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10 Days of Giveaways: Comment to Win MAC Trip Classic Eye and Cheek Palette

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The giveaway is closed now, and I’m contacting the winners by e-mail. Good luck!

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Aloha, girls! Did you know that Hawaii is the only US state in which coffee is grown?

El Hub and I are really looking forward to seeing our family. My in-laws live in a town called Kaneohe on the Eastern side of the island of Oahu. It’s the wetter side of the island than the South side where Waikiki Beach and Pearl Harbor are, but that makes it lush and fragrant.

Over the next 10 days, we have A LOT of great guest posts lined up, 10 days of giveaways, and I have a few other surprises in store, too. 🙂

Now, for this morning’s giveaway…

The prize

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Today’s giveaway takes YOU on a trip — a MAC Trip!

One lucky lady will win the MAC Trip 4 Classic Eye and Cheek Palette ($30). This rare, hard-to-find travel exclusive palette features Sweetness Beauty Powder Blush (a clean pink), Lightfully Eyeshadow (a pale icy pink with silvery pearl), Idol Eyes Eyeshadow (an icy gray violet with golden pearl) and Print Eyeshadow (a muted gray).

How to enter

To enter, all you have to do is leave a comment in the comments section below telling me the name of one MAC product that’s great to have with you on trips.

I always bring my MAC 266 brush, holla!

I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59PM PST tonight (Friday).

Maika’i pomaika’i, beauties!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

The giveaway is closed now, and I’m contacting the winners by e-mail. Good luck!

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  1. Waah just one?! Okay if my life and/or the happiness of my travelling partner (my dear isaac) depended on it, I would have to bring Love Connection mineralized duo with me. It’s light and always turns out pretty. Plus I can use my fingers to apply so it’s basically perfect!

    Have fun in Hawaii!

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  4. I always have to have my Rubenesque paint pot with me on trips. It is so easy to slip on your eyes and go!!

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  8. I don’t go anywhere without my Mac pressed blot powder. Gets rid of shine like nothing else.

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  10. My pressed blot powder. I just got this a couple of weeks ago and I don’t know how I lived without it.

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  15. I recently got married and went on my first international flight for my honeymoon (10 hours in the air total). I forgot to bring any lip moisturizer, and instead the only close alternative I could find in my bag: Mac tinted lipglass in C-thru it worked great on my lips! Love it! 🙂

    (On a side note: I just found your blog and am totally addicted! Reading it every day just makes my day brighter)!!

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  17. I always bring my Mac pressed powder compact. Just a few swipes makes me look as fresh and shine-free as I did that morning!

    If you pick me I would be the happiest makeup addict in the world! I want this Palette so badly!! The colors are beautiful but they dont sale it at the airport near me! Bummer!!

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  19. I finally bought a MAC product — Brow Set in Girl Boy — and I will never leave home without it!!! I have red hair but my eyebrows bleach white-blond the minute the sun hits them, and BS makes me look like a human being again.

    But I want to win this to give it to my SO’s DIL. She just moved here from Romania and I’d like to help her start a makeup collection. These colors won’t work on me but would look stunning on her.

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  25. mac liquidlast! that stuff doesn’t go anywhere! i can go swimming or lay out in the beach in the scorching sun and it’s still as perfect

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  31. I am mostly a drugstore cosmetic girl but I did cave in and got 2 MAC products – I have one tube of the new Viva Glam I V which is a dusky pink that I feel is perfect for my skin tone. I also have the MAC Just a Pinch Gel Blush – which I love. Between these two, I would take my Viva Glam I V if I could only take one of them on vacation (id love to take both, mind you!) — I feel like a good lipcolor pulls the sunkissed, healthy look that a vacation gives. I wont need cheek color – my cheeks will be kissed by the sun! The pinkish lipstick will just pull that look together and im pretty confident I will glow!

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  33. Morning Karen,
    You must be UBER excited about going to Hawaii!! I would be, my fiance and I want to go soon. Where do you think would be some good places to start??
    My one most needed thing from MAC for a trip would have to be… my Fix +!! Wow I hate to sound like a broken record, but that is one thing I can not live without anymore!!
    Good Luck and be safe.

    XOXO,
    Bobbie Sue

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  37. So jealous, Karen!! I’m sure it’s beautiful there. You will have to post some pictures.
    I love my Studio fix. It is my go to quick-fix when I am in a hurry.

    Have fun!

