Fake MAC Cosmetics Alert!

Sigh...I have bought 13 fake M.A.C. eyeshadows. But that said; I am a makeup artist and I have had and been using them for a couple of weeks. I must say, the quality of these fakes is pretty good. I have never used M.A.C. before (I bought these on ebay to try them), but I have used a myriad of other names and these indeed have demonstrated to be of better quality than many. I am especially happy with the colors. I have a shade of Kelly green that I have only seen elsewhere at M.A.C. (though not, at the moment, on their website) and a wonderful bright Turquoise that is vibrant without being gaudy. I'm sad that I might not be able to replace it.

I feel like the "company", whoever it really is, ought to market the stuff under a name of their own and quit being so dishonest. I'm sure they can find a way to market themselves as a more affordable alternative to M.A.C. without being so sneaky.

Don't get me wrong; DON'T BUY FAKES IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY!!! You don't know where they're made, by who, with what, etc....one of the principle reasons I wanted to try M.A.C. is because they have a reputation for high quality products AND they don't test on animals. Now I know nothing about what I'm using. But don't throw out what you've purchased if you're stuck with it. Use it. If you don't normally monitor the ingredients and/or origins of your cosmetics (which, sadly, most people don't) then why waste them?

Wow, I didn't even think that this would be out there. But I guess there are fake versions of everything, right?? :D

Hi all, i just receive bunch of Fake mac eyeshadows and let me tell you they seem good quality they are just fakinng the boxes , misprinting some littering if u look and inspect them right but what can i say eyeshadows are eyeshadows and they can last as long you wear good primer before eyeshowing your eyes and your good to go Mac is jut a name brand whom designers made it to make money ,,, and ohhh boy they are making lots of money for a just a name MAC. yeah the pigment must be alittle better. but the fakes ones are good too whom ever makes this fakes eyeshadows that was made overseas or in canadian. they are also good and the price eveybody can afford. and also all it takes is for sellers to be honest with their sells not wait for people to buy them then wait for the buyers to say or leave negative feedback on their profile. well is all i have to say, people just stry the fake mac..lol and palette's they are also good ., they are people on youtube that making makeup tutorials with fake eyeshadows and they seem to work good. and make up artist are using these also..!:0) greetings.!!

I cannot believe how naive some people are. Do you seriously believe that the fake cosmetics you are putting on your skin and around your eyes undergoes any proper health and safety and quatity testing. If I said you could get a cheap and good fake tan by rubbing dog excrement over your skin would you do this?
Fake cosmetics can contain high levels of heavy metals (such as lead) and can not only irritate the skin but encourage premature ageing as well as poisoning.
As far as someone buying fake cosmetics and applying them to someone else - this is called fraud and constitutes physical assault and I hope one of your clients sues you.

I agree with Rick! I cannot believe that some of you think is OK,to buy and use counterfeit make up such as MAC!
MAC,invests a lot of money into product research, it uses ingredients that have been tested what guarantee you have with these fakes if for example you would develop an allergic reaction?!
On another note did you know that counterfeiters ill gotten gains contribute towards terrorism and some even employ children in productions of these fakes!Do YOU REALLY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THIS?!

I agree, I bought some fake MAC in Thailand ealiar this year and I have used it a few times, but I can tell its fake (packaging/quality/price) and I am chucking it out. Who knows what they put in these fake products that cost much less!

Fakes are good. Good price and excellent quality. Don't listn to Rick. I bet he has something to do with mac, giving all this massive lecture. We are basically paying £15 for a pigment where on Ebay i paid £7. It will cost MAC to make the pigments about 50 cent including packaging in China and they sell them at £15. What a rip off.

All the quality check rubish, is all a load of rubish. And that the fake products can age skin, What the hell is that. All cosmetic products age skin, whether we like it of not. Paying £15-£20 for an eyeshadow from MAC, will this not age my skin???? Help me out to understand, or am just naive Rick????

Anyway, I just think that RICK was getting a bit sciency with his lecture and it just made me mad. People can do whatever they like. If a half price product does it's job exactly like the original, then why not. What if I were to make a make up range in china and Name it 'Katie'. I pay $1 for it and then sell it on to you for £20, I make more then £19 profit out of your hard earned moeny, would you like it??? I thought so. :) WE ARE ALL PAYING FOR THEIR BRAND NAMES PEOPLE. Have a good day, I feel much better now.

Katie!What an ignorant person you are!I can only assume that you are one of the sellers on Ebay,who peddles these fakes as genuine hence your sermon about"fakes are good"!
Rick is right...

Buyers educate(especially on Ebay)
yourself before buying and before being carried away into buying a fake .This fake could
potentially damage your skin with untested ingredients. Yes, we all like a bargain however at what cost to our health? Buying a fake handbag might make you cry at the loss of money but buying a fake mascara that damages your sight... think about it.
Oh by the way Katie,Im NOT AFFILIATED WITH MAC so don't accuse me that I wrote all this to somehow gain brownie points.
Oh one major thing is that Mac ethos is NOT to test on ANIMALS,can the same be said about these fakes?!I rest my case!
Ciao
Chiara

Can anyone tell me whether the MAC products sold on this site are fake or authentic http://www.brush111.com/index.html?

I bought a mac eyeshadow pallette and i think its fake .. however i didnt pay much less for it.so i guess this was a double rip- off. i havnt used it as yet and i dont intend to.. who knows wat they use in it .wat a waste!!

I recently unknowingly purchased fake MAC makeup on ebay and am now trying to get my $$ back. I feel uneasy about using it, so will probably end up throwing it all out or sending it back to the seller. What a waste! I could've gone to a MAC retail location and bought exactly what I needed/wanted without all the extra colors for the same amount of money!

Hi! Actually I just made a trip to Asia not too long ago and it's not only Mac that's fake anymore!there are big websites in China sells many brands of fake cosmetic,anything you can name out and they have it in fake.A lot of Asian are very good at telling the difference in fakes.I bought Arden and many other bands thats all fake..I learned from my mistakes and can tell the difference now.Be very careful on where you buy cosmetics ... I was shocked on the counterfeits looks so similar to real.Hope we all be careful on this.

i'm a cheap person so i bought these products knowing that they ae fake. they work as good as the real ones. i just hate that ppl are making a profit of the fakes claiming that its real.

Regardless wherever you agree with what I posted previously.Counterfeited makeup is full of ingredients that can potentially harm your skin ,eyes etc!Rayray you are saying that they work as good "but I disagree...my authentic MAC pigments,are very long lasting and look gorgeous on my eyes not too mention i feel safe as I have purchased them from either MAC counter or 1 seller on eBAY UK,who does sell only AUTHENTIC MAC!Rayray,if you were to for example suffer some nasty swelling on your eyelids or worse who would you sue??Who would you complain to?Ermmm the counterfeiters DO NOT care!They are interested in your money!Nothing else!Ah I forgot to mention that in China they counterfeit babies milk...some has died ,and medicine too..now do you still think that's acceptable...
I have nothing else to add

how do you tell if a mac pigment is fake? i put a bid on ebay today and im worried now that it could be a fake!!

www.brush111.com FAKE FAKE FAAAAKE!!!

