NYX In Your Element Wind Palette

For Christmas, Santa brought me one of NYX's In Your Element Palettes. As I love cool tones such as blue and purple I got the In Your Element Wind Palette which features 12 eyeshadows in mainly shimmers. If you love purple and blue, you will want this palette as the colors are amazing.

Apart from the amazing color choice, another great thing that I love about this palette is the actual packaging. The packaging on the palette has artwork on it too and not just the box packaging it comes in.

If you love colors that stand out this palette will be perfect for you. I created two different looks with the colors and had a lot of fun blending them together. The pigment in the colors is great and they stay on all day without fading or creasing. Even the two matte shades that are in the palette weren't too powdery either.

Too Faced Clover Palette

I'm a big fan of Too Faced and for Christmas, Santa brought me the Clover Palette. It features 18 amazing eye shades in a mix of matte and shimmer. The packaging is really colorful too and has all different fun and furry creatures on it like dogs, pandas and bunny rabbits.

The palette is inspired by Clover, Too Faced's co founders - Jerrod and Jeremy's adorable fur baby, who is a mini Chihuahua. All of the colors are named with Clover in mind too, such as Lucky Clover, Paw Print, Woof and TF Mascot.

Another bonus is that $250,000 from sales of this palette are going to be donated to Best Friends Animal Society. 

The colors in this palette simply stand out and is perfect for those who love color as there are so many different looks that can be created. I didn't really use the neutrals in this palette as I just love color.

All colors have an amazing amount of pigment in them and blend together nicely. The mattes had a really nice texture to them too and didn't feel dry or powdery. Mattes can often be like this, but these ones were great and didn't feel like that at all. Puppy Eyes, which is the white color in the palette made a really nice base and highlighter too.

Once on the colors stayed on all day and didn't crease or need reapplying. My favorite colors were Good Boy, TF Mascot, Woof, Spoiled, Love Is Love, Best Friends and Puppy Eyes.

Spoiled, Best Friends, Woof

Good Boy, Love Is Love, TF Mascot, Woof

This palette is amazing and is highly recommended. It is limited edition so it won't be around for long. It can be found at the Too Faced website or in the UK, the only store that sells it is the Too Faced store in Carnaby Street, London.

Lush Snow Fairy Gift Set

Snow Fairy has to be one of Lush's most favorite scents. It comes out every year at Christmas as is always a best seller. After all, who doesn't love the amazing sweet scent of bubblegum. For Christmas, Santa brought me the Snow Fairy Gift Set, which came with 4 Snow Fairy goodies - Snow Fairy Shower Gel, Magic Wand Bubble Bar, Snow Fairy Body Conditioner and Snow Fairy Jelly Bomb.

Snow Fairy Jelly Bomb
The Jelly Bomb's from Lush are a fairly new product and are just like bath bombs but actually have jelly inside them. As soon as I dropped it into the water it started fizzing and foaming right away and gave out a very nice scent of Snow Fairy. At first the water went a cloudy grey with pink starting to appear. Halfway through, the pink began to foam out even more and in no time at all pink swirls started to appear in the water. As these do have the jelly in them the bath can be very slippery when getting in and do actually make the water feel like jelly.

Magic Wand Bubble Bar
This one is actually a reusable bubble bar. To use it, I held it under running water and just watched loads of Snow Fairy scented bubbles appear. I didn't have to hold it under for long to get loads of bubbles either, plus it also leaves a shimmer on the water.

Snow Fairy Shower Gel
This must be a Lush best seller as they bring it out every year and it also sells out too. I remember a few years ago they even released a 1L bottle of it. Great for those who love to hoard this stuff. I haven't even finished the bottle of it that I had. The one in this gift set is the small sized bottle, perfect for travel. Nothing beats the scent of Snow Fairy when having a shower.

Snow Fairy Body Conditioner
I'm not quite sure the correct way to use a body conditioner. Some use this in the shower, I prefer to use it as a body lotion as it makes my skin smell just like Snow Fairy. 

I just love this gift set and have enjoyed using the products in it. This is perfect for anyone who loves Snow Fairy.

Kat Von D Everlasting Glimmer Veils

Kat Von D brings out some amazing products and one of them which I think is amazing are the Everlasting Glimmer Veils. These are basically a liquid lipstick with a glittery finish to them. I got one of these back last year and on Christmas Day, Santa brought me two new colors.

Shockful

Satellite

The two colors I got were - Shockful (Fluorescent Pink With Pink Glimmer) and Satellite (Aquamarine With Blue Glimmer). 

Both colors are high pigment, just like the other one of these I tried before. Words cannot describe how intense the color is. Not much is needed to get the color looking intense and the finish they give off is just amazing. To allow easy application the lipstick comes with a doe foot applicator, I really don't like those brush ones that some lipsticks have. 

At first glance it may look like a gloss but it is definitely a liquid lipstick and it also stays on pretty much all day without having to be reapplied all the time. 

So if you want a lipstick that really stands out, you really need to try these ones.

