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Two Ways to Win MAC Eye Kohl Pencil Liner in Smolder

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  • WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Melissa! Congratulations, Melissa! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂

MAC Smolder Eye Kohl

If you’re a card-carrying member of Club “Smokey Eye Till I Die,” you won’t want to miss a chance to win this morning’s giveaway prize.

MAC Smolder Eye Kohl, an uber-creamy, jet black pencil liner, lines, defines and shades eyes with rich color and a silky-smooth, matte/pearl finish. A go-to color for many MAC-aholics, it has been a member of the permanent line for years.

For quick smokey eye looks with it, I’ll line my lash and water lines, lightly smear whatever happens to migrate onto my lids and below my lash lines with a pencil brush, and then layer a powder eyeshadow in a shimmery gold, silver, plum, green or blue right on top.

Get ready to smolder! — because this giveaway starts in 3-2-1… 🙂

A Makeup and Beauty Blog Giveaway!

Win MAC Smolder Eye Kohl

One lucky lady will win…

  • One (1) MAC Eye Kohl Pencil Liner in Smolder (a $15 value)

  • There are two ways to enter, 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, a comment about anything at all, like, have you ever tried tinted contact lenses? What color are your eyes? How often do you wear eyeliner? Name a song with the words “eye” or “eyes” in the title. Which type of liner do you prefer (cream, liquid or pencil) and why? — you get the idea.
  • Second, you can enter by following me on twitter Twitter @karenmbb and retweeting (RT) the following message:
    • Follow @karenmbb and RT to Win MAC Eye Kohl Pencil Liner in Smolder http://bit.ly/snsKAV

  • The deadline to enter is Wednesday, December 28 (tomorrow), 2011 at 11:59PM (PT).
  • Entrants must enter using a valid email address and/or Twitter account to win.
  • A maximum of two (2) entries per person — one within the comments at the bottom of this post, and a second entry via Twitter addressed to me @karenmbb.
  • Contest is open to individuals of any country who have reached the age of majority according to their local laws (18 in the United States with these exceptions: Alabama and Nebraska, 19; Mississippi, 21).
  • Tabs and I (heretofore referred to as “T-Money and K-Dawg”) will select one (1) winner at random from the entries either left in the comments at the bottom of this blog post or addressed to @karenmbb on Twitter.
  • The winner will be announced here within 48 hours of the deadline.
  • Void where prohibited by law.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

  • WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Melissa! Congratulations, Melissa! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂

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  4. I have blue eyes, but they are awful and boring blue. If I wear color contacts, they’re usually Acuvue 2’s green enhancers (not opaque, they work with your eye color) which turn my eyes kind of teal. Teal eyes are much more awesome.

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  8. Thus far, I haven’t managed to make any eyeliner stay on my lashline without smudging into my crease when I blink – even when I take care to let it dry! pencil, gel, liquid – at the end of the day, I’ve got 2 distinct lines on my eyes.

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  12. I once used to wear eyeliner every SINGLE day. I recently stopped ODing on the liner, and actually enjoy seeing my eyelashes take the wheel 🙂 but MAC kohl liner?! I’ll pick up my habit again Karen 😉

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  29. I tried tinted contact lenses once when I was about 14-15 and never again. I completely freaked out about having something in my eye and shifted the lense so I saw everything green and freaked out even more like a complete idiot.

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  32. Eyeliner is great for long days when u know that going out after work might happen. At least eyes will be still popping and no major touch ups are needed…..

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  40. I started wearing eyeliner everday about a year ago (late starter, I’m 48), and I’ve adopted the motto “life’s too short not to wear eyeliner!” Many days it’s just eyeliner, mascara, and gloss for me.

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  46. I love smokey eyes. I use eyeliner pretty much everyday in my regular makeup routine…however being that I already own Feline I haven’t been able to justify buying Smolder yet lol so I would love to win!

