Holiday Gift Guide: Beauty Palettes & BUXOM & bareMinerals Giveaway

Makeup palettes are a big part of my makeup collection, mainly because they are so easy to take on-the-go and eliminate the need to carry lots of different products. Plus they usually come with some sort of a “how to” guide, so you know exactly how to apply the products included. Makeup palettes make great gifts for stocking stuffers, yankee swap gifts and more. Below are some of my faves right now. And two are being given away at the bottom of this post!

 

1. TheBalm NUDE ‘tude Naughty Eyeshadow Palette: TheBalm is one of the many great brands that Loxa Beauty carriers, and this eyeshadow palette is a great staple to any makeup collection. It comes with 12 neutral colors, and you can either wear them on their own or layer them together to create different looks. Plus, now through January 12, 2015, you can get $5 off of $50 or more on loxabeauty.com with code TVJ0Y77S. {loxabeauty.com, $36}
2. bareMinerals READY 8.0 Power Neutrals: Neutral eyeshadow palettes are a staple of mine, and this one has eight different shades that aren’t your everyday neutrals. The colors include base tones to rich deeps, and luxe mattes to luminous shimmers. I love that it comes with a guide to wear the colors in three different ways, so you know exactly how to tone it down for daytime and make it bold for nights out. {sephora.com, $40}
3. Tarte Tres Chic Park Avenue Princess Contour Palette: This limited-edition palette is slim and compact, so great for throwing in your bag for contouring at any time. It’s 3-in-1 with tart’s popular park ave princess matte bronzer, along with clay 12-hour blush and highlighter. {tartecosmetics.com, now $24}
4. Laura Mercier Artist’s Palette for Eyes & Cheeks: With this palette, also limited-edition, you get eight different eye colors to make either a subtle or smoky look. Plus, you can get an all-over glow for your next holiday occasion with the cheek color in Rose Gold Shimmer. {sephora.com, now $48}
5. Benefit cheeky sweet spot: If you love any of Benefit’s popular box o’ powders, this is for you. It comes with seven of them all in one set – bronzer, blush and more – and the box they come in is nice and festive for the holidays. It also has lots of tips and tricks for creating “do it up for daytime” and “pretty up for playtime” looks. {benefitcosmetics.com, $36}
6. bareMinerals The Magic Act: This palette has everything you need to contour, highlight and blush your face, along with with six different eyeshadows. It folds up nicely so it’s easy to take on-the-go too. Enter to win this below! {bareescentuals.com, $39}
7. BUXOM Dolly’s High Roller Collection: Get everything from lip polish and lip cream, blush and bronzer, to luminizer, eyeliner and eyeshadow, all in one place with this collection. Enter to win this below too! {sephora and sephora.com, now $29}

Giveaway! Enter to win the BUXOM High Roller Collection and bareMinerals Magic Act Palettes below, now through January 9, 2015. Open to U.S. residents.

And in case you missed my other gift guides, you can view them – and enter the giveaways – using the links below. Still a few more gift guides to go – check back throughout the weekend!

• Skincare Gift Sets & Bliss Giveaway
• Bath, Body & Spa Gifts & Giltchrist & Soames Giveaway
• Hostess Gifts & Teleflora Giveaway
• Stocking Stuffers – Part 1
• Stocking Stuffers – Part 2
• Beauty Gift Sets – Part 1 & Josie Maran Giveaway 

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**Disclosure: While I received samples for review, all opinions are my own. Also, this post was originally written and published by me on Examiner.com.