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  39. On trips, I bring my MAC Studio Fix compact as my sole foundation. It’s fast and east and keeps the man from holla-ing “hurry up, woman!” hahahaha

    YAY FRIDAY!

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  40. I always bring a MSF with me, to look bright and sunny. The one that I will take this year is the redheas MSF.

    What an amazing give away gift!!!

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  45. Just a Pinch blush because it is small and can be used as a lipstain and a blush! Hope you have a great trip!
    Sara

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  49. my smokey eyes palette from the holiday 2008 set. love the colors, you can do a brown smokey or dark grety smokey eyes. i just love it to death, every single one is pigmented and the compact is light.

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  59. Wow I wish I was in Hawaii right now! I always bring my MAC Lady Bug Lustre Lipstick and Chocolate Brown pigment with me when I travel!

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  65. I’d bring my red lipstick, either russian red, ruby woo or so scarlet. Instant glam, anytime.
    Have a perfect holiday, Karen.

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  66. Truthfully, I don’t own any MAC products because I just recently had an interest in cosmetics. Surely, MAC has a lot of products and they are quite pricey too. I’m trying to look into it more to see which would match me and suit me more before I order (since the only way for me to order is thru the MAC website).

    It would be nice to have some suggestion for a MAC newb like me x]

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  67. What a beautiful palette! I have to take my MAC angled eyeliner brush with me everywhere I go. It’s just so much easier than applying eyeliner from a crayon.

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  70. The only MAC item I had the last time I traveled was my Media l/s. It came with me too. I love how it can be sheered out on the lips and used as a cheek stain too.

    The next time we travel (to DH’s home, Fiji) my niece has requested that I leave none of my mac home. She wants to play in auntie’s make up case.

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  71. must have dazzleglass…must have dazzleglass…at all times! when i first saw this palette i knew i had to have it! my sister passed through new york on her way to greece but didn’t see it 🙁 maybe i still have a chance!

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  75. Just one product? That’s tough! I always bring my MAC paint in bare canvas. It keeps my eye makeup from budging in any weather!

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  76. Woodwinked e/s. I use it almost everyday and it’s foolproof.
    awww I’m soo jealous ur gonna be in Kaneohe (my hometown!). I’m here in the Bay Area, but I do miss how the beach (esp Lanikai & Kailua) is so close!

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  77. I always bring my anastasia duo powder – in a hurry, i can also use it as a light liner or smokey shadow! Talk about versatility 🙂

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  79. I’m so not a MACaholic…anyway you know I really tend to take a lot of makeup with me on trips…If I had to pick one thignsd from my MAC stash that I would be most likely to take along though…probably plushlash or blushbaby. I’ll go with bushbaby..because of the whole vacay/swimming thing…and bring some other mascara that won’t leave me with racoon eyes.

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  82. I don’t really have any MAC stuff and I rarely go on trips, I don’t really know how to answer 🙁 Please enter me though 🙂

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  83. I always bring my MAC MSF Natural, it’s the best wearing and natural finish powder I’ve found that beats the hot and cold weather! 🙂

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  84. I always take like half of my MAC stash!! lol I can never decide…and you never know what you are doing to do, but if I had to choose a few, it would be 187 brush and 239 and 217 and my 2008 smokey holiday palette you can do lots with it!! ; )

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  87. MAC’s limited “Ether” Mineralize Eyeshadow. With it´s beautyful veining it´s possible to create several different looks with one eyeshadow only. It has black, grey, silvery and white veins besides different teal and light blue shades. GORGEOUS!

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  91. I love to bring an MSF with me, especially on trips with long overseas flights or long drives. An MSF really perks up my skin and helps me look more awake!

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  92. I haven’t tried MAC yet. Is that horrible? It is only because they don’t sell it at Sephora, and I hate the department store makeup counters.

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  94. I love to bring one of the bright shades from last year’s Cool Heat collection! It satisfies my urges for bright, tropical-looking vacation eyes!

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  96. I always have a MAC fix spray with me. It gives me that extra glow that often gets depleted when I’m traveling.

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  97. I bring my MAC holiday pallet with me everytime I travel. The brown is great for day looks and the gray side works for night. I love my browns esp since it’s not too dramatic for touristy things like hiking and walking around a bunch.
    It’ll be with me when I go to Puerto Rico soon, hayyy!

