Archived Post
Temptalia Asks You - Do you have brand loyalty or do you use all sorts?
Do you have brand loyalty or do you use all sorts? Do you stick with just one brand, or do you have several favorites stashed away?
Explore Temptalia
We're here to help you make better beauty purchases that you'll enjoy and love! We recommend signing up to take advantage of personalized features like tracking products you own, viewing dupes that you already have, and more!
Here are some useful resources for you:
Compare Any Two
Curious how two shades compare to each other? Type in the shades below to get instant side-by-side swatches!
59 Comments
Comments that do not adhere to our comment policy may be removed. Discussion and debate are highly encouraged but we expect community members to participate respectfully. Please keep discussion on-topic, and if you have general feedback, a product review request, an off-topic question, or need technical support, please contact us!
Please help us streamline the comments' section and be more efficient: double-check the post above for more basic information like pricing, availability, and so on to make sure your question wasn't answered already. Comments alerting us to typos or small errors in the post are appreciated (!) but will typically be removed after errors are fixed (unless a response is needed).
We appreciate enthusiasm for new releases but ask readers to please hold questions regarding if/when a review will be posted as we can't commit to or guarantee product reviews. We don't want to set expectations and then disappoint readers as even products that are swatched don't always end up being reviewed due to time constraints and changes in priorities! Thank you for understanding!
Comments on this post are closed.
We try to approve comments within 24 hours (and reply to them within 72 hours) but can sometimes get behind and appreciate your patience! 🙂 If you have general feedback, product review requests, off-topic questions, or need technical support, please contact us directly. Thank you for your patience!
For cosmetics of course its MAC, although I have a couple of Dior lipgloss and mascara, and a few Bobbi Brown eye shadows as well. 🙂
Hey Joyce! Seems like you have some branching out, but it can be good to have a favorite!
I am definitely a MAC loyalist. I have a few items (glosses, eye shadows etc) from Prescriptives, Clinique and Stilla but I just don’t get the same effect I do with MAC. The colors seem dull to me. I like lipstick from Bobbi Brown too.
I know exactly how you feel, Dawn. I find that I compare a lot of products to my staples.
Usually I use Estee Lauder, MAC, and Chanel although i love Dior’s Diorshow blackout mascara and have the odd few Bobbi Brown eye shadowa and lip gloss!
Sounds kind of like my collection, lots of MAC, but sprinklings of other brands.
Most of my makeup is from MAC, although I sometimes wander off to Stila (for shimmer eye shadows & lip glosses) and Shu Uemura (for mascara & eye shadow). Occasionally, i go for Bobbi Brown and Makeup Forever (for their version of MAC’s pigments) cuz they have some really cool colors and finishes!
That reminds me that I really need to try more loose color products, like MUFE’s, because they’re so fun to use.
I’m not really loyal to any brands; my makeup collection consists of products from all sorts of brands.
Having said that, I am however slowly becoming addicted to this newly established makeup brand called Inglot! Their eyeshadow and lipstick range are far more extensive than MAC. Many of their eyeshadows have replaced my MAC eyeshadows as they’re more pigmented and never crease..! Less expensive too 🙂
I also have many Chanel products! I love Chanel’s Rouge Allure lipsticks.
That’s great, Bec! How do you keep up with what’s coming out with each?
I’ve heard of Inglot, though I haven’t seen it or been able to try it yet.
I often ask myself the same question.
lol!
When you get the opportunity, you should really try Inglot out!
I have no loyalty … I am product junkie! I actually do not use a lot of MAC, since they were bought by E.L. their quality is not good for on set work. MAC is great for consumers and I use some products. I love Make Up For Ever for professional use … far superior. On myself I also love Urban Decay, Stila, Bobbi Brown, Clinique and Dior. In the drugstore I like L’Oreal HiP, Revlon ColorStay and my fave, the very cheap NYX. I will try absolutely anything and everything!
In what way are they not right for on-set work? Are you referring to foundation and powders?
I’ve heard many say the same thing about MAC products in terms of quality decreasing since the buy-out.
