What's so wrong with being an exclusive MAC whore?

[Rita Baumann]

Once upon a time I was MUFE exclusive. Then I discovered Mac Pigments, fluidlines and dazzleglasses. Pigments are really the best VALUE in high end loose powders. MUFE eyeshadows are 19-20 bucks for a pan. MAC Pigments are 19 bucks for 7.5g. You do the math. I still love my MUFE, but MAC is now at least 45% of my stash.

UDPP - it's funny when ppl talk about this because it's the only thing from Urban Decay I actually like. Even so, I hate the packaging. I hate all the Urban Decay packaging. When I put the UDPP in my train case it looks like a toy. Yuck.

 

[L1LMAMAJ]

nothing wrong with being an exclusive MAC whore!

80% of my stuff is mac, the rest is random odd and ends from drugstores. proud of it!

 

[Sojourner]

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[FiestyFemme]

Like most things, I say to each their own. Who cares if someone else is 100% loyal to MAC? Most of my stuff is MAC, but I don't think twice about trying something that isn't MAC if I think I'll like it. I just honestly don't understand why it's an issue at all. It's just makeup.

 

[nursie]

i don't think there is anything wrong with having only mac products if they all work for you. not to mention that since i'm slightly ocd, it would make a nice neat collection of same brand in all your collection.
i've never had all of any one brand. a little of this and a little of that. my mac eyeshadow collection takes up the largest portion of all my makeup, but i still have some other brand's eyeshadows too.

 

[User27]

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[saccharinity]

I think its personal preference and I don't understand why anyone would care what other people are buying or not trying. If you want a 100% MAC collection, go for it and post some pics for me to drool over!!

 

[geeko]

about 70% of my collection is MAC and recently i';ve been venturing out to other brands

but i still love my MAC mainly for their eyeshadows, BLUSHERS especially and pigments

No other cosmetic brand has ever come out with such a wide variety of colors for blushers and i'm absolutely am a big fan of MAC cheek products even though i do think Shu Uemura has pretty blushers as well

Not to mention, MAC is reasonably priced as compared to other counter brands and most of the time, the quality is there.

Although many people complain about the studio fix fluid foundation breakin them out, but so far i think this is the best suited foundation for me. Have tried a few other brands, but they caused my skin to flake n peel >.< and in some cases break outs. So i will probably be stickin to my MAC SFF after i'm done with my current bottle.

some other brands i like include MUFE and Shu Uemura. But my first love always has to be MAC even though of late i've been buyin less MAC.

Tried japanese brand eyeshadows...but they are too glittery and compared with MAC ..their color payoff kinda sucks. So for eyeshadows i will always go back to MAC or MUFE or Shu. Other brands e/s kinda sucs. Dior shadows are ok...but i still prefer MAC. It provides value for money.

I dun give a darn if people say i'm a MAC whore cause if i think their product work for me I will buy. If i think the product doesn't work, I simply dun buy.

Other brands won't wow me as much as MAC in terms of the color make up. MAC has such a wide range of colors in their color make up that it feels like i'm entering a candy store each time i'm at the counter. When i pass the counter of other make up brands in the departmental store, i will feel blah cause there ain't enough variety in their selection of colors.

Once u go MAC, u can't turn back.

For eyeshadows i love: MAC and MUFE and Shu Uemura

Blushers: MAC an Shu Uemura

Lipgloss: MAC and Dior (Don't own a lot of dior lipgloss cause they are pretty pricey as compared to MAC)

Eyeliners: MAC only

Pressed powder: My good ol MAC msf natural in medium. I probably won't be switching to other brands for face powder. I will be stickin with this for good

I do love my Mac but at the same time i do experiment a bit with other brands but there are somethings which other brands cannot compete with MAC such as the MSFs and mineralized blushers. I absolutely am a big fan of MAC's mineralized cheek products.

 

[elle25]

I don't think theres anything wrong with using only mac. But you should be open to the possibility that something is better than mac. I love mac but the foundations aren't right for me and I prefer UD liners but mac will always be my number one.

It shouldn't really matter to others the brands someone has in their collection since it doesn't affect them in any way. As long as your happy with what you've got thats all that matters.

 

[hello_kitty]

I think there should be a distinction between a MAC Whore and a MAC Fanboy/girl.

Fanboys/girls are the type that will swear something is the best thing ever, won't try anything else, and cannot be convinced that said thing might not be the best. I think that is what might come into some people's heads when they hear that someone is MAC exclusive.

I think that is a lot different than someone who just prefers to stick with one product. I'm almost 100% MAC, but I know there is some things that are better, and am willing to try them. I just like my stuff to be one brand and I like the overall MAC "thing" (palettes, packaging, selection, price, etc.) If someone was to look at all my makeup, they'd see that I love MAC, but they will also see there's a few MUFE and Too Faced shadows, MUFE mascaras, and Urban Decay eyeliners.

