One Make-up artist's Trash is another Make-up artist's Treasure

Isn't it funny how different make-up artists recommendations vary? It's pretty obvious many of them love to recommend brushes because they are good for any collectors collection , and they can make a good sale on those because they aren't cheap. We have a favorite MA who takes care in the recommendations that she gives us. She always recommends things that work out for us. Recently she moved to a different location that is further away, so we don't get to see her as often. The MA who has stepped in to help us at her former location is not nearly as good with her recommendations. When we ask her questions about thing we are interested in purchasing, she is honest on what she thinks of them, but she doesn't seem to line up with things other people love.

Here are some examples:

Margin blush (frost)
Soft Ochre paint pot
Plum Foolery blush (sheertone shimmer)

She did not recommend any of the above 3 items when we asked her about them. She said that Margin blush turns out to be a lot of shimmer on the face. We were still tempted by it since one of our favorite beauty bloggers loves this blush and swears by it. We later purchased Margin and found it is beautiful for our fair skin, and isn't a ton of shimmer. Also we had been wanting Plum Foolery, but this MA said that it would make us look bruised. Usually you hear any MA say that it is possible to make any blush work with the right application. She is fair like us, so it isn't a difference of skin tone. Also she should know what works for any skin tone. We went to our favorite MA and she highly recommended Plum Foolery, so we purchased it and we love it. The final example is with Soft Ochre paint pot, she said this was for people who yellow undertones. We never did go and purchase this one yet, but with the two above examples above and how much people enjoy this paint pot on youtube we are thinking we may have to give it a try despite her thoughts on it.

In general we have found that most MAC artists are similar in what they recommend, but this is one case where an MA gives her honest opinion of items and it is very different from others. Basically now we are going to trust our first instinct when we want to try something that she doesn't recommend. It must just be a difference in style because she loves blushes like Coygirl and Pink Swoon. She likes Sheertones, and maybe doesn't like shimmer in her blush.

Anyone else find an MA who has opinions that seem to be unique to him or her?