When are you disloyal to MAC and why?

[Nzsallyb]

i am hardly ever disloyal to MAC - the only time that i am disloyal is with under-eye concealor. i just love the MAC brand so much, and it is really reasonably for such quality in NZ. drugstore mascaras are more expensive than MAC mascara's (which are much better in my opinion), and drugstore foundations are only $10-$20 cheaper than MAC.

 

[jackiel718]

Seriously, some people treat MAC too much like a cultish religion..meaning they have blind faith and loyalty to everything and anything they do even if evidence is to the contrary that someone else does it better.

Mac is a really fun and creative brand. I love (and hate) the fact that they have limited edition collections every month that keep their collection fresh and new. Back to Mac is is another great feature.

However, they clealy dont have the best of everything...mascaras, foundation, and concelear being the most obvious examples. Isnt the whole point of buying makeup to look good...not feeding your shopping addiction by giving all your money to the coolest brand?

p.s.-dont kick me off the board!!... I still love me some MAC...I'm jus saying..

 

[mdjmsj]

MAC will always be my first cosmetic love but I love makeup in general so I like to look into all brands-I definitely have a ton of MAC though!

 

[sherby2722]

Im hardly ever disloyal to mac but i really dnt like their mascaras so for that i have 2 b. i think diorshow n bad gal mascara r waay betta than any mac make!!

 

[ztirkazoid]

Not gonna lie, MAC *is* my favourite brand. Sure they have some misses, but their reputation very much consists of hits.

MAC is an accessible, mid-range brand that offers an assortment of cosmetics with numerous LE collections every year. They are also @ the forefront with what's in trend for every season, and their versatile products are widely used in fashion runways around the world.

But nobody should *ever* pigeon-hole themselves to one brand. Aside from MAC, I also love me some Rimmel, L'Oreal, Guerlain and YSL. IMO, a good collection is a well-rounded collection.

 

[AshleyDanielle]

I just wanted to sub in this thread so I can refer to it later when I go shopping and make my wishlist!

 

[henrieta]

I love love mac! But i couldnt find right foundation for my oily skin, so i skipped to Estee Lauder and found the perfect one.

Also brushes... crown brushes are soooo cheap and great and for £20 u can get many of them, not just one.

 

[jenixxx]

I have always been 'disloyal', especially with mascara.

 

[bextacyaddict]

i use eyeliner from urban decay and foundation from maxfactor

 

[meika79]

I use Dior mascara and MUFE foundation. I remember when one of the MAC mua caught me at the Dior counter...AWKWARD!!

Lol.

 

[amabel]

I use OPI nail polishes, Clinique mascara and UD potion primer.

 

[molotov]

I love MAC so much, but I often purchase black kohl eyeliner from other cosmetic lines, due to the fact that I wear eyeliner everyday, and the cost of using MAC eyeliners would be far too much for the amount I go through!

Also, I have to say, my favourite mascara is the YSL one frollowed by Lancome.

 

[AmberElizabeth]

I'm with Onederland- I'm just a hussy making hot love all over the place.

MAC is my true love, but there are a lot of other brands out there that give me naughty satisfaction! I love NARS blushes, Chanel gloss, UD shadows, Stila kajals... I could go on forever. I even like the cheap loving I get from drugstore brands

A lot of my HG must-haves are MAC, but not everything they make I find fabulous.

 

[carlycase]

im a dirty whore, but one thing i really cant get into with mac is their Mascaras and i try and try and try, but just no luck.

 

[theredwonder]

I'm not a fan of their eyeliners (Except fluidline, but that takes a while for me to use), but I ADORE Urban Decay 24/7 liners.

Also, I love Benefit's creaseless cream shadows a little better than mac paintpots because I love the shimmer in them.

 

[Susanne]

I just use MAC. Expect their mascaras, Plushlash is the only one I like, so I use drugstore brands as well.

 

[jungleland]

I'm quite loyal to MAC.
I began to be interested in make up only a few months ago, before I had very few items which I seldom used and they were mainly drugstore brands.
When I decided to repurchase everything ( I had those things since years, no joking LOL), I went to a MAC and I really like the quality of products especially on their price range. I'm not telling that they are the best period, but I think they are worth their money.
I bought also something from other brands, but I was not wowed.
I also began to read almost religiously this forum (

), so I know there's some items to avoid like their mascaras, but over all I'm pretty loyal to MAC.

 

[Kragey]

Like most others have said, I'm not necessarily "disloyal," I just buy what I like from MAC and purchase what I like from other companies instead. More often than not, it's the price that pushes me away; I can almost always find a very similar product for at least half the price that will do the same thing for me.

I absolutely DEPEND on MAC's Rule eyeshadow and NW15 studio finish concealer for my horrendous undereye circles, and I like a lot of their eyeshadows, fluidlines, and lipglasses. But to be quite honest, I usually just use pencil eyeliner, I DEFINITELY prefer pigments over eyeshadows and can get tons of colors from other places for the cost of one MAC pigment, and there are tons of great lipglosses out there. There's no doubt in my mind that MAC is a great company, it's just hard for me to justify spending that kind of money when I'm in college and can find cheaper products of about the same quality.

MAC's foundations are okay, but I actually tend to prefer drugstore products better. I find a lot of their lipsticks overpriced, their mascara is nothing to write home about, and I am REALLY getting sick of the constant LEs.

I DO wish I could own some of their brushes, as I've tried out a couple and really like them, but they're just not worth the money for me.

 

[hello_kitty]

I'm really only disloyal when it comes to mascara, where I use Make Up For Ever. I never really have tried MAC mascaras to tell the truth, and once I found my MUFE one I haven't tried anything else.

I also like the Urban Decay 24/7 eye pencils, but I own my share of MAC ones as well. I like how the UD formula is creamy and doesn't tug, and Zero is awesome on the waterline.

Other than that, I'm pretty much all MAC. I just prefer to stick with one brand, and with the discount it's really hard to beat the prices. I'm also pretty OCD about organization, so I like that all my shadows fit in the same palette.

 

[LMD84]

i have started using the urban decay lip prmer rather than the mac one because i feel like the ud on makes the lip colour last longer and also seems to even out my lip colour so that when the lipstick goes on it's just like it looks in the tube