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"I just came back from a trip to the West Coast (any Cali readers checking up on The Girls in the Beauty Department out there?). Since traveling these days means bringing only the essentials when it comes to beauty products, I had to narrow it down to my top needs. While shuffling through my anemic makeup bag every morning during my travels, I became more aware of my love-hate relationship with one teeny beauty product: my eyeliner. For me, it&amp;#x27;s the key to nailing down my signature makeup move--the black eyeliner swoosh. Do you ever feel &amp;quot;naked&amp;quot; without your signature makeup move? Well, I definitely would if I didn&amp;#x27;t have this little baby. I&amp;#x27;m sure you know why I love liner (this is a beauty blog, after all!) but the &amp;quot;hate&amp;quot; part might have you scratching your heads. Let me explain: I love the way eyeliner makes my eyes stand out a bit more, but I hate that I feel sorta, kinda--okay okay, REALLY--dependent on it to secure my look. It actually feels weird whenever I don&amp;#x27;t have it on, you know what I mean? Whether shopping with my sister, meeting my boyfriend for a movie or, I&amp;#x27;ll admit, even going to gym, I didn&amp;#x27;t feel complete with out my LBE (Little Black Eyeliner). I&amp;#x27;m learning to let go of my signature makeup look little by little to (if anything) give myself a confidence boost that yes, I look totally fine without the black swoosh! After all, there&amp;#x27;s plenty of beautiful eyeshadow looks from this Fashion Week that don&amp;#x27;t require eyeliner. But there&amp;#x27;s no denying it: my signature look is oh so hard to let go. P.S. If you&amp;#x27;re wondering just how obsessed I am with toting my LBE around, on my trip three out of six of the beauty products in my makeup bag were eyeliners! If you want specifics, here are the ones I won&amp;#x27;t leave home without: More Smashbox... Do you have a signature beauty move you just can&amp;#x27;t live without? Do you feel like you look ghostly without your bronzy shimmer? Is your smile just not the same without a pearly pink gloss? Discuss your signature makeup look below and how often you need to have it on! And who can blame me for my infatuation with liner with all these fun eye makeup ideas from celebs?: * Emma Stone&amp;#x27;s Navy-on-the-Bottom Look * Jamie Chung&amp;#x27;s Cat Eye * Aishwarya Rai&amp;#x27;s Most Gorgeous Eyeliner Ever"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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