Why 48,000 people have already signed up to the waiting list for MAC launching at Boots

The legendary beauty brand MAC Cosmetics is coming to Boots on Wednesday 29th July. Here's why 48,000 people are already on the wait list.

Aptly, it will be National Lipstick (opens in new tab) Day on Wednesday 29 July when iconic beauty (opens in new tab) brand MAC Cosmetics launches at high-street retailer Boots (opens in new tab).

From Wednesday, a curated collection of the brand's legendary products will be rolled out online and in over 99 stores.

And it's set to be the retailer's most sought-after launch yet. A staggering 48,000 people have already signed up to the waiting list, making it Boots' highest-ever recorded number on a premium beauty brand's list, according to The Standard (opens in new tab).

MAC will join other premium beauty brands including Fenty Beauty, Laura Mercier (opens in new tab) and YSL in the store's aisles; further cementing the retailer as a one-stop beauty shop for any budget.

MAC toldThe Standard that they hoped the partnership would invite new customers to the brand by making products more accessible to a wider market.

“This is an exciting time for MAC, as a brand we have always set the industry standard and by joining forces with Boots we are making prestige cosmetics and artistry more accessible to high street shoppers,” Fiona Sainty, vice president of MAC Cosmetics UK and Ireland, told the publication.

The exciting partnership comes amid the news of 48 Boots stores facing closure (opens in new tab)– with more than 4,000 job losses – following the Coronavirus pandemic.

Why sign up for the MAC waiting list at Boots?

It's no wonder the waiting list has already garnered 48,000 names: to celebrate the partnership, MAC have launched some amazing incentives.

Signing up to the waiting list (opens in new tab) will enter customers into a draw to win a consultation with a MAC senior make-up artist, as well as £250 worth of MAC cosmetics. (There are five of these up for grabs in total.) A further 1000 lucky wait list winners will receive a free MAC lipstick.

SIGN UP NOW: MAC launches at Boots (opens in new tab)

See below if your local Boots branch is included in the list of lucky stores getting a MAC counter come Wednesday. (And of course, there's always online (opens in new tab).

1. Aberdeen Bon Accord
2. Bath Southgate
3. Belfast Donegal
4. Birmingham High Street
5. Blanchards Town Shopping Centre 223-224
6. Bolton Middlebrook
7. Bournemouth Castlepoint
8. Brighton North
9. Bristol Broadmead
10. Bristol Cribbs Causeway
11. Bromley Glades
12. Bury St Edmonds Cornhill Walk
13. Cambridge Petty Cury
14. Canterbury Whitefriars
15. Cardiff Queen Street
16. Chelmsford High Chelmer
17. Cheltenham High Street
18. Cheshunt Brookfield
19. Chester Broughton
20. Chester Foregate Street
21. Chichester 10-12 North Street
22. Croydon Whitgift Centre
23. Dartford Bluewater
24. Derby Intu
25. Doncaster Frenchgate
26. Dublin Dundrum Town Centre
27. Dublin Liffey Valley
28. Dublin Swords Pavilions
29. Dudley Merry Hill
30. Eastbourne Arndale Centre
31. Edinburgh Fort Retail Park
32. Edinburgh Gyle Shopping Centre
33. Edinburgh 101 Princes Street
34. Exeter High Street
35. Galway Shop Street
36. Gateshead Metro Centre
37. Glasgow Braehead Centre
38. Glasgow Buchanan Galleries
39. Glasgow St Enoch Centre
40. Glasgow Fort
41. Glasgow Silverburn
42. Guilford High Street
43. Harrogate Cambridge Street
44. Huddersfield Kings Street
45. Hull St Stephen's
46. Isle of Man Douglas
47. Jersey St Helier Queen Street
48. Kingston Upon Thames Union Street
49. Lancaster St Nicholas Arcade
50. Leamington Parade
51. Leeds Trinity
52. Leicester Fosse Park
53. Llantrisant Talbot Green
54. Lincoln High Street
55. Lisburn Sprucefield
56. Liverpool Aintree Shopping Park
57. Liverpool Clayton Square
58. Liverpool New Mersey
59. London Brent Cross
60. London Canary Wharf
61. London Covent Garden Long Acre
62. London Islington
63. London Kensington
64. London 193 Oxford Street
65. London Pancreas Station
66. London Piccadilly Circus
67. London Stratford
68. London Liverpool Street Station
69. London White City
70. Manchester Market Street
71. Manchester Trafford Centre
72. Milton Keynes Crown Walk
73. Newcastle Eldon Square
74. North Shields Silverlink Retail Park
75. Nottingham Victoria Centre
76. Oxford Cornmarket Street
77. Peterborough Queensgate
78. Plymouth Drake Circus
79. Preston Deepdale
80. Reading The Oracle
81. Sheffield High Street
82. Sheffield Meadowhall
83. Shrewsbury Pride Hill
84. Solihull Mell Square
85. Southampton Above Bar Street
86. St Albans St Peter's Street
87. Stockton-on-Tees Teeside Park
88. Stoke-on-Trent Festival Retail Park
89. Swansea Quadrant
90. Tamworth Ventura Retail Park
91. Taunton High Street
92. Truro Pydar Street
93. Tunbridge Wells Calverley Road
94. Uxbridge The Chimes
95. Warrington Gemini
96. Watford Harlequin
97. West Thurrock Lakeside
98. Worcester High Street
99. York 43 Coney Street