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Beautiful Beginnings with MAC
Beautiful Beginnings with MAC
What was the first MAC product you ever tried? Did it pave way for a real romance or did it put you off the brand entirely? What was the first MAC product you purchased? Did you love it? Hate it? Still own it?
my answer: MAC was the first brand I fell in love with, and the love affair lasted for a few years, but it has waned over the past few years. There are still a lot of amazing MAC products, both past and present, but there are so many other brands in the sphere, it’s hard to stay loyal! I remember really getting into MAC around the time they launched the Madame B. collection. My favorite collection–still–was MAC Moonbathe.
MAC Carbon shadow. Still the only thing I use every single day!
My first M.A.C. product was a lipstick. Not sure if it was Russian Red or Desire (tone), but I can tell you that to this day, Desire (tone) is the product I have repurchased the most. 3 times I beleive, until I realized that I was getting a few lines around my lips and the lipstick was running into those fine lines. 🙁
Today, with the exception of brushes, I don’t purchase M.A.C. I buy one lipstick a year and that’s it. I like higher end products that work best to my opinion.
It’s the Fleur Power Blush. Ι still have it and I love it!
I have to say +1 on that. Fleur Power is truly flattering, I love it too 🙂
+2!!!!
+3 <3
I’ve been wanting to try MAC for the longest time but remembered that I didn’t want to buy just one eyeshadow, as it is most known for so I took advantage of the shade range of the foundations and for the first time found one that matched my skin perfectly. I bought Studio Fix Powder in C40, which was my summer shade and used it nonstop that whole season. After that was the whirlwind romance between not just MAC (I bought a ton of product from concealer, mineralized skin finish naturals, pressed powders, paint pots etc.) but also with higher end and better quality brands like NARS, Urban Decay, Benefit, and Lancome.
I’m way lighter now (NC25-30) but I never bought a lighter shade of that foundation, mainly because I’m no longer apprehensive with shelling out money on high end products, most especially foundation and concealer. But when all else fails, I wouldn’t hesitate going back to my first love. 🙂
my first experience was their lipsticks. i think the first one i bought was Desire (?) and i’ve fallen in love ever since. they still are my favorite of all-time.
My first ever MAC item was a lightly swatched Sumptuous Olive that I got from a Makeupalley swap. That was maybe a year and a half ago (I got into makeup SO late), and to this day it remains one of my favorite eyeshadows! I know what you mean by it’s hard to stay loyal when there are so many amazing up-and-coming new brands though. I try not to let the whole limited collection thing get to my head. I still do enormous research (with a lot of help from Temptalia of course) before deciding to purchase anything. While some eyeshadows/lipsticks I eventually purchased have become my favorites, the quality does not systematically excel!
The first time I got anything MAC was probably when I was about 20 and I got a gift card from my Mom. I decided that I would go and get an MA to suggest a foundation and concealer plan for me. I ended up with Mineralize Satinfinish (which sucked by the way, but what did I know), Select Moisturecover (for under eye circles – which I don’t even have) and Studio Finish Concealer. Studio Finish was the real gem of the group…It’s 5 years later and despite the many, MANY concealers I’ve tried, this one still wins out!
My first mac product was eyeshadows, it was either star violet or amber lights and from them I am a mac shadow addict. I have 4 palettes and counting. I love mac shadows the variety of finishes and colors ohhh weee. I have tried other brands but always go back to MAC. Ahhh my mac shadows. Love them!
I went for my first makeover/tutorial at MAC when I was 12. I was in figure skating competitions and needed makeup that would bring my face out to the audience. Since I was so young, the makeup artist didn’t recommend much in the way of dark or bright colours… but did end up using Haux, Orb, Jest eyeshadows and Cubic blush and Silver Dusk powder on me. It’s like… 17 years later and I still remember that! Since then I’ve been obsessed. Haux was the first eyeshadow I purchased and I STILL have the same one! I rarely ever use it now (and there’s so much pan showing that there’s really very little life left in it) but it’s still fine – never went chalky or gross on me over the years.
My first mac product was msf in natural, I need it a powder and a friend of mine told me about it, after my first visit to a mac counter I fell in love and has been my very first high end brand, but later I went to sephora and I have found so many other products from other brands, but my main one is still mac. My favorite collection from mac is venomous villlains.
i wouldnt say i fell in love with mac through product usage. I was at a time in my life where i was coming out of being a tomboy and i wanted to wear makeup by watching all the amazing youtube videos. But of course every popular Youtube guru were using mac in every tutorial, and i wanted to buy it, but i always thought it was too expensive and i couldnt. But it all changed when my best friend told me her sister had graduated from cosmetics school, and she was now a makeup artist and mac was suprisingly cheap for how much i earned, i began buying and buying, and i loved how the products showed up on me, plus the fact it was so popular at the time too.
The first Mac Product i ever owned was MAC Steamy eyeshadow, after it was a gift by my friend. Now My makeup is 70% mac, but im discovering more new brands. Im currently loving NYX as its not available in stores in the uk.
Ive since lost my interest in mac, and will only buy something if it really catches my eye and i will wear it, rather than collecting products. I feel as though all these constant makeup releases from mac are unnessecary and if i do miss out on a product, it will be released anyway in another future collection or a dupe will be released.
MAC is actually the brand that got me into makeup in the first place. I uasually bought my Mascara and Eyeliner in the drugstore, never really thinking about it. My mom got me a Benefit product, so I began to wonder if there are better options out there than cheap mascara.
Not much later I bought my first MAC eyeshadow and I started to do my research and I stumbled across all those Youtube videos and blogs. Since then, I have bought so many MAC products (because I was in love with the eyeshadows) and I still love MAC, but now I know that there are other brands with awesome products, too. Still MAC eyeshadows are the ones I can work with best because they are not complicated to handle (at least not the ones I have), are usually fairly well pigmented and most colors are gorgeous and special. I have recently fallen in love with MAC’s blushes, too. 🙂
My first experience with MAC was probably the most meaningful. It was the first time I had gone up to any makeup counter. I remember, I was so red and embarrassed because I was a guy. I was stuttering and just was a mess. But fortunately, I had a nice MAC associate, and she helped me pick out the tinted moisturizer (MAC Moisture Tint) and a concealer. While I no longer go for any MAC face products, I’m so happy I had that experience because it may have largely shaped my position and opinion and makeup these days.
And I’m still friends with the SA; I frequently refer friends to her, just becaus she was so nice. Thank you MAC haha!
this is honestly heart-warming.
My very first MAC product was Frankly Scarlet blush.
I bought it because I “needed” a red blush, and no other line seemed to offer that shade.
I loved it, and then purchased Satin Taupe eyeshadow, then Fuchsia pigment. Once I discovered pigments, it was off to the races!
Thus began a love affair that ended only recently, when I found out that Estee Lauder, MAC’s parent company, has begun contracting for animal testing in China. I no longer buy MAC, but I’ve started up with Inglot!
Did not know that. Please cite the source. I’ve been trying to be an NFC (not from China), bec. there are too many reasons to count. Animal testing should also be a no no.
MAC was the first “high end” brand i got addicted too back in 2007 with Royal Assets. and it was a good year of loving that brand up to Hello Kitty collection came out then I’ve been tapering off with what I buy from them.
mac was the first high end makeup i had ever tried. i think my first product was either face and body foundation or a custom quad with parfait amour, goldmine, electra and i think swish.
I can’t remember which came first but either trax eyeshadow or thats so jade eyeliner!
