Holiday makeup palettes to make you look (and feel) like a Hollywood starlet
It's almost Christmas making it the PERFECT time to shout yourself a beauty buy (or three). Of course, you might like to snaffle a few items for the makeup lovers in your life while you're at it.
Two birds and all that! And given this is a celebration we're going to focus on beauty palettes because hey - who doesn't love one of those.
You ready? Let's shop.
If you're after a pocket rocket of high pigment payoff for a perfectly pretty price, then you can't go buy the Mecca Max Glam To Go Shadow Quad Palette, $12. These four-shade eyeshadow palettes have everything you need to create your next party look and then some.
The pigment is rich, the textures are perfect and well - what else can we say except you NEED this in your life.
The utterly heavenly Hourglass Ambient Edit Volume 4, $117, is a brand new collection of four best-selling and two new and exclusive powders to create your most flawless complexion yet. Destined to be an everyday staple, this travel-friendly collection comes in a holiday-exclusive metallic pink compact as stunning as the lighting magic within.
Well, that's how its creators describe it. But to be honest they aren't even lying. This stuff is amazing. Glowing, golden and pretty as heck.
If you're a long-time beauty lover who remembers how it was way back when, then the TooFaced Then And Now Eyeshadow Palette, $86, is most definitely for you.
This amazing palette features 10 original shades from 1998 along with 10 new shades with a distinctly 2018 look and feel. The mix of pearl, matte and shimmer shades are scented with a delicious birthday cake fragrance (for real), and have a buttery texture for easy application and bold colour pay off. Sweet.
Who can say no to a lipstick palette? Not us that's for sure and definitely not the NARS Audacious Lipstick Palette, $76.
Featuring seven limited edition stunning shades, these palettes deliver a soft matte, high-pigment finish with a weightless formula that applies evenly with just one swipe
High pigment, hydrating formula allows this intense colour to last all day without bleeding or feathering, with the lip kit design allowing you to mix and match shades for the ultimate custom lip colour. Buy one. Buy them all.
COVERGIRL's Nudes TruNaked Eye Shadow Palette, $22.95, has a stunning range of neutral shades for your perfect nude eye look. Richly pigmented shadows in nudes, and in a range of colours and textures - from neutrals to smokeys and shimmers to mattes.
The complementary shades make blending super easy and, you can create countless different looks and styles.
Plus the price is not to be sneezed at.
Oh highlighting ... we're so happy this trend is still with us. It is just so flattering and pretty too. Anyway - enough about that - we're here to talk about the Nude By Nature Highlight Palette, $39.95.
The three luminous shades of this particular palette add dimension, colour and luminosity and in just three easy steps. Winning! Not sure, we'll break it down for you.
Bronze: To add warmth and definition.
Rose: To add a hint of radiant colour.
Champagne: To instantly illuminate and enhance.
And look at you - you're beautiful! Just like that.
