The first time I had a MAC experience was when I made an appointment at the Macy's counter for my high school senior prom. Of course I wanted to look nice and I knew all of the other girls were going there as well.

Well to start off I am an African American with dark skin. I'm far from Blurple, but I'm not high yellow either. The woman who was available to do my make up was a white woman in her mid to late 30s. She asked me what color my dress was and I told her SPECIFICALLY a light sort of orange sherbet color, and she got excited. The WHOLE time she was telling me that her inspiration for me was Beyonce'. Now like I told you my complexion is more like that of Gabrielle Union and not Beyonce', but this women hadn't noticed. She layered my eye lids with this bright orange shadow and highlighted it with another darker orange and needless to say when she was done I looked like a freaking crustacean. I was so embarrassed and didn't know how to tell her I didn't like it, because she was so excited. (I was young then.) I remember walking through the mall with my head down because everyone was staring at me. When I got home, I tried to wipe some of the make up off but it really hadn't done much help due to the amount of crap that was covering my face. I wanted to cry.

I know it is contradictory to have this type of review with decent star ratings, but I now use this product all of the time. I choose not to let any of the "make up artist" do my make up for me, for fear of this happening again. All in all this is a great product and I recommend it to my friends; in fact a friend recommended it for me. Just beware of the "make up artist" because like another person said before me, not all of them are certified or professional make up artist. They just like playing dress up and think of the general public as their dolls.