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  99. Ooh, tough choice, just one? I’d pick Fluidline then… and then because I can’t just pick one… my mac satin taupe eyeshadow. Always need a good brown.

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  103. These colors would be perfect for my skin tone and I would love to stash this in my diaper bag for when I am out with the little one and need a touch-up.

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  105. Just one?? LOL. I’d bring my MAC e/s in Naked Lunch – shimmery, blendable, and easy to use on it’s own as a wash or combined with a multitude of colours 🙂

    Have a great time, and give some <3 to your mom-in law!

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  106. Ohhh pretty blush!

    I bring my MAC Studio Fix powder in C3 with me everywhere I go because it acts like a foundation and covers everything!

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  108. Karen,
    I also gotta have my Studio Fix in C4, several MAC lipsticks, and several MAC blushes. I’m going to order a blush palette online so I can travel with my blushes this summer.

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  113. well, even though it’s still a relatively new product, i’d bring my MAC fix+rose, and technically i wouldn’t even have to pack it – it’s always in my handbag!!!

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  116. I must always have with me on a trip my MAC 182 buffer brush. This bad boy does so much for me, you have no idea!!!

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  118. It has to be the MSF Natural.. no cakiness.. gives natural coverage. Great for blotting and setting makeup 🙂

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  120. MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack goes with me everywhere!!!! It makes my eyes look instantly awake and stays put through pretty much everything.

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  123. I always bring my 187 brush. I cannot tell you how many times that brush has saved me. It can do foundation, blush, correct mistakes. It’s a life saver!

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  124. I always bring the MAC 187 brush. I can use it for foundation, blush, and finishing powder. It’s such a multifaceted brush!

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  126. I always bring my Fix+ Spray. It instanly wakes me up and leaves me feeling refreshed if I am jet lag. On hot days it is a must as well!

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  130. I just packed my suitcase for a holiday trip tomorrow 🙂
    The first thing i packed was Show Orchid L/s, a great colour, especially when i am getting a nice tan.

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  131. It would have to be Shroom eyeshadow, not very adventurous I know, but…it’s very pretty on its own, makes a great base for other shadows or liners, I’m quite pale so I use it as a highlighter on my cheekbones and even mix it in with my pink lipgloss to make a sparklier evening lip.

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  134. i just started getting into mac makeup and i just can stop using summer rose beauty powder! i always bring it with me, everywhere!

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  138. Have fun in Hawaii Karen! Sounds so fun! Thanks for the lovely giveaways lined up for us readers also.

    I need my MAC Blacktrack liner with me at all times. Oh, and my Port Red lipstick, I take it everywhere with me, I just wish MAC would re-lease it so I can get another tube…mine is running dangerously low!! *gasp*

    Thanks!! 🙂

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  139. i just love taking MAC liquid eyeliner with me wherever i go. it’s one of my favorites MAC products along with their brushes and primers.

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  141. My favorite MAC shadow…Satin Taupe e/s! I try to make it go with just about everything! 🙂

    Have a great time in Hawaii!

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  142. I’ve never tried MAC so I can’t tell you which MAC product I can’t go on vacation without! I can tell you I never leave home without my Almay Triple Effect Mascara though!

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  144. Since trips usually mean fighting jet lag or late nights and early mornings, I always bring my select moisturecover concealer in NW20 to cover up the dark circles under my eyes! Have a safe trip to Hawaii Karen and I hope you enjoy your time there!

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  150. I have to say Pink Fish Tinted Lip Conditioner from the Hello Kitty collection. Whenever I put that on, my whole mood perks up… it’s the perfect pink color :).

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  151. Studio Finish Concealer. Mixed with eye cream I can use it on dark circles, and the texture is perfect for blemishes. Plus the package is really tiny.

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  155. I always bring my Diorshow mascara, my Nars blush in Orgasm, & My Too Faced eye primer, & one of Victoria’s Secret Beauty Rush lip glosses, that’s my arsenal.

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  156. I would say Fabulush CCB. It’s easy to apply with your fingers, warms your face, and has a light gold sheen that makes you look glowy 🙂

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  158. I brought the perfect style brush kit so I def travel with that. it comes with 222,263,187,168. Love the cute bag it comes in too

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  161. as of right now, im loving my MAC prep+prime spf50. this would definitely be a must-have for a trip, as majority of the trips i take are to warmer areas (hello oily skin and lots of sun! ugh)

    enjoy your trip!

    H.

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  162. Studio Fix! Can’t live without it.