MAC does not put brushes inside of their blush containers.
Nor do they put sponge applicators in with their eyeshadows.
Those brush sets are SO painfully fake!!

i just purchased the mac brushes 2 weeks ago i think.
and just used them just 2 days ago.
and im scared i might get an eye infection.
the shadow i used is real its from coastal scents.com
but im just worried that using those brushes there could have been a chemical or something in them that could harm my eyes. i wont be using them anymore. and i did wash them before i used them. does anyone think i will get an eye infection or am i ok. i havent had any probs so far

Is luxurycosmetics.com real??? How bout the brushes? Can someone please let me know

Hey Guys,
Just to let yall know that the MAC products from Brush111.com are not fake, the products are made in the same facility as the ones sold in MAC stores its just that a particular worker and her crew are selling without them knowing. It's the exact same thing. I bought some so I could test them, I also became friendly with the girl from the site and she told me exactly what they do.

guys..can u pls identify for me this is fake or authentic MAC, ESTEE LAUDER, CD, BOBBI BROWN, SKII etc product?

http://terasinnovatif.blogspot.com/
http://terasinnovatif.blogspot.com/search/label/MAC

I think that I just received some fake Nars artist palettes from ebay... I guess it was my fault for not researching the product well enough. And let me tell you... these fakes look good! They are hard to spot. (I am still not sure if it is a fake or just a misprinted label.) What would you all suggest I do? How can I prevent this from happening to another ebay buyer?

Thanks!

jazlyn...freakin relax! how can a brush break you out? All you people are doin is giving this website and their company exposure....and im sure they love it. I mean I look at it like this...people buy generic food and it takes money away from the real brands like kraft, prego, etc. People buy knockoff purses from NY canal street and so forth....coach loses money. People you are paying for the name, that it it! Thats it...get over it. Either u buy it and try it r shove it. (Rick,Charia, etc) Obviously its cheaper so of course your not gonna get exactly what the real brands are BUT if its close enough to it and you wake up the next morning after your 1st usage with both eyes attached to ur face....keep doing what you do! Duh....hahaha

Just purchased brushes from brush111, they arrived today. I got two sets, the set of 8 and the set of 32. The set of 8 is 100% as good as any mac product,brushes are even numbered. The set of 32 looks a bit cheaper the logo is not perfect and brushes are not numbered. I would recommend these brushes to anyone especially the smaller sets. The REAL mac are really ripping people off on their brush prices, just like most cosmetic companies, it costs them very little to make and the mark up they put on their products is shocking. I have also heard that this is a factory that makes the real mac, although I don't know if this is 100% true. I will definately be buying more from this site as I found the service good, the postage prompt, and the price right. We are in a recession and the sooner the cosmetic companies start to be REAL about their pricing then we'll start purchasing from them again....

Just purchase 2 MAC ey/lipliner pencils off ebay and they feel much lighter in weight than my shop bought MAC. Could these be fake and how can I tell?

Looks like some people on this site don't know what they are talking about. Some say these are obviously fakes, and some say they are not. It's nice that you can just accuse people of selling counterfeit merch. and ruining their reputation and business. If it is such a big deal to you not to purchase fake products, then DON'T PURCHASE THEM. Don't you have better things to do than worry about product made in China? We buy them everyday. Think about it.

M.A.C Freak - your comments are completely false. Brush111 brushes are 100% counterfeit! Just look at them. If you are concerned about fake products - just buy from an authorized retailer. It's really that simple. Ebay is not an authorized retailer.

i just got some brushes delivered today from brushes111..if they are fake..well they did a great job. they look like the real mac brushes i have. i will definately buy more!

For the record,

Brushes111 is a complete fake. Yes, it's true. The pigments, the brushes, the cases, everything. I have never, nor will I ever purchase MAC products from anywhere but genuine MAC retailers. (See maccosmetics.com for list of reputable sellers.) But I DO know how to spot a counterfeit product, and believe me I have seen my share of them. I am a young girl with good eyes, and I have done some research that I felt that curious people should know:

1.) I recommend NEVER buying "MAC" cosmetics online, *especially* if the price seems too good to be true. I'm not posting how to spot a fake, I am posting to help you avoid buying fakes. :)

2.) Even though MAC cosmetics are pricey, they are of GREAT quality, and they do not harm your skin, nor are they tested on animals. However, fake MAC products, pigments AND brushes are cheaply made. As a buyer you have no idea where on earth the knockoff came from, or what's inside it. This could pose a *serious* health hazard for any unsuspecting buyer. Many of the knockoff products are made of cheap inexpensive material, nowhere near the quality of what you would pay for real MAC.

3.) Rick is correct. Since the origins of these "underground" products are unknown, there is no way to tell what kind of ingredients are included in them. I can assure you that no REPUTABLE cosmetic manufacturer would have to assemble products under the guise of a different company if they were legit. [ Of the products tested, the worst offenders were those containing the cancer-causing ingredients coal tar, alpha hydroxy acids and beta hydroxy acids, and those containing the hormone-disrupting ingredient, phthalate. ] -www.naturalnews.com

That lead and acid is disgusting. Would you want to put that into your body? Let that be a lesson to those who bought and USED the fake products. Don't do this to yourself. And even if by a slim chance you can prove they aren't dangerous, the products are still shoddy. But you CAN'T prove they aren't bad, so just say no to fakes!

4.) If you DO buy online, buy from the only true source. (maccosmetics.com) DO NOT be fooled like scam sites such as Brushes111 or any others like that. NO, they do not sell discounted makeup because of their location. NO, they do not have actual large MAC brush and pigment sets, and NO THERE IS NO "LADY" who works for MAC and is secretly selling MAC products on an online store!!! (i.e. Brushes111) NO NO NO!

NOTE: I do not, nor have I ever worked for any cosmetic company. I'm only a girl! :) Lastly though, I would like to caution all potential MAC buyers and addicts (like me) to BE CAREFUL! Don't waste your money and endanger your health! Play it smart and buy from the source! ...eBay is NOT a source. Haha.

And there you have it! I hope this helped! Feel free to comment and tell me how I did for my first post, or share a MAC story. Thank you! :)

For the record,
Phoenix.

I had purchased MAC brushes for years and thought they were wonderful. I recently was forced to buy a new 168 Brush (lets just say that thanks to my kitty cat the brush met a unsanitary end in the toilet) and brought it home, washed it (and I am very careful about washing my brushes people!), and almost 1/4 of the hair fell out! I was super pissed, went back to MAC, and they flat out refused to give me a refund for the jank product I received! That was it...

I logged onto Brush111.com at the recommendation of a friend and decided to give their 8 brush set a try...

I have no clue why everyone is so up in arms about the fact they are fake....THEY ARE WONDERFUL! And the real crime here isn't counterfeiting brushes, it is charging people $40 a brush! They are fake. I am not disputing that. But I figured that it was worth a shot and I am BEYOND happy. I suggest that anyone on here who is all "Fakes are bad" and "It is gross" needs to ask themselves if spending $40 on a makeup brush that is certified and special is really worth it? If you got the money, then fine. But the rest of us still want to look beautiful without having to live off of cans of soup and macoroni and cheese because we're broke ass poor. They're fake. But they're great. No complaints here and they are a hellova lot better than I expected. They are soft, don't smell, they havn't shed at all...they're definitly way worth the price! If you're not uptight about a product name, I suggest buying one and giving it a try. You'll be pleasantly surprised.