It was the Spice lipliner and the lipstick that was so popular, yet I forgot the name of it. It was the one that was all over the original 90210 and went with the Spice liner. It was a brownish color if I remember correctly and I was obsessed. From there, it just got worse. I bought it in 1993 on my first trip to NYC at Bendel’s. This was back when MAC wasn’t available every where and none of my friends in Oklahoma had heard of it yet.
My first products were the Myth lipstick and the Jade Dragon nail polish bought at a CCO. I still don’t have much MAC makeup because it’s a bit pricey for me.
My beauty obsession started with MAC: All that glitters e/s. It soon moved to more colorful eyeshadows, then foundation, blush, etc, etc etc. For a while I was quite devoted to the brand, especially since their basics are reasonably priced in comparison to other high end brands. I have fanned out recently and now hold a few things from Bobbi Brown, Dior and MUFE.
It probably was the Blot Powder, Studio Fix or Oh Baby Lipglass – a cult favorite in the African-American community. MAC was one of the first brands that offered a range of colors for women of color AND was “endorsed” by celebrities. We wanted options, not just Fashion Fair. I am PPID customer, so I always go to MAC first. I do have some favs from other brands though.
My love affair with MAC came later. I had never purchased anything from the line because where I live no store carried the MAC. I came on board with the Barbie Loves MAC. I purchased Moth Brown e/s and it still sits pristine in its box. It’s so pretty but I just can’t bring myself to use it. I like the brand but as with other brands, some things are just hit and miss. Although I like the vast color selection in the eyeshadows.
You were totally the reason I got into MAC. I was always intimidated by the sales associates but having a resource to base my online purchases on made it much easier. I purchased Viva Glam Gaga I and never looked back!
1993 cream eyeliner- old formula- in navy….last for many years. bought another one and then switched to Stockholm since MAC discontinued it….like MAC brushes…but I dont care for anything else by MAC…the packaging always is stellar, but that is about it.
Viva Glam 1 was my first purchase and I’ve repurchased several times since. Most of my trips to MAC in the last couple years are for repurchases because it’s gotten to hard to pick up the special collection items 🙁
mac were my first high end brand too and it was actually only a few months ago that i purchased any, however i had been lurking all their releases and watching youtube videos for so long, i actually had a whole list of LEs that i wanted! but i could never work up the guts to buy any. after a while it all got too much and when i noticed someone selling lots of limited edition items that i wanted i could not control myself and ‘splurged’ (or what i thought was a splurge at the time, haha..) on hibuscus, strange potion and bite of an apple blush. bit of a strange first MAC buy ha! i remember being horrified and regretting how much i had just spent on makeup but when they arrived i couldnt have been more in love.
its funny because after that, i did something much more normal and ‘my first mac’ sounding, and went to the counter and bought creme cup lipstick haha. which is also lovely 🙂
My first products from Mac I bought at an airport and it was the Studio Fix Fluid foundation and the Mineralize Skinfinish Natural powder. The foundation was ok, oxidized on me a little and I haven’t tried any of their foundations since. The Skinfinish Natural however, was lovely and I have repurchased and repurchased since and never gone a day without having it! 🙂
WOW! First, let me say that this is a super cool post. My first MAC products: Show Orchid lipstick, Mineralize Satinfinish Foundation, and the eyeshadows in Bronze and Humid. I loved everything except for the Satinfinish foundation. It just didn’t agree with my skin. These products were the stepping stones for my love of MAC and makeup as a whole. Two years later I got hired at the counter and have been working for them ever since. The company gets some criticism but I think it’s a favorite among so many people because it’s affordable and they have something for EVERYONE. It was the first brand I tried and I work for them so they will always have a special place in my heart.
First purchase was the beautiful iris eyeshadow and the acid washed lipstick from the jeanius collection. I still love the colour of the eyeshadow and the formula of the lipstick.
My first MAC products were eyeshadows, because everybody was hyping them: Nocturnelle, Vanilla & Humid (the year was maybe 2008?). Must say I’ve never been that disappointed in eyeshadows. They just didn’t work at all. I sold Nocturnelle and Vanilla after couple of uses. I haven’t bought eyeshadows from MAC since (except for 2 mineralize ones, which are ok). But I have quite a few lipsticks which I love. I also like their blushes and Prep+Prime spf50.
My first MAC purchase was eyeshadow…I was like a kid in a candy store!!! I’d never seen such a shade range and ended up getting Sable and Vex then went back (while still in the mall for Tilt) which I still love!!
I have been with MAC ever since it was available in department stores, many years ago. I first had a few eyeshadows, I don’t even remember their names. I’m older now and have tried to stay with them but they have very few products for mature women and no sales associates who can make a good recommendation for me. I still try to shop there but I find other brands have better sales associates who can make better recommendations for me.
Nancy, you are so right! Most of the clients I work on are older women and I so often notice the look of older women standing around the MAC counter looking hopeful but not really being addressed like they should be! Lorac seems to have more mature friendly makeup these days.
it was about 5 days ago. 😛
I got the Satin Taupe eyeshadow, i’m very happy with it!
My first MAC item was their Shroom eyeshadow. It was OK, not worth the hype, IMO. But it led me to try many more things since them, so good some just OK. I love their Cremesheen lipstick and glosses. I finally got skin matched, and just bought the Studio Careblend Pressed powder, which I am completely in love with. I don’t really purchase any of the collections. Except for a gloss I got from one of the fall collections, I pretty don’t buy them.
My first purchase was from the Heatherette collection and did not like it, mainly because I didn’t know how to put make up on myself, but then later I purchased some eyeshadows to recreate a look you did like three years ago and it came out ok. Since then I fell in love with the brand and I am still in love. I do try other brands but I will always be loyal to MAC.
I am a bit of an old-timer! I began using Mac in about 1994 or so, when the products first became available at Henri Bendel in Chicago. My first purchases were Florien satin lipstick and Spice blush. Both of those items were re-purchased a time or two, but are now long gone as so many lovely shades have been discontinued. However, I still have and use the original lip brush I purchased that first day! I have loved so many products over the years, such as EPT tinted moisturizer, Wuss lipstick, Rosewood lip liner, etc. Those items are all gone now. These days, I buy so much makeup, it’s insane, especially for a wife and mother of four. Sadly…there is very litte MAC in the mix anymore. While I too believe that I buy less Mac due to the huge assortment of other products available, I would buy more if the MAC products returned to the quality that they once were. I know that in the past, certain brands, such as Estee Lauder, have gone back to the “vaults” and re-introduced formulas from several years back. If I ever had the chance to give any feed back to MAC, which I realize is no longer independently-owned, I would suggest a trip back in time. While I certainly appreciate the continuing technological developments which improve product wear, packaging, etc., I think the “old school” in this case was so much better. Does anyone else out there feel the same?
*nods*
I do see what you are saying! I have been using MAC for about 12 years now or so. Although there are still some fantastic amazing MAC products that come along, they are more of a rarity these days. When they have a good collection it is GREAT, but so often the quality is sliding down.
Mac saint germaine. I was highly dissapointed. It made my teeth look extra yellow and my lips looked like a powdered donut. lol. On nc45 skin,can you tell I did not know what I was doing?
The first product I purchased from MAC was carbon e/s … I fell in love! I still have the same from 2008 and use it 🙂
It’s my favorite brand ’till today and last year a counter came to my city, the girls there already know me haha I go every month to check the collections out.
My first Mac purchase was Oh baby lip glass and chestnut liner. I still by the liner because you always need that color. I stop the gloss after 2 because I grew out of the glittery shade. I still buy and love Mac and that was over 10 years ago!
