Seven Great Mega-Makeup Kits

From Shopperati

A can’t-miss gift for a lady of most any age is one of those mega-loaded makeup palettes from Sephora. Yes, other stores have similar items, but Sephora has lots of them, all in one place.

Shopperati has found seven that you can consider. Some are limited editions, so move fast. Perhaps you should get an extra for yourself in case Santa forgets to stuff one in your stocking:

1. At the top of the list is Sephora’s Ultimate Blockbuster – which appears to be the motherlode. They say it’s a $320 value for $48 (above left). The compact has stackable sliding trays that reveal 71 eyeshadow shades, 13 creamy eyeshadow shades, five blushes, one compact powder, 60 lip glosses, one lip liner, one eyeliner, four brushes, three sponge-tipped applicators – all tucked into a snappy black case.

2. Two Faced’s wildly decorative World Domination Tour All Access Backstage Beauty Collection, a $150 value for $42 (pictured at top) with eight eye shadows, two bronzers, a face illuminator, six lip glosses, eyebrow powder, eyeliner cake and blush. Best of all, when you open the box, it plays the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy while the little figure in the middle twirls. You can also take out the makeup trays and use it as a jewelry box.

3. Smashbox Beauty Blockuster’s mod bag set, at right, a $217 value for a mere $105. The black bag holds an 18-piece lipstick palette, under-eye brightener, highlighter, foundation primer, two mini lip glosses, a lip pencil, mascara and eyelights in two shades.

4. Tarte Vanity Palette (limited edition), a $494 value for $52 (below) it has 16 new eyeshadow shades, 16 new lipglosses, their deluxe Lights, Camera, Lashes! Mascara, thei miniral powder bronzer, a luminizer, four powder blushes, some of their deluxe eyeshadows and eyelining brushes.

5. Pop’s Hello Gorgeous silver croc box filled with goodies, a $150 value for $48, above. This one comes with 10 lip glosses, six cheek shades, 36 eye shadows and two duo applicators.

6. Lorac’s Superstar Collection, a $253 value for $125. Their black boxed set includes eye liner pencil, mascara, Love Rush (sorry, we don’t know what that is, but we’re guessing lipstick), two cream lipsticks, a lip/cheek It Kit, an eye It Kit, a lip/cheek It Kit, two portable paints and three lip polishes.

7. If your giftee has already collected her share of these mega-makeup palettes in the past, then try Sephora’s perfect ten brush set, because everyone can use some new brushes. The set, worth $150, is selling for $72.

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