Usually Tuesday’s are dedicated to fashion icons, but we are going to switch it up this week by talking about a specific makeup company, MAC. This happens to be a popular makeup company that started in Toronto, Canada in 1984. This company was founded by both Frank Toskan and Frank Angelo.

This company was created due to Frank Toskan’s experience as a makeup artist and photographer. He realized that there was a sad collection of colors and textures in the makeup industry during his time. Due to these limitations, performance and results of makeup companies were not responding well with the modern day woman. He, and his family, decided that it was time to create a brand that was “by makeup artist for makeup artist”. Thus the brand MAC was brought into the world.

MAC catered to the need of makeup artist and woman everywhere. It introduced a variety of vivid and rich colors for every skin tone, and cultivated the retail and fashion markets. Therefore created many long lasting trends that are used today. Due to it success, the brand expanded into New York, and not long after into many other major areas in North America. Even today, it is world wide and still setting makeup trends for the fashion industry while catering to the needs of modern women in the retail market.