MAC Cosmetics Reviews 

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TrustScore 2 out of 5

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Considering 91 reviews, most reviewers were unhappy with their experience overall. Many people reported significant issues with customer service, finding it unresponsive, unhelpful, or difficult to reach due to long hold times and unanswered chats. Customers frequently experienced problems with orders, including missing items, incomplete shipments, or products not arriving as expected. However, some customers were satisfied with their in-store experiences, praising helpful and knowledgeable staff, and expressed satisfaction with product quality and effectiveness. Conversely, a small portion felt product quality had declined, citing issues with changed formulas, easily broken items, or products not performing as expected.

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Items delivered in good time but missing the free gift. Tried contacting customer service to be left on hold for over an hour, gave up in the end as don’t have time to sit about waiting for an advisor... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

went to the mac store on carnaby street and was completley ignored, the customer service was bad as people who worked their were giving attitude to paying customers asking them to be patient and 'wait... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Why are mac cosmetics using evri for a courier service? Come on look at the complaints and reputation of evri this is a reflection on mac. Ive had my items stolen out of my parcel and the box was soak... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Went into Max store of 125th street and there was a Hispanic sales rep. working last Friday night about 6:45pm and I advised I only needed 2 lipsticks as he was working with a indecisive woman as she... See more



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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Huge thank you to Prescilla at Kings Cross....Amazing!!!!

I just made a purchase at the Kings Cross store today and I'm beyond pleased.
Prescilla at Kings Cross store truly knows her stuff. In trying to get the ombre lipstick look, I've bought loads of lipstick from Mac and none gave me that look. Today I met Prescilla for the first time and told her what I wanted, she looked at me and came back with a lipstick combo, it worked perfectly well. I'm beyond pleased. Thank you so much Prescilla. Thank you so much

July 28, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Mac flamingo lipstick

I bought a Mac flamingo lipstick at Manchester Airport on my birthday 10th June. Today the 26th July the lipstick is almost gone!!
Definitely not worth the money!!!
A very disappointed customer.

July 26, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very bad online experience

Very bad online experience, I received my order samples not original items and I try to contact with customer service but she told me not allowed to return the items very bad experience and I will make complaint to Dubai consumer rights and I will return the items to replace original items not samples .

July 19, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

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I can't recommend Lisa from MAC in Boots Meadowhall enough!

She did both mine and my friend Gemma's makeup for Gemma's son's engagement party, and we couldn't have been happier. Lisa was so warm, friendly, and professional from the moment we sat in her chair. She made us both feel completely comfortable and took the time to create looks that made us feel absolutely beautiful.

The makeup was flawless, lasted all day and night, and we received so many compliments throughout the engagement party. We genuinely felt like a 10/10!

Lisa, thank you so much for making us feel so special. We had such a lovely time chatting with you while you worked your magic, and you made the whole experience so enjoyable. We both left feeling confident, glamorous, and ready to celebrate.

Thank you again – we would absolutely recommend you to anyone looking for incredible makeup and a wonderful experience!

July 18, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I purchased the MAC eyelash curler…

I purchased the MAC eyelash curler which came with two additional inserts that fell out from the curler very quickly and easily and because they were so small I couldnt find them! Since then I have tried to purchase refills from MAC from several outlets including airport duty free counter but they don't stock them. I called their customer service and they said this is a common complaint for this product but they offered no solution. It has just been suggested that I buy another MAC eyelash curler which seems crazy as this means I would end up with several eyelash curlers costing around £14. Truly this is a great product and gives a wonderful lift to eyelashes so I am very disappointmented with MAC not supporting their customers with suitable refills for their products. Customer is just left high and dry. I use a lot of MAC and have a great respect for their product and the quality of their make up artists but this lets them down badly. I am also unable to find any dupes for the products.

June 11, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Make up application

Tuesday at the Mac makeup area in Farmers Bayfair is insanely talented in applying makeup on customers and outstanding customer service

June 20, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Oh dear - more than 35 minutes on your help line.

Oh dear - wish I'd checked Trustpilot, but have used Mac for over 10 years without an issue. Same as previous review - £28 lipstick hasn't arrived. Have been on hold to Mac for 33 minutes now. Clearly no-one at Mac is interested in customer service as none of these negative views has received a reply. What a shame - most of my make up is Mac - I won't be replacing anything after this.

July 1, 2026
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

MAC PRIMER

I bought a MAC primer from Macy. The customer service was good. Its been 6 months of using it and give flawless base prep but MAC products are a bit pricy. There are a little heavy on the budget thou

February 1, 2026
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

MAC what is going on??

