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10 Days of Giveaways: Two Ways to Win MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow Duo in Mayhem

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  • UPDATE: Dec. 29, 2009. The giveaway is now closed, and the winner will be contacted soon. Good luck! 🙂

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A few things I’m looking forward to doing when I head back to California on Tuesday…

  1. Sleeping in my bed (been snoozing on a couch out here)
  2. Hugging Tabs!
  3. Getting my hands on the new MAC collections! I haven’t really spent much time with Love Lace, Warm & Cozy or MAC in the Studio yet, and I CAN’T WAIT! 🙂

Ah, but it still feels like the holidays! What say we bid adieu to the season with one more MAC giveaway, this one featuring a favorite from MAC Magic, Mirth and Mischief?

The prize

One lucky lady will win MAC’s Mineralize Eyeshadow in Mayhem (a $20 value), a shimmery duo with pretty gold and silver powder shadows.

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How to enter…

2ways2enterEntering is easy. There are two different ways, and you can do both of them for two chances to win.

First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post. In it, tell me your favorite MAC eyeshadow and how you like to use it.

I don’t think I could pick just one, so here are three! 🙂 — Concrete (I use it almost daily to fill in my brows), Soft Brown (the *best* crease color I’ve ever used, evah!) and Club (love it with smokey eyes).

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Second, enter by following me on Twitter and retweeting (RT) the following message:

RT @karenmbb: RT to win a MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow Duo in Mayhem (a $20 value) http://bit.ly/6VW9gN

Recap…

  1. Enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, and don’t forget to use a valid email address so I can reach you if you win.
  2. Follow me on Twitter and retweet the following message:

    RT @karenmbb: RT to win a MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow Duo in Mayhem (a $20 value) http://bit.ly/6VW9gN

I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59 p.m. PST on Monday, December 28.

Chúc may mắn!!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

  • UPDATE: Dec. 29, 2009. The giveaway is now closed, and the winner will be contacted soon. Good luck! 🙂

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  4. My favorite mac eyeshadow is electric eel. I love it because when I wear it with bright colors it really makes my eye pop. And I Iove daring colors that others would not wear. I wear it on my eye lid as the main shadow, but sometimes accent with it..

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  5. My favourite eyeshadows are Grain & Satin Taupe – i think they work amazingly well together! Grain all over the lid as a was of colour with satin taupe in the crease! gorgeous!!
    <3 xox

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  6. My favorite MAC eyeshadow is Shroom. It’s a perfect highlight for under the brow, in the inner corner of the eye, or in the center of the eye!

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  12. Funny that Eve above mentioned this but Electric Eel if my fave too. I love doing a really neutral brown eye and then using Electric Eel on my bottom lashline for a fun pop of colour.

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  15. I lurves Mac mineralize in Pink Split. It totally suits my coloring. The veined color turns into a beautiful beige-y color on me and love to mix it with browns to create a brown smokey eye. In fact I have it on today!

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  18. Copperplate! I use it for a one shadow smokey eye as a crease shade as a liner. The possibilities with this shadow are endless!

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  22. i love MAC’s stars n’ rockets eyeshadow. i like to use it on my eye lid (not the whole eyelid, but about 3/4 of it), as well as bring it along my lower lash line. and then i have a bunch of other eyeshadows that i use when completing this look, but that takes too long to type out! lol totally lazy

    H.

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  30. I have no MAC shadows, but I really, really want Humid. It looks so gorgeous. I would use it all over the lid, in the outer corner/crease, or as a liner. All over the place, basically. 😀

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  31. I love the Love Lace. Its my favorite color and I think it would compliment my eyes well. I would use it on bottom half of lid.

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  39. I use Copperplate all the time. Since I am new to makeup I am afraid of black eyeshadow, so I use Copperplate as my “dark” color for my crease and corner of my eye. 🙂 Maybe one day I will work up to a true black eyeshadow

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  45. MAC Wedge, a gorgeous neutral brown that I use lightly in my crease. My HG everyday e/s. Next one would be Humid, a light wash on lids, then to line my lower lashline.

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  46. I love the warm & cozy shadestick! The warm colours are great, and it’s so easy to keep in my purse and just whip it out when I need it. And I can smudge it with my finger when needed.

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  49. I have been meaning to invest in some Mac eyeshadow, so I’ve been looking online and I love Plumage, Swiss Chocolate and Humid!

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  50. I also have 3 favorites! 🙂 ricepaper for inner corner highlight and sometimes the browbone, soft brown to blend out crease colors and then satin taupe for the crease

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  53. my favorite is crystal avalanche! i put it on the inner corner of my eyes. i choose this one because it looks good on everyone and i believe it really amplifies a good make up job.

