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16 Holiday Makeup Gifts You NEED This Year

Sparkle and shine for the holidays with these glittery palettes and bold lip paints.

Amanda Varin

Dec 19, 2017

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16 Holiday Makeup Gifts You NEED This Year

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I am not afraid to say it, I'm a makeup junkie. I love eyeshadow palettes, lipstick sets, and contour kits. Ulta and Sephora always put out great holiday gift sets of makeup, and there are so many to choose from. Especially around the holiday celebrations, makeup is so fun with the bold lipsticks and the glittery eyeshadows to make your Christmas or New Year's Eve party sparkle. I've narrowed the makeup sets down to my top 16 for the holiday season. I've included eyeshadows, lipsticks, and face palettes from the most wanted brands this year.

Here are the top 16 makeup gifts that I want under my tree this Christmas.

1. Tarte - Magic Star Collector's Set

Includes 25 shimmery and matte eyeshadow swatches, two blushes, one matte bronzer, one highlighter, four lip stains, and a travel size mascara and eyeliner.

2. LORAC - Mega Pro Palette

Includes 32 eye shades; both some shimmery shadows and some matte shadows.

3. Stila - Star-Studded Eight Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick Set

8 liquid lipsticks that last, and there's an arrangement of colors from pink neutrals to bold plums.

4. Tarte - Pout Pleasures Lip Set

Five matte pink lipsticks with cutely patterned caps.

5. Buxom - Lips Off Leash Plumping 15 Pc Mini Lip Collection

A set of 15 mini plumping lip polishes and creams.

6. NYX Professional Makeup - Meet the Metallics Lip Vault

A total of 12 mini lip creams. Six of them are matte and six are a fresh new metallic matte.

7. BECCA - Apres Ski Glow Collection: Glow Face Palette

Three shimmery highlighters, two blushes, and one bronzer — all with a rosy glow.

8. Too Faced - Best Year Ever

Three shadow palettes and a mini mascara all included in a trendy makeup bag to keep.

9. Tarte - Park Avenue Princess Chisel Palette

Four contours and two highlighters in a pretty palette. You'll feel like a princess.

10. Too Faced - Glitter Bomb Prismatic Glitter Eyeshadow Palette

A great palette for NYE! Includes eight glitter shadows and two matte black and white shadows.

11. Tarte - Limited-Edition Treasure Box Collector's Set

This set has everything — face, lips, and eyes, all wrapped up in a cute box set for a limited time.

12. Stila - Eye For The Elegance Liquid Eye Shadow Set

Another holiday staple, this set includes the popular Stila shimmer and glitter shades that will last all night.

13. Too Faced - Under The Kissletoe The Ultimate Liquified Lipstick Set

The iconic chocolate melted lip stain shades from Too Faced wrapped up in a four-pack set including even the matte and latex lipsticks.

14. Urban Decay Vice Metal Meets Matte Lipstick Palette

This bright lipstick palette lets you experiment with bold shades rather you're feeling matte or shimmery.

15. NARS - X Man Ray The Kiss Velvet Matte Lip Pencil Set

A 4 set of NARS lip pencils zipped up in a small gold makeup bag to make this set your go-to for holiday lip colors.

16. BECCA - Apres Ski Glow Collection: Eye Lights Palette

A wheel of shadow neutrals in shimmer and some matte, this shiny gold set is perfect for winter eyeshadow shades.

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