So I wouldn't call myself a fangirl because I know MAC isn't the best for everyone, as we all have our own preferences. There's no "omgz mac is the best thing ever, everything else sucks, you suck for not using mac!" here even though my collection might suggest otherwise!

 

[Aimishu]

i agree with hello kitty. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a mac- whore. At the moment i am one myself hahah but i'm open to other brands.
I'm just leaning more towards MAC because of the high quality products.

 

[alanna]

I feel bad for those people when they're so tuned into mac they tune out any other great products from other brands. The mac cult has took me under, for a few months. I started thinking they were the best blah blah blah. Then I started trying numerous things and I realized that they're just another makeup brand that has their strengths and weaknesses. The MAC movement has done great things and Mac is relatively innovative in their products and collections. I think there would be other high-brand "cults" if there were more free-standing stores rather than Sephora retailing the brands.
People are just ridiculous if they stay in their one little mac-hoarding box and never check out their options. If people are getting actually upset about others exclusive use of mac, they need to re-evaluate their lives. After all, it's only makeup, and at the end of the day -or night- it just gets washed off.
LOL

 

[Blushbaby]

Quote:

Originally Posted by alanna IIf people are getting actually upset about others exclusive use of mac, they need to re-evaluate their lives. After all, it's only makeup, and at the end of the day -or night- it just gets washed off. LOL

Amen to that!

 

[Folie]

This doesn't apply to you, because I don't know you well and you don't seem to be this type of person, but it only bothers me when some people think they're better than others because they own only MAC or a a lot of MAC. I knew this person, offline, and she was all "You only have this many shadows?! I have this many..." and would always do things like that. Once I wearing a lipstick and she liked it and asked what it was. I told her the name and she was all "MAC doesn't make that." like all smug. "I was all it's not MAC." She was all who made it and I told her it was Chanel, I do prefer Chanel and YSL lip products. She looked like crushed. I think that's what happens to some, not all, people who become too wrapped up in MAC. They think it's the end all to be all and become like uppity when people don't have it. There are brands that cost more and make better things. So, if a person like only MAC, I don't mind. However, when they start to get a tude over it, I don't like it.

 

[babycoconut]

Life is too short for me to give a half a damn about what other people think of me. I actually have problems with girls who blow their entire savings or paycheck in order to buy MAC when they should really be using the money on things like food, bills, etc. That's not good.

 

[mae13]

It really doesn't (or shouldn't) matter what makeup people choose to wear.

I can definitely understand the idea of being loyal to one brand - I'm a Mac-phile (speaking of the computers), and I'm 95% exclusive to BPAL when it comes to perfume. Both those choices come from having tried a variety of options and having found that those two brands represent the highest success rate for me personally.

If that's what leads one to embrace MAC exclusively, well then, more power to you.

I can also understand not wanting to test other brands if across the board you've been satisfied by MAC. It can be expensive to buy a bunch of things that may end up not working out.

What I think is troubling is when people who are loyal to one brand can't get past their devotion and make value judgements about other people based on what they use, or when their identity becomes so wrapped up in the brand that it ceases to be a form of personal expression.

 

[musicalhouses]

I personally am not a MAC ho, (I mean, I have so many brands that I'm not any brand's ho, but I AM a huge huge makeup ho in general), but I don't care whether others use MAC only or not at all. It doesn't bug me. Everyone has their preferences.

In my experience with makeup, it's not so much brand discrimination as makeup discrimination - I HATE people who judge me as shallow or stupid or spendthrift or superficial just because of my stash of makeup and nail polish, and I like bags. I mean, who is to judge?

That said though, this entire thread reminds me of this incident which happened to me in college. While visiting my dorm room, this girl was bragging to me about how much she spends on makeup. She was all like, "Oh I spend $200 a month on Bare Escentuals..I get their foundation kit" and basically having this I-know-EVERYTHING-about-makeup attitude. And then she caught sight of my makeup stash in my drawers, and started screaming "OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!!" over and over again, and immediately shut up about makeup after that. And after that incident, I never had to hear her lecture on makeup anymore.

 

[vocaltest]

Eh, I'm on the fence about the subject. This is pretty much what everyone else has said but I'll continue anyway...

There isn't anything wrong with being exclusive to one brand if thats what you want, but I think if you are in the mind set of 'MAC rules all' and completely dismiss any other brand, you're missing out on some fantastic products.

I admit, over the past six months (or longer!) I haven't been active on Specktra, purely because MAC hasn't inspired me at all. There hasn't been a product in a LONG while that has jumped out at me and I thought 'I have to have it'. Also, I think I've got all the permanent products I need. But, I will say whilst I haven't been active on the MAC scene (I couldn't tell you the next collection coming out!), I've discovered a whole bunch of other mid to high end products as well as drug store products that I believe are equally as good if not better than MAC's.

I guess the moral is step outside the box every once in a while...