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  54. My favorite MAC eyeshadow is Satin Taupe. It works really well on days that I feel too lethargic to actually do my makeup well. I can just sweep it across my lids to create depth, and go about my day.

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  64. I love Patina eye shadow, it’s a great neutral that compliments my hazel eyes. Good crease color. This mineralize duo up for grabs is gorgeous!

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  66. after reading your post on mac’s arena i went out and bought it and i am so glad i did!!!
    i use it everyday and i put it all over my eyelid like a wash… and then some eyeliner and that is it it really brightens up my eyes and fits into my sort of lazy and always in a rush morning routine.
    before this eyeshadow i was afraid to use eyeshadow (everything seemed chalky on me) but now i am more adventurous and looking for colors in this range.

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  67. My absolute FAVORITE MAC shadow is Swimming… it makes my brown eyes look like a golden honey color!!! I just love it – and it’s the only shadow I’ve ever used completely up & had to buy a replacement! =P

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  69. Right now i’m in love with Blue Sorcery Mineralized Eyeshadow. I like using it to create a “smokey eye”. I only have to use that one compact; silver side on the inner corner and the blue side on the outer corner.

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  71. My favorite MAC e/s is White Frost. It looks great all over my lids with black liner, or just used in the inner corner with other eye shadows.

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  72. I love Sable, followed closely by Mulch and Folie. I like to layer brown eye shadows to give better depth and dimension to the look.

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  74. My fav MAC eyeshadow is Cranberry! I wear it over bare study paint pot; it goes from lashline to crease, then i blend a dark gold into my crease and a very light champagne on the browbone. black cat eye liner and black liner in the waterline completes the look!

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  76. My two favorite MAC shadows are Vanilla and Satin Taupe. Vanilla is the absolute BEST highlight color ever. Satin Taupe is the perfect crease color for me…. It all works perfectly! 😀

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  77. It’s a tie between Carbon, Cranberry and Soft Brown. I love Carbon for smokey eyes, and for deepening the crease colour. I love Cranberry in the crease for a perfect autumn/fall eye – it’s so warm and delicious 😀 and then Soft Brown is the perfect colour to use to transition between your crease colour and brow bone highlight

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  78. I would also have to vote for Soft Brown, as well as Cork. I blended the two into my crease and the outer corners on my wedding day – if that says anything about how much I loooove both of them! 🙂 Plus they seem to work on a wide variety of skin tones.

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  79. my favorite MAC eyeshadow HAS to be Retro Speck. I’ve been literally been using that color since I was 14 (when I first started using makeup!) — thats more than 10 years!! EEEEEEEEEk… Im getting old LOL

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  82. I’ve just started getting into MAC, just bought my first pigment in Naked and I love it! So far I used it over an entire smokey brown eye to make the whole look more sparkley for x-mas. I also attached my sister’s bare eyelids with it and a brush while she was in the kitchen baking. The fact that she left it on means it’s a winner!

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  85. It’s a tie between Trax (simply because it looks like a oil slick) and Expensive Pink with Honey Lust blended together for when I want to look warm and sparkly and rich. 😉

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  86. I am ALL about the Acid Orange pigment. Use it as a wash all over the lid, makes eyes POP. I also blend it with red and yellow for a sunset effect. And last but not least, works great as a lip colour, patted gently on dry lips OR mixed with a bit of gloss.

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  88. My fav eyeshadow is woodwinked.. it compliment my olive skin very well, is a safe neutral but always makes me feel a bit like cleopatra for a day 🙂 Another fav is satintaupe for a smokey look. But my biggest most reliable love has to be melon pigment – it works as a shadow, a highlighter, as a cheek colour and as a subtle lip gloss!
    .-= Kim’s last blog post… **December Haul** =-.

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  91. Rubenesque paint pot is the best! I use it under gold shadows to add a little extra bang or I like to use it by itself too, its insanely pretty!

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  94. I actually don’t own a mac cosmetics, since it’s out of my budget cos im a student. but it would be really nice if i win this lovely shadows and ill be using it whenever ill be having an event/party to add some glittery effect on my eyes. *winks* Thanks! 🙂

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  97. Hmmm…..that’s hard. My fave eyeshadow’s actually from Urban Decay, but my favorite MAC one would have to be Antiqued. It’s a very pretty reddish color that works very well with my hazel eyes. It actually goes perfectly with Sin from Urban Decay (my favorite eyeshadow EVER!), so that definitely puts in the favorites category.

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  99. Woodwinked, hands down! It’s such a beautiful warm goldish brown. It makes my green eyes really pop. My favorite combo is with woodwinked on the lid, Antiqued in the Outer V, and Kid in the crease.