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  51. I havent tried tinted contacts, would love to try green ones though… However I am concerned about how fake it would look in my brown eyes…

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  59. I LOVE lining my eyes! I never used to until this past year and I’m finding out exactly how much fun it is to experiment with colors (HELLO, Urban Decay!). Beforehand, I never lined my eyes and usually played with color on my lips. Now I see exactly how liner makes my eyes stand out! I could use a great black-colored smudgeable liner!

    Besides…it’s REQUIRED to do the “go drag or go home” lashes with a smokey eye!

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  60. I spy with my little eye a fantastic smokey in with shoulder 🙂 I have grey green eyes and love doing smokeys with a bit of purple!

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  65. I used to wear grey contacts for 5-6 years! I could not live without them and thought they were so natural and the coolest. I have dark brown eyes…I look back at those pictures and I think I looked hideous!! hahaah 🙂

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  70. Another giveaway! 🙂

    I’ve never tried tinted contact lenses. I have brown eyes. Eyeliner is one the first makeup items I loved and tried when I was younger, so, yes, I wear it often! The first song I thought of was “Eye of the Tiger” (LOL). And I will always prefer pencil over cream/gel or liquid, just because I have more experience and ease in using it.

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  71. I love doing smoky eyes, probably a bit too often haha! I’m Asian with dark brown eyes, and I wore colored contacts for a few months in middle school. They were bright blue, and since I also had bright red streaks at the time, I’m sure I was terrifying to see!

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  73. MAC is my all time favorite brand of makeup! My favorite way to do my makeup is a smoky or neutral eye with dark eyeliner on the upper lashline winged out. I have hazel eyes so any color combination works for me. I mostly wear liquid eyerliner because i like the way it looks on my eyes, it gives it m ore of a neat finish and it doesnt budge but i sometimes switch out for a pencil if i want a smudged out look. Ive always wanted to wear colored contact lenses in a sort of blue shade because ive always wanted to know what my eyes look like that color. The only song i know off the top of my head with the name eye in it is “Eye of the Tiger”!

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  79. I have olive green eyes, they’re more warm then cool because they have a ring of gold right around my pupil. I’ve been in such an eyeliner/eyeshadow rut as of lately and smolder is a liner I’d love to try since I usually avoid black liners :/

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  80. I’m just back from Paris and I did do a little bit of damage in the Val d’Europe Sephora. I spent ages in there and finally picked the 24/7 Shadow pencil set from Urban Decay. It’s LOVE.

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  83. I recently got my first UD 24/7 liners for the holiday. I got the set from Sephora in Bourbon/Rockstar and I LOVE them so far!! Believe it or not, I’ve never actually owned a black eyeliner. I’m just starting out with eyeliners – I’ve always used black eyeshadow to line my eyes. I’m super excited to be able to try this MAC one in black!! It’ll be a great starter kit – black, brown (UD Bourbon), and Purple (UD Rockstar)!!

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  89. I have 2 pairs of coloured lenses. One in light greyish green, and one in blue. My natural eye colour is dark brown, and I had the coloured lenses because dark smokey eyes always look so piercing on light eyes and it felt like a winter look to me. But maybe because the lenses were thicker than usual than my regular lenses, I couldn’t wear them for long without discomfort so I’ve stopped wearing them since last spring. Now I only break them out as backup lenses when I’ve run out of my regular ones!

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  94. Dear karen,

    I would love to win smoulder as i never used it….. I found it very expensive here…… But im too obsessed with kohl pencils i hv maybeline,rimmel,lakme but non really r that blackest n longlasting ………. Pls give me a chance 2 win this one 🙂 good day 🙂

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  98. I have hazel eyes and they turn brown to green, mostly green. I love wearing eye makeup and at age 48 just started to wear makeup again and am having so much fun. Love your blog!

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  102. I wear MAC’s fluidline every day, I love how easy it is to apply and how it stays on all day! But Smolder would be perfect for my smoky eye looks 🙂

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  105. I have brown eyes, but I have really bad eyesight! I wear contacts, and the eyeliners I use have to really glide on otherwise my eyes start seriously tearing 🙁 Love this eyeliner though!

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  110. This is my first comment! I am so excited because I purchased the Azalea Blossom blush today and I played with the Kohl eyeliners and loved them but didn’t purchase. I think this giveaway is meant to be!

    shout out to T-money and K-dawg!