    And I haven’t found a product that can top it…

    Been using it FOREVER and still love it.

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  163. My MAC Studio Finish Concealer with SPF 35 is a definite for me! I carry it everywhere!!

    Have a great time on your trip!

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  165. When I go on vacation, I simply must, MUST have at least one tube of mascara. Be it colored, drugstore, etc. If I bring nothing else (not likely to happen) I have to have a good mascara I can ‘trust’.

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  172. my favorite MAC item to take with me on trips is my Cream Eyeshadow Base in Pearl. I take that with me on every trip i go on as a base to my eyeshadows because it is very compact and doesnt take up much room in my makeup bag like my UDPP will.

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  174. I always take with me the Moistureblend SPF 15 compact foundation. It offers great coverage, you can have it on your carry-on luggage and it has SPF protection..I love it!

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  177. Well the one product that I cannot live without is Mascara! And the Zoom Lash is my absolute favorite! Love your website 🙂

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  183. I must have my mineralized blush in Love Thing! It just gives me a glow on my cheeks and makes me look alive even if its the only makeup I have on. I love it!!! Have a great vacation, lucky girl!!

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  184. Hi Karen! I’d have to agree with angela, fluidline is a MUST! Don’t mean to be a stickler, but being Hawaiian, I think you were trying to say “good luck” at the end of the post…it’s actually laki maika’i in Hawaiian. I love that you tried! 🙂

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  193. I always have to have my MAC Bronzer – Refined Golden 🙂

    have a blast in hawaii, its my turn to be jealous!!!! and what color did u end up painting ur nails and toesies!??

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  198. Shroom eyeshadow. It’s a basic, but it brightens my eyes and even highlights my cheeks in a subtle way. Everyone needs to look well rested on vacations!

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  199. I never leave without my MAC Pro Longwear Lustre LipColour in “Alta Moda”. Its great to bring with you because you wont have to keep reapplying your lipstick.

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  200. MAC Fix+ for sure. It NEVER leaves my purse. When I feel my make up needs a touch up I just spray this on my face and it gives me a nice dewey look! I LOVE this product!!!

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  201. to tell you the honest truth? I haven’t been able to really afford the luxury of MAC…thats why I’m hoping that this little “MAC trip” may introduce me to the wonderful world of MAC products!

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  209. Normally I would say my Studio Fix Powder Foundation, but I take MAC’s Flammable Paint everywhere I go. It works as my blush and lip colour; and, when my eyes are looking tired, I add a very tiny amount to the center of my lids (too much and they’ll look red and haggard). Its the perfect brown girl multitasker.

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  212. I’ve JUST gotten into MAC stuff . . . I’d probably take my Face and Body Foundation because I love the coverage and how it’s buildable. The MAC stuff I have now is professional, which is not a required look for vacation 🙂

    Hm . . . or I might follow Vampy Varnish’s lead and take my Omega shadow for my eyebrows, and use a tinted moisturizer 🙂

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  215. Pearl Creme Color base – can use on eyelids/hi lite cheeks & tons of more things plus its small & not liquid so its not a problem – Multiple uses.

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  217. I have to have the mineralize skinfinish duo. Powder and highlight all in one, it’s perfect for touch ups. I just wish they’d put a mirror in it.

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  218. I have two viva glam palettes, they are great for trips because they are much smaller than carrying lippies, but contain three shades that go with everything. Love it!

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  220. Karen….I think that you should take every product that you own, in Mac, because you are bound to need them while on vacation. You never know what you will be wearing and what you feel like on any given day or evening so I say take it all, you cannot go wrong.

    My son and soon to be daughter-in law will be going to Hawaii next week and I am so jealous. Have a safe and wonderful time.

    I also want to tell you how very much I enjoy your makeup blogs. I am 49 years old and still love makeup and really look forward to hearing everything that you have to say. Thanks again and have a beautiful vacation.

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  221. I’d have to say my MAC travel brushes (holiday collection); they’re compact and so easy to take with me everywhere.

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  223. Probably MAC Strobe, after i get a tan it really adds that gorgeous glow. I use it on my face and decolletage and it looks fab

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  226. One MAC product that is pretty great to have with you anywhere is the Love Nectar Lustreglass it is the perfect peachy shade that’s great with any look and it’s the perfect consistency it’s not to thick and it’s not runny either!!!

