I am very curious about these palettes, even more so now that Julia from All About the Pretty raved about them so much when I saw her last week. Bobbi Brown knows palettes, and I think she has another winner on her hands with her newly designed Custom Palettes.

You select from a three pan or a four pan palette, both of which are mirrored, and you select from Eye Shadow, Shimmer Wash Eye Shadow, Blush or Shimmer Blush - or a combo of any - and fill up the palette.

First, I want to know where are the lip shades? Surely they are in development, as we need our Bobbi Brown Lip Color and Lip Gloss.

Another product I think that needs to be made in pan palette size is a bronzer - oh, and a concealer and powder too. That would be perfect.

Next, as I am looking to come up with my mix of shades, I notice my favorite Bobbi shades are not there. Agh - I cannot live without my Smoke shadow as I use it as my eye liner almost daily! But I suppose I could throw my single pan in separately - if I must;).

Really, this palette system is a fabulous idea as it brings us back to the basics of Bobbi Brown.   I would fill up a four pan palette with shadows and a three pan palette with the blush. Each empty palette costs $10, the shadows sell for $20 each and the blush for $22 each.

I cannot wait to see what more becomes available, because if I know Bobbi, she will have all of her regular shades available and add more products for the ultimate customization.

Shop BobbiBrown.com. 

Mother's like to multi-task. Many of them need to multi-task. What a better way then with great makeup compacts and palettes that offer this. And more bang for the buck too.

Smashbox Shockwave Fusion Eye & Cheek Palette 

A pretty palette with four fused shadows and complimentary cheek colors, this palette helps to apply the eyes and cheek colors a cinch. The palette includes eyeshadow in golden brown, beige, sage green, and turquoise and a cheek color in warm pink and rosy pink. $39 at Sephora.com.

NARS Dolce Vita Set 

The Dolce Vita lipstick shade is a bestseller for NARS, and this inspired them to put together this great little set. This is a Blush Duo in Albatross (sheer light golden sheen) and Lovejoy (shimmering bronzed rose) along with a the new Lip Gloss in Dolce Vita. $50 at Sephora.com.

Pop Beauty Smokey Rose Wallet

With eye colors, liners, lips and cheek shades, this wallet has it all - in pretty pink and rosey shades. 12 Eyeshades in Silver Black liner, Deep Wine liner, Silver Grey liner/crease, True Plum liner, Antique Pink lid color, Taupe lid/crease, Perfect Pink lid/crease, Light Silver lid color, Powdery Pink highlight, Warm Pink highlight, Salmon highlight, Cream White highlight, four Cheek Colors in Pink Glow, Pink Highlight, Vintage Rose and Salmon Pink Highlight, two Lip Glosses in Cranberry Tint and Baby Pink Glow. $42 at Sephora.com.

Sephora Brand Mother's Day Blockbuster Palette

WOW! Look at the ultimate makeup palette. This is a box that has sliding trays and stacks different shades for endless and creative looks. The palette contains 12 eyeshadow shades, four blush shades, two powder shades, five lip gloss shades, and a mascara. $30 at Sephora.com.

The Illuminator All Over Face Color Powder from Prescriptives saved me this weekend. With so much, really too much going on, I barely had time for makeup, and using The Illuminator made my makeup a cinch.

I used the powder not only on my cheeks as a bronzer with the two darkest colors and then topping that with the pink and gold color, I highlighted them also with the two shades in the middle, a real light shimmery gold mix.  Then I used the darker bronzed colors on my eyelid, and the golds on my brow bone. I even dabbed a bit of the gold color on the bottom of my lower lip after applying some gloss.

The colors blended so easily and felt like satin on my skin.

Here is what Prescriptives says what The Illuminator is:
"This ultra-luxurious all over face color is like candlelight in a compact. Bask in the glow as you sweep The Illuminator All Over Face Color over face and cheeks to highlight, contour, illuminate and customize any look with golden warmth. Three complementary shades impart a luminous 3-D effect that is strikingly beautiful and flattering to all skin tones. Perfect for touch-ups throughout the day, it can be worn as a sheer wash of color, layered for depth and dimension or swirled together to create a customized shade. Plus, the sleek gunmetal compact with crystal-studded metal charm has show-off appeal."

I love it, and know you will too. The Illuminator All Over Face Color is $35 at your Prescriptives counter and on their website, of course.

Have you seen these beauties yet? The Royal Assets eye palettes from MAC, just one of the MAC Cosmetics Holiday Collections this year, are stunning. Not only are these palettes a great way to try out the MAC shadows, it is a great way to play and learn to experiment with colors you would otherwise not use.

There are 4 different palettes. One in a warm collection, one in a cool collection, a metallic palette, and a smokey eye palette. Each palette contains 6 eye shadows, for $36 each.

Royal Assets: 6 Smokey Eyes

Shades are: Rondelle, a light silver with white pearl (frost); Courtly Grey, a cement grey (matte); Knight, a deep grey with silver pearl (veluxe pearl); Maid of Honor, a creamy beige (Satin); Palatial a taupe brown (satin) and Majestic, a neutral grey brown with silver sparkle (lustre). 