My first MAC product ever is lipstick in FAUX. Before I’ve never had an opaque natural nude lipstick and this just looks so updated and sophisticated on my NC 35 skin. After getting 4 tubes, I moved on to eyeshadows, but being a newbie with makeup I made the mistake of getting bright colors instead of the tried and tested highlights and neutrals. I still use those brights and I’ve expanded into neutrals, now I have almost all the bestsellers on their site. Still pretty much into it. Now I use their foundation too.
My first MAC product was the ‘of royalty’ lipstick
My first MAC purchase was Good as Gold lipglass, Sumptuous Olive eyeshadow and waterproof mascara. I thought it was a splurge, due to the fact that I normally would buy 99cent makeup from the beauty supply store. Needless to say I fell in love. I now have a collection of over 200 eyeshadows, 150 lipsticks, 30 blushes and 10 MSF’s. I am totally a MAC head and I know it!
My first MAC product was an eyeshadow duo from the Suite Array collection. It was Shallow vs. Deep and was given to me as a present around the end of 2008. The first MAC products I bought myself were two eyeshadows and the shades were Amber Lights and Sumptious Olive. Both are really pretty colours. Out of my entire collection I think Amber Lights is my most used eyeshadow. The next product I bought was Brunette mineralize skin finish. Since then my collection has grown so much in 3 years. I buy other brands but MAC is still my favourite 😀
When MAC first came to my island shores about four years ago (I think), I didn’t stop by the counter for the first year I believe. However, when first stop by the eyeshadows I fell in love with Expensive Pink ( back then it was $42 local price, approx. US $21), a week later I couldn’t find it! I turned my room upside down looking for it. Defeated I went and bought another one. I found the first shadow two days later. And thus began my love affair with MAC.
In fact I didn’t like M.A.C and when I purchased Mocha blush it was just to try ! Then I came back to the M.A.C store and I bought many blushes and lipsticks. I began this way… And I went on buying there of course !
I started with a beautiful purple eyeliner like ten years ago…it was a gorgeous blue-violet color that’s not available anymore. I loved the color but not the texture nor the lack of staying power. It was just ok…and that sort of set the tone for my experiences with MAC: a mixed bag. I really like some products but it’s not always my “go-to” brand for makeup.
My first purchases where 2 eyeshadows in humid and juxt, which I still have a loooong time later but don’t really tend to use any more. I went through a phase of wanting every colour under the sun but I tend to go for neutrals or purple mostly these days. It did however start my (quite big!) mac eyeshadow collection!
My first MAC products were 3 eyeshadows: idol eyes, knight divine, and black tied was I was about 10. I didn’t really understand what MAC was though until about 7 years later. When I was 17, I discovered youtube and once I knew what MAC was I bought Cosmo lipstick and that was my first “real” purchase
I think Florabundance Lipglass was my first MAC purchase (around 2003) and I still love it. I’m NC20 with naturally pigmented lips, so this is my favourite nude gloss.
Like you, Christine, I’ve loved MAC for years and I’d say that most of my makeup is from there, but I have gone off them slightly in the last two years or so. They have too many product launches and repromotes that I find them a bit boring now. Saying that, I still can’t walk past a MAC counter without having a look, haha!
Pink Plaid lipstick. I’m using the fourth, I think.
Oh, it wasn’t long time ago for me. First thing I bought was the Painterly paintpot and then Groundwork. I have a whole list of things that I wanna try from MAC products.
I remember my first MAC purchase. I ordered 4 things online: Patisserie lipstick, Amourous Dazzleglass Creme, Black Tied eyeshadow, and Dipdown Fluidline.
After trying out these products, I definitely became a HUGE fan of MAC’s lip products (and I’m still in love with their lip stuff). As for their eye products, I loved the fluidline, but I really disliked the eyeshadow I got. I own a few MAC eyeshadows, but because of that one experience, I’m still not a huge fan of them. I prefer many other brands of eyeshadows over MAC.
Since that order, I’ve used up the lipstick, almost used up the dazzleglass, still own the fluidline, and have given the eyeshadow away.
I was always a MAC shop addict. Their dark walls, all black theme, the visual designs and especially the limited edition collection counters. But I never went into one cause I thought that kinda shop would sell the most expensive products and I don’t have any money for it.
When I went in for the first time to get one or two things, I saw that it wasnt as expensive as many other high end brands. It actually was the cheapest, more affordable even than Clinique.
The first things I bought was Painterly Paint Pot and Blue Candy eyeshadow from Cindy Sherman collection which was released in October in here. It was the true blue I was looking for, for a green-blue combination. I still love Painterly sooo much, I want to buy like 4-5 pots of it to give as gifts to the people I would like to see using it lol MAC is a really nice brand and I don’t think there can be anything complained about. I’ll be getting some goodies this friday, my third purchase in a few months, yaayy! 🙂
I believe Myth was the first Mac product I tried, or it could have been a nail polish(back when they were ten bucks). But yes it did start a Mac obbsession.
My very first MAC product was Satin Taupe eyeshadow. Since then, my collection has multipled and multiplied 🙂
My very first MAC product was the studio sculpt concealer… I had a gogo dancing gig that day but woke up seeing a rash all over my legs… Since I couldn’t cancel it and it was a lot of money I would be earning I used the MAC live support on their website and asked her what she would use! Instead of trying to sell me something she first said it wasn’t gonna be good for the rash, but after insisting she told me to use the studio sculpt concealer! I also bought my foundation that day:D And now I’m a make up artist with mainly MAC in my kit!
The very first product I tried from MAC was a Studio Fix Powder and I feel in love!!! To this day it remains my very favorite foundation (and setting powder when I want more coverage). I also went through quite a few tubes of C-Thru lipglass and Siss lipstick. LOVE that combo.
I have no recollection of my first MAC product. It was so many years ago and I used to buy in bulks.
My fav is MAC’s PLASMA BLU nail polish. I’ve been searching for a dupe ever since.
My first MAC purchase was Studio Finish Foundation (broke it accidentally within a week of purchase, concealer, britwit blush, mac brush no 217 and another one i don’t remember…
My first MAC purchases were a couple of eyeshadows from C-Shock. I loved the brights but I didn’t really know what to do with them. A few years later, I decided I wanted to finally learn how to do make-up properly and started researching make-up and techniques on the web. MAC came up over and over again so I started there with some basics and started brushes.
MAC is still my favorite, I like buying new colors and MAC always has something new out but is still relatively affordable. Yeah. there are some misses but overall I feel the quality is pretty high.
we are a military family so our funds are not very MAC friendly. I kept myself away from it (even past all the pretty colors and I was an art geek in school) until I buckled and tried my friend’s fluidline eyeliner. Uh. I was hooked at how long it stayed on and how easy it was to apply. Then it all came crashing down with one color, two colors, ect…LOL. My husband’s paycheck hasn’t been the same ever since!
I remember purchasing two eyeshadows: Bronze and Ricepaper. I only wanted a “natural” look. I still use bronze and ricepaper but have veered away from MAC after a two year love relationship with it. I think I may own a majority of MAC products in my collection but it’s definitely seeing other brands in there. I still love MAC for my staple items (Fix +, Stud brow pencil, MSF Natural, Melba blush, and the eyeshadows) but I definitely have love affairs with other brands as well. The thing that turns me off the most is how much each collection recycles the same colors with different names. Nothing stays permanent!
