The Palettes To Gift (And To Keep)
Laura Mercier
Signature Eye Palette, N/AThere’s nothing wrong with playing it sophisticated. Especially with gifting in mind. With an array of signature shades ranging from the milkiest, eye-brightening beige to the deepest midnight black (ideal for tucking into lash lines for a softened kohl effect), this chic, neutral line-up is ready to be dipped into every single day.
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Charlotte Tilbury
Look Of Love In A Palette, £27.5Nobody does that ‘modern romantic’ look quite like Charlotte Tilbury. What are the instructions? Start with a soft, iridescent smoky eye. Dust on some bronzer (but only where the sun would naturally hit), highlight high points - not forgetting the cupids bow, blush onto the apples, powder your nose, and sigh.
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Nars
Unwrapped Orgasm Blush Duo, £21Name us a trickier task than guessing someone else’s blush shade. But while we wait, consider this – a cheek flush duo. On one side sits the nation’s favourite ‘Orgasm’ blush with its superfine, micronized powder pigments and highly blendable, lightweight, shimmering formula. On the other side? The same, just punchier.
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Anastasia Beverly Hills
Modern Renaissance Eyeshadow Palette, £46The 14-piece palette is inspired by resins and paints of Renaissance art. What more do we need to know? Other than the brisk, winter berry hues and icy highlights effortlessly compliment a swathe of warm, earthy, smoky tones. Painterly bliss.
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Hourglass
Ambient Lighting Palette in Universe, £31.6We’ve never known a highlighter like it – blessing skin with that award winning, blemish-blurring glow. But what’s that? A new glistening bronzer, brightening blush duo and strobe-light powder, too? All in one palette? ‘Need’ isn’t a strong enough word.
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By Terry
Hyaluronic Hydra-Powder Palette, £45Is it a powder foundation? A brightener? Bronzer? Makeup setter? Actually, By Terry Hyaluronic Hydra-Powder Palette is a little bit of everything. Formulated with mica pearls, spherical powders and premium pigments (plus a hydrating splash of hyaluronic acid), the four silky-matte powders are ready to put a soft-focus effect on skin, subtly contour, and help your look last.
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RMS Beauty
Signature Set, £49Love cream formulas? Palettes aren’t just about pressed powders. Take this RMS set for example with its quartet of mix-and-match, coconut-based shades for cheeks and eyes. And let’s not forget the nourishing balm, too - great for soothing parched lips or adding an extra glow to cheekbones.
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Chantecaille
Ma Palette, £50Why waste time searching for your (or their) perfect palette when this exists? It’s an eight-pan, customisable, ready-to-fill case for eyes and cheeks that bids farewell to the issue of that one rogue (never to be touched with a brush) shade. Your old palette knows what we’re talking about.
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