Hi People,

I sell fake MAC makeup for over 4 years now. AND NOT ON EBAY AND I ALSO TELL MY CUSTOMERS IT`S FAKE. I now a couple people that work for mac and they even tell me that the quality is not much different than the real stuff. REMEMBER 70% of the price you pay for mac is only for the name, nothing else than good marketing and promotions. If i have to pick between a brush set that cost over 300$ in the shop or the same set not produced by MAC but cost only 100$, it a easy choice. I have over 300 customers in the states in Canada and they are more than happy with the fake stuff. I now it is a big problem on Ebay and i don`t think it is right to sell fake as real. But everybody knows that 90% of the stuff on Ebay is fake. If you want real MAC and spend crazy amounts of money on it go to a MAC shop ,don`t even look to save a couple buks is not worth the risk. Because the fakes i sell are 100% the same as the real ones. You will need a expert to tell that they are fake. This is not to promote anything or to make more customers, but if you want to now of you bought fake stuff send me a email at montrea1@aol.com with good photo`s of the products you both. AGAIN IF YOU BUY ANYTHING OFF EBAY you will take u big risk, always ask for a receipt and where there supplier is located. EVERYTHING FROM MAC IS MADE IN CANADA. I hope this was helpful

Robert

Mac is a big company,and they have a great market out there for their cosmetics, no doubt.But i assure you they do not have their own factory producing brushes.This is a fact.All make up brushes are produced in the one factory in 'CHINA' people....get over it.... then they are sent out to their respective company's and 'STAMPED' Individually by that company LOGO...

MAC is not made in Canada (sorry Robert), it is actually made in CHINA and packaged in Canada.Most products these days are made in China due to the cheaper labor.Do you think MAC would rather pay $10-$15 per hour or $2 per hour to a worker? Think about it?

Where do you people think Louis Vuitton, Chanel,Balenciaga is made???

'CHINA' - Macau actually.. This is where all these 'AUTHENTIC' $5000 handbags are made..for any of you thinking about buying an Original, you best bet is to buy a plane ticket to China and go to Macau and to the factory (you only get a 2 day visa/pass to shop) then buy away at 70% off RRP.Same product,same quality..you are just not paying for the dozen or so middlemen it takes, to get it to the store.

By the time any product is shipped from China to wherever, costs will be increased.There is gov tax,stamp duty,import tax,GST,overheads and wages (for retail), not to mention marketing as well.. so this is why you are paying $30 or so for a $5 eyeshadow and $5000 for a $200 handbag. All these chemicals,leathers,dyes,hairs (for brushes) are all the same.There is no special breed of cow or goat that Chanel uses when making a bag and there is no exclusive colored dye or chemical that MAC uses. They use pretty much the same as any other company does.Maybe Mac actually does not test on animals (here's hoping) but what are they testing on then? Products are never sold without thoroughly been tested for human use or consumption (if it applies)..

If people are happy using so called "fake" MAC products than so be it, everyone stop getting your knickers in a knot and get over it. And if any of you work for MAC , maybe you can bring this up at your next meeting and discuss lowering the ridiculous prices you are charging for cosmetics that really are not that much better than any others out there.

Cheers..

p.s. Yes I have been to Macau and yes I have bought from the factory.The $5000 some fool paid for their Louis Vuitton handbag, I got a whole set of Louis Vuitton luggage.Authentic 100%..

Have a good day..

Why on earth are you selling fake MAC and having people be happy with their fakes? You know MAC is a big company with high quality cosmetics and I'm sure that selling fakes is illegal. Also, how dare you tell them that it's fake and you lure them into buying so much fake MAC and they don't realize it until they see the packaging. That's not fair to them and you should be ashamed of selling fake MAC to your customers!

hello, has anyone bought any of the pigments from brush111?? i was about to order some today and compare them to my authentic mac pigments...

Has anyone actually taken their fake MAC to a chemist to have it tested for LEAD? If so, what was the outcome? I recently purchased some for myself and my daughters (so much cheaper & fairly decent quality)...but after reading comments here, I'm beginning to worry.

I am only interested in FACTUAL information. Numbers, data, etc. No haters, please.

I bought 2 fake eye shadows without known. I've always bought them from MAC Retailers, but as I'm in Mexico and no MAC near my home city, I bought them from a friend of mine that is Hairdresser at very expensive price. Now, I'm so mad, and I'm hoping that my friend would be surprise about this as well, as she is selling them in their hair saloon to family and friends ( yea I'm optimistics that she is not in freaky business)

I don't agree with anonymous, the quality of the fake ones is not even close to the originals, it fades right away, and the color looks funny, i tought it was my skin color but thanks for this valuable post....

hi . im new in america,and im from china. i saw the website days ago, and i just tried to find whether the things there are real, and final went to this website. i was reading every comment, then i just thought of i can search on the china ebay, which we call it taobao. if there are lots of the same things there, then that means, this website is just selling really cheap things, it is not even true their products are from the same factory which produce MAC.
see all friends here. the following website tell us the result, and see how cheap the price can be(the prices show are RMB which is 7RMB=1USD), see almost every shops are selling the same stuffs. they are just really cheap things.
we are just wasting our time here arguing whether they are good fake things.

http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-f01fb87b09b32d0509dbf66aa8faa289.jhtml?cm_cat=50010796

http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-a1811fe01b7398297627cffc3bc086dd.jhtml?cm_cat=50010796

and also the following website are shops sell brushed. millions of the same things

http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-b3c7b1a9d916c62a42bf1e511e46dccc.jhtml?cm_cat=50010817

http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-f78897163ca00c30c0b3ea57e4866f0e.jhtml?cm_cat=50010817

which is special of this website is just they made a webstie which can bear international trade, that is it. nothing better than all those shops sell fake things.

GUYS PRACTICALLYY EVERYTHING WE OWN IN AMERICA WAS MADE IN CHINA BE REAL..... its no secret if u knw your mac products you can obviously tell the difference mac palettes never have mirrors or sponge applicaters however if u read some of the info on brush111 they will tell you they work in the same factory so do some research if your really interested it sounds awesome great deal but i must say its not right to use these products on your clients (fellow makeupartist) so use the products at your own risk even here in america there has been many call backs on products with lead in them so be careful a do some research!!! by the way dont freak out b/c the bought the product and your afraid many ppl use them are they sick are u???? has there been any reports of it??? peace

I bought some fake mac.. when I bought it I didnt know..Im very mad I was scammed..but I have to be honest the pigment and shadows are GREAT I had a couple I got from a REAL mac counter when I was out of town and their no better!! the Blushes on the other hand..they are flakey and dont even really show up :(
This being said I wont buy mac online again EVER or nars or any other make up but I WILL use what I have I mean why not?? also its crazy that make all this fake stuff I mean I know purses they do..then after that I found out clothes..and now makeup..whats next fake colgate tooth brushes??Lol

i wanted to see if any one knew abt a web site were i could buy cheap mac(fake) makeup for my self i got some from this girl but i know shes making too much money out of it so i wanted to see if anyone can help me

i visit smb sunday bootfair in kent ,it is awash with fake mac,i bought some thought it was still good to be true ,25 for 7 items ,including hello kitty ,smelt the make up it smelt like bad cats wee like a skunk ,screamed at the woman got my money back ,dont be duped ,only get mac fron house of fraser etc.useless u could not use it on your face.

you all need to chill out, for goodness sake. yes its annoying to accidently buy rip-offs, but if people are happy with the performance of the product, then LET THEM BE! its their own choice, and who actually knows with 100% certainty that what MAC say about their products (no animal testing, no bad chemicals, bla bla bla) is actually true? there are and have been dozens of companies who made the same claims and then it turns out it wasn't true. so get over it. if people choose to use fakes because they are cheaper and they don't wanna pay for a name, then LET THEM and stop havin a go at them. they dont have a go at you for spending ridiculous amounts of money on products, do they?