My first MAC products were Tenderling blush and Gentle Coral TLC – I remember being 16 and these being real treats at the time. I have since fallen out of love with those two, but I have many MAC items that I still love today:
Prolongwear concealer
Blot powder
Mocha & Well Dressed blushes
Several brushes (e.g. 187, 168, 182 just to name a few)
Ruby Woo, See Sheer, Sweetie, Plumful, Girl About Town & Korean Candy lipsticks
& I’m particularly fond of their Veluxe Pearl eyeshadows.
Although I’ve since then branched out to other brands (NARS, Bobbi Brown, Chanel & Dior are some of my favorites for color cosmetics), I still think MAC is an excellent starting point for those new to makeup – the pricing is still midrange for department store cosmetics, and the quality & color range is quite impressive.
I kind of hate the number of mediocre collections they’ve been launching lately, without the addition of that many good core items. Everything great just seems to be LE or repromoted.
Expensive pink e/s!
My first real interaction with MAC was not positive at all. It was when they collaborated with Rodarte in that incredibly offensive collection that used names like “Juarez” and “Ghost Town” for the products. Being from the Texas/Mexico border myself, the idea that anyone could seriously greenlight that concept without giving anything to the mass murder of women in that region was incredible. I sent them a letter of complaint and got a very unencouraging form letter response back. In the end though, and to their credit, MAC offered a pretty sincere apology and pulled the line, presumably eating the losses as well. (I was far less impressed with Rodarte’s response, but that’s beyond the point.) I was still put off by them for a long time, and didn’t actually buy anything from them until last year, starting with Rebel and Morange. While they’re not the most comfortable lipsticks I own, I really adore the colors, and appreciate that MAC does offer those kinds of shades in its permanent range.
The first MAC product I purchased I believe was Nocturnelle and All that Glitters eyeshadow or it was Skew lipstick. Or maybe I bought them at the same time. Either way, i know there were the very first products I bought and tried and STILL have! It did start a love affair but that love hasn’t lasted.
I have become disappointed with MAC in the last two years and their lack of quality and creativity. I also am deterred by the ridiculous hype in the collections and the inability to purchase the items. The extreme limits in quantities are very off-putting and I buy less and less because of it.
My favourite collection thus far has been Neo Sci Fi and I wish I had been more into MAC at the time to purchase the entire collection. I also would have liked to have been around MAC for the Moonbathe collection.
My first MAC products I tried was Cranberry eyeshadow. I was at a cheerleading competition and one of my teammates mother’s put it on my eyes. I fell in love with the color. Later, my first MAC purchase was Cranberry, Hepcat, Parfait Amour eyeshadow. They continue to be my favorites till this day (I even bought a back up of Hepcat since it got discontinued)
The first time online I bought a 4 eye shadow custom palette with frost white, satin taupe, carbon and passionate, and a single eye shadow louder please, and the mineral trio Calm, Cool & Collected. I had been thinking to by a shadow for lid, highlight, lining, and a playful color. But I was not really satisfied because the white frost make me look pale, the satin taupe was too shine (I never did makeup before), carbon was chunky, and passionate looked so similar to the other eye shadow I bought at the same time, louder please. However, when I tried the trio green eye shadow, I thought I look so pretty with that (>//////<). Also my roommate introduced me this blog and other makeup and skincare products, so I start to buy those……
My first MAC product was the lipglass in Viva Glam V and I don’t have it anymore because I finished it and handed it in for back to mac, but I might be repurchasing soon 🙂 I love it!
Concealer… Studio Sculpt? Studio Finish?? LOL! I always get the names mixed up… Which one was in the glass pot? That was the first MAC product I bought for MYSELF 🙂 Otherwise it was the 217 brush actually. Bought it, loved it, still have it (and a few extra ones LOL).
I ordered MAC Angel lipstick and All That Glitters eyeshadow right before To The Beach came out 🙂 So I’m still a little of a newbie I suppose 😉 Love them! 🙂
Satin taupe eyeshadow and a greyish beige lipgloss…. Sine then? Oh my good, i have been turned into a passionate addict!
I was in LOVE with MAC’s Moontbathe collection! My first product was the powder, I can’t recall which one though, LOL. Too many.
i bought all that glitters, texture, and handwritten all at the same time, i had like no idea what i was grabbing but it’s still one of my favorite eyeshadow combinations 3 full eyeshadow palettes later 🙂
MAC eyeshadow in All That Glistens was the first higher end makeup product I ever purchased and one of the few that I’ve used up and had to repurchase. Still one of my favorites!
I got both Twinks and Handwritten at the same time. Loves them both 🙂
My first MAC purchases were of their lipglasses. I bought 5 of them. Prrrr was my favorite and I still use it. I love MAC’s coloring system. I am an NW25, BTW. I wish we could do a list of products that go well with certain colorings. Such as this–would Satin Taupe eyeshadow look good on me? I keep looking at it–but never do take the plunge and purchase it.
I can’t remember my first product because the first time I bought some MAC stuff it was with my best friend when MAC opend in Switzerland. We bought a palette togheter with lots of different colors.
What really hooked me to MAC was the LE called Breakfast at MAC, they had a breakfast/makeup morning planned with it and there I bought my first brushes(which I all still have) and my beloved patina eyeshadow, I can’t remember how many times I bought patina.
My first ever MAC product was Mocha blush. I actually wanted Dame, but the lady at MAC took Mocha by mistake and I didn’t notice until I got home. I’m not sure why I didn’t go back to the store and changed it to Dame..
I didn’t hate it, but I don’t think Mocha is the most high-quality or unique blush MAC has. It doesn’t do a lot for me. I still own it, but I don’t love it and it’s one of the blushes I use the least out of my MAC blushes.
My first mac product was creme da la femme lipstick
I never tried Mac until about 2 years ago. I wanted to learn how to do a “sunset eye” so I ended up purchasing Copperring and Goldmine, and as I was waiting for the sales associate to find the colors I saw Creme de Violet. It looked so beautiful in the tester because it was all sparkly and glossy from everyone’s finger grease but I was super disappointed when I got home and still haven’t worn it. After that I went on a Mac eyeshadow kick and got a whole lot of them at once to play catch up, I ended up returning a lot of it. I don’t dislike Mac eyeshadows (although I much prefer Urban Decay’s formula overall) and some of my go-to’s are Juxt, Jealousy Wakes (of course), and Shimmermoss. I have a blush, some glosses, and a couple of lipsticks also.
Brave Lipstick! Still one of the best colors for me!
The first thing I bought was a plum-colored lipglass…which doesn’t complement my skintone at all, but I was only 15 and I didn’t know anything about make-up 😉
I haven’t bought from them recently, but there’s definitely a lot of products I want to try out. The thing I love about them is how great of a range of colors and finishes they have. The downside about them (as a lot of people have mentioned) is the limited edition collections. Everything is sold out so fast, and half the time the stuff isn’t even great quality :l
I vaguely remember trying MAC in high school and owning one of the round, black powder compacts. I became very preoccupied with Benefit and Chanel and eventually purged my MAC from my collection.
This past summer, I took the plunge into MAC again, and found possibly my FAVORITE eyeshadow ever, Stars n’ Rockets. I also got my hands on a BNIB Smoke and Diamonds and understood the hype! I really like their eyeshadows and lipsticks. While none of their foundations or skincare work for me, I like MAC’s color options just fine. Their lipstick does seem kind of hit or miss for me; I either really love them or I feel underwhelmed.
MAC Oh Baby Lipglass! Everyone in my senior class was wearing that shade so I HAD to have it!