I usually buy MAC, because A: it’s impossible to follow everything that goes on with MAC and other brands at the same time… and B: if I buy a product I could have bought from MAC, then I don’t get to use it toward Back2Mac, and I really approve of the ethics of a recycling rewards program. Obviously, I recycle all my cosmetic containers, but I want to show them that I’m actively interested so they don’t ever do away with it! (Sure, me with my dinky little collection, but still.)
I agree that it can be really hard to keep up with MAC and other brands simultaneously! Back2MAC is great!
I use mostly MAC and Benefit. However, I do use just regular ol’ drugstore mascaras. I am on a Covergirl Lash Blast kick right now.
I have yet to try Last Blast (haven’t found it yet!).
I have an obsession with MAC make up because of the fantastic range of colours that are just so pigmented. I generally find that the price isn’t too bad either in comparison to the more expensive Chanel or Dior. I just find the MAC artists so friendly and easy to chat to which is always a bonus. However for foundation and washes I always use Clinique.
Hi Winnie! I’m glad you enjoy MAC! I like the attitude of the company, and the counter is always upbeat.
I love mac but ( and risk getting beat up after school here LOL) but i don’t even tho mac is awesome it isn’t the be all and end all of makeup. There are so many other brands out there with different formulas and colors etc that are really great too including some drugstore stuff. I’ve bought mac shadows with crappy payoff and to pay that much for it (a shadow is $130 vs nyx at $20 of my dollars not US dollars) It sucks.
So while my mac collection is growing, i dont feel the need to have everything mac. I embrace other companies as well.
LOL! I think you’ll be okay here! Many readers enjoy more than just MAC, which I think is so FAB! It’s great to hear from all different brands.
In most things I have a strong MAC preference (foundation/eyeshadow/lip stuff) but I do have a multitude of products from other lines. Like Innocence mineral makeup. The pigment pots are half the size of MAC (and half as expensive) and have a wonderful packaging. Their top is like a beauty powder (think spice container top) which I think is a vast improvement over the wild-and-free open top MAC has. So much easier. Sadly, I think its exclusive to Canada and maybe even my city.
Haven’t heard of them, unfortunately! Hopefully they’ll branch out soon!
All my makeup is from MAC, but I do have a Lipgloss from Lancome and some eyeshadows from Milani. Milani has an eyeshadow called Illusion that I love and no matter how many eyeshadows that I buy from MAC, I always go back to it.
Hey Kathleena! Milani makes pretty good shadows for their price!
I’m trying not to be selective and trying to be more open to other brands… most of my collection is currently MAC but i am branching out to Urban Decay and NYX and TooFaced Cosmetics… I like Sephora so i’m sure my variety of cosmetics will increase (:
but i do love MAC Cosmetics quite a bit.
Oh, I bet you are loving UD and NYX!
I’m in love with MAC last time to (since I first tried it like a few weeks ago) but I really like to try new products from random brands, I don’t really pay attention on price cause a lot of european brands are cheap and pretty good quality out here but when it comes to eyeshadows I’m a fan of Inglot that’s not really well-known (yet) european brand, they make great eyeshadows, they got hundreds of colors to choose from, they make loose pigments to, their eyeshadows are really friendly in application, stay all day on eye lid and theres no need to do touch-ups after few hours, and like I said colors are beautiful. Too bad that other products from this brand are just BAD, lipglosses and foundations stink and it feels like a plastic on skin (and lip glosses taste like plastic to), even though colors are beautiful but the quality is really poor. They should stay by eyeshadows only 🙂
I’ve heard murmurings about Inglot, but I have yet to try it. I’d like to, though!
the eyeshadows are really great, but lipglosses, lipsticks and foundations are a waste of money and its not only my opinion so if you wanna try it dont start from them cause might hate that brand then 😉
I’ve decided my next job just needs to be to work for MAC and get it over with.
LOL! Go for it!
Majority of my makeup is from MAC. I’ve noticed I stopped buying MAC and started to venture out. I LOVE my Chanel.. the textures ::happy sigh:: there is no comparison. Then there are the drugstore makeup that I have.. I love them just as much as the high-end brands!!
It’s great that you’ve found a new love in Cchanel!
