# MAC Cosmetics, Palo Alto CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-palo-alto-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-19. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-palo-alto-ca ## Photos - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmvg0mmnl0a78yeq4ttue4o1v%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmvg0mmnl0a78yeq4ttue4o1v%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmvg0mmnl0a78yeq4ttue4o1v%2F2.jpg) - ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmvg0mmnl0a78yeq4ttue4o1v%2F3.jpg) - ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmvg0mmnl0a78yeq4ttue4o1v%2F4.jpg) ## In short MAC Cosmetics is a cosmetics store in Palo Alto, CA. Its AI Score is 30 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Cosmetics store | | Address | 550 Stanford Shopping Center Suite A, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA | | Hours | Mon to Sat 10 AM to 8 PM · Sun 11 AM to 7 PM | | Phone | (650) 323-5111 | | Rating | 4.4 across 10 reviews on Google | | Updated | October 19, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 550 Stanford Shopping Center Suite A, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | 550 Stanford Shopping Center Suite A, Palo Alto, CA 94304 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM · Sun 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | MAC Cosmetics | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (650) 323-5111 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | I only wear mac lip shade | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Mac lip combo | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Makeup artistry | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Pro longwear lip pencils discontinued | From their website | Business website | | Team | Palo Alto, CA | | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Links | Website | http://www.maccosmetics.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices These are the 3 services MAC Cosmetics offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Mac lip combo | | | | From their website | | Pro longwear lip pencils discontinued | | | | From their website | | I only wear mac lip shade | | | | From their website | ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team 1 person is named on this page. ### Palo Alto, CA | Field | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | ## Visiting MAC Cosmetics Address: 550 Stanford Shopping Center Suite A, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Phone: (650) 323-5111. Hours: Mon to Sat 10 AM to 8 PM · Sun 11 AM to 7 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Bazille at Nordstrom | American restaurant | 1 min walk | | Nordstrom Ebar Artisan Coffee | Coffee shop | 1 min walk | | Nordstrom / Crate & Barrel | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Arboretum & Sand Hill | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Arboretum Rd & Quarry Rd | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | On Quarry Road Across From Psychiatry Bldg | Bus stop | 3 min walk | ## Reputation 4.4 average across 10 reviews: Google 10. (Confirmed, read October 19, 2026.) Not enough review detail to summarise confidently. (AI guess, from 10 reviews.) ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### What happens on a first visit at MAC Cosmetics? ### anything people actually moan about here? ### who should I ask for at MAC Cosmetics? ### is the shop shut any day of the week ### parking here, how bad is it? ### which one, MAC Cosmetics in Palo Alto or SEPHORA? ### Do they post anywhere? ### waiting list, how long are we talking ### Busiest day here, anyone know? ### anyone actually happy with the shop? ## The AI Score: 30 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Palo Alto cosmetics stores run 20 to 59. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. MAC Cosmetics scores 30, below the Palo Alto average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | MAC Cosmetics | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | | | Reviews & response | 12 | 55 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Fair | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 67 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 66 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about a cosmetics store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to MAC Cosmetics | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | MAC Cosmetics | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.maccosmetics.com/ | Subject of this page | | Palo Alto, CA | Person | #team-palo-alto | | | | Palo Alto, California | City | #city | | City MAC Cosmetics is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the cosmetics stores in Palo Alto, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best cosmetics stores in Palo Alto: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/palo-alto/cosmetics-store - Best businesses in Palo Alto: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/palo-alto ### Nearby - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJFzb5MDO7j4ARCpMWLUiAblg (accessed Oct 19, 2026) - [2] maccosmetics.com, https://www.maccosmetics.com/pages/i-only-wear-mac-lip-shade (accessed Oct 26, 2026) - [3] maccosmetics.com, https://www.maccosmetics.com/pages/mac-lip-combo (accessed Oct 26, 2026) - [4] maccosmetics.com, https://www.maccosmetics.com/pages/pro-longwear-lip-pencils-discontinued (accessed Oct 26, 2026) - [5] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 19, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Oct 26, 2026)