different looks. Super neutral or super bold, it can be all achieved with MAC. It makes sense that if I'm going to stick with one brand, to choose the one that offers the most.

* The new collections coming out makes things fun and exciting. While I do think MAC is pretty quick with the collections lately, I think it's better than having to wait for a whole season for something new to come out.

* The price is affordable for the quality. Quality itself is also superb. Most of the products are very pigmented. Drugstore makeup really isn't that cheap. MAC is pretty cheap compared to the other brands like Bobbi Brown, Shu Uemura, Lancome, and the brands at Sephora. $14 for lipglosses and shadows really isn't that bad.

* Bac2Mac is a good program. I know people would rather have GWP, but for me, I'd prefer to get a full sized product of something I can choose. I don't like the limited selection that GWP have. I've never really gotten anything from a GWP set that I really liked and continued using. Also, it gives a good feeling when you use something up that you can use it towards a new product rather than usually feeling depressed. lol Plus, if I like say something from Sephora, I'll get nothing at all. No b2m, no GWP, well, they do give a small crappy sample for every $100 you spend. Pathetic!

* Viva Glam. I like that they have Viva Glam products that 100% goes to charity. It's not like some products out there that will say only 10% or so gets donated. I don't feel bad at all when I buy a Viva Glam product because I see it as donating money and getting a free lipstick/lipgloss as a bonus
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They aren't crappy ugly colors either, they are nice!

* I like shopping at MAC versus anywhere else. I love their customer service. I like the fact that there are so many artists to a counter/store. When I go to another counter, there is usually only one SA there and I tend to get too much unneeded attention to the point that I'm feeling pushed and can't shop peacefully. I'm being watched at every swatch or glance I make of a product. At MAC, the MA's let me play around freely and are no nice about everything. Oh, and don't even get me started about the obnoxious stalker SA's at Sephora!

* I love the trendy atmosphere at MAC.

* I feel like the MAC MA's are very experienced and are held to a high standard. I trust that. They know their stuff when it comes to makeup and especially when it comes to sanitation, which is most important to me. I've seen numerous SA's from Sephora and some other counter lines just stick their fingers in everything, use stuff straight from the tube, etc. It makes me want to hurl.

* MAC MA's have nice makeup. Some may have OTT makeup, but it still looks nice and not sloppy. It's very rare for me to see a MAC MA with cruddy makeup, but I've seen people who work at other lines, Sephora, and Ulta with messily applied eyeshadow, muddy, foundation not matching.. just bad.
 

verdge

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my answer to this... MAC has helped MIllions of people through selling VIVA GLAM lipsticks... they're not just about beauty and fashion... they reach out to less fortunate people... that's why MAC is so blessed...
 

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