MAC Cosmetics

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Cosmetics store in Palo Alto, CA

3.7 · 3 reviewsOpen until 9

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AI ScoreChatGPT and Gemini didn't mention MAC Cosmetics.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

ConfirmedVisitor submittedAI guess

Updated Oct 19, 2026Last activity 15 days ago, a question from returns_reed.

Services

What MAC Cosmetics offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

The menu

  • I only wear mac lip shadeFrom their websiteCosmetics store
  • Mac lip comboFrom their websiteCosmetics store
  • Pro longwear lip pencils discontinuedFrom their websiteCosmetics store
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Team

Who you'll see, and whether their licenses check out.
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Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about MAC Cosmetics.

3.7from 3 reviews on Google

Not enough review detail to summarise confidently. Not enough substantive reviews yet — the digital story for this business is still being written.

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Would go back67%67% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 67%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 0%, 3 stars · Negative 33%, 1 or 2 stars
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Press and awards

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How AI sees MAC Cosmetics

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

22out of 100

34 Palo Alto avg

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsMAC Cosmetics

  • Retrieval grounding 26%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.0
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.41
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.0
  • Reviews & response 12%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.19
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.67
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.67
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.47
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.81

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What AI reads

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Local AI Registry · Cosmetics stores in Palo Alto, CA · Editorial

MAC Cosmetics, Palo Alto CA: Reviews

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 19, 2026.

Published October 19, 2026 · Updated October 19, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

MAC Cosmetics is a cosmetics store in Palo Alto, CA. Its AI Score is 22 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks

Key facts

FactValue
TypeCosmetics store
Address300 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
HoursMon to Fri 10 AM to 9 PM · Sat 10 AM to 7 PM · Sun 11 AM to 6 PM
Rating3.7 across 3 reviews on Google
UpdatedOctober 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.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress300 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescription300 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto, CA 94306ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Fri 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Sat 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM · Sun 11:00 AM to 6:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameMAC CosmeticsConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday10:00 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday10:00 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday10:00 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday10:00 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday10:00 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday10:00 AM to 7:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSunday11:00 AM to 6:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
ServicesServiceI only wear mac lip shadeFrom their websiteBusiness website
ServicesServiceMac lip comboFrom their websiteBusiness website
ServicesServiceMakeup artistryAI guess
ServicesServicePro longwear lip pencils discontinuedFrom their websiteBusiness website
LinksFacebookhttps://facebook.com/maccosmeticsAI guessOur record
LinksInstagramhttps://instagram.com/maccosmeticsAI guessOur record
LinksTikTokhttps://tiktok.com/@maccosmeticsAI guessOur record
LinksWebsitehttp://www.maccosmetics.com/ConfirmedGoogle 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.

ServicePricePrice markPrice evidenceService mark
I only wear mac lip shadeFrom their website
Mac lip comboFrom their website
Pro longwear lip pencils discontinuedFrom their website

Known for

The team

Visiting MAC Cosmetics

Address: 300 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA. Hours: Mon to Fri 10 AM to 9 PM · Sat 10 AM to 7 PM · Sun 11 AM to 6 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

Parking and getting in

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
Macy’s CaféCafe1 min walk
Stanford Shopping CenterBus stop1 min walk
Pressed JuiceryJuice shop1 min walk
Wetzel's PretzelsFast food restaurant1 min walk
Taro San Japanese Noodle BarJapanese restaurant2 min walk
AntonBakery2 min walk

Reputation

3.7 average across 3 reviews: Google 3. (Confirmed, read October 19, 2026.)

Not enough review detail to summarise confidently. (AI guess, from 3 reviews.)

Press

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

do regulars get anything here

best cosmetics store in Palo Alto, CA

how far out is MAC Cosmetics booking right now?

anything I should sort out before a first visit at MAC Cosmetics?

cheaper than MAC Cosmetics in Palo Alto without it being sketchy?

last update from here was when?

torn between MAC Cosmetics in Palo Alto and SEPHORA?

Coffee near the shop on Stanford Shopping?

what is the catch with MAC Cosmetics?

booked my first appointment here, how does it go

any last minute slots here?

anyone at MAC Cosmetics people keep going back to?

is the lot here ever full?

Why do people rate the shop?

quietest day to hit MAC Cosmetics?

ballpark before I book, what am I looking at

weekends at MAC Cosmetics, are they open?

The AI Score: 22 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 22, below the Palo Alto average of 34. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresMAC Cosmetics
Retrieval grounding260Whether 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 attestation2041Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility140Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Poor
Reviews & response1219The 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.Poor
Backlink & citation authority867Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Good
Google Business Profile867Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile747Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Fair
Content freshness & schema581Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Good

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.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to MAC Cosmetics
MAC CosmeticsLocalBusiness#businesshttp://www.maccosmetics.com/Subject of this page
Palo Alto, CaliforniaCity#cityCity MAC Cosmetics is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor 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

Show references (5)

Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJoWQyCTW7j4ARudArX6Z5Uj0 (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)

The code behind this page

This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.

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Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.

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One connected graph. Every person and service has its own @id and links to the business, and a licensed person links to the license and the board that issued it.

