So people often ask what MAC items are basic must haves so I thought I would post my suggestions. Feel free to ad yours! Let's try to keep it to permanent products and not LE items, that way the info can actually be useful to people. I'm naming just basic colors and not the colorful colors.

Eyes:
Stilife and Bare Canvas Paints
Smolder Eye Kohl and/or Graphblack Technakohl
Blacktrack and Dipdown Fluideline

Shadows:
Shroom
Era
Wedge
Soft Brown
Espresso
Corduroy
Charcoal Brown
Carbon

Blush:
Blushbaby
Gingerly
Sunbasque
Plum Foolery
Style

Lips:
Spice Lipliner
Plum Lipliner
Beurre Cremestick Liner
Viva Glam V Lipstick and Lipglass
Love Nectar Lustreglass
Sinnamon or Beaux Lustreglass

Face:
Fix +
Any and all MSF's you can get your hands on

Brushes:
#190 for liquid or cream foundation
#187 for loose powder
#129 for blush
#168 for countouring
#242 for placing paint as base
#239 for placing lid color
#217 and #224 for blending
#208 for eyebrows
#266 or #209 for fluideline

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