Royal Assets: 6 Metallic Eyes

Shades are:  Honeylust, a bronze dipped peach (lustre); Silver Fog, a. intense frosted silver with silver pearl (frost), Stately Black, a rich blue with silver sparkle (lustre); Velvet Lady, a deep black with gold sparkle (velvet); Crème Royale a yellow wheat gold (veluxe pearl) and Manor, a warm brown with green pearl (frost).

Royal Assets: 6 Cool Eyes

Shades are: Shadowy Lady, a darkly veiled plum (matte); Silverwear, a lilac grey (frost); Modern Heir, a grape purple with white pearl (frost); Queen's Jewel, a rich blue with blue pearl (veluxe pearl); Medallion, a frosted light pink (frost) and Trophy Pink, a rich red magenta (frost).

Royal Assets: 6 Warm Eyes 

 Shades are: Sunday Best, an ivory with frost (frost); Star Violet, a eath-touched pinky-brown plum fusion (veluxe pearl); Retrospeck, a beached blonde (lustre); Club, a muted reddish brown duochrome with freen opalescent shimmer (satin); Showstopper, a neutral dark brown and Nobility, a light pink taupe (satin).

Each palette comes with it's own brush, a 213SE Eye Brush. Also, the shadows are enclosed in either a gold or silver antique-inspired compact with a beautiful cream porcelain plaque and royal crown motif. Gorgeous! I told you the packaging was pretty!

I know it is hard to decide on which palette you want and which one(s) you want to give. I say buy them all, glance over each one more than a few times, and then make your decision. And if you are like me, you will probably need to go back to buy more because you won't be able to resist playing with them all.

These limited edition beauties are available now, so you need to get yours and quick.
 

It is so wonderful that MAC has incorporated their charitable Viva Glam line with the holidays, broadening their contribution. Just look at their entries this year.

This year, Viva Glamorous features two beautiful compacts in their red cases embellished with their Royal Crown. There are two palettes, one in cool tones, one in warm. The cool palette features Viva Glam II and IV Lipsticks, and Viva Glam VI Gloss. The warm palette features Viva Glam V and VI Lipsticks, and Viva Glam V Gloss. Like all of the Viva Glam products, every cent goes to MAC's AIDS fund. Each palette sells for $22.50.

I say, Viva Gorgeous! 

Expanding (literally) on the popularity of their popular 10 Face Powder - you remember the bronzer/highlighter duo - Benefit has created the 10 Palette.

Seeing as my 10 Powder was almost immediately lost from my makeup bag (yup, my sister!), maybe I can have this 10 Palette in my aresnal.  I will certainly learn to hide this, though .  ;)

The Perfect 10 Palette:
Ten Powder Duo
Two Lip Shades - Sheer Golden Berry  & Sheer Plum
Two Eye Shadows - Soft Mauve & Golden Taupe
Applicator Brushes

For the perfect price of $28, this limited edition Ten Palette makes the perfect present - even if only for yourself!

No one does a palette quite like Bobbi Brown. Her Burnt Sugar Metallics palette is certainly getting a lot of use from me, and I am looking forward to playing with more of them by personalizing my own palette system.

Customizing is simple. You pick an eye, lip, and cheek palette, and add that to your little palette system holder, and you are finished.

Here at the palettes you can select for your own kit.
Eye Palettes
Neutral Eye Shadow Palette with Ivory Eye Shadow, Cement Eye Shadow, Slate Eye Shadow, and Mahogany Eye Shadow. $40
Dark Eye Shadow Palette with Cognac Metallic Shadow, Cashmere, Bone, and Rich Brown Eye Shadows. $40
Lip Palettes
Lipstick Palette with Mauve and Kir Lip Shimmers, Slopes Lip Color, and Cranberry Lip Sheer. $40
Lipgloss Palette with Naked and Rum Lip Glosses and Penny and Posey Shimmer Lip Glosses. $40
Blush Palette
Blush Palette with Bobbi's most popular blushes in Pale Pink and Tawny. $35
The Palette System Holder
This pretty pink case is perfect for holding you palettes plus comes complete with a mini Black Everything Mascara and three mini brushes: Blush, Eye Shadow, and Eye Liner. $55

I just wish they had one complete price for the whole palette system, but I am thinking that someone might choose both lip palettes or something, so they left the products priced individually for that reason.

The Palette System is exclusively available at bobbibrown.com.

My sister called me last night and told me that I need to get this for her.

She was more than in awe of this set from Benefit and said she was putting it on the top of her Christmas list. She also mentioned more than a few times that I would be responsible for gifting it to her. lol

Powder Pop! from Benefit is a box filled with three of it's most popular face powders: Hoola, a bronzing powder; Dallas, a rosy-bronze all-over color; and Dandelion, a soft pink.

As I use both Dallas and Dandelion on a pretty regular basis, I totally understand why she would want this. You see, I like to blend Dallas on my cheeks, over my nose, with a gentle sweep on my chin and forehead, then blend Dandelion over that, just concentrating on the apples of my cheeks. I love the look, and wear it at least a few times a week.  

I guess I should spoil her and teach her my little application routine. I bet she will put Hoola to good use in the Summer months as well!

Powder Pop! is an exclusive to Sephora where it is selling for $30.