How did you get hooked on MAC?

[silviachic]

Re: What made you addicted to MAC?

That's so true hello kitty! I love that I can make my own palettes! It allows me to become creative on how to arrange it and it especially makes me feel like a makeup artist (even if Im nowhere near that status

hehe)

 

[ladyJ]

Re: What made you addicted to MAC?

I wish I knew. It is a mystery to me also lolz...I actually do not know how I got so addicted to MAC...it just happened.

 

[Strawberrymold]

Re: What made you addicted to MAC?

I love the palettes! They have really helped me to stream line my stuff. I love all my makeup but I need it to be portable too.

Also, MAC pigments can not be topped for me. I do a lot of face and body painting so the amount that you get in these babies can't be beat. I do wish there were more matte colors though.

 

[silviachic]

Re: What made you addicted to MAC?

Omg, that's so true strawberrymold, the pigments are so awesome! And no matter how many times I use those, I never seem to leave a dent in them haha

So, I'm trying to think of other ways to use them... my friend suggested using them on nails (like mix it in calgel and make your own color) so I'm totally going to try that when I have to redo my nails next hehe

 

[Susanne]

Re: What made you addicted to MAC?

It was the wide range and very good quality of the single eyeshadows!! First had I just bought e/s before I tried other products as well.

Still today I LOVE single e/s from MAC, together with blushes and lipglasses.

 

[kittykit]

Re: What made you addicted to MAC?

The variety choices of colours, the pigments, the quality...

I LOVE MAC!

 

[SakurasamaLover]

Re: What made you addicted to MAC?

The pigments are what get me addicted to MAC, the Pro Mattes especially. (Still can't get over the pain of seeing half the range being cut)

I LOVE THEM

Oh that and the service in the store, with the tips and the samples that only makes you want to come and buy more.

* I can't wait to see Magenta and Cyan*

 

[kathyp]

Re: What made you addicted to MAC?

The wide range (for the time -- it was the mid-to-late 90s when I popped my MAC cherry) of foundation shades, concealers that came in more colors than light, medium and dark, wide variety of eyeshadows, the prices compared to other department store lines, the recycling program...

 

[couturesista]

Re: What made you addicted to MAC?

The MAs and the bright shades! I loved that the MA wore bright, not ur run of the mill makeup and was excited about it!

 

[AmberElizabeth]

Re: What made you addicted to MAC?

Seeing the girls' bright makeup at the MAC counter in Nordstrom when I was about 14. My mom told me I could pick out a few things from there and I got Digit eyeshadow, Wanderlust lip laquer and Lust lipstick. Then it snowballed from there! I thought the packaging was cool, and liked all the eyeshadow colors!

 

[MzzRach]

Re: What made you addicted to MAC?

I've been into MAC for so many years now. I think what pulled me in originally was their range of matte lipsticks. They were really pioneers in the lipstick arena when Frank first started the company.

 

[liquidsirenhoney]

Re: What made you addicted to MAC?

For me it was the actually pigmentation of the shadows, i had tried a lot of other ones and couldn't get the same impact as MAC then it just somehow snowballed from there and i also really adored the MA, so that helped as well.

 

[silviachic]

Re: What made you addicted to MAC?

I agree with you guys... the MAs are awesome! I am always amazed at how well they combine the vibrant colors and and their blending skills. I sometimes catch myself just starring at their eye makeup haha I hope they dont think I'm weird or psycho or something

Their matte eyeshadow are so~ amazing too!

It is because of mac that I became in-love with matte finishes. Other brands 1. dont have as many matte color selections 2. no color payoff 3. a lot more harder to blend

<--- definitely!

 

[La Dolce Diva]

I was SUCH a non-believer! I've always been into drugstore brands- I figured one didn't need to spend money to look great! However...one of my girlfriends "lost" her eyeliner pencil in my dorm room 3 years ago and it became mine, I became subtlely aware that there IS a difference!

Fast forward 2 1/2 years later after a mishaps with Fashion Fair, Clinique (THE WORST), and Merle Norman, I decided to visit a friend who works at MAC- I was going to a wedding and knew I needed to look impressive. $150 later...I couldn't help but wonder WHAT HAD I BEEN THINKING ALL THOSE YEARS!?!?!?!?

I start as a MAC Artist this month! I think it's safe to say I'm a believer now ;-)

 

[belle89]

^ My story is also about me becoming a believer, lol

In my freshman year of college, I remember the friends I made were into makeup. They were big fans of MAC. I was the drugstore girl that could not be moved. In the summer, I bought Studio Fix powder and it was MUCH better than any fdtn I had ever used before. I have these addiction cycles and makeup was something I never got into. I was getting bored with my nail polish phase and get into YouTube make up tuts and stuff. The addiction then began.

 

[dollbaby]

I got into MAC back in 2000. I was a sophomore in high school and I remember watching MTV & they were giving away Britney Spear's make-up. Her make-up was always so incredibly gorgeous and I always wanted to get those looks. Anyway, I don't remember all the details since it was such a while back, but I do remember there being a huge basket of all MAC goodies that they were giving away. She actually presented it to the winner. It was Britney's "Fav" MAC products and they were products she used all the time, the basket was brimming. I was hooked ever since =)

 

[TISH1124]

I really have no clue....I wish I knew exactly when and why so I could fix this damn addiction for real! I made a wrong turn somewhere....I am horrible at directions!! poooh

 

[Strawberrymold]

I first really got into MAC about 6 months ago ( I owned a few lipglasses prior but I do not count this seeing as how I only owned a couple and they were by no means must have items for me). A fellow MUA recommended pigments to me whist I was bitching about how little product you get with the MUFE star powders. I had never really paid much attention to MAC due to the fact that I already had so many other favorite items. Well I went into the store... saw the piggies... did some swatching... and a few hundred dollars later it was all over. After piggies came shadows ( I just love the palettes, they are so easy to carry with me and make my life sooo much easier) and then on to MSF's. The girls at my store are sooo nice and know exactly what I like. With the exception on Piggies and MSF's MAC isn't nessasarily my favorite brand, but I tend to buy it the most because of the help I get when I go there. + b2m rocks as well. Who doesn't like free makeup?

I blame Kara (my friend that told me about pigments). It's all her fault.

 

[rockin26]

My girlfriend dragged my to the Colour Forms VIP night and from there I stumbled on the tuts on YouTube and then I ended up here on Specktra and haven't looked back since!

 

[shazzy99]

I walked into a department store and bought a Diana Ross quad, have been buying MAC ever since.