# 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 Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## 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 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | 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 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 ### 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)