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  103. I use MAC Mulch every day, nearly! But I love so many of their eyeshadows, they are the only ones i really use. I tweeted the message too, I am xpectopatronum on twitter 🙂

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  105. CORK! I’m all about the cork. After applying either UD Primer Potion or L’Oreal Decrease, I slather on the cork! It evens, tones, and smoothes for the best eyeshadow foundation possible.

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  116. I don’t own any MAC products (poor college student budget :(), but if I did, it would have to be Electric Eel. Man, that eyeshadow looks like SO much fun.

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  118. My fav. is parrot. It’s just so vibrant and gorgeous. I like to use it by keeping the rest of my face simple and lining my lower lash line with parrot. My eyes instantly look brighter and prettier!

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  119. woodwinked has always been my fave although i’ve been using it less since my semester started. now i’m wondering why :/

    shroom as a highlight, bright future or ricepaper for the inner corner of my eyes, and smut to be wet and applied as my top eyeliner (i kinda fill in the gaps of my lashes with it, makes it a lot fuller without mascara). it’s good for the “me, only better” look. LOL

    if i had to choose one though i guess still woodwinked.

    i’m mostlly into neutrals for my everyday look as i can’t go OTT for fear of attention (i cringe from it)voh but i think trax is uber fun

    retweeted 🙂 http://twitter.com/vixendeity

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  121. my favorite eyeshadow of all time is smut! i LOVE it soooo much cuz it adds just the right smokiness to any look..and it works with all of my neutral browns that i love to wear!

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  122. I don’t own any MAC eyeshadows.. I actually only have the Volcanic Ash Exfoliator & Thermal Mask. I didn’t like either cause it irritated my skin each time I used it! Can someone convert me to a MAC addict?
    .-= Ashley’s last blog post… Almost December! =-.

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  123. my favorite would have to be either ricepaper (the perfect highlight), satin taupe (a prettier shade has yet to be created for my crease), or all that glitters (possibly the best all over shade, ever). i cant pick just one!

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  132. I’m going to be a trend follower and say shroom. I tried it for the first time this monring and loved it! It worked really well as a subtle highlighter (since I’m pretty pale it doesn’t exactly stand out, but instead subtly shimmers).

    PS – I heard about it from going through your old videos, so… Thanks!

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  135. I just started buying MAC products, so I only have pintuck and hypnotizing from the love lace collection, but I really love them!

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  136. My all time FAVE FAVE FAVEorite MAC eyeshadow is from the 2005 Belle Azure collection. Does anyone remember Lucky Green?

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  137. i like Brule because its really close to my skin color and its like a corrector for me, a lil mistake i pop on brule lol

    <3Elle

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  138. My favorite eyeshadow from Mac is Style Snob. It’s such a unique color with bits of gold, silver, pink, and bronze in the same taupy shade. The combo really brings out my blue eyes. I like to use it as an everyday shade-I apply it up to the crease and blend it into Laura Mercier’s Vanilla Nuts. Then, I line my upper lashes with a brown liner–I’ve got a great one that I smudge out from Shiseido–add mascara and I’m done!

    And I twittered! http://www.twitter.com/natalie647

    Thank you for the opportunity to win! Happy Holidays!

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  139. If I had to choose ONE than I think it would have to be mulch. It’s my favorite brown for a every day look, or in combination with other colors for a dramatic brown smokey eye, which I use more often than a black one 🙂

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  141. My favorite MAC eyeshadow is Grand Entrance! It is a great lid color for when you want to have other dramatic areas like cheeks and lips, but it is no shrinking daisy neutral! I even bought one for my friend for christmas!

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  145. Although it’s very difficult to pick only one I would say Vex es my favourite eyeshadow, I use it a lot and for many different looks.

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  151. My favourite is Grand Entrance – its my go to lid colour when I can’t be bothered to think about what colours to wear!

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  153. FEMME FI!! 🙂
    I always use it as a highlight either with a smokey eye or by itself when I’m feeling lazy. I love it. It’s PERFECT — seriously.

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  156. I like MAC Eyeshadow in Goldmine for a wash of lovely, shimmery, gold color. It looks great as a highlight and on the inner corners of my eyes.

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  157. I love Sushi Flower because it’s easy to only put a little and have a soft pink glow to my lids or pack on a lot for a vibrant finish.

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  158. One? Ahhhh!! I will pretend like you asked for one set of three – so that I can say my favorites are without a doubt Patina, Woodwinked, and Twinks :]

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  159. My favorite shadow is MAC’s Bronze. I love it because its so versatile and it goes well with my honey colored hair. I use it all over the eye as a light smokey look, in the crease to darken up a look, or in the outer v for some beautiful shimmer that itsn’t over-powering!

