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Holiday Makeup Palette: Maybelline New York Gilded In Gold Makeup Kit
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.
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Holiday Makeup Palette: Essence How to Make Eyes Bright Make-Up Box
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.
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Holiday Makeup Palette: Too Faced La Petite Maison
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.
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Holiday Makeup Palette: M.A.C. Enchanted Eve Cool Face Kit
M.A.C.'s holiday packaging never disappoints, and this season is no different. Open up this sleek compact, $49.50, to find three cool-toned eye shadows (matte grey, shimmery brown-grey and pearly black-blue), along with two winter-ready lipstick shades. But the real standouts of this palette are the coral Cream Colour Base and the rosy Beauty Powder. The former is a shimmery, blendable product that can be applied as a highlighter or built up into a blush; the latter is a perfecting powder that makes skin look impossibly glowy.
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Holiday Makeup Palette: Nomad Beauty Palette No. 03
This palette, $50, was inspired by the classic beauty of Florence. The focus: Rich, red lips, groomed brows, a subtle flick of eyeliner and hint of bronzer for that under-the-Tuscan-sun glow. This gorgeously packaged kit comes with all of the above, plus shimmery beige and taupe eye shadows. Everything is cruelty-free and free of parabens and phthalates. But what really makes this palette stand out is that the packaging is enhanced with the brand's unique scent experience -- so every time you open it, you'll give a subtle, sexy air of the iris flower (the emblem of Florence).