What on earth has happened to Mac?
I've been a makeup artist for 26 years so have used lots of Mac products over the years and occasionally had to deal with their customer services which have been OK......that's all changed.....i bought a lipstick over 2 weeks ago (for a wedding that I was working on that's now actually happened).
The lipstick never arrived at Evri...it still says they're waiting for it. I've been on MAC live chat 3 times now and been told a replacement has been sent out twice....I've not received any emails confirming this and evri haven't received an order from them either. No one seems to be doing what they've promised they've done.
I FEEL LIKE I'M BANGING MY HEAD AGAINST A BRICK WALL....I'LL NEVER BUY ONLINE FROM THEM AGAIN 😡😡

July 1, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If you return something to their…

If you return something to their warehouse, they don’t refund your money. You have to contact them through chat and then it’s escalated to a team who finally refunds the money. The customer shouldn’t have to hunt them down to refund the products they returned under their policy. They are probably hoping people just forget. It’s happened to me multiple times and now I’m not going to order from them again.

June 14, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disgusting customer service from Mac

Disgusting customer service from Mac. Livechat is unmanned alongside Whatsapp. Customer service on the phone is a shambles no one is actually able to provide any support and could barely understand what i was saying.

June 17, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

False advertisement, avoid at all cost!!!!

My name is Phuong Huynh and I own and operate PL SPA located in Elk Grove, California. In February of 2025, I reached out to Mac Marketing to help advertise my business on google. After 2 months, we did not receive any feedback from our customers that they found our business from Google advertisements. I thought it was strange so I went on Google to search myself and our business location had us shown as the backside of the property where deliveries and inventory are stored. I attempted to contact them for support but was unable to reach them and after 2 hours of being out on hold, they hung up on me. This happen numerous time. When it came to renewing the contract a year later, they reached out to me asking if I wanted to renew and of course I voiced my frustration and they finally accepted that they falsely/mistakenly advertised my business incorrectly in google. I am very unhappy with their customer service as well as their false advertisement. I would not recommend them to anyone. Please avoid working with them at all cost.

July 1, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Colors NOT MATCHING ANYMORE

I bought the same number of concealer I already use from Mac fix studio in a store and the salesperson told me it would be the same color. In the end the new version is too dark and they didn’t tell me. Now customer service just ignored it and just “apologized”…. If your own staff doesn’t know the information, how am I supposed to know?

June 5, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Deserves zero stats!

Sent wrong colour lipstick. After days of trying to get through finally spoke to someone who said they would refund. Instead they took the money again!!!!!

June 4, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Cash grabby MAC. I just found out that you need a…

I just found out that you need a certain amount of points in order to qualify for a complimentary birthday gift. I don't expect anything big or even an item that I would need but this gift is something nice to do, shows that you value your customers. First you get rid of the free item/recycle program and now this. MAC is all about the cash grab it seems. All my makeup is MAC and has been since the late 1990's because they were the first makeup line that catered to my skin tone however I don't wear a ton of makeup hence I have thus far only collected 3/4 of the points needed for the free item. It feels like an insult to a loyal customer like myself. There are so many options for my skin tone these days. Just so many options period. I think it's time I look at other options. MAC is no longer the type of company I wish to support.

June 1, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I made an order from Mac Cosmetics…

I made an order from Mac Cosmetics online for the first time. Mac sends me an email about I am enrolled auto replenishment order for close $28. I have never gave them permission to complete this order. When I direct called Mac they act like when they look into the system it is not visible. But week later $28 is removed.

May 28, 2026
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I've been wearing MAC Cosmetics for 20…

I've been wearing MAC Cosmetics for 20 years and they recently made the compartment smaller on the studio Fix Foundation. This auses the makeup to crumble fast and there is a lot less product. Very disappointed and I will probably convert to Fenty.

May 28, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Shopping at MAC West Vancouver

I was at the MAC store in Park Royal Mall, West Vancouver BC today, helped by Niki C. She greeted me right away which I thought was great, because too often people are ignored until they actually scream or walk out of a store with unpaid merchandise. I asked Niki about specific lipstick which has been discontinued with other brands, and even the ladies at Sephora said to go to MAC. Niki showed me a few suggestions and I walked out with a new lipstick about 99% close to what I was looking for. Better yet, she was kind, unhurried, and made me feel important at that time. I called her back to tell her personally, and am writing this review as a backup. Thank you. Marrie

May 24, 2026
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