[kcam125]

I understand what you're saying, I can't say that i'm completely over MAC. It's just a few select items that catch my eye. I may pick up the Manish Arora e/s palette, because I don't have any of those e/s. But so far, I haven't had the urge to buy any of the collections...last big haul I bought from MAC was from the Heatherette line. I bought a few things from Naughty Nauticals like lippies and one pigment, that's all from the regular counters. I only do big MAC hauls if I go to the cco! lol

[Ashley]

I still like MAC, but I've never loved everything from them and I definitely don't like to limit myself to just MAC. I have noticed that I'm not so interested in their perm line (I've gotten most of thing things I am interested in) and their latest collections don't appeal to me (like Cult of Cherry). However, I'm still going to pay attention to the collections and get whatever I like.

[pinksugar]

for me, they're just too expensive, but having sooo many collections in such a short time has turned me off.

And, as the others said, there are many much cheaper dupes out there from other brands. I certainly wouldn't limit myself to only mac. Sure, there are colours that appeal to me and if I had more money there are lots of things I'd like to buy, but I'm not interested enough to save up and purchase anything

[evening_star]

I have some MAC stuff, but it was never a line I was able to get into. First of all, as a working makeup artist I totally HATE what they represent as a company and second, the whole "limited edition", "re-promotes" or "re-issues" gimmick is a cheap ploy to get people to think they have to buy it right then and there otherwise they'll never see it again... I have no respect for that. I own 2 eye-shadows from the Moonbathe Collection and was given another 2 just recently from the Neo Sci-Fi collection - I'm NOT joking: SAME EXACT COLORS.

There are so many other lines out there that are SOOO much better. I will preach this till I'm blue in the face: Make Up For Ever, NARS, Kevyn Aucoin, & Shu Uemura are the REAL thing. MAC will never compare to these lines.

[SweetLikeSin]

I've never bought any MAC stuff, and the only place I know of that sells MAC is about 45mins+ away from me. I like Urban Decay stuff a lot. The colors are so bold and look great together so I've been buying mostly UD e/s. I also like the colors of L'Oreal HIP duos. They're really cute.

[themarymac]

I am starting to lose interest in MAC and am discovering MUFE. I find the quality seems to be better with MUFE

[girlie2010]

I only own a few mac items because I wanted to try out there products because of the hype. I could only get them with money given to me for my birthday but I think that mac is too expensive and overrated. I love the new drugstore stuff that has been coming out, some of the brands have products that are new and similar to mac.

[daer0n]

Originally Posted by banapple

I don't think I was ever into MAC lol, some of their collections look pretty but honestly most of them look the same~ i did like electro flash...but I've never bought that many MAC items to begin with so it's like whatever for me haha

Ditto!

[Anthea]

I do like my Mac, but I will only now get it if it comes out of the US unless I absolutely need it now. It's just too expensive here in Aus. I do have a couple of Neo SciFi pieces but all in all I am not so much into the collections, I tend to buy the colours that appeal to me.

[PaperFlowers]

I'm a mineral girl, not a MAC girl. The only things I have from MAC are 2 skinfinishes and Lipglosses (because THOSE are wonderful.)

[Bec688]

I used to LOVE MAC, I was one of those girls that thought it was the be all and end all of make up, it was the best and that's it. Thank the lord I got over that lol I still use MAC and still like to buy it every now and then, but I'm not one of those girls who has to buy SOMETHING from every collection. I also agree with what a lot of others have said, the collections come out too often, it's hard to keep up with it all.

[ninalovesmakeup]

I only started getting into makeup in Feb. of this year. Before that, I never even heard of MAC or a lot of the other big name brands. However, coming to sites like this and watching gurus on youtube really hyped them up to me. I went a little overboard and bought a lot of stuff from them. However, I'm getting bored with it (and a lot of other stuff). The collections are popping up every other week it seems, and I (and my wallet) can't keep up with that. I'm cooling it on MAC for awhile now and on other stuff too. I plan to only replace stuff that I use and liked.

[CellyCell]

Originally Posted by emily_3383

I dont understand why some people feel the need to buy something every time a collection comes out.

Hype.
I read this thread in Specktra about it - it was pretty interesting, like the whole history about MAC/Collections and crap. Many members where like, "oh... I don't give into temptation blah blah blah and buy what I need." but then you see them hauling everything from the latest collection. Haha.

Honestly, especially with Cult of Cherry or whatever it is... I notice they just to buy just to buy. Like, would they REALLY wear that brown lipstick, or that blue... or even the bright purples? Collecting dust item. And there's a lot that do go crazy over them because they're LE. In the end, it's their own money but Hype definitely plays a roll in things.

I can never justify buying a lot of similar color - swatch on your hand, its a tiny bit different. Placed on your lid and blend - all looks the same.

and blah blah hush celly...

[internetchick]

You know I have been wondering about whether or not to even get anything from the Hello Kitty collection if they have it. I was so excited when I first heard about it, but then I thought would I even care if it wasn't Hello Kitty?