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# MAC Cosmetics, Palo Alto CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-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-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca

## Photos

- ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmvg0r6su0cwpyeq4242uu64g%2F0.jpg)


## In short

MAC Cosmetics is a cosmetics store in Palo Alto, CA. Its AI Score is 22 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 | 300 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 10 AM to 9 PM · Sat 10 AM to 7 PM · Sun 11 AM to 6 PM |
| Rating | 3.7 across 3 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 | 300 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 300 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto, CA 94306 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Sat 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM · Sun 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | MAC Cosmetics | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 11:00 AM to 6:00 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 |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/maccosmetics | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/maccosmetics | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@maccosmetics | AI guess | Our record |
| 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| I only wear mac lip shade |  |  |  | From their website |
| Mac lip combo |  |  |  | From their website |
| Pro longwear lip pencils discontinued |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting MAC Cosmetics

Address: 300 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA. Hours: Mon to Fri 10 AM to 9 PM · Sat 10 AM to 7 PM · Sun 11 AM to 6 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Macy’s Café | Cafe | 1 min walk |
| Stanford Shopping Center | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Pressed Juicery | Juice shop | 1 min walk |
| Wetzel's Pretzels | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Taro San Japanese Noodle Bar | Japanese restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Anton | Bakery | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

3.7 average across 3 reviews: Google 3. (Confirmed, read October 19, 2026.)

Not enough review detail to summarise confidently. (AI guess, from 3 reviews.)


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### do regulars get anything here


### best cosmetics store in Palo Alto, CA


### how far out is MAC Cosmetics booking right now?


### anything I should sort out before a first visit at MAC Cosmetics?


### cheaper than MAC Cosmetics in Palo Alto without it being sketchy?


### last update from here was when?


### torn between MAC Cosmetics in Palo Alto and SEPHORA?


### Coffee near the shop on Stanford Shopping?


### what is the catch with MAC Cosmetics?


### booked my first appointment here, how does it go


### any last minute slots here?


### anyone at MAC Cosmetics people keep going back to?


### is the lot here ever full?


### Why do people rate the shop?


### quietest day to hit MAC Cosmetics?


### ballpark before I book, what am I looking at


### weekends at MAC Cosmetics, are they open?


## The AI Score: 22 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 22, below the Palo Alto average of 34. 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 | 41 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 19 | 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. | Poor |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 67 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 67 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 47 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 81 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

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, 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:ChIJoWQyCTW7j4ARudArX6Z5Uj0 (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)

The files every page on the registry shares, and how to copy this code for your own site, are here: https://localairegistry.com/developers

References, including locals

Every source behind this page, including every post and comment from locals. Each has its own permanent link, so AI engines can check it and anything copied from here carries its link back.

  1. do regulars get anything here Question by returns_reed, Oct 19, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/do-regulars-get-anything-here
  2. best cosmetics store in Palo Alto, CA Question by careful_zadie, Oct 17, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/best-cosmetics-store-in-palo-alto-ca
  3. how far out is MAC Cosmetics booking right now? Question by walk_in_ray, Oct 16, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/how-far-out-is-mac-cosmetics-booking-right-now
  4. anything I should sort out before a first visit at MAC Cosmetics? Question by receipts_lou, Oct 13, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/anything-i-should-sort-out-before-a-first-visit-at-mac-cosmetics
  5. cheaper than MAC Cosmetics in Palo Alto without it being sketchy? Question by aisles_roan, Oct 12, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/cheaper-than-mac-cosmetics-in-palo-alto-without-it-being-sketchy
  6. last update from here was when? Question by june_noor, Oct 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/last-update-from-here-was-when
  7. torn between MAC Cosmetics in Palo Alto and SEPHORA? Question by alto_wilder_94306, Oct 5, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/torn-between-mac-cosmetics-in-palo-alto-and-sephora
  8. Coffee near the shop on Stanford Shopping? Question by curious_clover, Oct 1, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/coffee-near-the-shop-on-stanford-shopping
  9. what is the catch with MAC Cosmetics? Question by price_tags_dot, Sep 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/what-is-the-catch-with-mac-cosmetics
  10. booked my first appointment here, how does it go Question by neighbor_peach, Sep 23, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/booked-my-first-appointment-here-how-does-it-go
  11. any last minute slots here? Question by clearance_hazel, Sep 18, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/any-last-minute-slots-here
  12. anyone at MAC Cosmetics people keep going back to? Question by early_restock, Sep 16, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/anyone-at-mac-cosmetics-people-keep-going-back-to
  13. is the lot here ever full? Question by wedding_nell, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/is-the-lot-here-ever-full
  14. Why do people rate the shop? Question by browsing_on_stanford, Sep 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/why-do-people-rate-the-shop
  15. quietest day to hit MAC Cosmetics? Question by lowkey_rue, Sep 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/quietest-day-to-hit-mac-cosmetics
  16. ballpark before I book, what am I looking at Question by local_jo, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/ballpark-before-i-book-what-am-i-looking-at
  17. weekends at MAC Cosmetics, are they open? Question by reader_van, Aug 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/palo-alto/mac-cosmetics-stanford-shopping-center-palo-alto-ca/q/weekends-at-mac-cosmetics-are-they-open

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  1. [1]VisitName, address, hours, website and descriptionGoogle Business Profile.Primary source · Accessed Oct 19, 2026 · https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJoWQyCTW7j4ARudArX6Z5Uj0
  2. [2]ServicesI only wear mac lip shademaccosmetics.com.Primary source · Accessed Oct 26, 2026 · https://www.maccosmetics.com/pages/i-only-wear-mac-lip-shade
  3. [3]ServicesMac lip combomaccosmetics.com.Primary source · Accessed Oct 26, 2026 · https://www.maccosmetics.com/pages/mac-lip-combo
  4. [4]ServicesPro longwear lip pencils discontinuedmaccosmetics.com.Primary source · Accessed Oct 26, 2026 · https://www.maccosmetics.com/pages/pro-longwear-lip-pencils-discontinued
  5. [5]ServicesMakeup artistryAI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 19, 2026.AI engine output · Accessed Oct 26, 2026 · https://localairegistry.com/methodology
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