Holiday Preview 2019: Makeup Gifts Galore

[KatieBT]

REMINDER: Our Holiday Hooray event is back 12/5 - 12/17 (starting 12/4 for Rouge!) and every Beauty Insider member gets a discount! Don’t forget—the higher your tier, the bigger the savings! Check out our FAQs here: https://community.sephora.com/t5/Customer-Support/Holiday-Hooray-2019-FAQs/m-p/5067728

We had so much fun at the holiday preview event yesterday and are so excited to share all the holiday newness with you. We were also able to test some of these incredible products out and will be sure to share swatches and our opinions on wear and quality. This year's holiday products are absolutely stunning - let's jump in!

BEAUTYBLENDER - The Crown Jewels Blender Essentials

“I have enough beauty blenders,” said no one ever! This eight-piece set of goodies is not only a great value, but it’s also absolutely adorable too. The set includes four blender sponges and four gemstone-shaped cleansers - perfect for that friend of yours who can’t leave the house without their crystals and loves a perfect blend. 

BENEFIT COSMETICS - I Brake for Beauty! Value Set

Can we take a minute to admire the cute pink vintage tin camper packaging? It makes this set ready-to-gift and totally reusable to store makeup, brushes, etc. This limited-edition set comes with four products we all know and love: a full-size POREfessional, Hoola Bronzer, Gimme Brow+ in Shade 3 (neutral light brown), and a mini BADgal BANG! Mascara -- aka BrendaBT’s holy grail mascara! 

BITE BEAUTY - All Agave 3-Piece Lip Care Set

We know this Community loves the Bite Agave lip balm, and the set includes not one but all three minis: the Agave + Nighttime Lip Therapy, the Agave Lip Mask, and the Agave+Daytime Lip Balm. This set is perfect to show your lips the love they deserve during wintertime and makes a great gift as well. 

Hiiiii!

KAT VON D - Lolita Por Vida Eyeshadow Palette

@darkiceis specifically wanted the scoop on all the holiday palettes, and we’re pleased to report that this KVD palette swatched like a dream! We were SO impressed with this 15 pan palette and love the lolita theme - this famous shade was so widely discussed on this Community back in the day that I had to pick it up! The formula comes in matte, shimmer, and glitter shades which were so fun to play with! This palette is versatile enough for everyday natural, blushy lolita, and smoky nighttime eye looks. Of course, this is a holiday palette so there are three glittery shades in the middle of the palette and they caused a lot of commotion at the event! 

Lip balm of the top and Orgasm blush on the bottom.

NARS - Softcore Mini Blush + Balm Set

This mini set is perfect for the Nars Orgasm lover on the go! This is a great product to gift or to keep for yourself when you head out of town. Many of us already know and love Orgasm blush and the lip balm is gorgeous as well. This set is great for makeup newbies and pros alike. Tagging @niki172 who wanted to know about the Nars on display at the event!

NATASHA DENONA - Metropolis Eyeshadow Palette

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MILK MAKEUP - MVPs Set

This set of minis includes a Kush Mascara, a high-volume mascara that contains hemp-derived cannabis seed oil. You'll also get the Hydro Grip Primer which is perfect for all skin types and formulated with Blue Agave Extract that grips makeup and seals in moisture. Also inlcuede is the Cooling Water Stick, which helps soothe and depuff the under-eye, the Watermelon Brightening Serum stick, the Glow Oil Lip and Cheek tint, plus a highlighter stick and a matte bronzer! 

TARTE - Winter Wonderglam Luxe Eye Palette

Oh-My-Glam!!!! This set is truly amazing - @michelleshops and @lnum can attest to that as well. It’s all encased in a stunning gold sequin case and contains a double-sided eyeshadow brush, mini mascara, mini black gel-liner that glides on the lids without zero tugging or pulling, and **drum roll please** 24 eye-shadows! The shadows come in the most beautiful matte, metallic, and glitter-gel topper formulas. Our jaws seriously dropped to the ground with every single color we swatched because of how pigmented and pretty these look when applied. The formula of the matte and metallic pigments contain Amazonian clay, which supports longer wear and makes them extra soft, creamy, and easy to blend. The glitter-gel toppers are perfect to add just the right pop of sparkle to any look! The glitter is also very easy to use -- a little goes a long way!

Stunning Tarte Swatches

YVES SAINT LAURENT - Rouge Pur Couture Lipstick Mini Set

Is it even holiday season without a good lippie? This YSL set comes in a fab gold and pink star-shaped box containing five mini lippies. It’s YSL, so you know the packaging is elegant and the formula is pigmented and creamy. Best part? The beautiful shades in this set are festive shades that are wearable all year round. 

