Today is my weekend and I am taking a much needed break by staying in and surrounding myself with both my furbabies and my makeup babies. Christmas is THIS WEEKEND if you can believe it and though I am now done with my giveaways for the year I still have a couple more holiday items to share that are super cute, affordable and guaranteed to be loved by all!
I don't discriminate when it comes to makeup as there are some amazing and terrible products from both the drugstore and luxury departments and though Hard Candy has had some hits and misses for me in the past, their lip products have always been consistently good in both pigmentation, range of shades and longevity so if you haven't had a chance to try them out or know someone who loves their lippies, these box sets will have them as giddy as a reindeer!
I don't discriminate when it comes to makeup as there are some amazing and terrible products from both the drugstore and luxury departments and though Hard Candy has had some hits and misses for me in the past, their lip products have always been consistently good in both pigmentation, range of shades and longevity so if you haven't had a chance to try them out or know someone who loves their lippies, these box sets will have them as giddy as a reindeer!
The Hard Candy Glossing All the Way* ($9.97 CDN) is a 20 piece lip collection featuring 10 Velvet Mousse Matte Lip Colors, 5 Wet Ever Lip Lacquers and 5 Metallic Mousse Lip Colors. There is 2.2g of product in each mini gloss which doesn't sound like a lot, but if you hoard lip products like I do, this amount is really quite perfect especially for those metallic shades that you won't really be wearing that often. My personal favourite are the Wet Ever lip glosses because they are just so shiny and pigmented in one swipe! It's a shame these mini glosses don't have names on them as I believe some are limited edition, but there is a good selection of shades within each of the finishes from their regular collection so you should be able to find something identical or close enough.
If you like advent calendars or just get a bit of an ASMR kick out of cracking open some perforated cardboard, the 12 Days of Lip* ($9.97 CDN) is for you! This collection contains products that are all part of Hard Candy's regular collection and also has the names of the shades on the back of the box. This set contains: 3 Wet Ever lip lacquers, 3 Matte lip colours, 2 Metallic Mousse Matte lip colors, 2 Fierce Effect lip colours and 2 Plumping Serums.
The Plumping Serums were a bit strange because they just look and feel like clear gloss...there is no tingly effect so the only reason my lips look enhanced is because they were glossy. This product just has me confused, but everything else is nice with a good array of wearable shades from nudes to neutrals to vampy.
Here are swatches of the Glossing All the Way Kit, but they will give you a good idea of what to expect from the 12 Days of Lip as well.
For a gift under $10, I think the lip sets are fantastic for a beauty lover who loves to have fun and try new lip colours. They are great affordable gift options for young girls and teens who are just getting started with makeup and would have been something I would have loved when I was 14. The formulas rival some of the luxury brands and if it weren't for the packaging, I doubt many of us would have been able to distinguish a $7 lip gloss from a $40 one.
The Hard Candy holiday collection is available exclusively at Wal-Mart.
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