In Greece the back to mac programm ends on the 31th March (it's official they send me an email). They don't take: minis and all pencils (except mechanical). They also except limited edition products. A good idea is to depot eyeshadow, blush, powders and put liquid products into smaller empty tubes, etc.
@@mariapapa6370 Τα δέχονται ακόμα, αλλά μόνο με κάρτα μέλους (αν δεν έχεις, σου βγάζουν εκείνη την ώρα, έτσι έκαναν με μένα στο Mac Pro στην Ερμού). Φρόντισε να έχεις τσεκάρει την παλιά σειρά σκιών και να έχεις διαλέξει ποιες θέλεις, για να μη χάνεις τον χρόνο σου. Μόνο οι παλιές, καλές κλασικές σειρές, τα extra dimention κ οτιδήποτε πιο καινούριο ή ακριβό από τα βασικά δεν συμμετέχει στο πρόγραμμα.
I am also working hard to have 12 MAC products ready to trade in by the deadline. I want to be ready well in advance so they don't run out of my lipstick picks! If you happen to still own any of the full size pigments, they are very easy to depot into Dollar Tree jars, and those are my fall back items to get to the magical number12. I also might depot a blush in Perfect Cheek (it was released in regular packaging before the Marilyn collection) and put it in my blush palette. This change in MAC policy is a bummer, but it's forcing me to make some needed decisions about my stash.
You should upload all of your short tiktok videos to RUclips Shorts. I don't have tiktok but would love to see the videos here. It might also help to expand your channel.
Sadly when I tried that people expressed that they hated seeing shorts and people unsubscribed each time I posted them… so you would think it would help expand but it did the opposite
I did my first ever Back to Mac today, at Marion in SA. They took everything, including the mini fix+ bottle and a bunch of old mini pigment canisters, and counted it as one whole item each. Now I have Diva and Ruby Woo!
I'm struggling with my blushes too. I've just opted to depot them into empty z-palettes and take the packaging back that way. It's the only way I'll get to back to mac them in such a short time.
I decluttered lots of lipsticks and old makeup just before I heard about the ceasing of back to Mac. If I'd known, I'd have just depotted and emptied them and given them to you to top up the number of products you would bring back. There's not really anything that I want from MAC. Nothing against them, but I prefer Inglot and Nars. One day, I'll try the iconic Mac reds, but it'll be on a very random whim.
DYING over the nipple colour hack..... that's a new one!! I'm 37 and always heard that your perfect lip colour is similar to the inside of your bottom lip. (Less revealing!)
I exchanged 6 stuff last month and in the UK you can trade them for the Power Kiss formula, which is great. I am panning 6 more things until the end of March.
I think I've only owned 3 Mac products ever, so I'm obviously not doing a turn in. But, I find this whole situation interesting. My perfect is not my nipple color either. 😂 I have super deep colored lips against super pale skin. People always suggest concealer nudes which I think look horrid on me. My current fave 'nude' is mercury wave from kaleidos.
It ends in Finland too, so I also doing back to MAC-project too. I turned one blush to loose blush so it gets more use and i can take the package to store.
I’ve heard some places will take the minis if it’s the whole set; like a limited holiday set or something. Also they’ll usually still take the small components to recycle but it doesn’t count towards your lipstick :)
The programme also ends in March here, in Finland. Luckily my cousin who used to be a makeup artist has a lot of stuff she doesn't need anymore and I took them over. Realistically I won't use most of them but at the same time I can always just take them back as they are. I would love at least 2 lipsticks out of it to refresh my crayon smelling Velvet Teddy and a my first ever Mac lipstick that still smells good but have been in my collection for a very very long time. A 3rd one, new shade would be bonus.
i also started a mini back2mac project which i document on tiktok, i’m also super new to it so it’s a fun ride 🤣 but i’m so glad you mentioned it on your channel! i already got pretty nice usage on some of my products. i’m going to use up/declutter what i don’t want to keep and give the packagings to my friend so she can pick up a new lipstick for herself ✨
I'd go back and check again all my Mac lip products, maybe there are a couple in there you might want to back-to-Mac, even after the test and declutter you did last year.
I was able to take 18 containers in one trip, but I just make sure to purchase a lip liner so I don’t get any grief from the sales people. I’m probably just gonna do one more sweep and then be done. Although I am sad to see this program go, I don’t honestly shop at MAC as much as I used to so it doesn’t really affect me much today. I still lot a lot MAC I my collection because they take forever to finish.
