I went to this Mac to see if their concealer was keeping up with the Fentys. It's not the easiest…read moreMac to find, but Macs in malls are always a bit of a quest. There were two employees working that day, and one was with a customer. I approached the other one, ready to tell her all about Mildred, the lone wrinkle on my forehead. Mildred has been threatening me to invite her sister Mavis to come live with her. My wrinkle also claims she has a pair of twin cousins, who are smile lines known as Maude and Marva. I do not want to meet any of these entities. But when they eventually arrive, I'd like to be a true expert in the art of concealer so that I can mitigate their power in between Botox applications, should that ever be suggested by a dermatologist. For now, it's just Mildred and I. And I have to master the art of concealing her before her relatives inevitably arrive and claim real estate on my face. So I come by my need for concealer honestly and like everyone else born in the early 80s I've been wearing Mac products since the 90s. I was curious...had their concealer stayed in the fight? Were they as overrated as Shape Tape? Or had they been knocked out by modern day legends like Cover FX? I was there to buy, not sample. I needed to do the kind of in-depth research that required purchasing something. The employee refused to meet my gaze and instead ducked behind the counter, opening drawers and moving around bottles. She'd been wiping down the counter but she was suddenly so busy that she literally made herself smaller than Rihanna's perfect nose. I thought it was strange. The other employee was still upselling Lip Glass to her customer, so I just waited by looking around at the place. A few minutes went by and I noticed another woman walking towards the Mac counter. The employee who was, I imagine, in a chemistry lab mixing the ingredients of Mac items below the counter, jumped up and said, "How can I help you?" I walked towards the employee and gave her an exasperated facial expression, and said "Wait...?" To which she responded with a "Gee, sorry" shrug, simultaneously acknowledging what she'd done and confirming for me that she was racist. Every single person in this story is white except me. I am black and beautiful. I left the mall immediately. I might have purchased something from the food court under normal circumstances, but I was so annoyed I just left. When I told everyone I know about this situation, they all shook their heads and tsk-tsk'ed me. Didn't I know this Mac location is patently racist? How could I have missed that tea? Did I enjoy my life on Mars? Because surely only Martians hadn't heard that this Mac is staffed with people who are disrespectful to African-American shoppers? What was wrong with me? Indeed...what was wrong with me?

Update: As far as I can tell, Belk MAC counters don't sell the pan shadows or empty palettes that I…read moreprefer, and now the price of each shadow has been reduced to $6. This is just poor business on Belk's part. Women will be looking for these and calling or stopping by, only to be disappointed. You can find them online and in regular MAC stores. Google swatches or videos if you're unsure of shades. ;) Years ago I bought MAC pretty often (95'-2008), but since going to a makeup artistry school I feel their makeup style is very heavy and not always appealing to me unless it's winter. And this type of makeup is often required by MAC in order to work there. I used to love going to this counter because there was a manager named Carrie who was so down to earth and helpful (her style was more NYC than NC), but she moved on to other opportunities. Since then girls have been rotated constantly, and while a few are helpful, many are not. I feel like I know more about the products than they do, but they still try to sell it.

I'd like to make all aware of the amazing services and care I've received from Ms. Julie Boice -…read morethe magnificent Aesthetic Nurse Practitioner at Cape Fear Aesthetics. I am from Florida and relocated to the Fayetteville (NC) area in 2011. Anyone who has moved after establishing a regular and effective regimen of neuromodulators and dermal fillers with a trustworthy provider understands the angst involved. I swear it's scarier than searching for a new GYN or hair stylist! I hunted around for months before landing at Cape Fear Aesthetics. I'd been receiving treatment with Dr. Dickerson for several years and was pretty satisfied. However, I am so grateful Ms. Boice is now part of the Cape Fear Aesthetics / Fayetteville Plastic Surgery team. She's one of the best things to happen to my face since sunscreen! I cannot say enough great things about Juile's expert care. She takes great care with each patient. I never feel rushed or silly in asking questions or when I bring in absurd numbers of selfies pointing out new areas for her to work on. Also, Ms. Boice is constantly seeking to perfect her craft. I mean, this lady is constantly attending Continuing Ed. trainings! Personally, I find that super cool and confidence-inspiring. And she's patient. Like most people, I have a couple of areas that drive me crazy. I focus on the crow's feet or tiny wrinkles around my eyes / tear troughs in every picture, and I complain about those areas at every visit. Every. Single. Visit. Instead of blowing me off or insisting only a surgeon could fix my complaints, she's worked with me and has discussed my "issues" at several trainings. I know she has because she's told me about those discussions and has returned from trainings with new ideas and treatment options that have really helped. I find that kind of creativity and patient-centered approach exciting and (for me at least) loyalty-inspiring. I could go on, but I'll close by saying I encourage anyone looking for an Expert Injector in the Sandhills or NC Triangle regions to check out Ms. Boice at FPS/CFA. I think you will not be disappointed.

Highly recommended. Been a client since 2017. Dr. Dickerson and his team is very knowledgeable,…read morekind and professional. Staff is very nice and accommodating . It's an hour from my house but I don't mind the driving because I know Dr. Dickerson will always do the right thing and I can trust him. Price is affordable and reasonable. They also give military discount. Happy Client since 2017, will always come back.

I mean this store has a lot of items but seems overpriced and the workers aren't the nicest. Most…read moretimes you have to pull teeth to receive assistance. Not a good shopping experience.