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  115. That post made me laugh a little because I once tried tinted contacts 🙂 10 years ago or so but would not wear it today.

    They way you wear this liner with glittery shadow on top sounds pretty good. I think I will try that tomorrow. Thank you for the tip 🙂

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  119. I wear eyeliner every day of my life, but I’ve never tried MAC! I have some Urban Decay shadow sticks coming to me this week though 🙂

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  124. I used to wear colored contact lenses, but I stopped a few years ago. It was just too awkward, when I started wearing my glasses occasionally, to explain why my eye color changed so drastically.

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  130. Wow ,this eyeliner is perfect for creating the smokey eye ! Such a sexy smoldering look and the eyeliner colour will make my pale blue eyes pop.

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  133. I love eyeliner but i usually don’t have enough time in the morning to do anything except for under eye concealer. I always wear it on the weekends

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  134. I have hazel eyes and have to use eyeliner everyday because if I don’t my eyes look brown. Black eyeliner is a must in my makeup bag all the time.

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  135. I’m looking for an eyeliner for my upper waterline that will not transfer to my bottom line. Does anyone have any recommendations?

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  139. Since I have dark hair, dark eyes, and fairly light skin, most eyeliners make me look a bit…well, goth 🙂 I’ve really fallen in love with using a mink brown on the upper lashline and a light copper color below to add some depth.

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  140. My favorite eye product would definitely be my violet contacts. My brown eyes come thru slightly making a very interesting color combination! Would love to win the Smolder to make my eyes stand out even more!

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  143. I can’t say I have a favorite…depending on my mood I’ll switch between gel liner using my Sigma E05 or my fav liquied eyeliner is Revlon Colorstay 🙂

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  145. I have never worn colored contact lenses, but I’m kind of dying to try some either hazel or green contacts….and maybe even some circle lenses just to see how they look. ^_^ Thanks for the giveaway Karen!

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  146. I LOVE eyeliner. I wear it everyday if I wear makeup at all. I think it really does make a huge difference on your eyes. I only have one MAC eye kohl and it’s in fascinating. I would really love to add smolder to my collection.

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  148. i love smokey eyes! Smolder has been something i’ve been dying to try, just never bought. Does it have a good staying power? Thanks Karen, hope I win! 🙂

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  153. I love MAC cosmetics, I love eyeliner. I typicaly like to bring the attention to my eyes, I wear pencil most of the time and liquid on the top for a more going out look. I have Hazel eyes that change colors, I love them so I don’t wear color contacts. I love Kelly Clarksons “Behind These Hazel eyes” and I absolutely adore your blog! Keep up with the great tips and inspiration! <3 <3

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  154. I have tried green tinted contacts. My eyes are brown. I didn’t take care of the lenses because I rarely wore them and the solution dried up and the lenses were ruined. I’s like to try colored ones again but I’m afraid I’ll forget to change the solution again!

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  157. I need to diet. Necessity. But there is fresh French bread. How can my weak flesh not consume half of it, short of jaw wiring.

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  160. I usually don’t wear makeup everyday but eyeliner is something I always wear if I do wear makeup. I love the MAC Rich Ground Fluidline. It emphasizes my dark brown eyes!

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  161. I’m going to ask my eye doc about color contacts this year. I found out this past year after 10 years of wearing contacts that I’m not a candidate for laser eye surgery- so I might as well get some color contacts and have some fun with it!

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  162. I had tinted contacts once – they were just slightly tinted teal, and make my eyes look crazy bright! I loved them, but currently I’m back to my own natural green.

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  164. I looooooooooove smokey eyes so much! Ever since I’ve started reading your blog, I’ve been playing around with the smokey eye look :3

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  174. Ah, so excited. I hope I win this, I’ve been looking for a nice eyeliner that is easy to control. Milani is just too creamy for me. Hope I win! It is my birthday on Thursday! 🙂

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  176. I love all kinds of eyeliner, but I reach for liquid eyeliner the most often because I find it the quickest and easiest to apply.