I don't quite have enough MAC that I could use up in time to justify doing this kind of project, but I'm enjoying watching yours and I'm impressed with how much progress you have made (and how much else you're willing to sacrifice to the makeup gods in exchange for some fresh lipsticks in pretty shades). I'm still trying to finish MAC Mehr, though, because mines a few years old and I've been working on it for a while and want to move on to other things. I've tried the 'perfect nude' trick of matching the lipstick shade to my nipple colour... I don't have a lot of faith in it. My lips look better in cool tones (Mehr basically is my perfect nude) and mine are a warmer pink and it's hard to pick shades that would actually match anyway (how do people find that 'perfect match', anyway? Do they memorise their colour perfectly? Do they just buy a few options and hope one of them works? It's not like anyone could get away with whipping their tits out in the middle of a Myer beauty department to double check what colour they need or swatch a lippie next to their nipple!).
Haha I think it’s just a silly myth. The best way to find your perfect nude is by trying a few on (hygienically) and pick the one you like most! Boobs not necessarily 😆
I have a feeling that if you never had it (in the 32 years it was running), they likely won’t start taking products for recycling now… but we can only hope 😅
I went to the store in NYC and they are ending the program at end of March. Mine didn’t take minis. I swapped all i had for 3 lipsticks: Soar, Lady Danger and Chili. I also picked up some LE from Black Panther (story of home) and Chinese New Year (taupe Off the list)…gorgeous nudes!!!
If you have minis that came in a set (like the 4 mini pigments in an Xmas set), they count the 4 minis as one product. I have to go through my MAC stuff and return them.
I have been saving up for when I go abroad because we only got Back2Mac here last year, and we can only get a mascara. I went to the shop and have in total traded in for 4 mascaras and it seems like I’ll be able to get 2 more. Guess I’m set with mascara for ages …
With the minis when I asked in the UK I was told 2 minis equal 1 full size and I was told limited edition packaging wasn't accepted so I think it depends on where you are
You’re doing great progress! ☺️ I wonder if the particles that make the Fix+ Matte “matte” could cause this irritation. Maybe you could try the cherry blossom Fix+. Of course you know your eye but if your eyes don’t get irritated by fragrances, you could go through de Fix+ cherry and the quad more quickly 😁 I live in Canada and I don’t see on their website that they are ending the program. I looks like it will still runs but we’ll see 😅
That’s my plan! I’m going to try that and if the cherry blossom one irritates my eyes, I’ll try one from a different brand 😊 They haven’t announced it on most sites, they sent out emails to customers
Yes, definitely! I don’t tend to use decanted products… so I would prefer to use them up or get rid of the things I don’t want instead. But that’s just a personal preference 😊
I keep seeing a mac advertisement here in the UK that you can get a full-size lipstick for the cost of a mini...perhaps there has been a lot of upset about prices and back to mac ending and they're rolling in new offers?
Although I’m finding ways to use my Mac blush and mineralise skin finish, I’m not back to mac-ing them. I’m not ready to part with them and they won’t be finished in time. My mac blush is the Kelly Osborne one from a long time ago 😅 I’ve found ways to use a tinted powder as my ‘foundation’, blush on top then spray with fix plus and it looks so natural. I’m not keen on foundation day to day anymore 🙈
I am trying to finish some Mac products, I have 19 items, but since I have some liptisticks like On hold, ruby woo... that I prefer to use them from the bullet I just will returning 12... It is sad, this Black friday I bought most of my mac products and few weeks later I received this email.
I have heard some do and some don’t. I talk in this video about how I’m not a big fan of using makeup in other containers (for some strange reason) so it’s a last resort option 😊
in the last year or so, they changed back to mac policy (at least here in croatia). for 6 products you could get one lipstick... but now you get one single eyeshadow instead.
The problem with getting the "perfect" lip colour from areola colouring is that the pigmenht changes when you're pregnant or breastfeeding though, so I find that a bit unreliable
I went through all my products and all I have left is two ancient Mac Fix Plus that are so far past their prime they’re almost bulletproof. (Also the spray is crappy!)
Sadly no. It’s capped at 60sec here, and most of mine are longer than that… also people hate shorts and when I have posted a few so many people unsubscribe
Hi... I just wanted to reply reply back... I spoke to my Mac employee and they personally know my and the told me that mac have future plans for Mac rewards ...So don't throw any mac package until mac reveal there new rewards system
In Greece the back to mac programm ends on the 31th March (it's official they send me an email). They don't take: minis and all pencils (except mechanical). They also except limited edition products. A good idea is to depot eyeshadow, blush, powders and put liquid products into smaller empty tubes, etc.