Shockful

Satellite

 

Urban Decay Heavy Metals Palette

I put quite a few things on my list to Santa this year. One of them was the Urban Decay Heavy Metals Palette. On Christmas Day when I opened my presents I saw that Santa had delivered me this palette, which I was very happy about.

The Heavy Metals Palette was released for the Holiday season and features 20 colors all in shimmer shades. In this palette there is a good mix of colors. On one side there are colors such as blue and green. On the other side neutrals such as brown and bronze.

This one opens a bit different to other eyeshadow palettes. The palette actually slides out of the packaging, some people may not like the design, but I think it is great. With Heavy Metals, I am actually spoilt for choice when it comes to the colors. I love bright colors that really stand out and the one side of the palette offers an amazing choice. 

All colors are very pigmented, have a nice soft texture and blend together nicely. I liked to use the paler shades as base colors, as well as highlighters. Once on they didn't fade or crease either.

As for favorite colors mine definitely has to be the brights. I loved playing with the colors and blending them together to create different looks.

Kat Von D Shade And Light Glimmer Palette

I love Kat Von D right now, especially her eyeshadow palettes. Last year I got the Shade And Light Eyeshadow Palette which was amazing. The Shade And Light Glimmer Palette has now been released, which looks just like the original Shade And Light, but the colors are shimmers instead of mattes. 

Shade And Light Glimmer features 12 neutral shades in a range of glimmer finishes. I got this palette for Christmas and I've really enjoyed playing with the colors and creating a look with them.

The colors are separated into three different looks, although I liked to combine different colors from different sections to create a unique look. The shimmery whites make really good base colors and highlighters. I also put them in the inner corner of my eyes to make them really stand out.

The pigment in this palette is very intense and you don't need to use a lot to get the color to look full on. They also have a nice soft texture to them which makes for easy blending.

As for my favorite colors, those have to be the black, dark gold and bronze. I was able to create a really dramatic look with this palette, although if you do like something more natural, then a non dramatic look using the paler brown shades can be created.

Huda Beauty Winter Solstice Highlighter Palette

When I saw the Huda Beauty Winter Solstice Collection, I definitely made sure I put the Winter Solstice Highlighter Palette on my list to Santa. On Christmas Day, Santa managed to deliver it which I was very happy about.

The packaging looks amazing and the colors inside look even better. This one has three powder highlighters - Arctic Glow, Northern Lights and Winter Rose. Along with one cream - Frosted Kiss.

The colors look absolutely amazing and I was super excited to try them out. I loved all of the powder colors as the pigment was intense and they had a nice soft texture to them. I wasn't fussed on the cream color - Frosted Kiss as I didn't think it was as good as the other colors.

Once on these looked fantastic and gave my skin this really awesome glow. I didn't have a favorite either as I loved all of the powder colors, although I  did particularly like Arctic Glow.

Northern Lights

Arctic Glow

Winter Rose

NARS Duo Eyeshadow - Montparnasse

Montparnasse is a duo eyeshadow from the NARS Man Ray 2017 Collection. It's one of two eyeshadows that were released for the collection and this one is shimmering gold with iridescent orchid.

The colors look great in the packaging and look even better on the eyes. I just love how pigmented it is too, meaning not a lot of product is required on the brush to get the colors looking very intense. Blending together is really easy too and once on they don't crease or fade.

The way I wore this was to first apply the gold all over my eyes. I then blended the orchid color into the outer corners to create the look I wanted. 

The colors looked amazing. I have the other eyeshadow from this collection too - Debauched. Out of the two I like Debauched best as the colors look very dark and dramatic.

Kat Von D Metal Crush Highlighter Palette

I love highlighters and I was really happy to get the Kat Von D Metal Crush Palette for Christmas. It's this really awesome highlighter palette that has three very shimmery shades. When I say it is really awesome I actually mean really awesome intense. The colors look amazing in the palette and look even better on the face.

This is a new release from Kat Von D. It only came out about a month ago and when I saw it, I had to put it on my Christmas list and on the 25th Santa delivered.

If you love your highlighter to stand out and look super intense, then you need this palette. The colors look amazing in the palette, but once they are on the face, they look out of this world. 

There are three colors to choose from and I love them all. The pigment in these is really intense and it doesn't take a lot of work to get the colors to show up. Plus they stay on all day too.

Too Faced Peanut Butter And Jelly Palette

I have been wanting Too Faced's Peanut Butter And Jelly Eyeshadow Palette for ages and I finally got it for Christmas. Too Faced is well known for it's scented products and this one is no exception, it has this really sweet scent to it which makes me want to eat it.

I love colors that stand out and this one has plenty of colors that I will definitely wear. This palette has purple and brown shades in it, which can be worn on their own or blended together.

The colors look amazing on and they blend really well too. As they are very pigmented, I found that I didn't have to use a lot to get the color to show up and the texture was really nice and soft, allowing for easy blending. They also managed to stay on all day without creasing or fading.

The purples were definitely my favorite and if you are a fan of Too Faced or love colors that stand out, I do recommend this palette as you will love it.