Identifying fake MAC Pigments ***Guide with photos***

rockin

Well-known member
I managed to buy a couple of fake pigments on ebay myself recently. Thankfully I have managed to get a refund, but I am out of pocket by £8.70 for the return postage because of having to send it recorded.

The seller claims she is a makeup artist having a clear out and insisted that they were genuine, then said that she had got them from her usual wholesale supplier. I pointed out that MAC don't do wholesale, and told her what told me the pigments were fake - the lack of 'ridges' around the inside of the jar, the lack of a space after the "DIST. BY/PAR:" , and the fact that the font on the box was thicker and whiter than it should be. They also had that odd smell. I told her she had been conned by her supplier, but she refused to believe it (or maybe refused to admit that she knew they were fake, I don't know which).

I looked today and she has relisted them, or others like them. She's charging £24.99 each for them, so there was no low price to make me wary. Since she has relisted them, I feel I should warn people. The pigments I bought were Fairy Lite and Jardin Aires, but she has others as well, all in the old jars. The seller's user name is nosie57 and she is from Ireland.
 

Mamasteph

New member
I have been searching this site for years and just finally became a member to say THANK YOU for all of these super helpful threads! I had no idea there were so many counterfeit MAC pigments!
 

Elow

Member
thank you for the guide
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ButterflyKeeper

Well-known member
A reason why we should avoid counterfeit makeup: http://www.buzzfeed.com/juliegerstein/counterfeit-makeup-has-human-pee-and-rat-poop-in-it#.fyoqZOPDj THEY HAVE HUMAN PEE IN IT. Keep up the good work in spotting the fakes and notifying us.
 

Xqueeze_me

Well-known member
Wooooooow!! I think the last time I was here was maybe 2008...? LOL I just unearthed some of the old MSFs from 2005 to 2007 (2 Petticoats and a Porcelain Pink, I think), an unused LadyBug lipstick that I bought at the Singapore international airport years ago, some postcards (MAC Fafi, Naughty Nauticals, some invitation for the Holiday Colour and Gift Collections, Strange Hybrid, Moon Bathe, Flashtronic, A Muse, Viva Glam 6 with Fergie, Passions of Red 2008) and the set of Heirlooms brushes with a gold weave clip purse. Brings back so many memories from here!! I am so surprised I actually remembered the password to get back in here!! XD Are there still counterfeit MAC cosmetics around? ><
 
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