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  164. My favorite MAC eyeshadow would have to be Satin Taupe, foshoo! It’s weird how it seems to be both warm and cool, so it works either way…i can rock it on the lid with a plum eyeshadow in the crease, or use it in the crease with silver on the lid, or even on the lid, with bronzes and gold too–it just goes with everything. and it can hold its own even by itself! aaaaamazing. <3

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  167. my favortie MAC eyeshadow would have to be the Pigment eyeshadow. I got a sample of the Naked color, and I love it! I soooo want to buy it but everytime I want to splurge, its sold out!

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  170. Hmm I’ve never tried a Mac eyeshadow to be honest. But judging from swatches of the mineralize eyeshadows from the style black collection i fell deeply in love with both Young Punk and Blue Flame!

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  174. My favourite is MAC’s Carbon because you can use it in so many ways. Two of my favourite ways are to use it to smoke out the outer corner of pretty much any look or to set eyeliner. 🙂

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  176. Mac paint pots are a necessity in life! I use them like a primer under other eyeshadows and they don’t budge or crease. Love them. My fave is the one in Rubenesque~ So naturally beautiful!

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  178. I love love love Carbon, it’s so versatile and is a perfect matte black. I love using it to create a dark smoky eye. I also love Parrot! It’s a pretty dark aqua color, and makes realy pretty “mermaid eyes”. I had to buy one more before they stopped selling it 🙁

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  188. I love cork….it is a great crease color and gives your eyes some dimension, but still subdued. it is also a great color to blend out a smokey eye.

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  196. I love Crystal Avalanche!! Such a unique color, and it makes any look more fun and festive!! I use it as a highlight, on the tearducts, or all over for a great shimmery look!!

    I tweeted too!! Hope I win! 😀

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  201. I love ‘Idol Eyes’ shadow. I can wear it wet and heavy for a cool, smoky, silvery look or sweep it over any of my other shadow for a hint of sparkle…I make sure to always have this one in my kit.

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  204. My favorite MAC eyeshadow used to be Dovefeather, a discontinued veluxe shade; though recently I’ve fallen in love with Llama–another discontinued veluxe shade! I wish they’d bring veluxes back!

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  206. My favorite Mac eyeshadow is grape vine (it’s discontinued). I love to just add it on the lowerlash line for a pop of color. It helps bring out hazel/green eyes.

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  209. Shadowy lady ( which is a dark matte plum colour) is not only gorgeous as an eyeshadow but it could also be used as a plum eyeliner for the day time. Plus it makes my brown eyes pop!
    I also blend it with carbon mac for a gorgeous smoky eye or I apply it on the creeases on top of a beige base.

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  211. I can’t pick just one either! My top three are Shroom, Satin Taupe, and Moth Brown! I like to use Shroom to highlight my browbone, and also on the inner eye when I do smokey looks. I like Satin Taupe for a crease color. And I like Moth Brown because it is the most unique taupe I own!

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  216. My go – to eyeshadow has to be Tempting. It’s such a gorgeous shimmery golden brown. I love it!
    Happy end of the year Karen, I hope it’s great! 🙂

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  217. If I were to pick one my favorite is Plum Dressing the color just really brings out my eye color and draws lots of attention to them. All of Mac colors are beautiful..def my favorite eye shadow brand.

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  220. My favorite MAC Mineralize eyeshadow is Love Connection. I reach for it again and again even though have dozen’s of different eyeshadows 🙂

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  227. so hard to pick–but I have to say snob–it is a neutral taupe with a sparkly gold/pink under tone–I <3 it, and can blend it with just about anything.

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  235. I only have one MAC shadow. Sea & Sky mineralize eyeshadow duo. I like putting the darker blue on top of my only shadestick, Sea Me as a liner (or on top of UD 24/7 liners to make a new pretty color) (:

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  245. I have only few eyeshadows for now and my fav is definitely Club! It’s really a strange e/s and I’m surprised by how it looks on my eyes! I love it! I use it when I want a soft but interesting look since it’s duochrome e/s 🙂

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  247. I almost love all my MAC eyeschadows!
    Greensmoke, schroom, vanilla, gold dusk and museumbronze pigment and so many more
    wait
    I love them all
    can’t pick a favorite

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  248. Favorite is shroom : the most famous highbow ever !

    And for color : angelcake, a old rose, but I love star violet too and club and … Ok, I stop here 🙂

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  250. I’ve unfortunately never tried MAC eyeshadows! but I’d def. go for something like Shroom for a highlight or All that glitters for a pretty, every day look.

    Thank you!!!!!

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