Smashbox or MAC Options

[LizBabe22]

So...I was wondering...which brand is better...Smashbox or MAC? Better quality for the money...and just better quality? Does anyone know? I'm a huge MAC fan....but it's just getting more expensive....is Smashbox up to par?

[transcendentalis...]

the biggest different for me between smashbox and MAC is definitely MAC's range for colors. i'm happy with smashbox though.

i own o-glow, and even though their whole microcirculatory explanation is bullshit, i do love that blush very much, haha. smashbox's primers and foundations ARE incredible and i love them. their mascaras don't clump either if you know how to use them; the wands are ingenious. i also love that they have teal and burgundy as mascara colors, as well as an eyelash conditioner :)

their cream eyeliners aren't rated highly because a lot of people say that the consistency is wack, but i haven't found anything wrong with them... their eyeshadows are wonderfully pigmented, and applied wet, they are great great great.

i am defitely a smashbox fan... and i love the decadence collection.

has anyone tried the MAC charged waters? it's so intriguing, but it just sounds like baloney at the same time :P i detest how MAC comes out with new collections every couple weeks though (or at least it feels like a couple weeks? lately it seems as if they've been on a rampage)... good thing i don't live too close to a MAC store.

don't be fooled into buying big names just because they're big names... drugstore brands like milani do an excellent job as well. everything of milani that i've tried is surprisingly well-pigmented.