MAC is being accused of ripping off a Black-owned beauty brand

It looks like MAC Cosmetics is in hot water over highlight.

The brand has been teasing four new shimmery Fix+ finishing sprays that add even more glow to a beat face, and its fans are super excited. 

People will have shimmer and finishing spray all in ONE bottle — it's a genius idea.

There's just one big problem with these sprays: They've already been invented.

A Black makeup artist and founder of Omglo Cosmetics Joelle Phillips, went viral for this same DIY idea over a year ago, and her fans are not here for MAC Cosmetics' "new" sprays.

Follow me down this timeline, peeps. The ride is *interesting* to fairly say the least.

Back in December 2016, Phillips posted this photo of a DIY shimmer setting spray mixture she'd concocted to her Instagram page.

Omglow Cosmetics

"I love mixing things. I’ve always been that type of creator," Phillips tells Revelist. 

She used MAC Fix+ finishing spray and MAC pigments that would work for deeper skin tones to create the liquid magic.

"I assumed everyone was doing that anyway. I felt like this was something everybody did, so I didn’t really feel like this was something that new — but apparently I was wrong."

The photo went viral instantly and acquired 25,000 likes in about two days, according to Phillips. She probably wasn't the first person to DIY shimmery finishing spray EVER, but she was certainly the first to go viral doing it — and was definitely the first to create shimmer setting sprays especially for dark skin tones.

Along with the likes and comments came warnings from supporters — they encouraged her to delete the photo from her account to prevent MAC Cosmetics and other brands from stealing and selling the idea.

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See. I told you this ride was interesting.

Phillips deleted the photo, but later recorded and posted a shimmer setting spray mixing tutorial at the advice of her mentor, esteemed makeup artist Tiyana Robinson — on January 2017.

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Once again, Phillips' pigment and spray mixing post was an immediate hit! Using MAC fix+ and MAC pigments, the video has been viewed over 200,000 times.

One week later, she debuted her beauty brand, Omglo Cosmetics (pronounced "Oh My Glow") — with her own line of custom made shimmer setting sprays.

Omglow Cosmetics

She was no longer using MAC Fix+ finishing sprays and MAC pigments, but had done the work of hunting down a lab to make her own setting spray formula, found another vendor for pigments, and hand mixed the ingredients together to create something completely fresh.

Over a year after Phillips' launched her brand and her shimmer setting spray, MAC Cosmetics is introducing its own line of shimmer setting sprays — a mix that's suspiciously similar to the DIY method Phillips used initially.

These three Fix+ shades are Matte, Gold Lite, and Pink Lite. Revelist reached out to MAC Cosmetics for comment, but did not hear back by the time this story published.

MAC Cosmetics is also releasing another glowing Fix+ spray that seems to be part of a collaboration with a different makeup artist named Jun Jun.

Simply W-O-W! ????????✨✨ Do u see what I see... ???????? It's about time to see #FixPlus with some GLOW! Possibly part of A collaboration in the works @maccosmetics X @junjun393 Will keep u updated . Might not be available in the U.S. but the #FixPlusGoldlite + #FixPlusPinkLite ????????✨ are #ComingSoon Waiting for the sun to show you some sparkle....What are your thoughts?? ???????????????? XO #Trendmood #mac #maccosmetics . . #makeuplover #beauty #bbloggers #makeupartist #makeupart #eyeshadow #eyes #eotd #motd #mua #makeupaddiction #makeup #makeupjunkie #makeupobsessed

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