My first MAC purchases were Redwood lipstick (no longer available), Quarry and Orb shadows and Desert Rose blush. All but the lipstick are still going strong (I hit pan on Desert Rose a few years ago but there is still tons left). Yes, I fell in love – no other lines at the time had the selection or the sort of creative funkiness of MAC. Every day, I use at least one MAC product (if not blush or shadow, it’s concealer or setting powder, a brush or two, a highlighter). MAC isn’t my only cosmetics love affair but it’s certainly one of them.
My first ever MAC products was three eyeshadows. Fig.1, Shroom and Haunting from the Alexander McQueen collection. Shroom I must have repurchased 3 or 4 times after that, my daily go to.
Shortly after that I bought a set of 3 Liquidlast eyelines in Aqualine, Point Black and Coco Bar. And those where amazing! Still have the Aqualine (whats left of it) and the Coco Bar (never used, not a big fan of brown eyeliner). But they discontinued the Liquidlast!! How am I supposed to get my pop of color from now?
I’m a huge fan of MAC, but since I live in Norway it’s difficult to get hold of other brands in that price range..
MAC was the first brand I fell in love with using. We legit had three non-drugstore brands where I live when I was growing up! I only learned about MAC and other brands once I started getting interested in makeup communities and beauty blogs. My first MAC purchase was from their site in 2004. I can’t remember the exact first product or products ever, but I can remember a handful of my firsts. First foundation picks were Select SPF 15 and Full Coverage, which I don’t use either now, or any MAC foundation for that matter. The only MAC foundation I ever want is HyperReal. First lipstick was either Brave or Faux, I can’t remember which one. One of the first lipglasses was Pink Poodle. Sushi Flower, Bitter, and Creme de Violet were some of the first eye shadows. Violet and Fuchsia were the first two pigments. The only of those I still have and use are the shadows and pigments. The first collection I ever purchased from was Tempt Me/Tease Me. I remember the quads, the two shadows from Tease Me, the lipglasses from Tease Me, and Prrr. That first full collection experience was also the first time I ever went to a MAC location. I remember the woman who helped me, and I believe she still works there today. She kind of made me hesitant to go back because she seemed so disinterested and never smiled. I get the impression she thinks she’s posh and elite, lol.
I was pretty brand loyal to MAC for a long time. I started to branch out more when we got a Sephora that was close enough to me. I still love a lot of MAC products, but my love for the brand isn’t the same as it used to be. I guess I grew tired of MAC antics…the crazy frequent collections and the sucky attitudes from their customer service put me off. There are so many brands to play with now, and while I still love MAC, I’m too interested in trying new products from all different brands to stick to just one.
My first MAC product was a Sheertone blush in Blushbaby. It wasn’t until this year that I purchased my first MAC product, so I still have it and use it all the time! I have sensitive skin and was wary at first, but since the blush didn’t break me out, I decided to venture out and try other products from the brand. 🙂
My first Mac product was a Mineralize Skinfinish Natural and the 129 Brush, and I really liked both of them, but when it comes to Mac I actually don’t have a ton of stuff!
MAC lusterglass in wonderstruck! i remember buying it when i was 11 or so – too young!
I’ve known about MAC for a long time. I had friends who swore by their makeup. I recently purchased MAC studiosculpt foundation and mineralize skinfinish natural (My friend had an employee discount so I decided to give it a try). It was a nice change from using bare minerals (my skin is much too dry to use it in the winter), but that wouldn’t stop me from trying other foundations in the future.
My first expwerience with MAC was Glam Lipstick, the first color sold to benefit AIDS research (it was discontinued in 2007 to my chagrin). I am dating myself but it was only available via mial order at the time in the US. I bought it and LOVED it. I bought many tubes of it, especially once it became available in stores in the US. It began a love affair which is still going strong. I was pleased to find that they had a full-coverage foundation which matched my skintone perfectly (also discontinued). I did not think I could wear makeup with my dark skin until I found this line of richly-pigmented, long-wearing cosmetics. MAC and I are growing apart as the continue to stop making foundation dark enough to suit me and go more and more into the expensive limited edition stuff with messy launches, but I still go back to this line when I absolutley have to look great.
I first got into makeup at the young age of about 10 via YouTube makeup and beauty gurus. From then I bought cheap makeup, and for a while I was into nail polish, cheap, mind you, but I was always lead back to makeup. I so desperately wanted to try MAC but ut was insanely expensive here, like 40 bucks for a lipstick. I purchased my first Mac product a few days before I turned 12. It was a pro long wear lipcreme in overtime which looked a lot like snob and was a mistake purchase. Getting mixed up with all the names the s/a was throwing at me, I told her overtime thinking I would be opening up a lipstick that was a bright, fun pinky red fuschia but instead I got a pale pink. I still own it however I barely wear it. After that about a day or two before my 12th birthday, my dad got me a sheen supreme lipstick in ultra darling, seeing the swatches online and I loved the color. A bit darker than I expected, I continued to wear it to this day. After that my mum went to America and picked me up a bunch of Mac stuff while she was there. I still love Mac so much better than the cheapies you would get in the dollar store.
oh gosh i can’t really remember, but I think I bought Sunbasque blush or Lovelorn and Shy Girl Lipsticks. It was only recently I had begun getting into MAC because I was always intimidated. Now, I have way too many lipsticks, blushes, paint pots, foundation, etc. Surprisingly, I don’t have any eye shadows, but that’s because I love my naked palettes sooo much.
MAC wasn’t my first higher end makeup brand, but it most certainly is the brand that I own the most of. My first MAC products were Lipstick in Lame’ and Lipliner in Spice which I purchased in High School and I am still upset that they discontinued Lame’ as it is a MLBB shade for me. Like Christine, my love for the brand has waned considerably in the past year. I find myself looking at brands that are similar, like Illamasqua, who just do pigmentation so well, especially with mattes, and every product is consistently good! I long for the days of MAC amazingness! Lure and Smoking Collections were impeccable and it has been almost 10 years since those launched. MAC, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, focus on quality not quantity and you’ll see your loving fans run back to you!
Christine- or anybody who knows-
Could you please tell me the name of the gorgeoussssss orangey-gold shadow in the picture on the left?! Judging by the packaging it’s LE, but STILL.
Firespot
I bought Paradisco and Mulch and my first 2 MAC colors. Wore them together everyday for about a year and then started to explore into the brand.
My first MAC product was probably their lipstick in Myth, which I got in 2005 at a duty free store before going to Japan. I have no clue what happened to it, but I think I probably finished it. I only got back into MAC within the last year or so, and have explored more into everything they have again. I’m definitely back in love with their lipsticks, along with Kissable Lipcolours (my favorite items from them right now), Fix+, Prep + Prime Skin, and their MSF Natural powder.
I think my first ever MAC purchase were eye and lip palettes from Nordstrom. I believe they were called Shademates?
Then I went many years without purchasing any MAC. I rediscovered it a few years later and picked up some items during Hello Kitty then followed with Naked Honey. Then I learned about CCO’s and went a little nuts and got way too many things. For awhile I was addicted to the new collections but that quickly faded. I think the last time I bought something in a freestanding store was either Colour Craft or Starflash. Then I tried to cut back. I did splurge on Wonder Woman lipglass when it came out.
I have way too much that I’ve never used and have been trying to really sort out and decide what to keep and what to purge. I just think there are so many options out there now and find the newer MAC collections underwhelming. The only newer items that really tempt me are the fluidlines and paint pots. I’m a total sucker for pigments and was on a quest to collect as many as I could. Then I got annoyed when they downsized them while increasing the price. I know that realistically the amount is still way more than I need but I still found it frustrating.
