When are you disloyal to MAC and why?

ellemarie

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MAC's foundation always makes my skin look dry, so I use Origins for that. I love my Benefit Badgal mascara, too. MAC's mascara just doesn't do anything for me.

Skincare? Forget about it. I'd never use MAC's.
 

Eilinoir

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I only use MAC for eyeshadows/pigments...everything else comes from either Benefit, Prescriptives, NARS, Baby Pink, Kiehl's, LUSH, or Maybelline.

*pat on the back*
Sorry MAC, you're not *that* good (at least not in my books) lol
 

mae13

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I've only started getting into MAC recently, but I've yet to find a foundation that works for me. All the colors are just too orange or pink on me, and I'm not all that crazy about the textures. I would have thought that one benefit of getting bought out by Estee Lauder would be improved foundation colors and textures (since Clinique, Origins and EL all have some fantastic choices there), but so far...no hits.

A lot of my choices are dictated by my finances at the moment, unfortunately.

I'm mostly there for the eyeshadows (though Annabelled provides a statisfying low-cost alternative), the fluidlines and the lipsticks/glosses (though I still like Rimmel for that as well).

I don't see myself spending twice as much on mascara and pencil liners when there are great cheap options available from Maybelline (mascara) and Annabell/Prestige (liners). If I had the cash, I'd spring for MAC liners, since the textures and colors ARE great, but that's one area I've chosen to cut back on in terms of spending.

As for perfumes...I have deep-seated loyalty to BPAL, and pretty much only BPAL.
 

soiler

New member
The only things I enjoy from MAC are eyeshadows and lipsticks. For mascara, good old Maybelline is perfect for me. Bobbi Brown makes the best brushes. Bobbi Brown also has great foundation shades for golden/yellow skin.
 

fishchick72

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I really only want MAC e/s. MAYBE later on I'll check out the fluidline, but I'm not sure. I've never seen any difference in a cheap mascara vs. expensive mascara, so I won't waste my money on mascara. The same is true of compact powder. And I rarely wear foundation. For the rare occasions I do wear foundation I am happy with my clinique one so I don't break out. And I rarely wear blush, but the MAC e/s make my skin oilier, so I am worried their blush would do the same, so I'm not buying a MAC blush for that reason. I rarely wear lip stick & am perfectly happy with my cheapie lip glosses.
 

swaly

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Foundations I generally find for cheaper prices, usually drugstore brands (Maybelline, L'oreal) or on eBay (Tony & Tina's rescue stick for $1.69 most recently), and I find MAC foundations to be ideal only for their color choices, not for their formulas. My most recent experience was with Studio Tech which made my skin feel like it was suffocating, ten seconds after I had put it on.

Also, I've found my absolute HG mascara with Clinique (free samples last me years!) and have never thought to try a MAC one.

My general rule is to mainly shop within the MAC line, especially for lipsticks and eyeshadows and blot powder, but if something catches my eye (usually NARS, or something from Sephora), I'll go for it regardless of brand. Especially stuff with special features like colorless lipliner or glitter mascara that MAC doesn't even make.
 

JMKess

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Fragrances, foundation, blush.

I mean, I love MAC, I just don't love the way that their foundations look on me - just nothing special. The Armani Foundations that I use are fabulous and while they're pricey, it's worth every penny.
I've always been partial to Nars blush - it all started with my first Orgasm...I love the way that they wear on my skin.

The majority of my makeup is MAC, but I don't think it's the "end-all, be-all" of lines. And I think they realize it too - I had a MAC MA tell me once that the prep and prime eye was a lousy product and she never used it as a base - she said other lines were better for priming. I think it's the level of honesty that the MAs give to their customers (at least the level of honesty that I've always gotten) that keeps me coming back to MAC.
 

ztatrixie

Member
I'm not a fan of MAC mascara, some form of maybelline macara is always on sale somewhere so that's what I get. And I use CO Bigelow mentha lip tints a lot too and its great with lipglasses as you get a vanilla-mint taste when you mix the two together.
 

MACluv

Member
I absolutely love love love MAC, however the only time I am forced to go outside of this great brand is for some select foundations. Some of the foundations dry out my skin, break me out, or they simply don't have my color. So sad! I'm forced to use other brands once in a while for the select coverage that I'm looking for with Estee Lauder and Shisedo
 

legaleagle

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I adore Chanel quadra eyeshadows and lipsticks. I love the aqualumieres. I am also using a great Chanel concealor at the moment and love their DPF compact foundation.
 

bebs

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I guess I "cheat" on mac with my foudation, mascara and some skin care by christian dior the foundation and mascara was recomended to me by a mac ma. I love mac and its probley about 90% of my make up, but same thing with everything else if it doesn't work for me I'm not gonna buy it
 

giz2000

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Quote:
Originally Posted by JMKess
Fragrances, foundation, blush.

I mean, I love MAC, I just don't love the way that their foundations look on me - just nothing special. The Armani Foundations that I use are fabulous and while they're pricey, it's worth every penny.
I've always been partial to Nars blush - it all started with my first Orgasm...I love the way that they wear on my skin.

The majority of my makeup is MAC, but I don't think it's the "end-all, be-all" of lines. And I think they realize it too - I had a MAC MA tell me once that the prep and prime eye was a lousy product and she never used it as a base - she said other lines were better for priming. I think it's the level of honesty that the MAs give to their customers (at least the level of honesty that I've always gotten) that keeps me coming back to MAC.


I have also told customers that P&P Eye (and a few other MAC products) wasn't that good, and recommended other brands...I am not going to try to convince you to use something that I don't think will work well just to make a sale...and JMKess is right...that's what keeps them coming back.
 

Auryane

Member
Primers, foundations, powders, blushes, lipglosses, mascara. And some liners. To be honest, the only MAC stuff that I really pay attention to are their eyeshadows, pigments, msf's, fluidlines, lipgelees and lustreglass. I find that milani and clinique (of all places) have better lipsticks, milani makes a much cheaper and better blush, I make my own foundation...and UD has a much better eyeshadow primer. Almost any mascara is better than MAC's, though I prefer Bourjois.
 

Artemis

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Well, I bought a few lancome lip products that i love and I prefer other brands of mascara but Most of my MAC up is MAC. I rarely stray.
 

Deirdre

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Hmmm, I've never felt I had an exclusivity agreement with MAC. However, if they promo'd all my needed products,
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I like their eyeshadows and fluidlines best, so I buy those 99% of the time. All else, lots of companies have as good, or better, products that I like.
 

geeko

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i did buy a few e/s and blushers from shu uemura...but not much....90% of my stuff's still from MAC
 

ARmakeupjunkie

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I like MAC but I love Bobbi Brown. I don't feel bad about buying Bobbi Brown, Nars, Stila, or any other brand of makeup. It's just makeup and I don't really feel the need to be loyal. If I like it, I buy it with no regards to who makes it. That's just how I roll! LOL!!
 

queenofdisaster

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the only thing im disloyal with is my skincare (although i am branching into mac's skincare), my cheapo black eye kohls (because i go through them so fast, i'd rather not spend $12.50 when i can buy rimmel for $1.98.) and my foundation. (i use everyday minerals most of the time)
 
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