Hello everyone,
I've become very curious about who makes the actual product for MAC (Estee Lauder and Clinique, Prescriptives, Stila, and Aramis). Does anyone know the who and where? (and are different products made in different places by different companies, or is a "all under one roof" kind of manufacturing. Thank You so much.
Sincerely,
Kristen
Kristen,
What you asked, and what you responded to me are different. You asked for the "manufacturers" .. and yes, these are types of "deep throat" operations. As I wrote, there are many companies worldwide and all of them are coordinated by various teams of artistic directors, corporate management, outside consultants etc. Specktra is a great community and in the past I have posted certain information which skirted the "deep throat " policies.. and after that many policies have changed. However I think you might be asking for "dupes".. usually on a consumer/retail/mu artist level, people refer to dupes.. one product being very similar to another or which could be substituted for another. Very few here can really attest to where a product is actually manufactured, packaged, etc... as I repeat, there are many manufacturers worldwide.
If you are asking about what products compose a cosmetic product, you can usually look it up on google and get the contents or components of a certain product you are interested in. THAT is the level of transparency which the consumer is entitled to.. but this will . not divulge where or who makes the product for whom. Realize too, this is a massive industry ridden with copy cats and with huge profit margins and costs.. so everyone at any one time might want a piece of this big pie.
Furthermore, to be honest, I rarely respond anymore to many questions especially if I will get a response which "teaches" me what a Forum is.. I have been a member of this forum for awhile and we usually all collaborate on a retail/consumer/aesthetic level.