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@@mariapapa6370 Τα δέχονται ακόμα, αλλά μόνο με κάρτα μέλους (αν δεν έχεις, σου βγάζουν εκείνη την ώρα, έτσι έκαναν με μένα στο Mac Pro στην Ερμού). Φρόντισε να έχεις τσεκάρει την παλιά σειρά σκιών και να έχεις διαλέξει ποιες θέλεις, για να μη χάνεις τον χρόνο σου. Μόνο οι παλιές, καλές κλασικές σειρές, τα extra dimention κ οτιδήποτε πιο καινούριο ή ακριβό από τα βασικά δεν συμμετέχει στο πρόγραμμα.
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@@mariapapa6370 Ναι ισχύει μέχρι το τέλος Μαρτίου. Ότι προλάβεις δώστο σε κατάστημα mac να πάρεις προϊόντα 🙂
I am also working hard to have 12 MAC products ready to trade in by the deadline. I want to be ready well in advance so they don't run out of my lipstick picks! If you happen to still own any of the full size pigments, they are very easy to depot into Dollar Tree jars, and those are my fall back items to get to the magical number12. I also might depot a blush in Perfect Cheek (it was released in regular packaging before the Marilyn collection) and put it in my blush palette. This change in MAC policy is a bummer, but it's forcing me to make some needed decisions about my stash.
Where I live we never had back to Mac to begin with. Even so I love watching this project and Mac does make me nostalgic
You should upload all of your short tiktok videos to RUclips Shorts. I don't have tiktok but would love to see the videos here. It might also help to expand your channel.
Sadly when I tried that people expressed that they hated seeing shorts and people unsubscribed each time I posted them… so you would think it would help expand but it did the opposite
I did my first ever Back to Mac today, at Marion in SA. They took everything, including the mini fix+ bottle and a bunch of old mini pigment canisters, and counted it as one whole item each. Now I have Diva and Ruby Woo!
I'm struggling with my blushes too. I've just opted to depot them into empty z-palettes and take the packaging back that way. It's the only way I'll get to back to mac them in such a short time.
I decluttered lots of lipsticks and old makeup just before I heard about the ceasing of back to Mac. If I'd known, I'd have just depotted and emptied them and given them to you to top up the number of products you would bring back. There's not really anything that I want from MAC. Nothing against them, but I prefer Inglot and Nars.
One day, I'll try the iconic Mac reds, but it'll be on a very random whim.
I just returned my six products for an eyeshadow. They don’t do lipsticks in Greece but I usually buy a base eyeshadow.
DYING over the nipple colour hack..... that's a new one!! I'm 37 and always heard that your perfect lip colour is similar to the inside of your bottom lip. (Less revealing!)
MAC is a Canadian company (1984) 🇨🇦, became a subsidiary of Estée Lauder in 1998.
Yep!
Although you'd be happy to keep it & you have other blushes to go through, Velvet Teddy would go ok as a blush also.
I exchanged 6 stuff last month and in the UK you can trade them for the Power Kiss formula, which is great. I am panning 6 more things until the end of March.
We can’t do that sadly, but I’m so glad you can!
I think I've only owned 3 Mac products ever, so I'm obviously not doing a turn in. But, I find this whole situation interesting.
My perfect is not my nipple color either. 😂 I have super deep colored lips against super pale skin. People always suggest concealer nudes which I think look horrid on me. My current fave 'nude' is mercury wave from kaleidos.
It ends in Finland too, so I also doing back to MAC-project too. I turned one blush to loose blush so it gets more use and i can take the package to store.
I’ve heard some places will take the minis if it’s the whole set; like a limited holiday set or something. Also they’ll usually still take the small components to recycle but it doesn’t count towards your lipstick :)
I'm sacrificing two lipsticks I don't like and taking in twelve items myself. I just have to actually drag myself to the local mall and do it!
I did my turn in 2 weeks ago, at Myer Hobart. They warned me they were low in stock but fortunately they had the shade of lipstick I wanted, Angel.