My first makeup product from Mac was spice lip liner and taupe lipstick. I loved them so much, I went back the next day and bought their makeup brushes – my first set of M.A.C brushes are all made from France. They are still holding up well 🙂 I think they are vintage by now..haha.
My first MAC purchase were very recent-last summer, to be exact. I got the Warmth of Coral blush which shows up so beautifully on me because I’m so fair. I also got the See Sheer lipstick which is the perfect day-to-day reddish shade for me. I love MAC products and have since collected 2 more lipsticks, an eyeliner, full 12 palette of shadows, Pearl cream color base, a mascara, and a lip glass!
My first MAC purchase was a fragrance one in 1999. It was a purplish plastic case containing 3 “potions” -Hyper Souk, Nirvana, and Asphalt Flower. I still have this set of 3 fragrances.
My first MAC makeup was Smoke and Diamonds eyeshadow!
it was please me lipstick, but I rarely use it though 🙂 It is too matte so I don’t like to use it but the color is so pretty!!
Actually, today was my first MAC experience! I bought Studio Fix Fluid and Studio Sculpt Concealer in my quest for perfect skin like Dita Von Teese… and I have to say, I’m hooked. I love the way my skin looks.
My intro to mac was through the pret-a-papier collection (Made to order and kraft lipsticks) along with some permanent eyeshadows. I got jest, shroom, satin taupe, cork, trax, mulch (love!!!), sable, expensive pink and all that glitters.
My first MAC product was a tube of Russian Red.
And this love affair seems to have blossomed into one that is going to last a lifetime..
when you want quality, but:
1. you’re not willing to shell out for high end brands like Dior and Chanel
2. you don’t want the limited selection a drugstore aisle gives you
3. you also want something more special than the new hypes that come out every month in Sephora (sorry, smashbox)
MAC will always have your back. If you want pigmented and reliable, MAC will always be there, and this romance will never break your wallet 🙂
hue lipstick! i still adore the color and i’m on my fourth tube! 🙂
my first purchase was 3N lipstick & 2N lipstick from the N collection! It started my obsession haha! & now I really hope 3N is coming back with the By Request collection!
MAC Peachy Keen blush! I got it like over two years, actually it might even have been three years, but it’s still going strong.
Wow, my first MAC Product was an Eyeshadow called ”Jewel”. I totally loved it, that was back on 2006 and I got it because here in my country Colombia, MAC opened a Store, I just got crazy!!! I still got it and after that, well I bought more and more MAC products! Lol!!! 🙂
I think my first ever MAC purchase was Viva Glam V possibly but I was holding it in my ugg boot at a concert and I lost it 🙁 then for my 15th birthday, my mom took all my friend and I to the counter at Bloomingdales. I picked out Cremecup Lipstick, Soba and Satin Taupe e/s and prep and prime transparent powder. Each friend was allowed to pick out one basic item. ( e/s, l/s, etc.) My mac addiction took off from there and I am now a crazy mac fan girl thanks to you, Christine! My one year mac-iversary is coming up and guess where I’m getting my makeup done for my sweet sixteen!
My first Mac ‘purchase’ (my mother bought it for me), was Twiggy satin lipstick. I believe it was 1995.
I still keep that colour in my rotation. 🙂
Most of my makeup is either Mac of Smashbox these days. I always go back for their eyeshadows.
My first MAC experience was around 95/96. I had recently moved from Brazil to Key Biscayne, FL and I was walking around Miami Beach when I stumbled upon the store. It was a pretty amazing experience, cause I was about 15 and getting pretty excited about make up. To my complete shock it was so much cheaper than any brand I had access to back in Brazil, like Helena Rubinstein and Lancome, and they had so many more colors and products than any other brand as well. To this day it was my best shopping experience, because the sales associate actually LISTENED to my skin concerns ( oily/acne prone skin ) and preferences. He was so precise in his recommendations that most stuff I still use or would still use had they not been discontinued. The products were: Matte liquid foundation NC35 ( perfect match ), Pressed powder NC35, Studio fix powder NC35. Bliss ( frost ) eyeshadow, Spice ( matte ) eyeshadow as a blush ( it was a larger sized eyeshadow from the permanent line, about the size of a CCB ), Spice lip pencil and my holy grail lipstick: Touch ( I’ve gone trough a bunch of them, more than any other product EVER ). I also bought two brushes, the 141 ( similar to the 275 ) and the 101 ( a large powder brush )and the brush cleanser. This was a pretty big haul, as you can see, but it was my fist full on complete make up set. It was around the time they released the Viva Glam I ( the Ru Paul red, at least that’s when they advertised it heavily ) lipstick, which I also bought, with the perfect excuse of helping a very good cause.
The cool club kids at my art school used MAC. On a weekend in like 1995, I went to the Nordstom at The Big City Mall; I bought a MAC Silver Dusk Powder, A Cyber Lippie and a Viva Glam Lippie. It was one of the first high-end makeup purchases I made-I was in college and just started to have money of my own. Then, I dressed more punk and goth everyday – so having these in my arsenal of fierceness was like, amaaaazing. I still have all three: the Viva Glam and Silver Dusk are usable, the Cyber is not. My favorite MAC period was the wearable yet insane campaigns, colours and textures of the late 90s – early 00s.
my first purchase from mac was an eyeshadow in Silverthorn which i believe was limited edition. i bought it for a play i was in. it did indeed pave way for a real romance ! i still have it and i definitely think it is a gorgeous color : ) i love mac’s pigments & lipsticks. i also love any multi-use products they have !
My first mac product was “satellite dream” eyeshadow; and it’s still my favorite one 🙂
My first MAC product is Melba blush. It’s my favorite blush of all time!
My first usage of a Mac product was using a friend’s eye shadow. I’m pretty sure it was Passionate, as well as Carbon. The first one I bought was either Carbon or Coppering. Some how I have lost both of them and it makes me really sad 🙁 I think that Carbon is really replaceable, but Coppering is absolutely beautiful. I might have to repurchase, but I feel like (especially in Canada), they’re a bit overpriced.
MAC started my for high end brands!!! My first makeup purchase was mythology and star violet eyeshadow. Now I own two 15pan palettes and a full blush!! My makeup collection was once just covergirl now i have everything from Nars to Bobbi Brown.
Lust lipglass, Angeldish lipstick (it was when Aquadisiac came out), and a Studio Fix that was too dark for me and had to go back. The MA was quite tanned and apparently wanted me to be tan too. 🙂
I must have bought my first MAC products in the late 90’s when I was in High School: MAC Studio Fix Powder, Mocha Blush and O lipstick!
My friend gave me a Melon pigment for my birthday two years ago, and after a week of playing with it, I spilled most of it on my bathroom sink – but we’ve probably all done that at least once, right?! After that, I bought Carbon eyeshadow, Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Dark, and a 208 at a counter during a trip to Sydney, followed by Honeylove lipstick on my way home. I still own all of those products, and I’ll keep the packaging for nostalgic reasons 🙂 I do believe the change in pH levels from Sydney, Australia to Houston, Texas caused my Mineralize Skinfinish Natural to change colors though, because it is now the most orange thing I have ever seen. It’s nice to warm up the cheeks a bit, but using it as a face powder is out of the question. I still love MAC as a brand for it’s affordability amongst other ‘high end’ brands, and it’s range of the type of products they make. However, they need to chill out with their collection releases, because three new launches on the same day is just a bit pretentious :p
I live in Finland, in a city on the western coast called Vasa. We don´t have a MAC Cosmetics store here.. the closest one is in Turku which lies about 8 hours (there and back) away from Vasa. Thats why I haven´t owned anything from MAC until summer 2011. Me and my fiancé went on a road trip to one of my aunts and we went through Turku. I bought Satin Taupe, Swish and Paradisco. There are a few more eyeshadows I really want from MAC but since I don´t have a store near me its not something that Im crazy over 🙂 I do love Satin Taupe more than anything and its the shadow Ive used the most from the ones Ive bought 🙂
My first and favorite product that I’ve tried from MAC is Trax eyeshadow, followed closely behind by Teddy eye kohl. I have backups of both 😉 gorgeous colors and they both go well together. It definitely began my love affair with makeup 😉
1) What was the first MAC product you ever tried? A lipglass in Desire. Garsh that was many moons ago!