I have purchased some MAC and Bobbi Brown LE items from Ebay and all the times were fine except for this time! I bought a large pack from magenta-shores (Kimberly) residing in Australia. She claims in her listing that her items are all authentic and even educates us on how to tell that MAC items are fake. Unfortunately, those are obvious fake and are now outdated, suppliers nowadays are getting much much better. I'm usually trusting and especially when sellers insist that they are authentic in their listing and don't come cheap, I have a good feeling that they are authentic. I was wrong! I could never imagine that the FAKES are sooooo close to the authentic ones that I took them for real when I first opened the parcel and happily left her a positive token. She is a nice lady and perhaps has also been taken for a ride by her US supplier. I don't know but she has been selling such large packs for sometime after doing some research. Did everyone think that they are authentic and resell them?

So how do I find out that they are FAKE? I became a little suspicious when I opened up some blushers and eye shadows and noticed that the black labels written with pale yellow font. I have none of my blushers or eye shadows from MAC counters have labels with writings in pale yellow colour. Everything else is almost identical, except some white writings on the box are a little bolder. Below website shows me that the pale yellow fonts are FAKE items, authentic ones come with silver fonts/writing. And everything else seem to match up with the fake ones shown in this website. What's more can I say? Almost perfect FAKE!

http://www.specktra.net/blogs/counterfeit-mac-packaging-comparison#comment-3341

You could only tell the difference upon receipt of FAKE items and do a side by side comparison with the authentic ones. Pictures of Fake items by themselves cannot tell much because they are soooo close. They have name stickers and barcode, everything! I really can't believe what I see!

I've filed a dispute with Paypal, I hope to get a refund soon. If the above website couldn't prove that they are fake, I'll have to go down to MAC counter and hopefully they could help me. It'll be embarrasing but it's a lot of money to me.

Ok I agree with Kati cuz we dnt kno how cheap labor is in other countries people are so ignorant corporations pay so little to produce a product and go out and sell it for triple the price they paid just watch that movie the corporation and see for your self and see the things people do just to feed their families and educate your self about what corporations do

I read all i and think, how do you know MAC is used the right ingredients? I see in a lot and lots of page said this is true MAC and said all about fake MAc and this page sells fake mac.Now im very confused because I used one fake MAC pigments about 3 years ago and is the same no alegic , hello im not blind!!!! MAC do that pigment in less of 2 dollars and resell in 18 or 20 dollars but they dont tell you that to the costumers !! hello!! all brands do that is like a monopoly! The mac store just scared the people about fake mac and tell you that make alergi or make u blind. thats not true! Is like the clothes , or the inmitation shoes! is all the same!! with 20 dolars y buy like 6 fake pigments, in mac store i only buy one! I dont have money to do millionair mac store! Mac store is taking all the costumer with the prices! I dont understand the people are so dramatic!!! I dont undestard because the 60% of the products are fake or inmitation, i like shampoo or codicionair! fake brand and do the same! i have the same hair , no damage hair, no green hair haha lol!!!

I have studied about marketing strategies and hospitality and tourism, and believe me almost 85% the sh**t we put on our face tend to be made from the same components, besides you can cure cancer with a sugar pill. Besides Mac makes billions of dollars yearly and we are heading for a depression soooo there is no way, I am spending a heck load of money on my face when I can do it for less. Why don’t you people research things such as water fluoridation in the United States, making people dumber by the minute and f-ing their teeth. Check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ys9q1cvKGk

i think that fake products are brilliant i used them myself and they work the same as mac products. if mac was to lwer their price there would be no need to buy fakes. if i buy 6 pigment from mac thats a £100 where i can buy "fake" mac pigments 60 for £50. and every single colour i received is brilliant and stays on all day!! if people want to buy fake let them its recession we all need to cut back on where we pay our money!!

UM HELLO WHO WANTS FAKE MAC??????? NOT I !!!!!!

I work for MAC and have had so many people coming in with their eyeshadows that they got at MAC parties(which MAC dont do by the way) or ebay and their eyes become inflamed and swollen. they show us which shadow did it and only then to find out its a fake.

there was an article in vouge where a woman used a fake and her face began to swell,it started spreading to her neck and she would have died if she hadnt got to hospital in time. now thats the extreme and not everyone will have a reaction to fakes...but im sure that woman didnt think that would happen to her.

if you want cheap make up their are so many cheap brands that are tested, and dont contain things like paint thinner in their shadows!! there are so many batches of fake Mac being produced that from one seller you might be ok, but you might react badly to another...you just cant tell

I read everyone comments and still have mixed feelings about the whole thing. First off I have never purchased fake MAC or any other fake brand. I've just always chosen to stay away even though I've been more tempted to buy some recently. The questions that keep circulating in my head however are the following:

How can I find out for sure what the difference is in both products? (to test the differences) Who knows...they may actually be the same? Should I take a sample of each to a chemist myself and find out??

It seems to me like WAY too much trouble for a company in china to go through the trouble of buying real MAC products every season (or every time they get new items) and work to duplicate the same exact product even if they are using cheaper ingredients. not only that but they have to go to the trouble to copy all the graphics and writing on the product itself and its packaging? All that and who knows what else they have to do just so they can sell the "fake" product at $2??? Why on EARTH would anyone do that??

Isn't it possible that MAC products are in fact made in china and packaged in canada?? that would answer the question as to why the packaging is different and the product is the same.

It seems much more logical that a company would use left over from an already existing product or simply make more of it and package it when they also already have the packaging available to them at an inexpensive price?

The stories from people having reactions to certain makeup could be that they are simply that...allergic.

I don't know. I thing the only way to know for sure if if someone took the time and money to find out the real difference in each product. Other than that I think its mainly up to the people themselves.

One last thought....I wonder if everyone concerned about buying fake brand makeup is also against buying products from companies like Coastal Scents or others like them?

hmm.....I dunno

I sadly bought a bundle of the Color Rich lip/eye liners that I thought were real as I did not get a very big discount at purchase. Well, once I was told they were fakes I had them tested at Labtech as I am very health conscious - my Hong Kong ripoffs are of a better quality than the real MACs - hahaha. Just the MAC name on the pencils that put me off but I am glad that I did buy them and I use them regularly.

Hi does anyone made experience with www.macmakeupshop.com?

