Forget seasonal beverages, cozy sweaters and snowfall -- winter is the most wonderful time of the year because our favorite makeup brands release their holiday collections, and there's nothing we love more than gorgeously packaged makeup palettes. (Well, maybe champagne toasts.)

But the best makeup palettes should be more than just pretty packaging -- they should be filled with buttery, pigmented eye shadows, brilliant shades of blush and unbelievable lip colors. With that in mind, we went in search of the most gorgeous and most useful holiday palettes. The good news: You don't have to spend tons of money to feel like you splurged. These amazing palettes ring in at all prices, from $5 to $200.

Here, the covetable, must-have-now holiday palettes for the 2015 holiday season

Price Range: Under $10

You can snag this sparkly Hard Candy palette, $4.88, for less than the price of a gingerbread latte. The case is small enough to toss in your purse for touch ups, yet miraculously big enough to hold 24 pigmented, pretty eye shadows in every shade of the rainbow.

Price Range: $10-$25

This palette's black lacquered case makes it seem more costly than a mere $14.99. Inside you'll find four warm, golden shades of eye shadow, a neutral blush, a black kohl eye pencil and red lip gloss. Keep it at your desk for those last-minute holiday party invites.

Price Range: $10-$25

When you're hosting a holiday brunch, you're juggling a million things: getting the quiche in the oven on time, making sure your have enough bubbly for mimosas, whipping up waffle batter -- all on top of getting ready. Let this palette, $9.99, take the guesswork out of your look for you. It contains six shades of ethereal shadows (think: roses and champagnes) that brighten your eyes, plus instructions to create the perfect daytime drama look.

Price Range: $26-50

We'd take this tres chic miniature house, $39, over a gingerbread house any day. It comes with a mixture of matte and shimmery, soft and bold shadows that glide on oh-so-easily with minimal fallout. It also comes with a deluxe sample of their best-selling Better Than Sex mascara, plus a step-by-step guide for three different looks. We'll toast to that.