I love Mac, Urban Decay, POP and Maybelline. If I want to go completely mad with colours( even more than Urban Decay!) I use Barry M – cheap, loud and look ace when i’m going clubbing :o)
Oooh and Maxfactor Masterpiece mascara – because it’s AMAZING.
I’ve never heard of Barry M!
British brand that specialise in mad colour glitter shadows, they’re really cheap £4.50 each and there are a lot of colours i have from them that I can’t find in any other brand :o)
I’m pretty loyal to MAC cosmetics wise. I have a few HG’s from Lancome and Clinique (foundation, powder, concealer). Every time I try a different brand of shadow, Gloss or lipstick I swap it or return it and go back to MAC lol I love some of the NARS duos and glosses too.
MAC is where it’s at for me.
Yay for HGs, though! I’m all about ANY brand if it’s going to be a HG for me.
The brands I stick with are: MAC, Urban Decay,and Clinique. Although I do love Laura Geller’s under eye concealer and her Spackle[makeup primer] I won’t venture from her for concealer or primer.
I’m glad you found some HGs in LG’s concealer and primer!
just MAC!! (little of clinique)
Aww!! Cute 😀
I am brand loyal and ONLY wear MAC…partly because I have a MAC Pro card…its hard to justify buying another brand when I know I get a discount at MAC. I have a Lancome lipgloss because it was a gift…other than that the only brand of make-up in my house is MAC.
Dang, I wish I had a Pro card. But then I’d have to be a professional, and I’m not. *lol*
Do it Tanya! 😀 Nice to have a PRO card, isn’t it? Luckky you!
once u go mac u never go back!!!!! but i also flirt with benefit and pout the odd time. but d quality of mac cosmetics is so gud its really hard for me to purchase anything else from any other brand. opi is king for nail polish though as is barry m.
LOL! Very true! I really like Zoya for nail polish myself. OPI isn’t bad though!
MAC of course lol
except my make up is the estee lauder doublewear oh well stays in the family lol
lol 🙂
Haha, keepin’ it all in the family!
Well for me, I’m loyal to different brands for different aspects.
Where skincare is concerned, it’s Clinique’s Anti-blemish set. There will be the rare times when I actually get something from another brand like Estee Lauder or Lancome but never do I devote myself to the regime the same way towards Clinique – where Clinique is concerned, it’s a religious thing.
MAC is definitely my biggest wallet assault (and ur site deepened my addiction… something which I both love and hate… my poor bank… HAHA) because there are so many things I use from MAC like my daily “flaw correcting” ritual of concealer and powder. Although I do buy lots of other limited edition stuff from other brands (Dior, Chanel, Lancome, Estee Lauder, Givenchy and tonnes of other Jap brands) because I am a pure sucker for nice packaging and sensitive to the term “limited edition”, they never made me so insanely devoted that I will not be able to sleep if I don’t get something I want. I get that kind of insomnia from my MAC addiction, it is becoming a withdrawal effect. Thank god I can just SMS my lovely MA to reserve whatever I want so I won’t miss a thing at all and I can sleep safely knowing that someone is guarding that last piece of lippie (or whatever it is) for me from the clawing clutches of rival MAC addicts… LOL!
Hey Cosine! I am also loyal when it comes to different areas of beauty. MAC is not usually my go-to for skincare stuff.
Yay for sweet MAs!
I seem to be the only one here who is not loyal to MAC. I’m loyal to Shiseido (including all their asian brands as well), but I do have a little MAC and other brands.
What are your favorite Asian brand besides Shiseido?
I like certain brands more than others because I have had mostly positive experiences after using their products and I tend to buy more products from these lines.
Skincare – Clarins, Dr. Hauschka
Cosmetics – MAC, Urban Decay, Smashbox, Revlon
So I am brand loyal to a few brands – though I am always on the lookout for new stuff!
Hey Tonee! Tell me more about Dr. Hauschka, I haven’t tried anything from them!
It’s a great skin care brand. There are some cosmetics too but I have used three primary products – Cleansing Milk, Clarifying Toner, Rose Day Cream and one eye cream – Eye Contour Day Cream regularly – and loved the results. Rose Day Cream is probably one of my all time favorite products – and what’s great about it is that it can be used as a night cream as well.
Thank you for the recs! I just may have to look into them 🙂