First of all I want to make it clear – manufacturing and distributing fake products is illegal. Most of articles above mist that main factor.
Now about less important things like how much top brands care about customers, how dangerous could be fake cosmetics and other nonsense mentioned above.
How much companies care about customers? They don’t care at all and especially top brands. All those statements about how important are customers, how they improving services etc. is part of marketing. Business is about money not consumers. I couldn’t find any evidence supporting their claims that they care about customers. So I checked what Amanda said. I bought from MAC website VIVA GLAM lipstick and when it arrived I contacted MAC what I am allergic and can’t use it. I got long and polite email. In short it was – you bought it, you got it, don’t bother us again with it, goodbye.
About poison in fakes. Common people show some respect to yourself – think. Who on earth wants to ruin their business by putting poison in products. Who makes fakes? Factories, which makes generic brands, to increase profit by using top brand’s names. Usually it is 20-50% of overall factory production. So why they should put poison in products marked (illegally) by MAC, Benefit, Lancome…and not in other products? Oh about lead. To get ingredients containing lead in these days you have to splash a lot of money (only big companies can afford that). All those stories are created by big companies as a part of actions against fakes. Do a bit digging on the web. MAC and all other big guns are using same ingredients and technologies as generic brands. And they don’t spend money on research. THEIR PRODUCTS ARE SAME AS GENERIC BRANDS. Percentage of ingredients can vary- some slightly better, some slightly worse. If you will dig the web properly you will find the proof. I did. So why they are so expensive? To make a huge profit. They spend loads of money on adverts and marketing to convince people to buy their products for very high price. Simple.
How to avoid fake? For those who cares about what they HAVE, I recommend to buy genuine products. You can find them ONLY on official websites or in approved retailer's stores( lists provided on official websites). You can’t buy those things anywhere else. To fight counterfeiters top brand don’t do wholesales. So nobody can sell genuine products cheaper then official price. On ebay 99.9% products are fake( 0.01% for those unwanted gifts like my lipstick).
For those who cares about their look and money I recommend browse the web( including ebay) and get the best deals.
And ,Chiara, can you provide links for your claims “that counterfeiters ill gotten gains contribute towards terrorism and some even employ children in productions of these fakes” as I couldn’t find anything about such things. Just don’t tell that you got it from MAC...........

Anna www.macmakeupshop.com look at the prices and you will understand. Fake. More they stole MAC's website layout. But if you happy with prices go for it.

http://www.ioffer.com/i/Mac-cosmetic-mac-92-pigments-with-color-stickers-2-pc-119034995?source=eisi

guys help me here, fake mac or not ? Ive checked feedback and theyre pretty good but i dont know if he/she is a reputable seller..

Nikki it is fake. Thirst is much cheaper, second look at all her MAC items - MAC never had some items. Good feedback is cos people don't feel any difference between authentic MAC and what she sells. They simply like it.

Why are you guys even using MAC products???

MAC is just as harmful to your skin as the fakes that you purchased...maybe you should look up what EXACTLY is in your "wonderful" MAC products that you love...horse pee, whale fat, fish scales, crushed insects, tiny pieces of glass, etc

Maybe you should think about using products that don't contain crap in them...

If you want to know what I use, it's "Arbonne" and if you want to know more about the products, email me at s.teixeira@live.ca

hey i got the fake mac c.r.e.a.m. palette at christmas and i was using it not knowing it was fake and it screwed up my eyes. they were itchy and burning all the time i couldnt even wear my contacts. dont risk using this crap they call makeup. my eyes are fine since i stopped using it.

I would just like to add....to all the people who are saying the fakes are just as good quality as the authentic M.A.C. products, i strongly disagree. I remember the first time i tried M.A.C. eyeshadow of my sister's(which was def "real" from M.A.C.) i remember thinking to myself, OMG this is what the 'good stuff' is like!! I went to Macy's and bought some from the M.A.C. department right away. Its so smooth and rich in quality and looks so Sultry!! Anyway, not too long ago i went out on a limb and purchased some off EBay==Big mistake!! I could tell the difference that it wasnt my lover MAC right away after use)-: Like anything high-end, you are paying for the name...but with that name comes excellent Quality and longevity of the product!! Do not buy MAC unless from actual M.A.C. store or M.A.C. website or a high-end 'well known' dept store such as Macy's, Dillard's, Lord & Taylor etc.

Hey..I ordered the 24 piece eye shadow set that comes with the 5 piece brush set and the lavender makeup bag with the brush bag included. I oredered it on 1/29/10 and I got it on 2/12/10.I have purchased MAC makeup b4 @ my local Macys so when I got home, I compared both products. brush111 is a FAKE! I tried to contact them by email and by the phone number provided on their website and NOTHING! I feel like I got taken advantage of. I don't know how to send these items back to them & if i do, I'm worried that I won't get my money back! I feel stuck. Has anybody retrned an item purchased fron brush111.com..? And did u get ur money back...? PLEASE HELP ME!

Hi, I work for MAC COSMETICS, not as a makeup artist but in the marketing department and fist of all I would like to clear up the fact that MAC is not made in China. Get your facts straight.

Second, it is against the LAW to sell counterfeit items whether it's makeup, dvds, clothing etc. Louis Vuitton has taken action against serious sellers who sell their fakes and MAC is in the process of doing the same. I am telling you right now if you do not want serious repercussions dont be stupid and post on here that you sell fake MAC.

If you want cheap makeup go to your local drugstore and buy the cheaper products available. You cant come on here and say you hate MAC and then buy the fake MAC.

Alert! Please beware of sellers nightbear7 and blargsz on ebay.

They sell counterfeit MAC products (and counterfeit Chanel and fake Longchamp.) I don't know why ebay doesn't stop them.

hey who's really cheating who?
MAC who charges and arm and a leg for this hyped-up stuff or someone on ebay who sells good quality copies(are they copies or just MAC out-sourced products??)for a decent price.I have used these so-called fakes and they are darned good.

i recently purchased some mac pigments on ebay. then i came across this site!! how can i tell if the pigments are fake or not? i am so glad i read this. i was getting ready to spend a bunch of money on a mac hello kitty eyeshadow pallet. i went back after reading this and saw it came with the sponge. now i just wonder how i can tell what i already have is real or fake.

Hmmmmm??? Right or wrong that is the question..Good or bad?? Heaven or Hell?? Come on people.. it's Mac not the end of the world. Someone please tell me if anyone has died from using this?? There are far more concerning problems..Everyone is trying to make a dollar... We are all trying to make a dollar...and SAVE a dollar. That is life. The REAL PROBLEM IS NOT THE MAKE UP...It's GREED...AND MONEY it is the root of all evil. If you have money you think you have a sense of entitlement.. If you don't have money you are trying to get it. . Let's see. . Do you have family?? Do you have friends?? What about a pet?? Those are the things that matter.. If you look in the mirror and this rip off make up makes you feel better and you look damn good with it on...GOOD FOR YOU.. If you Wear real MAC make up and it completes your day!!! AWESOME keep up the good work!! We are all grown human beings.. We all make our own decisions.. Who's to say the motives behind any of these people writing on this board.. We can only trust ourselves and our gut instincts. No one lives forever.. And if i die from using cheap MAC well then all be damned.. But that is my choice. Choices are our own. Stay strong and believe what is in your own heart. There is really no right or wrong answer.. It is what it is. LIFE. That's what make us so great!!! We are all different.. MUCH LOVE..