Always, there's someone to take the time to help you find what you're looking for. Always happy…read more It's always clean.

I love going to Hair Joy!! The staff there are always extremely friendly and helpful. And the…read morestore is clean and very organized. This is my go to beauty supply store, I will pass all the rest to get to Hair Joy!! Thank you all for your fantastic customer service.

Honestly, the best place I can go to and find natural products at a good price. I wish they sold…read moreblack hair so I could make my own wigs.

Everyone is very friendly and helpful and I always get exactly what I need! If I can't find it…read moremyself, the Friendly and knowledgeable associates always find it for me.But it's a quickness. And being a woman that loves fashion and hair and makeup and nails and all that other good fun stuff, there's so many options, and they have so many different beauty supply things, there. Hence the name, lol, that sally knows what she's doing cause they have it all!

Loved it. I walked in, was greeted, walked around shopping then asked for product suggestions…read more Great service from the gals in the store. They suggested products that would help my hair the most. I would definitely go back..

This is the absolute worst pharmacy I've ever been to. And I take a lot of medicine so I've been to…read morea lot of pharmacies. Not only were they rude but my daughter was leaving for Thailand the next morning and she has epilepsy and they took the day before that and an entire day after to tell us they could only fill 5 pills! Not because they were out of stock but because they couldn't get the prescription right and they couldn't have cared less. Despite everything being completely organized with our insurance and our pharmacy at home and at least 10 phone calls between all of us. They had everything they needed and almost caused my daughter to not be able to go on her trip. We finally went out of our way to the hospital at 9 pm and they literally filled them in 5 minutes. My daughter has epilepsy, it's not like she can just skip her meds! WORST pharmacy ever. I do NOT recommend this particular location.

ordered photo prints that arrived late and were packaged poorly and damaged, and missing 110 prints…read morefrom my order. the rep advised she could not reprocess my order as they were no longer running that promotion but could get me a refund in 7 business days. 0 stars if I could

Manewaves isn't my typical favorite type of salon - they don't serve wine as you wait or offer…read morevarious spa services. However, they do exude an irresistible sort of southern charm - kind of like Truvey's from Steel Magnolias. I never would've found this place if I hadn't been desperate to secure an appointment with Ramsey (who was my stylist for YEARS before I moved to Wilmington). I've never been so distraught about leaving behind a stylist before. I bounced from salon to salon in Wilmington before finding someone who was suitable, but it still wasn't the same. I was thrilled when I moved back to Fayetteville and Ramsey could do my hair again. She is ah-maze-balls! She's never given me a bad cut or color - and she's always reasonably priced. My appointment was right on time and I loved how laid back the salon is - my kids made themselves right at home. I would definitely suggest Manewaves to those looking for a reasonably priced style in a laidback atmosphere.

If you value your hair and nails, do NOT go here. I got the…read moreworst manicure of my life done here. The woman was very friendly right up until I tipped her, and then she ignored me like I had the plague when I talked about getting my hair done too. Worse, she only painted the center of my nail, and the sides of it were completely untouched. My nails were uneven and ragged, so they actually looked worse than they did before I went in. But the real horror story was what they did to my hair. I ended up getting my hair done from a youngish blonde lady, whose name I no longer recall. As a plus; she was really friendly. As a minus; she was an awful hairdresser. Here's my disclaimer: I was trying to get my hair blonde after having dyed it black. This is an incredibly difficult task, and you cannot get it done in only one process. I was aware of this, and I had accepted that all we could do was get it lighter. She told me she would bleach my entire head, which would result in a weird color, so we would dye a brown color over it so that it was a uniform color and lighter than what I had. I could do that. What I was not prepared for was that after having my hair worked on for over three hours, I would end up with hair that was a patchwork of different colors. I wish I were exaggerating. My poor head had horizontal stripes of color and splashes of discoloration. Moreover, it wasn't the pleasant shade of light brown the hairdresser had pointed out, it was a hideous mixture of bronze, orange, and yellow, like the lighter spectrum of the Crayola family had vomited in my hair. This abomination didn't stop my hairdresser from telling me what a good shade it was, and how it came out even better than she was hoping. Now, the lighting in this place is pretty deceptive, so when I looked at my hair there, I was unhappy with it, but I was willing to accept that maybe it was the best she could do. So I paid up (over $100) and headed home. When I looked at my hair there, in both natural and fluorescent light, I was HORRIFIED. I'm not proud to admit it, but I cried at how hideous it was. So I called the woman and told her there was a problem. We argued for a long time, but after I was pretty assertive about her needing to make this right, she finally agreed to come in the next day (even though she had it off) and fix my hair. Kudos to her. On round two, she just dyed my hair a darker shade of brown, which still failed to really cover the bronze/orange madness, but at least made it more tolerable. Hilariously, she tooted her own horn about how she wasn't going to charge me to fix my hair, even though another woman who worked there had told her she should. (Excuse me? You want me to pay for you to fix the hair that YOU messed up?) So ultimately I escaped with hair that didn't make me want to cry every time I looked into a mirror, although not by much. I was later told by a better stylist that we never should've bleached my entire head, because there was no way it was going to lift color evenly. This new stylist gave me extensive highlights and foils, which gradually lightened my hair without making it look too bronzy or unnatural. (If you look at my profile pic now you can see the results we got after about 3 sessions.) So yeah, moral of the story: don't go here. EVER.