The programme also ends in March here, in Finland. Luckily my cousin who used to be a makeup artist has a lot of stuff she doesn't need anymore and I took them over. Realistically I won't use most of them but at the same time I can always just take them back as they are. I would love at least 2 lipsticks out of it to refresh my crayon smelling Velvet Teddy and a my first ever Mac lipstick that still smells good but have been in my collection for a very very long time. A 3rd one, new shade would be bonus.
i also started a mini back2mac project which i document on tiktok, i’m also super new to it so it’s a fun ride 🤣 but i’m so glad you mentioned it on your channel! i already got pretty nice usage on some of my products. i’m going to use up/declutter what i don’t want to keep and give the packagings to my friend so she can pick up a new lipstick for herself ✨
I'd go back and check again all my Mac lip products, maybe there are a couple in there you might want to back-to-Mac, even after the test and declutter you did last year.
In my area they’ll take minis and deluxe sizes for recycle but they don’t count for free product. So I save them in a separate bag
I was able to take 18 containers in one trip, but I just make sure to purchase a lip liner so I don’t get any grief from the sales people. I’m probably just gonna do one more sweep and then be done.
Although I am sad to see this program go, I don’t honestly shop at MAC as much as I used to so it doesn’t really affect me much today. I still lot a lot MAC I my collection because they take forever to finish.
I’ve already turned in 18 for 3 lipsticks and I have another ready to go. A lot of my MAC is old so it’s a good time to get rid of them.
I don't quite have enough MAC that I could use up in time to justify doing this kind of project, but I'm enjoying watching yours and I'm impressed with how much progress you have made (and how much else you're willing to sacrifice to the makeup gods in exchange for some fresh lipsticks in pretty shades). I'm still trying to finish MAC Mehr, though, because mines a few years old and I've been working on it for a while and want to move on to other things.
I've tried the 'perfect nude' trick of matching the lipstick shade to my nipple colour... I don't have a lot of faith in it. My lips look better in cool tones (Mehr basically is my perfect nude) and mine are a warmer pink and it's hard to pick shades that would actually match anyway (how do people find that 'perfect match', anyway? Do they memorise their colour perfectly? Do they just buy a few options and hope one of them works? It's not like anyone could get away with whipping their tits out in the middle of a Myer beauty department to double check what colour they need or swatch a lippie next to their nipple!).
Haha I think it’s just a silly myth. The best way to find your perfect nude is by trying a few on (hygienically) and pick the one you like most! Boobs not necessarily 😆
We never had back to mac in Benelux but I hope with the change theyll start taking back empty packaging🤞
I have a feeling that if you never had it (in the 32 years it was running), they likely won’t start taking products for recycling now… but we can only hope 😅
Kat, I have 2 empty MAC compact’s and since we don’t have back to MAC in the Netherlands I could send them to you.
I just brought in some thing from 2014 it was a holiday eyeshadow palette and they took it
I went to the store in NYC and they are ending the program at end of March. Mine didn’t take minis. I swapped all i had for 3 lipsticks: Soar, Lady Danger and Chili. I also picked up some LE from Black Panther (story of home) and Chinese New Year (taupe Off the list)…gorgeous nudes!!!
I totally feel the same about using depotted stuff🙈
I’m glad I’m not the only one! 😆
If you have minis that came in a set (like the 4 mini pigments in an Xmas set), they count the 4 minis as one product. I have to go through my MAC stuff and return them.
I have been saving up for when I go abroad because we only got Back2Mac here last year, and we can only get a mascara. I went to the shop and have in total traded in for 4 mascaras and it seems like I’ll be able to get 2 more. Guess I’m set with mascara for ages …
Just start using it as a cream blush as well, the lady danger shade
With the minis when I asked in the UK I was told 2 minis equal 1 full size and I was told limited edition packaging wasn't accepted so I think it depends on where you are
Turned in 12 and hoping to do 12 more before the deadline
I took 36 empties and the lady only offered me 4 lipsticks which I thought was odd… but was excited to get a new ruby woo and 3 new to me shades
Where the hell did that month go!!!!!!!!
You’re doing great progress! ☺️ I wonder if the particles that make the Fix+ Matte “matte” could cause this irritation. Maybe you could try the cherry blossom Fix+. Of course you know your eye but if your eyes don’t get irritated by fragrances, you could go through de Fix+ cherry and the quad more quickly 😁
I live in Canada and I don’t see on their website that they are ending the program. I looks like it will still runs but we’ll see 😅
That’s my plan! I’m going to try that and if the cherry blossom one irritates my eyes, I’ll try one from a different brand 😊
They haven’t announced it on most sites, they sent out emails to customers
Could some items not be decanted instead? Like decant foundations etc to get more lipsticks x
Yes, definitely! I don’t tend to use decanted products… so I would prefer to use them up or get rid of the things I don’t want instead. But that’s just a personal preference 😊
I keep seeing a mac advertisement here in the UK that you can get a full-size lipstick for the cost of a mini...perhaps there has been a lot of upset about prices and back to mac ending and they're rolling in new offers?