I recently purchased some MAC pigment samples from thebodyneeds2.com..was wondering if anyone has used this website or any other site that sells pigment samples and if they are fake or real

Well, I hate to tell you all this, but if you think that just because you purchase from a department store that you are safe, you are absolutely wrong. I have been a Para-medical Aesthetician for over 12 years and I research ingredients in products. I won't mention any names, but there are several department store "Big Names" that put very toxic ingredients in their products. The skin care is by far the worst. They claim to be dermatologist tested and yadda yadda and the stuff is absolute crap. I teach seminars on ingredients and skin care and will be coming out with an e-book soon, because I am sick and tired of people getting ripped-off. You are not safe from anyone. You must take responsibility for you self and learn your ingredients. At least be concerned with the top 6 ingredients. At least with the make-up the risk is minimal because it is laying on top of moisturizer, primer etc... if you did you makeup right. So even if you eyeshadow contained some metals, that are not being absorbed into the skin! What you should be concerned about it all the crap they put in skin care...lotions etc... I could say so much more, but I will save it for another time. Happy safe shooping to you all.

Hi everyone,

I purchased a Hello Kitty MAC eyeshadow (a limited edition line) from eBay, where the seller had 100% feedback and noody had said any of their products were fake. I trusted them and bought one in purple.

The next morning I woke up my eyes were pink/red, a bit swollen and it was because of this 'fake' product. The people who said fakes can't be trusted ARE RIGHT. God knows what stuff I put on my eyelids yesterday! I'm worried now- it's not normal to have an allergic reaction so strongly, when you know you are not allergic to cosmetics and never have been!

Do not buy fakes. Go to a MAC store and buy the real thing. Pricey but you're not endangering your health.

Actually, I have asked a Mac employee and she said that the eyeshadow compacts that have a mirror and a brush underneath were "anniversary" special editions and they dont carry them anymore.

Thus, the ones that some people are selling are most likely bought at a really cheap price like other makeup brands MAC possibly sold them back to employees for a cheaper price to get rid of them when the special edition line was over.

hi everyone, I BOUGHT MAC ONLY at MAC stores, i have a COMPLETE SET OF AUTHENTIC BRUSHES that was ALMOST double priced compared to mac usa websites, i live in spain, MAC spain and MAC u.k. products prices are double..example mac brush 190 in mac usa website it says 32 usd.. here in spain, mac sells it for 39 euro !! 53 us dollars !!! so in mac usa 32 and in mac spain 52 !! WOW !! and also , after buying the 190 brush , I noticed that the handles doesn´t have any stamp japan or france to it..so I returned to MAC pro store and asked , the cashier said that ALL OF HER MAC BRUSHES DOESN´T HAVE any country mark on the handles ! so I WAS SHOCKED AS I BOUGHT ALL OF MY 38 PCS MAC BRUSHES THERE in MAC pro fuencarral but mine has france or japan stamped to the handles !!! so i asked the lady again if i can see their brushes, yes 190 doesn´t have any stamp on the handle , and I even complained about the quality of the glue between the nickel holding the bristle , the glue is not neat !! the mac staff just replied you can easily remove the messy glue thats it, (but hey i am paying a very high 52 dollar for mac 190 it must be in BEST quality !! ) then she checked her brushes inside her mac brush belt , she found out that yes MAC brushes do have france or japan at the end of the handle !!! I am really really sad to learn that a mac employees NOT ONLY HER INFACT I GO TO MAC in el corte ingles and asked the other mac ladies there since it was lunch time, less customers so I found them the 5 mac staff talking I asked them about my brush that i bought that has NO STAMP japan or france on the handle , and THEY ARE ALL CLUELESS THAT MAC HAS STAMP , THEY ALL SAID THAT THEIR BRUSHES DOESNT HAVE STAMP JAPAN, USA or france to it !!! they told me not to worry because rest assured that I bought an authentic mac brushes since I bought those to them , MAC store itself !! SO NOW WHAT CAN YOU SAY...
any comments are all welcome..I am a mac collector and a fanatic..addict what more..

Like many before me I went on eBay for the first time and bought a 120 "MAC" eyeshadow palatte. The phrase "If it seems to good to be true, than it probably is" came to mind before I clicked the Buy Now button, but I bought it anyway. The next day I started doing research and found that MAC doesn't even make a palatte with 120 colors and I knew it was a waste of $70.00 + shipping. I opened it today and I wanted to kick myself in the butt. The size of the eyeshadows was so small and the colors were barely visable on skin. It has MAC on the front of the case and after examining it, it looks like they take the actual MAC case that holds 15 MAC eyeshadows and remove the inside and replace it with 2 removeable eyeshadow palattes. I'm not entirely familiar with MAC, but I will no longer shop eBay for it. I am in the process of trying to get a full refund. Thanks to eBays Buyer Protection.

i have been using mac for 6 years i drive 30 minutes to the nearest nordstrom or macys to get it always til today some guys were selling it at half the price when i got home i pulled it out to put it away and thats right! ripp off am so mad and i feel so stupid i was fulled its so hard to tell very small details its only 5 percent off thats the only way you can tell i inspected very closed and i just cant get over it they said it was real if i find them they will not hear the end of it i always look out for fake purses,glasses and clothes but i didnt know they were on this already

I think it is up to you wether you want to take the risk of using fake MAC products, however, I would recommend just to be on the safe side to take your fake MAC to the lab to get tested, because one mistake is all it takes sometimes. I would do research to see if anyone else has gotten sick as well. I'm not on one side or the other, I just believe in educating yourself on the products you use. Alot of the high end brand name cosmetics don't always put the healiest stuff in it. Look how bad most of the ingredients are in the food we eat! It's the same thing, you have to become an educated consumer and trust your gut. It is illegal to buy and sell fake MAC, so if you choose to do so again be careful and use common sense.

there is a swapmeet in west covina california thats sell fake mac and no one do nothing about it my girlfreind bought some thinking it was real and she broke out in bad rash

This is a question for the people who work for MAC Cosmetics. Why don't you lower your prices? We are in a recession & paying that much for cosmetics is absoulty appaling! Excuse my spelling I am tired lol but seriously people would not buy fake MAC if your produts weren't so outragously priced! All people are paying for is your brand name, now who is the crook again?

I've been toying with the idea of buying MAC from eBay but I think I will leave it alone. The fakery is too complicated and I don't feel like being bothered. It's not the end of the world, true, but I have a problem with liars. Period. Also, counterfeiting is illegal. Plain and simple. If you sell me a clearly labeled MAC dupe of reasonable quality for an affordable price, no biggie. If you say it's MAC and it is not, you're lying. Saying something is "just like MAC" and saying it is MAC are two different things.

It's no secret that most of what we buy is just different combinations of the same relatively inexpensive ingredients. Luxury brands do perform better in some cases and if something is not right, you have the recourse of being able to go back to a well-known corporate entity. That having been said, much of the price differential is about the prestige of a big name. Most of the fakes are probably fine in terms of safety, the issue is just that you don't know what you're getting and have no recourse in the cases where it is not safe. Still some people will take the chance and that's up to them.

MAC probably won't lower their prices anytime soon. I wouldn't hold my breath. Part of the perception of prestige is that everyone is not supposed to find it accessible. If you can't afford MAC or don't want to pay their prices, don't buy their stuff. I can't afford Louis Vuitton handbags for example. I don't buy fake LV, I just stick to the best quality authentic brands I can afford or go with a cute no-name. You are better off finding MAC color dupes in a less expensive brand with a good reputation. Wet n' Wild, NYX, Flirt! or whatever.

