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As a longtime beauty editor, MAC is one of the rare brands that's held onto its effortlessly cool, editorial energy since before I ever set foot in the makeup world. It was the counter my mom and her best friend treated like a field trip; the one where they'd "ooh" and "aah" over lipsticks while I stood beside them, taking mental notes.

Decades later, now as a 30-year-old beauty editor who's played with just about every brand under the sun, I still find myself reaching for MAC again and again, from its Taylor Swift-loved Ruby Woo red lipstick or whatever new beauty launch lands on my desk. It's the brand I'd gift to my sixty-something mom with the same excitement I'd send to a makeup-obsessed teen.

Ahead, I rounded up the nine best MAC gifts of the holidays, from iconic

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