2) Did it pave way for a real romance or did it put you off the brand entirely? ROMANCE!!
3) What was the first MAC product you purchased? Desire Lipglass, many moons ago.
4) Did you love it? LOVED IT! Hate it? NO! Still own it? NO! 🙁 It would be pretty dang old by now. I wish I had kept it though!
My first e/s love was Goldbit. I wish it would come back because I can’t seem to find a dupe … Even though I know their is one :/
MAC is the only line I’ve ever fallen in love and that love has endured since the early 1990s. I didn’t wore a lot of makeup back then, and I started off with Florian lipstick and Cubic blush. When my sister got married in 1993 I got my makeup done at the MAC counter. I picked up Teak and Russet lipsticks, Buff blush, and Vanilla, Mystery, Folie, and Haux eyeshadows. The next week I bought the first set of brushes MAC made available to the public (they are still in great condition!). In the years since then I have amassed quite the colleciton. MAC made me feel comfortable with doing my own makeup, with great colours and very blendable products. I still use the shades I started out with, except the lipsticks which were discontinued years ago.
I saw a picture of Madonna wearing a matte red lipstick and matte lipsticks were not really available back in either 1989 or 1990. Anyways, it was Russian Red lipstick by a brand that was coming soon to Nordstrom stores. That was it…I was hooked.!!!
The first MAC product I ever tried was my mom’s Viva Glam V. I was probably a freshman in hs. That was when I first got really into makeup, but I loved UD. Then I discovered the Youtube gurus who all raved about MAC so I figured I should try something out for myself. The first thing I bought was the Rose pigment. It seemed like a good deal because pigments are so versatile.
Turns out, I hate working with loose pigments, so I dont really use it very often. It didn’t put me off MAC though. I purchase from them pretty often, but I prefer other brands. Plus, I find the shopping experience at MAC to be unpleasant. I am still always intimidated by the sales people.
First thing I ever bought from them were Toxic Tale and Revenge Is Sweet from the Venomous Villains collection. I loved Revenge Is Sweet and it took awhile for me to get used to the brightness of Toxic Tale but now I almost always wear brights x]
RuPaul sucked me in with Viva Glam 1 and spice lipliner. Had a love/hate relationship with macs studio fix powder but love the lipglass. My first was purrrr. Still cant bring myself to back to mac it.
When in high school my sister used MAC for theatre and every day. I was given some green gel cleanser she bought but dried her out and i had acne so why not? well after that made my blemishes go away i never forgot the brand and moved to a city with out a MAC after high school and my skin was in hell with no green gel!!! While getting really into art and drag i missed my MAC even more cause ordering online was not the same as king in. Then one day me and a friend found out a MAC was opening and were the first customers in the city and i bought my green gel, electric eel, prussian, espresso, gesso, the riveting collection, and then some i was broke but happy to have MAC in my life again. No collection was better than NEOSci-fi!!!
MAC was my first brand love, too. I don’t remember exactly which product I used first but it could have been one from the 2009 holiday collection, most probably an eyeshadow since I love MACs eyeshadow range.
I tried a few things a couple of years ago – shadow, liner and lipsick – and didn’t see what all the fuss was about. Then had a burst of activity last year with Peacocky, Wonder Woman and Quite Cute, but the sheer number of launches was too much and I’ve lost interest now. Still like what I got, but it would have to be something really special and unique for me to get anything from them again. Prefer Illamasqua as a line and speciality nail polishes like China Glaze, etc.
My firs
My first MAC was a Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation.
Now i am a mua and 80% products is MAC in my make up collection :))))
My first thing I got from Mac was Snob lipstick cos I read Drew Barrymore wore it
It was brush 266, cranberry and yogurt eyeshadow. Harmony blush, fondle lipstick, C-thru lipglass and Face and Body. I got all of that the 1st time I went to the Nordstroms MAC counter in 1999 and I been in love with MAC ever since.
My first MAC product was Green Brown pigment back in the day when MAC Pro didn’t have a web site (almost 2000). You had no way to know what pigments were available unless you called and asked for it. But you could not ask for it unless you knew what it was. There were no lists to get in the mail or any ways to know what pigments were available unless you lived near a MAC Pro store, which there were very few of.
I remember trying to call and ask about other pigments as I loved green brown and was told that I had to know what I wanted before I could ask if they had it. I would say I had no idea what they had, and was told there were too many pigments to read off. If I asked what blues they had for instance, I was told that they couldn’t tell me b/c all they had was a list to read from and no way to tell what color it was. So I had to know what I wanted before the could tell me if they had it. LOL. It was insane!!!
So, despite the quality of products going down often, some things have gone way up- like at least MAC having a Pro site you can order from and see what is available!
My first purchase was All That Glitters and Cork eyeshadows, 224, 219, 208 and 242 brushes, blot powder and Hug Me lipstick (Big splurge!) And among all that stuff my favorite is All That Glitters eyeshadow… Love it!
I made my first MAC purchase in the mid-1990s…a lipstick called Faux, a mauvey pink. I also liked a peachy nude shade called Shrimpton (now discontinued). I purchased Faux a few times and then stopped, never to return to MAC until 2008 when I spotted the Neutrals Collection and my holy grail lipstick 3N. Since then I’ve been hooked on MAC! And I’m thrilled that 3N is the running in the buyer’s choice vote!
My first MAC purchase was the Viva Glam V lipstick and the matching lipgloss. I was on my way home from uni and took a shortcut through a department store (as you do….) and when I saw them and had the MUA apply them on my lips I was instantly smitten and had to purchase.
Sadly, the lipstick has since snapped and I haven’t got round to buying a new one yet. I do love MAC still, but I’m not as loyal to the brand as I once used to be.
MAC Purple Shower eyeshadow started the avalanche. I now own 150+ shadows, 70+ pigments, countless lipsticks, lipglasses, blushes, brushes, etc. So yes, it was a beautiful beginning! I love it, though I am tiring of MAC’s marketing antics. Still, I adore my MAC products. Couldn’t live without my cream colour bases in hush & shell and MAC Strobe Cream.
My first MAC product was the clear lipglass when I was about 15( I’m 24 now). I was in my tomboy stage for about 3 years but I still loved lipgloss. In 2008 my sister reintroduced me to MAC around xmas and I got the holiday brush kit and Gleam lipstick. I still have these items and have been MAC crazy ever since. I regularly purchase from MAC but I also love other brands. However, I remain loyal to MAC because of the wide variety.
The first product I ever used was MAC Lipglass in Florabundance, with MAC BBQ lipliner.
My first MAC products were Cyber and Viva Glam. It was back when the lipsticks were only $9!!!