Well. . .I have just painstakingly read through all of the comments left here. . .and here is my two cents. . .:-)

I have been gradually getting more and more detailed and precision oriented with regards to makeup application and I needed more brushes to take my skills up to the next level. I went to ebay for the first time in my life because I was frustrated at how much it costs to get a good, comprehensive set of cosmetic brushes. Being a woman whose ultimate quest is to get a good deal...I wanted to see what my chances would be of finding a deal that I couldnt pass up. I came across brush111.com. I saw that they had a 38 piece "MAC" brush set that they were selling for 99.99.The set included all the the face, eye and lip brushes found in the MAC product line. The only other deal that I had come across that I was considering was the 15 piece brush set being sold by Sigma (http://www.sigmamakeup.com/products/7018.html ) and the price for them was 149.99 and they promoted that their brushes were direct COMPARISONS with the MAC line. They even went so far as to number their brushes in a similiar fashion.

So what we currently have now are 2 examples of potential fakes/knockoffs. Okay. . .so Im still weighing my options. . .Should I sink 100 dollars and get 38 brushes that say that they are MAC brushes, but are more than most likely knock offs OR should I sink 150.00 on a brand that comes right out and says that they are knocking off but that they are cheaper than the real thing??? Bearing in mind that currently the brushes that I am using are just plain old 'no-name' brushes that I got from the drugstore; but they are certainly getting the job done.

Well. . .I went to the trouble of going to MACCosmetics.com to see how much it would cost me to buy all of the 38 brushes being offered at brush11.com, from an authentic site. Well. . .the grand total including the soft leather pouch for the make-up came out to be 1102.50. Thats one thousand one hundred and two dollars and fifty cents!!! HOW MUCH SENSE DOES THAT MAKE?????????? The day that I go from using no name brushes to spending over 1000 dollars on brushes just because they say MAC will be the very same day that pigs sprout wings and fly.

All of the people presenting arguments on ethics. . .HOW ETHICAL IS IT FOR A COMPANY TO MARK UP A PRODUCT TO SUCH ASTRONOMICAL DEGREES? AS FAR AS IM CONCERNED THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE STEALING!!! A BRUSH IS A BRUSH. . .NO NAME, NAME BRAND, FAKE. . .IM PRETTY SURE THAT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, THEY ALL GET THE JOB DONE and if they dont. . .move on. But their is no way that I can justify spending over 1000.00 on brushes. AFTERALL, I NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE SAYING. . .HER MAKE UP LOOKS GREAT. . .SHE MUST USE MAC BRUSHES.

In addition. . .many makeup artists use eyeshadows and cosmetic brands outside of MAC, NARS, or Bobby Brown. You have brands like NYX, Coastal, BH cosmetics and even drug store lines like Maybelline, Covergirl. . .etc. . .Some artists even use grease paint. . .So really. . .What difference does it make????? If it gets the job done than it gets the job done and if you can do it and still have money in your pocket at the end of the day. . .Than its worth it. No matter how in/expensive a brand is. . .If you dont know how to apply it than it worthless anyway.

hi i m from india. first time i have taken lip color and eye produts from mac at very chep cost and the today i researched on Mac. now I feel cheated all I have taken are fake and just want to tell people. here so many people are selling products name of Mac I don't know why they do this and every body paying money for Mac they are thinking that they have original one is there anyone who can stop this ... may be some body from Mac.

hi i m from india. first time i have taken lip color and eye produts from mac at very chep cost and the today i researched on Mac. now I feel cheated all I have taken are fake and just want to tell people. here so many people are selling products name of Mac I don't know why they do this and every body paying money for Mac they are thinking that they have original one is there anyone who can stop this ... may be some body from Mac.

I bought 5 mac eyeshadows which turned out to be fake. When I applied them my eyes got really sore and my head ached until I took the shadow off. I will never buy anything "mac" from ebay or anywhere else like that again. I got a real fright from these products that I purchased (which have since been thrown out!) I have no idea what is involved in the making of them but I know I will never purchase anything fake again. I also would like to add that I would be very upset if a makeup artist used fake mac eyeshadow on me. Nobody should buy fake in my opinion. I know that mac is expensive but there are more expensive products on the market to be honest. I always get my foundation at the macpro shop and I will be getting the rest of my eyeshadows there from now on. its just not worth the risk!

OKAY lets get this streight! Brush111.com is legit real brushes. The ones with no numbers are mess ups from the company's factory. Brush111 doesnt sell knock offs, its just the mess ups from the factory. I work there.

No way! copies are SO good you can only tell having the original and fake side by side, and only by swatching. The colour looks similar but if you take a picture or look the swatch in a mirror, you can tell the difference. I have just received a refund from a ebay seller with lots of positive feedback, and the product was FAKE!!! I had to go to the Mac counter and do the swatching to compare

Ladies, save yourself time, there are reputable sellers of MAC on ebay, but you won't save yourself much, if you want a quality product like MAC, you will have to pay. I should know, I have over 70 shadows, and 30 pigments, all from the counter, retail. Then I thought I would save money, ebay looked so cheap! What a waste. I was swindled, got my ebay account, personal email hacked, got involved in some kind of international bank theft ring, all from buying counterfeit MAC from REAL criminals. There are reputable sellers, ladies trying to make a living, but they get their supplies directly from overstock from the stores themselves, you must have the real thing to compare to when you get them. Also, you must pay through pay pal, and have ALL messages go through your ebay message inbox, don't let them go direct to your email, in fact, I would hide your personal email. This is a common trick. If in doubt, bring it to a MAC counter and compare. Never put anything counterfeit on your faces. If it is fake, try to work it out with the seller, and get everything documented. If they say they will give you your money back if you send back the goods, make sure you get a tracking number and keep the receipt! If they don't give your money back, open a case against them on ebay and ebay is obligated to give you your money back plus what you paid in original shipping. This counterfeit crap is not good for anyone, and if it happens to you, TURN THEM IN! Every last one of them. The reason they get away with it is people agree to give a good rating if they give the money back. That is crap. Get your money back and turn them in. I am a MAC loyalist forever. Counterfeiting is no good, and who knows what is in this stuff. Whoever uses it, good luck with your health. MAC will get these people, and I hope they all burn for selling this crap and stealing people's money.
Stay beautiful ladies! When in doubt, stick to the counter, or reputable sellers, or sellers who can tell you where they get their product!

Oh dear, I'm currently bidding on a makeup lot on an Australian online auction site and I'm thinking that now it could be fake! What should I do???

wow did not know. I work for hotsexyfit in harlem ny and this guy pass a sale rep for mac. I bought two eye shadows but when I tried them I thought they went on like the .99 cents makeup so i decided to google if anyone had the same problem and found this. Lesson learn on this one.
The way to know is they are just not the same. The fake dont even last 3o min
Never again will I be taken and no I will buy them on ebay since i don't know which is which. This remind me of some people who duplicate our jeans in china. What a shame

Come on! You can't fool an expert. My little cousins got fooled with the imitation MAC, and let me tell you.....when they told me how much they were getting it for I knew it was too good to be true! I inspected the product very carefully and compared it with my MAC and found out it was fake. The eyeshadow broke very easily and didn't stay on my eyelids.