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  177. Ooh, one of my faaaavorite songs is “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel, in one of my favorite movies, Say Anything. John Cusack. *swoooooooon*

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  179. Eyeliner is a must in my make up routine! 🙂 I look quite different and much younger without an eyeliner. I love how it defines and emphasizes my eyes and make it look sultry.

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  187. i love pencil eyeliners just because i have more control with them….my younger sister however loves cream liners and always uses it so well.

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  193. I wear eyeliner almost everyday….I still am trying to figure out how to best apply gel eyeliner, sooo lazy to wash the Sonia Kashuk bent eyeliner brush.

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  195. One song that comes to mind is Hungry Eyes from Dirty Dancing, one of my fave movies 🙂

    I love eye liners and I love MAC. And I still don’t own this pencil so keeping my fingers crossed 🙂

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  199. Smokey eyes are my thing! I love it! Never tried mac’s khol liner but love their gel liner! Would love to try out this product!

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  204. Gosh I used a liner I haven’t used in a while & ended up getting a stye, sucks. So throwing it out but gotta wait until it fully heals b4 using any eye makeup, sucks.

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  211. I have reeeally blue eyes, and people never believe me that they’re real! Everyone always asks me where I got such pretty colored contacts!

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  213. I bought ginzing eyecream but it doesn’t seem to be as great as everyone says. Miracle products always seem to work only meh for me. 🙁

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  219. I have brown eyes and have not worn any kind of contact lenses. I do need new glasses though, Never had 20/20 vision. I love reading your blog, the makeup tips, Tabs and the humor are great. Thanks for the giveaway and have a nice new years eve!

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  221. I’ve never worn contact lenses, but I’m curious about those circle lenses the East Asian girls like so much. I wonder how they would look on my already-big eyes.

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  232. I have blue eyes, but I’ve been looking at tinted lenses lately. Maybe something to make my eyes look violet. I have an eye aversion though, but to conquer it i’m getting prescription contacts next eye visit instead of glasses

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  241. I have brown eyes, and I own hard contacts, but pretty much never wear them – they feel too uncomfortable! I wear eyeliner pretty much, and I like and own all three types of liner for different purposes, haha. Lately I’ve been using almost exclusively cream liner though.

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  244. I’m dying to try this one! Feline doesn’t stay on my eyes, and does Technakohl in Graphblack does, but that ones too grey for my taste 🙁 maybe Smolder is the ticket?

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  246. I have jade green eyes and I always (always) wear eyeliner. In the morning I need my cup of tea and my eyeliner pencil to start the day with energy, optimism and cats eyes!

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  254. My first bit of “real” makeup over a decade ago was a Bonne Bell black eyeliner with silver glitter. This is clearly way better 😉

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  257. thank you so much and I have a request, I would love you to review the new maybelline bouncy blushes

    thank you for the giveaway

    dani ♥♥

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  261. Wow! A great opportunity to start the year off with something new <3 my favorite *eyes* song is Green Eyes, from coldplay. I've dedicated it to my *engaged TO BE engaged* bf, he has the most wonderful green eyes <3

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  265. I have been wanting to try this eyeliner forever, hearing so much about how nice it is, but I just haven’t gotten around to it, maybe this will be my chance to try it, haha. Thanks for the great chance to win!

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  269. I wear eyeliner almost everyday! And I when I was in the 8th grade I used to wear blue colored contact lenses… and I am a woman of color… sounds kind of weird but I actually used to get a lot of compliments on them.

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  272. Every time i come to leave a comment, the first thing i think about saying is: “OMG, I ADORE TOBS, HE’S SO GORGEOUS” LOL
    Anyways, I’d love to win this! 😛

    xoxo

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  274. I’ve worn contact lenses since I was 7! And because of the lenses, my eyes are really sensitive so I really have to be careful about which type of liner I use …bobbi brown gel liner is the best!

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  275. My eyes are green with a gold halo around the pupil. I just had a baby and I was hoping he’d get my eye color, but alas…nope. But he did get my husband’s beautiful brown eyes.

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