Palettes

Each year I see women create these amazing makeup looks, and when I ask what eyeshadow they used with the hope that I can make a purchase and try to re-create that awesomeness, they often say they used a HOLIDAY COLLECTION that was a limited edition, and is therefore no longer being sold.

Well, armed by this lesson, I have been scoping out the holiday palettes that have been released this year and making my must get list.

Why? Because holiday palettes are great value for money. You're getting beautiful makeup which has been specially created for this collection (who knows when next it'll reappear) at a reduced price. The value comes in when you calculate how many different shades of eyeshadows, lipsticks, or lip glosses  you are getting in that holiday palette and what you are paying are for it now, as compared to what you would have to pay to get all of those colours during the year- at which time you would have to purchase them separately, because they've only been packaged jointly for the holiday collection.

Here are two palettes that are presently on my list:

 The Bobbi Brown Deluxe Eye and Lip Palette is being sold for $80.00 USD  and has the following:
Palette includes:

1. - Ivory Eyeshadow: a creamy white.
2. - Sandy Rose Metallic Eyeshadow: a silver plum mauve.
3. - Chiffon Sparkle Eyeshadow: a pale gold.
4. - Antique Rose Eyeshadow: a rosy brown.
5. - Malted Eyeshadow: a soft grey-brown.
6. - Bronzed Pink Metallic Eyeshadow: a midtone shimmering pink.
7. - Cream Metallic Eyeshadow: a midtone shimmering pink.
8. - Black Chocolate Eyeshadow: a rich black brown.
9. - Pink Sequin Creamy Lip Color: a sheer pinky peach.
10. - Pale Mauve Creamy Lip Color: a sheer pink mauve.
11. - Blue Raspberry Creamy Lip Color: a blue raspberry pink.
12. - Black Cherry Creamy Lip Color: a rich berry red.
13. - Pale Beige Creamy Lip Color: a nude pinky beige.
14. - Coral Pink Creamy Lip Color: a bright warm pink.
15. - Rose Garden Creamy Lip Color: a midtone shimmer rose.
16. - Mini Eyeshadow and Lip Brush

At $80.00 USD, and given the quality you get from Bobbi Brown cosmetics, that's great value for money in my humble view.

Next on my list is this On the Rocks Photo Op Shadow Palette from Smashbox, it isn't a Holiday collection per se, but its on my list because its being sold for $36 USD by Nordstrom...and look how many colours you're getting.

Shades include:

1. Vanilla
2. Opus
3. Obsidian
4. Blacktop
5. Mist
6. Coronation
7. Confectionette
8. Bourbon
9. Midnight Emerald
10.  Chianti
11. Sapphires
12. Nutmeg

XX
Malika