Beautiful YSL swatches

[Sunnysmom]

Thought may be something you would like @Ispend2much6 . 🤗 

[LexBT]

WHERE ALL OF MY BALM PEEPS AT!? I love all things Bite and have been using the mask and scrub for quite some time, so I was thrilled to find out that they had added BITE BEAUTY - Agave+ Daytime Vegan Lip Balm to the collection. So I picked up the BITE BEAUTY - All Agave 3-Piece Lip Care Set to stock up on my faves and give this thing a whirl. And I think this is a true testament to the instantaneous love: i threw it in my work bag. Yes, this thing will now stay with me day in and day out - I'm even considering getting another one for my desk. 

Anyway, for the balm aficianados- this is colorless, so won't be replacing my #FRESH - Sugar Lip Treatment Sunscreen SPF 15 !!

[Sunnysmom]

Bite is my ultimate favorite @LexBT , I think I have every shade of red , pinks, darks in lippies possible.lol 🥰And this balm is my go to also. Wish there was a mint version in stick and it’d be extra perfect! 😊 I give these for stocking stuffers yearly! 

[faeriegirl]

@LexBT  I got that set last month and I love it! I'll probably pick up another set before the sale is over 🙂

[RebeccaBT]

@KatieBT All of these sets are actually getting me excited to do my holiday shopping! Thanks for sharing 🙂

Best,
Rebecca

[Cyncynn]

@KatieBT 

Thanks for sharing Katie.

The Milk set is really a good deal. The bronzer and the primer are all time favorites. The mascara and highlighter are really great too. I haven't tried the cheek oil, but sounds promising too!

[kel70]

I purchased the BITE BEAUTY - All Agave 3-Piece Lip Care Set and it was so fabulous that I purchased another set the next day!! I have super dry lips in the winter, living in Northern Ontario and this set is perfect for the long, long winter months. Great value for the money. A 'can't go wrong' product!

[KatieBT]

@Cyncynn I was so impressed by the MILK MAKEUP - MVPs Set - I just swatched these in case anyone hasn't been able to play with these goodies. Milk MVP kit - highlighter, bronzer, and blush shades

[Cyncynn]

@KatieBT You're the real MVP - thanks for the swatches. I haven't tried the blush oil yet!

[KatieBT]

@Cyncynn I'm going to cry tears of joy - what a compliment! #FavoriteQuote 

The blush oil is so pretty I need to actually try it on my face but I am so conditioned to use powder blush... Do you use a lot of cream blushes? 

[Guessgal]

Wow @KatieBT thanks for the write up of these holiday sets! I'm totally drawn to that Kat Von D palette - adding it to my list pronto! Also I was browsing Sephora online and answered my own question from the other thread about whether PMG is bringing back the red/blue lipstick packaging for the holidays. She is! Can't wait to pick up PAT MCGRATH LABS - Obsessive Opulence: MatteTrance™ Lipstick - Flesh 3

PMG Flesh 3

[PenelopeBT]

The PMG Matte Trance in Flesh 3 is my absolute favorite lipstick shade right now. It's my everything lipstick (special occasions, work, grocery shopping, etc..) It's such a pretty shade that you can wear anywhere. <333

[KatieBT]

@Guessgal I'm glad you found the answer - there weren't any PMG items at the event but these lippies are GORGE. Need. Immediately. 

[tsavorite]

Just in case anyone is interested, the tarte Winter Wonderglam Palette looks so much better in person!  It's really beautiful!  Most photos don't do it justice at all!  Not even the Sephora product page.

[MCSSavvy]

@KatieBT  -  I definitely am going to need to pick up one or two of those BITE sets.  I grabbed several agave masks when they went on sale last year and love, love, love the formula.  I wonder if Beauty Blender is also going to do those surprise boxes like last year?  I thought that was novel.  

[melash]

They do have them.BEAUTYBLENDER - The Jewel Box Mystery Sponge

[mermadelove]

@KatieBT  I LOVE that beauty blender gift set. Such a gorgeous design! And I saw the Tarte Wonderland set at the Rouge holiday preview a few weeks ago and the photos do not do it justice AT ALL. It’s perfect for travel and a great gift for yourself or others and the price point is fantastic! If I wasn’t already saving up for Metropolis and the PMG Nocturnal Nirvana, that would be in my basket right now! 🤩

[curlychiquita]

What an awesome event, @KatieBT!  Thank you so much for sharing previews of the products!

[bem564]

Great rundown @KatieBT ! Thank you for this. My heart skipped a few beats for the YSL lipstick set. I have a few of the shade 01 (purse, locker at work and vanity at home) and love the wear & color! I'm hoping I could pull off these other shades. They are all so gorgeous! The Milk MVP's is going on my list too!

[PrettyPaint]

Thank you @KatieBT. That YSL set is gorgeous. Every color is something I would wear. Honestly, though, everything you posted looks lovely. 

[twilightnicky]

I want all of it lol