In my local store, they accept mini lipsticks, but two minis equals one empty.
I’m trying to do the same! However, I’m just aiming for 6, I’m hesitant of getting rid of limited edition items.
I am the same with some collections! You can pry the Rocky Horror Picture Show packaging out of my cold dead hands haha
Although I’m finding ways to use my Mac blush and mineralise skin finish, I’m not back to mac-ing them. I’m not ready to part with them and they won’t be finished in time. My mac blush is the Kelly Osborne one from a long time ago 😅 I’ve found ways to use a tinted powder as my ‘foundation’, blush on top then spray with fix plus and it looks so natural. I’m not keen on foundation day to day anymore 🙈
Yeah I feel you! I have so much more MAC that I won’t be parting with 😆
If you have spare empty pans, you could repress some of the products and still back to Mac the packaging? Just a thought😊
Nope! I do touch on that in the video 😊
Should have watched the full video before commenting🤦🏻♀️
I got the email from MAC that they're ending Back to MAC in the U.S. on March 31 😢
Use the lip gloss as lip balm
That’s how I usually use it, but I don’t like it enough to keep forcing myself to use it
I am trying to finish some Mac products, I have 19 items, but since I have some liptisticks like On hold, ruby woo... that I prefer to use them from the bullet I just will returning 12... It is sad, this Black friday I bought most of my mac products and few weeks later I received this email.
Cherry Blossom fix+ broke me out :(
Maybe you can use that lipgloss on top of some lipstick?
I will definitely do that when I want a shiny finish, but 9/10 times I like matte 😆
Just wondering if MAC will accept de-potted blush/bronzer packaging?? That could be an idea…take the product and put it into another container?
I have heard some do and some don’t. I talk in this video about how I’m not a big fan of using makeup in other containers (for some strange reason) so it’s a last resort option 😊
I clearly hit the comments before watching the whole video…I get it…using depotted products is never the same! Haha
Just watched the rest 😉 do you love Woodwinked shadow? I’m thinking I’d like to trade my empties for that shadow.
I do! It’s a really nice one and done shade if you like brown/bronze shades
in the last year or so, they changed back to mac policy (at least here in croatia). for 6 products you could get one lipstick... but now you get one single eyeshadow instead.
They've been doing that in Greece for at least a decade. Only one single e/s and only the very basic, old school type.
@@notyetanotheralias
:( you can't even choose between few options of eyeshadow singles?
@@warmheart2 You can, but only the old style. And most of the time the popular ones are out of stock, so...
Would you be able to pop out the pans out of the plastic packaging and return that as an empty?
You’ll need to check with your store. I’ve heard that some don’t accept it, but other people say they’ve been able to return compacts without pans
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The problem with getting the "perfect" lip colour from areola colouring is that the pigmenht changes when you're pregnant or breastfeeding though, so I find that a bit unreliable
Mine stayed the same during pregnancy, it’s just not a good match haha
I went through all my products and all I have left is two ancient Mac Fix Plus that are so far past their prime they’re almost bulletproof. (Also the spray is crappy!)
Hey kat can you post your tik toks here in your shorts???
Sadly no. It’s capped at 60sec here, and most of mine are longer than that… also people hate shorts and when I have posted a few so many people unsubscribe
Can you press the powders into another compact?
I can, but I don’t want to haha. I discuss it a bit later in this video 😊
why don't you repress the Bronzer into another compact?
Because I don’t like the tone on me 😅
Not me watching but owning like three Mac items
Living in the middle east.... Yes it's ending her to 😭
Oh no! Sorry to hear!
Mac stop taking mini from last year where I live ... And sadly they don't take mascara or packaging can not be recycled 👀👀👀
I think I’ve returned a mascara before and they took it! I know sharpenable pencils they don’t take
From 4 months mascara not included in back to mac... At least where I live ❤️
Hi... I just wanted to reply reply back... I spoke to my Mac employee and they personally know my and the told me that mac have future plans for Mac rewards ...So don't throw any mac package until mac reveal there new rewards system
Depot all the mac!
If you use depotted makeup then definitely, I tend to push it to the back of the drawer and forget about it 😆