I am appalled at the very first comment left by a so called makeup artist.
How could you of all people use counterfeit cosmetics which are potentially dangerous to skin.
The fact that you are putting this on other people's skin and not just your own is an absolute disgrace.
Have you no idea???????
I gather by your post that are ignorant of the fact that cosmetics in the western world are quality controlled for dangerous chemicals.
Shame on you for your ignorance and cluelessness.

I've read some of the comments and cannot believe how thick some people are - it's embarrassing for you.
Go ahead and wear dangerous chinese chemicals on your skin.
No-one cares about people they don't know.

I personally have a bunch of fake mac and real, and to be honest I have some real stuff that bothers my skin, I think that it is a person choice. All makeup is bad for your skin period! lol All the people bashing the fake stuff is silly if you don't like it don't use it there is no need to hate on the rest of us that do... Oh and by the way I am Licensed Vocational Nurse in the state of Califorina. Customs is going to stop anything that isn't safe from coming over here end of story so all this lead talk is redick. On top of that if you were having skin issue from using it you would know right away, if that was really the case there would be all kinds of news stores about people going blind from using fake stuff so lets keep the facts straight folks! lol

that is so messed up

Their are some very intelligent posters on here and some very dumb ones. The intelligent posters have made a logical and thoughtful point pertaining to the chemicals used in both real MAC and fake MAC. The unintelligent posters only have one point to make which is 'don't buy fake MAC'. How about don't buy MAC at all? Real MAC also has chemicals which I AM ALLERGIC TO. I purchased a real MAC foundation a few years ago at a REAL MAC counter and guess what? I had a severe break out. Open your eyes people and stop being so superfical. Real MAC is made in China and packaged in Canada hence the reason why its hard to identify the fakes from the real.

I use organic makeup like Sante and Lavera. Real MAC is just as poisenous as the fake. Also fake MAC brushes are a better deal than the real, 24 fake MAC brushes with the same quality as the real is 70% cheaper. SMH

I have used fake stuff and real stuff, I have used expensive products like NARS, MAC, CLINIQUE, and LANCOME, and the cheap stuff at stores like Cover Girl, RIMMEL, and MAX Factor.

Depending on the shade from ALL of names, I have had a reaction. Does this mean that the fake is worse than the real? Or vice versa? NO! What it means is that I have a negative chemical reaction to the chemicals used in the products, for me its blushes. So it didn't make a difference at all whether it was real or fake, I still got a reaction.

Look at the ingredients (if you can, hell most NARS and MAC do not list ALL the ingredients or the percentage they use) and see what the similarities are to the things you are having a reaction to, then get stuff that doesn't have it.

Or if you are really really concerned, get organic products, do a ton of research and get those, you are less likely to have a reaction to that stuff.

I'm not a make-up artist, nor do I work for any of these companies, and I'm not a MAC lover, I'm just a Make-up lover in general. The make-up artists that are knowingly using fake products, that's pretty bad, do you know all the ingredients in the product? Do you know it's ok to use? And yes all make-up is unhealthy for you, some is just a lot worse, and more often than not knockoffs or fakes will be worse than the real deal. *shrug*

It's really not hard to buy and re-sell fake brand name cosmetics. Look at this company for example. http://www.beebuyer.com/c/147-Makeup-Supply
They sell wholesale bulk cosmetics for almost nothing.

Both sides of this argument have very good points.. I believe it all comes down to personal choice.. i do however think if you choose to use fake (mac or other) cosmetics, it should be for personal use and that makeup artists shouldn't use it on clients. If something did cause a reaction, how bad would it sound when you have to explain that its fake and you bought it from ebay or a dodgy overseas seller?

I am not Chinese. However, I lived there for 5 months and learned a lot about the culture. Not to mention I'm an international business major and had my internship with a Chinese company while I was there. I just have to hit a few points:
*Yea, it's not right that we get lied to. Yea, it's illegal. However, at the end of the day, not all fakes are poison. Sorry MAC. At the end of the day, legit MAC products are overpriced. At the end of the day, MAC doesn't really care about your face. Your wallet is what matters most.
*Can I just say Chinese people actually take WAY better care of their skin than Americans? Overall, their culture as a whole is a lot more concerned about health than we are.
*Did you know that numerous American companies also "water down" the quality of their products overseas? In essence, they are cheating and lying to people from other countries and hiding behind their brand. Just saying.
*Some of you (SOME) are so concerned about your skin yet you never wear sunblock, 75% of your diet consists of hydrogenated oils and processed foods, you cake your face with makeup constantly,you touch your face with dirty hands,you don't wash your hands before putting in your contacts, you pop your zits for fun, you drink more soda than water, and you even sleep in your makeup. No bad intent here, I'm just saying. I mean, I love me some diet Pepsi.
*Side note: did anyone notice the"MAC marketing employee" can't even spell correctly?!?! Weird.
*I had a friend who interned for a Chinese company that helps make high end purses/bags(such as Chanel,etc.) This is just one example of consumer rip-off.
*Hello globalization! Things that costs less than a nickle to make are sold here for 20 times as much.
*I travel all the time and buy all kinds of foreign make-up brands. It's fun...and my skin is fine.
* This whole thread is made up of spoiled girls who feel like they need a $100 brush! Why are we like that? A part of me feels super pathetic about all the time I've spent reading about this and commenting.
*Guess who MAC really belongs to? Estee Lauder. Just google the complaints against them http://www.consumeraffairs.com/cosmetics/estee_lauder.htm

Ok. Peace. Do what makes you happy!

Aloha! I was searching MAC products and came across this website PLEASE let me know if they are fake or not (prolly is). Looks convincing. Mahalo.

My apologies, the website was macmakeupwholesale.com. Thanks again.

My apologies, the website was macmakeupwholesale.com. Thanks again.

I soooo agree with Liza. Where and who do you think manufactures MAC? The u.S. doesn't make ANYTHING anymore! Everything is made in China or India! Everybody is up in arms about make up when the freakin food here is poison! Get a grip people!

how do i get my money back from macmakeupwholesale.com

Well I was trying to buy mac at wholesale to resale in my shop and guess what I called mac cosmetics office and they send to hell they don't do wholesale for resellers I wanted to do the right way but they want all the money for them so yeah I got them in my shop these fakes, and yes they are good and cheap.
If they were more flexible and cheap no one could make copies and I told them I will buy fakes they don't f care what I said.

hi everyone. i was wondering if anyone who knows more about spotting a fake than i do could tell me if either of these are fake on ebay? I am not willing to take the risk of untested products with the fake eyeshadows, so if you could please respond if you know about spotting a fake!

I was trying to tell if this seller's was fake, but she is from the USA and has 100% positive feedback..so i wasn't too sure.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220653976487&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350340788965&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

thanks!!!

Look folks, if you are happy with your fakes, so be it!
Who cares it's your money. One thing I will tell you any time you buy anything other than from the actual store MAC or Nordstrom (they sell authentic MAC) there's a 95% chance it's not real. Think about it, who would buy an eyeshadow for $19 and resell it to you for $10 including shipping? wher'e the profit for them? Forget the whole "they got it from a MAC wholesale or Factory, MAC don't do that. Now it's different if it'a A limited edition item which goes for $27 and the bid is up for double the money and up, because they ARE making a profit. There are so many other nice good quality products out there too, check out NYX, Sugarpill, etc.

Is MAC COSMETICS Wholesale.com safe to buy from? Are the products Authentic or fake?