I was going on a really nice anniversary date with my boyfriend, and I thought why not get my makeup done & get pampered. I made an appointment, but they didn't tell me with who. When my makeup artist came, I showed her pictures of I what I wanted, which was a brown natural smokey eye. She asked about my dress, and I showed her a picture and she said that some purple would nicely complement it. I agreed because I knew purple looked good and brought out my brown eye color.
I had some high expectations after my makeup artist told me they get booked to do people's bridal shower's makeup. However, the end result of my makeup session was terrible! The session was supposed to take an hour, but she used less than 30 min! I felt like my makeup artist didn't put effort into the session and I wasted $50 on crap. My face looked nothing like how I explained or wanted it. I left the store feeling less confident than when I walked in... On the train, I was afraid someone I knew was going to spot me. It's not that I didn't bring up my dissatisfaction to the artist because I did- I told her to add more brown and halfway line the bottom of my eye because it looks like she just added light purple shimmer to my eyes and no smokey eye, no contour. She literally just put foundation, blush, mediocre eyeshadow, and mascara on me... She refused to add brown to my eyes on the bottom, and barely added any extra color or anything to make my eyes more smokey.
I actually went home and fixed up my own makeup. I felt like I should've saved my money and did it myself. Now I know better. I felt like my face without makeup (prior to the session) was better than what the makeup artist did to my face... The makeup artist seemed to put no effort into my session, she also seemed to lack knowledge on how to do Asian eyes. I took a picture of the makeup I got done at Mac and a picture of myself after I went home and fixed it, and I sent it to my friends. They definitely preferred what I did to what I had done at Mac.
I refuse to come back to Mac to get my makeup done. read more