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
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.