When are you disloyal to MAC and why?

[Brianne]

Mascara, for sure. I have great luck with mascara from the drugstore and I can always catch a sale.

I have a few MAC blushes, but I also love NARS. And while I do like lipglass, Chanel Glossimers are just fabulous.

 

[LatinaRose]

I love makeup so it would be really hard for me to stick within one brands limits!

MAC of course if my favorite, but my traincase is like a mini sephora. Nars for e/s (nightclubbing is the best! black with gold sparkles), blush, and lipgloss. Urban decay for e/s, Dior for e/s and lipgloss, Hard Candy for lip gloss, Sugar for eyelashes, Lancome for Juicy tubes.

But MAC will always be my favorite!!

 

[Tonitra]

I love MAC for pretty much everything to do with my eyes. Love the colours!
But I do use Clinique foundation, powder, and mascara. Oh, and Lip Fusion for my lips.

 

[absolut_blonde]

I actually really like their skincare. Their Cleanse-Off Oil, Green Gel Cleanser, Studio Moisture Cream, both the eye creams, and their Microfine Refinisher are all great. The only thing they are lacking is a rich moisturiser with SPF15; their light day moisture (whatever it's called) isn't moisturising at all.

 

[giz2000]

Hate to admit it, but I am a makeup 'ho...I'll buy anything that catches my eye, no matter what brand it's from...that being said, 85% of my personal collection and professional kit is MAC, but I do have Smashbox, Loreal (their True Match concealers are the bomb!), Make Up For Ever, tarte, NARS and other brands...

 

[lara]

Things like liquid liners, mascaras, and anything else that needs to be thrown out every two to three months, I use cheaper brands.

I also find that more and more of my working kit is not MAC, as the brand doesn't really cater for professionals anymore. :/

 

[poddygirl]

Always with mascara as I found the few MAC mascaras I tried too goopy. I have used Diorshow loyally for the past few years. Also, couldn't seem to find the right shade of MAC bronzing powder and got recommended NARS Laguna which I love. Other than those 2 items most everything else I own is MAC with a smattering of Stila and UD.

 

[nenalinda27]

I started off with drug store brands many many years ago and then I started to make more money and I worked at Macys so I was able to buy more high end brands. My first was prescriptives about 8 yrs ago and it's still my favorite foundation. I found that every brand has a little something that I like. Some of favorites are smashbox, bobbi brown, and Laura Mercier. But mac will always be my #1 because of its cool look, quality makeup and wide variety of colors.

 

[user4]

i dont like MAC foundation so i buy bare essentuals foundation
i really dont like MAC mascara so i buy diorshow mascara
i also like Dior Addict lipgloss... it's so smooth and a lot less sticky than MAC lipglasses (even though I still buy them cuz the colors are just too much to resist)

 

[gorgeousgirlie]

I love MAC, don't get me wrong but sometimes considering the money I pay for their stuff, some of their products are just not up to scratch.

The only stuff I buy from mac are their eye products and MSFs. Those are the stuff I consider irreplaceable and unique to their brand (shadesticks and fluidlines to name a few). However their mascaras and foundations aren't great and I find drugstore brands much better and cheaper in that respect.

I'm all for brand loyalty but its impossible to stick with just one brand, especially if the product doesn't work or there are better and cheaper alternatives. I'd love to stick with one brand-it'd make shopping for a new foundation/mascara/lip colour a whole lot less confusing and simpler, but at the end of the day I'm the consumer and if I'm not satisfied with a product then they don't deserve my money-whether its mac or not.

 

[gigiproductions]

wow i must be crazy all i use is mac..face care wise i stray but makeup in general it all works for me..everything is MAC ..i feel weird using other brands..i tried nars and hated it cuz the e/s sucked..

 

[Glow]

I use Estee Lauder eyeshadows and lipglosses. And covergirl foundation and NYC concealer (best stuff ever, seriously).
Alongside MAC of course.

 

[lindseylouike]

When I started wearing makeup at like 21, I wore a lot of Clinique because they're not super expensive and for a poor college student, the GWPs are nice. Since then, I've branched out, but still stick with Clinique for my toner, eye m/u remover, lipstick, and mascara. I actually used to wonder why people were so MAC exclusive. Since I've tried their eyeshadows/shadesticks/paints and MSFs, I understand why--I love their different finishes. However, I haven't felt the need to make my collection just MAC--I have other brands (Clinique, Smashbox, Hard Candy, BE, Benefit) that I like better for the rest of my face.

 

[turtle_pixie_]

About 80%+ of my stuff is mac, but a lot is benefit, and i love RMK and i love stila, and someof bobbi browns sutff is nice, as is nars. basically i am a make-up junkie, but if i had to have only one choice i'd pick mac since i like everything from mac, but then it'd be stila/rmk joint since i like everything from both brands too. although i love mac the most! i also use dior quite a bit.

i also have used rimmel, UD, hard candy, virgin vie, no 7, 17, maybelline, l'oreal, almay, astor, lancome, chanel, ysl...

 

[Sarahj31]

I think that if you truly love makeup, you experiment with other brands. Honestly, even if I was the CEO of MAC, I would still go to Sephora or Nordstroms or wherever makeup was sold.

 

[missytakespics]

for highlighters, i was one of the biggest hoarders and collectors of MSF's..until I found Smashbox's Softlights Powders...now I am a huge hoarder and collector of THOSE and got rid of every MSF but Stereo Rose.
And I cheat on MAC with a few brushes, because they dont make them. Once again, with Smashbox. Most everything else is MAC though, with the occassional BB gel liner and random eyeshadows.

 

[stripedphoenix]

Philosophy - skincare and body products (not a big cheat)
Lancome or Dior - mascara (medium cheat)

Otherwise I'm pretty loyal! Sometimes I use brushes by other companies.

 

[GimpyPoop]

Yo,
NARS - blushes
Urban Decay - Primer Potion
I'm pretty true otherwise!

LN

 

[MAC_Pixie04]

i don't call it disloyalty, but i rarely buy MAC brushes. I've been buying Sonia Kashuk brushes from Target because they work as well but cost about 1/3 as much. Other than that, everything I own is MAC.

 

[ette]

not all my makeup is mac, just about 60% is. i hate their mascaras. i love mac but i love other brands too and i don't see a problem with that.