Holiday Makeup Palettes 2014
19 Glorious Holiday Palettes to Get Your Pretty On
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Even when we're trying to limit our beauty spending, we find that when it comes to palettes, all bets are off. They're like the makeup version of a box of chocolates: pretty to look at, but even better after digging in. This holiday season, there are tons of glimmering, shimmering, luxurious palettes to pick from, and while you might be looking for gift inspiration, we can't guarantee you won't finish the slideshow without buying something for yourself.
E.l.f. Studio 50 Piece Makeup Artist Palette
A smoky eye and contoured cheekbones are a model-worthy makeup combination, and this E.l.f. palette ($25) makes it simple to customize your sultry look to your heart's desire.
Clinique Nutcracker Act 1 Palette
Inspired by the ballet classic, Clinique's Nutcracker eye and cheek palette ($36) is filled with sweet pink and sugarplum shades. It also comes with a brush so you can touch up on the go.
NYX Waiting For Tonight Palette
From lids and lips to brows and cheekbones, NYX's palette ($30) is jam-packed with a wide range of shades to take you from day to night with ease.
Sonia Kashuk Deco Starlet Eye Shadow Palette
The creamy pigments in this vintage-looking limited-edition shadow palette ($20) will ensure your eye look stays vibrant through a long night of partying.
Bobbi Brown Deluxe Eye and Lip Palette
The mahogany and gold packaging of this Bobbi Brown palette ($80) is almost as stunning as the two tiers of glimmering lip and eye shades inside.
Laura Geller 20 Shades of Baked Palette
Laura Geller is known for its high-quality baked pigments, and this jewel-tone-packed palette ($49) contains every color you would need to create a festive smoky eye (wet or dry!).
Urban Decay Vice 3
The Vice 3 palette ($60) is arranged by color family — neutrals, colors, and smokes — to completely eliminate the guesswork behind a carefully crafted eye look.
Smashbox On the Rocks Photo Op Eye Shadow Palette
With all the pretty colors in this festive Smashbox palette ($36), you'll sparkle brighter than a diamond — but there's a faux one in the center of the kit for a little boost in bling.
The Body Shop Frosted Pastels Palette
You can get your seasonal sugar fix guilt-free with the mint chocolate hues in The Body Shop's shadow palette ($28).
Dior Deluxe Holiday Palette
Dior's holiday palette ($85) is as luxe as you'd expect: quilted shadows, shimmering highlighters, and flattering lip hues all wrapped up in a zipper-trimmed clutch.
Sephora Collection Color Festival Blockbuster Palette
Perfect for the girl who can never have enough makeup, Sephora's holiday palette ($50) is jam-packed with 130 (seriously!) shades for lips, eyes, and cheeks.
Nars Cosmetics Virtual Domination Cheek Palette
Nars is known for its award-winning cheek colors — this limited-edition blush and bronzer palette ($65) features some of its best shades so you can custom blend the perfect hue for you.
Too Faced Beauty Wishes and Sweet Kisses
Too Faced's neutral face and lip set ($34) is a refreshing break from the bling of the holidays — and the fact that the formulas smell like chocolate is a delicious bonus.
Pony x Memebox Eye Shadow Palette
This shadow set curated by Korean YouTube star Pony ($18) will take you day to night in a flash — just layer the sheer rose gold shades over the matte neutrals.
Make Up For Ever Studio Case
Make Up For Ever's tiny shadow trunk ($60) contains 12 shadows in a variety of finishes and colors to get your artist on, plus a jet-black liner to top off your masterpiece.
Tarte Tres Chic Park Avenue Princess Contouring Palette
Kim Kardashian fans will love Tarte's contouring palette ($34), which contains a bronzer, blush, and highlighter — everything they need to get the chiseled cheekbones of their fantasies.
Julep Sweep Photogenic Palette
If you're afraid of trying anything but varying shades of brown on your eyes, the pretty muted rainbow tones of Julep's eye shadow palette ($54) will have color-wary girls completely sold on taking the plunge.
Le Métier de Beaute Obsidian Odyssey Lip Kaleidoscope Palette
You'll love the eight bold yet flattering shades that swing out of Le Métier de Beaute's pretty stacked palette ($125) so much, you'll keep it on your desk at work for frequent touch-ups.
Pixi by Petra Ultimate Beauty Kit 2nd Edition
Subtle, bright, cool, warm, shimmer, matte — it's all here in Pixi by Petra's trifold shadow and blush set ($34), and it's no bigger than an iPad mini, so you'll want to bring it everywhere.