I love MAC. I love Mac no only because of there products but because of there customer service. I have never meet a artist there who was not helpful.( Well thats not 100% true, I have had a few experinces that made me go…Is she for really?) I learn alot of helpful techinques and how-tos at MAC. I love other “High-End Make-up” and I have like a killibillion points on my Sephora card. But i find that Sephora ( maybe this is only in my area) are terrible with advice, colors and foundation matching. They suck! So I am pretty much on my own in there. But being in Sephora to me is like a day in a candy shop. However I always find myself wander back to my first love…..
I was first introduced to MAC in 1997 at the MAC counter in GA. I purchased Studio FIX (Still Use), a Chestnut Lip Pencil (Haven’t used in years) and Foil lipstick (No longer in production)… I love MAC and I am so thrilled the foundation never changed or I would be devastated…I love the shadows, glosses and my favorite blush is Sweet as Coca… Yes I am a MACaholic…
First MAC product I ever tried/bought was Tease Me lipstick (LE from 2003/04). Shortly after that I put in an order for other products (Scanty l/s (now discontinued), Bizaarish lipgloss (also discontinued), Plum lip pencil, Ebony eye pencil). Then I didn’t buy anything from them for about six years, partly because other things took precedence over makeup and also because I was exploring other brands.
These days I do buy some things from MAC, but there are so many brands out there, including some that I haven’t tried yet, to explore!
The first MAC product I tried was their lipstick in Something New. I instantly fell in love with it so I purchased Girl About Town and Morange…and so the obsession started. Hahaha!
The first items I got from Mac were maybe 8 years ago. I got 2 cream blushes, a white eyeshadow in Chill and a black eyeliner. I was not impressed, and eventually threw everything except Chill. In the meantime, I discovered other brands, such as UD, Benefit, Too Faced etc. But in the past 2 months, after reading this blog everyday, I decided to try MAC again, and fell in LOVE ! I got a whole bunch of stuff ! What I like the most is their brushes, MSFN and blot powder !
What is the Product in the 3Rd pic (off to the Riqht) it’s Beaufirul ?!
mac was my first actual brand to fall in love with and my first purchase was the blacktrack fluidline my friend had given me the last bit of her little nearly empty fluidline and i fell in love. i still buy it every time i run out. while i still love mac i love finding new brands and amazing products.
im obsessed with MAC lip products, but my first MAC purchase ever was trax eye shadow in high school, it was so shimmery and pretty…its still a great shade. i’ve been obsessed with MAC ever since-and it’s been almost ten years, so you can imagine how much i cherish the collection ive accumulated. my favourite releases have been Rock it!, fafi, and i *LOVED* venomous villains. sweet memories. <3
I am a MAC addict. My first purchase from MAC was.. a big one! I had my makeup done by an awesome girl there, with pale pink, Smut, Shroom and an earthy green more on the cooler side. I bought them all, I bought my foundation, concealer, powder, and some brushes! Yep, that was love at first sight. Years after, I still buy my MAC eyeshadows.. neutrals, pigments, and lipsticks.. I often fall in love with their collections too! So it was a beautiful beginning and it still amaze me when I go there and I see all those beautiful colors 🙂
My first purchase was captive lipstick and I have been hooked on Mac ever since that first purchase roughly 15 years ago.
The first MAC product I bought was Shroom eyeshadow. I feel in love with it and MAC. I know Shroom isn’t an exciting colour, but to me it is the perfect base lid colour for everyday. I have bought many since and now have a full blown MAC addiction.
The first MAC product was MSF Soft&Gentle and I really love it!
About 15 years ago, I picked up a lipstick called Bubbles, and with it a GWP which contained 2 nail colors, Bamboo & Raffia and a small bottle of hand lotion, all in a very nice makeup bag, which I still use. The hand lotion was amazing, but I don’remember the name. I absolutely hated the feel of the lipstick, and the polish, although perfect colors, were terrible-they flaked no matter what I did. I never bought MAC again, until I went on a quest for a perfect red eyeshadow in 2008. I never found one in MAC, but I discovered many great shadows and started picking up alot of purples & neutrals/highlighters. I still hate the feel of the lipsticks, but I bit the bullet and bought Archetype & Empowered because the colors were so great for me.
My favorite collections have been Style Black, and Venoumous Villains. I also bought half the shadows in Peacocky.
I loved the Studio Stick, but of course that was DC’d, and I like the Studio Fix powder foundation. I don’t wear blush, so I can’t comment on that.
I don’t buy alot of MAC anymore because I have almost every color that I would actually wear from the permanent line, but I still pick up the occasional pigment or paint pot. I find it very annoying how quickly the collections come out, and even overlap, so unless something really stands out, I won’t bother. Besides, I have recently discovered the wonderful world of NARS…
My 1st MAC product was when they launched their Two Step Pro Longwear Lip Colour (looks like 2 glosses in 1 tube). I had been buying the Estee Lauder version of this already, and I was in love with EL’s product. MAC put out their version with many more color choices, and it was $10 less expensive, so I was really excited to try it. Sadly, it was a huge *fail* as the product simply was not as nice as the Estee Lauder version (dried out and chapped my lips much worse), and the packaging was so poorly constructed I had 1 broken tube right out of the box (the clear gloss fell off, but it remained sealed), and another that was leaking clear gloss from the beginning, but I didn’t know it until I found the pool of sticky clear gloss at the bottom of my traincase. I had to throw away the leaking one immediately. I was very disappointed in these, and I never bought them again. I actually still have them, though! I also still have the Estee Lauder versions I bought that year. They have since raised the price on these @ MAC, but I don’t know if the product or its packaging has improved.
I later returned to MAC in search of a perfect brown shadow for my wedding in 2008, and I discovered Foile and Plushlash mascara. I still have these, too! The shadow is beautiful, and I think it’s rather uique for a deep brown. I am obsessed with mascaras, so this is not my all-time favorite mascara ever, but it is my all-time favorite MAC Mascara. My tube from 2008 still applies like new, and has not dried out or started to get that smell mascaras get when they turn. I’m shocked and impressed that the mascara is still usable. I’ve become a HUGE fan of some of their products, namely all lipstick formulas, MSFs, and the blushes–especially Sheertones. I’m glad my disappointment in that 1st product didn’t ruin my opinion of MAC as a whole. Win some/lose some, right?
I have a love/hate relationship with MAC cosmetics. My first experiences with this brand were four different foundations, which were all epic fails, but luckily I didn’t quit on them. I would not recommend MAC foundations to my worse enemy! My attempt to buy MAC foundations all ended with me having horrible breakouts and itching fits across my face. I literally had to buy a medicated acne gel to clear my previously beautiful skin back to it’s pre-MAC state. However, I wasn’t willing to give up on a brand that so many people are literally addicted to! I knew there was a product by this company that I would love and I actually found two…lipsticks and tinted lip glasses! MAC lipsticks are by far my favorites! I love the fact that they offers such a wide color range and multiple formulas so that people can personally find the best shade for their lips. Lustres and Cremesheens are the only two formulas I shop from because they provide some moisture and sheen which I love! The lip glasses are great as well. They embody everything I want in my gloss: shine, moisture, pigment, and longevity! MAC’s tinted lip glasses are my favorite HE glosses, and I own more expensive brands. Many people complain about the stickiness of these glosses, but I think they are more thick than sticky. Either way, MAC lipsticks and tinted lip glasses are the only reason I’ll step into a MAC cosmetics store or to a counter. However, outside of the bad foundations, MAC also seems to have terrible customer service in person, so I rarely buy from an actual store or counter. I only visit in person to swatch products and usually buy them online. Again, I am so glad I didn’t give up on finding my perfect products from this brand! =)