    Airess
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  230. When I travel, I always bring my MAC medium-dark blot powder. You never know when you need to touch up on the plane, or while touring the city.

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  234. i would take foundation! i have pretty dark lashes and i don’t really need makeup on them (although i wear it anyways!) but my skin is my week spot. mac studio fix fluid in NW15 all the way! (omg i need to get tanner!)

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  235. Now this is tough because my two make-up necessities are both MAC. The Lustreglass in Sinnamon is gorgeous and absolutely stunning. I however I would have to pick the MAC Kohl Liner in Smolder for those amazing smokey eyes and winged eye. 🙂

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  242. I never leave home without my MAC flat angled brush for my eyebrows. It’s so old I think it’s like #26 or something like that. But it’s still going strong!

    Have a wonderful trip Karen!

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  244. I just got tinted lip conditioner in pink fish
    its my frist TLC but im deff in love with it, it
    smells and feels so amazing on the lips.So it would
    be the perfect thing to keep lips soft and kissable;)
    on trips ur lips can get dry from the weather change.

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  249. I always bring my mac mineralized skinfinish in medium, however, it never travels well :S It’s going to have a rough trip to san fran next 😛

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  250. belightful highlighting powder is great for trips. on the face, its obviously a beautiful highlighter, but it makes a cool eyeshadow too, and you can use it on your cupids bow for a lip-plumping effect. it’s a great multi-tasking product 🙂 thanks karen! i hope you have an amazing trip <3

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  251. I’m a “more is better” kind of girl, but you said one product,,,,,so, I can’t go out with only half a brow, therefore I would have to take my MAC Eyebrow Pencil in Lingering. This slim, but mighty pencil gives me the perfect brow in the perfect color, and it’s my secret that there’s only half an overtweezed brow on each side.

    Bon Voyage!

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  253. Can you believe that I have never EVER tried MAC? It’s a shame. And I LOVE makeup. That’s why I have to win this 😛

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  258. Always keep a travel size lotion in your purse, their is nothing worse than being ashy and not having any lotion.

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  259. I just got into MAC since my last trip, but on my next one I will be sure to take my bare canvas paint so that my eyeshadow stays on all day.

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  261. MAC 266 Small Angled Brush: I use it to apply powder eye liner for a daytime work look and I double its use as an eyebrow powder applicator. Great giveaway, Karen!

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  262. I haven’t ever had any MAC either! We aren’t close to anyplace (yeah, we live in a somewhat rural area) that carries it, and I don’t want to buy online w/ out seeing the colors. From the comments though, it sounds like the Studio Sculpt Foundation is a winner!

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  263. Hi Karen! I was just in Kaneohe yesterday! You’re right.. it always rains there, but it’s the most green part of the island. I love driving on the H3 just to take in the scenery! And, I always take my MAC 188 brush with me!

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  266. I’d definitely bring MAC Microfine Refinisher…traveling on planes takes the moisture right out of my skin.

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  271. Gah! So difficult.
    Ok. One product. While I want to say lipglass (hello pouty, glossy, shimmery lips!) I’m going to go with my Shape & Sculpt powder… perfect for contouring & highlighting and, if you’re in a pinch, they can double as eyeshadows!

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  274. Whaa?! I hope I’m not too late!

    Mmm I always have to have a multi-use creme product (Eyes, lips and cheeks) and mascara.

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  279. My MSFN in medium plus is my go to face product when I travel. I can apply it lightly as a finishing powder or buff it in if I need heavier coverage.

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  281. I could never take just one lol!! But I never leave home without my Blot Powder Compact and a dazzleglass! Extra Amps is my fav right now!

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  283. easy….
    a nice coral-shimery
    blush, there’s nothing
    like a bit of color
    afther 6 hrs of flight!!!

    Good Luck everyone !!!

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  285. I always bring my MAC penultimate liner with me, everywhere :D! Bare face + lined eyes in most of my holiday shots 🙂

    And yeah what an awesome giveaway, karen~ v v generous of you I must say.

    Good luck to everyone!

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  289. My MSF Natural definitely. It evens out skin tone, absorbs oil, and is easy to apply! It’s great to have if you just want one face product.

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  290. Definitely MAC pro longlash mascara. Even if I’ve got no other make up on, a little mascara really does the trick.

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  291. I alwaysalwaysalways have MAC’s woodwinked eyeshadow on me. It’s such a gorgeous colour, and just a swipe of it with some mascara looks great and is easy for vacation!

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