What does MAC stand for?

MAC Cosmetics, stylized as M·A·C, is an American cosmetics manufacturer founded in Toronto, Canada in 1984 by Frank Toskan and Frank Angelo. The company is headquartered in New York City after becoming a subsidiary of Estée Lauder Companies in 1998. MAC is an acronym for Make-Up Art Cosmetics.

The company's products were intended for makeup professionals, but are sold directly to consumers worldwide. Frank Toskan stated that he "first manufactured makeup for models, but then the models wanted this makeup for their sisters, friends, and so on... ".

MAC Cosmetics is named one of the top three global makeup brands, with an annual turnover of over $1 billion, and 500 independent stores, with over thirty stores in France. All stores are run by professional makeup artists. MAC is an official makeup brand, used to create makeup for movie actors. The most popular products by the brand are Studio Fix Fluid and Ruby Woo Lipstick.

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Stevie G

Poor question as MAC stands for many things.

Stephanie Fox

I thought it was an Apple computer question, until I saw the answer options.

Johnny Rock

Well which one is it Brian? Makeup Art Cosmetics or Make-up Art Cosmetics? You used both in this question.

zolnem

Its Media Access Control Address. 😀

Robert Oldenburg

Again went with picture

James Parrillo, with Christine

Special Patrol Group, Maybe, it could have mentioned in the world of art and fashion. Cosmetics would have given part of the answer. Thank you, Christine, James' wife

Stephen W. Gerrard

Macintosh! Never heard of makeup art cosmetics, but guessed it!

Raymond St Onge

Stevie G, I was looking for Media Acces Control

Robert McBride

I thought it was Military Airlift Command. That is not a good question.

Silvia Levame

A more logical explanation about what MAC means. MAC stands for Media Access Control1234. It is a unique identifier for network interfaces, used as a network address for most IEEE 802 network technologies123. It is also known as the burned-in address (BIA) or the Ethernet hardware address (EHA). MAC addresses can be 48-bit or 64-bit numbers divided into two parts.

Mark G. Feeney

Mississippi Athletic Conference. Mid-American Conference. ...

teacherchicky

Absolutely THE best make-up brand in the world! Because it was first created for photos of models, it's long lasting and has a wide variety of amazing products and colors! I'm especially fond of their lipsticks and lipglass! It's called lipglass, I didn't make an error there!

teacherchicky

Stevie G, not in the cosmetic world!

Special Patrol Group

Terrible question as MAC stands for many things. Once again another clone question does not get reviewed. Cosmetics should have been included in the question.