Great Gifts: Laura Mercier Colour-To-Go Portable Palette.

Laura Mercier puts out the most stunning limited edition holiday items and this Colour-To-Go Portable Palette just so happens to be one of them.

This palette is like its name says, it is portable, but what it holds is incredible. This portable palette holds a trio of eyeshadows, a cake eyeliner, a blush, a bronzer and even a mini lip gloss, all tucked inside a palette that fits inside the palm of your hand. This palette is called Smoky Violet with coordinated shades in soft pinks and plums to create a beautiful smoky purple eye.

The shadows are finely milled and very pigmented. They apply with ease, blend well and last all day. I love the cake eye liner. It can be applied wet for a more dramatic look, or dry for a daytime look. The blush and bronzer pair and beautiful and natural. The wear all day nicely and would complement a variety of skin tones. The lip gloss is a natural nude peach gloss that would flatter everyone too.

The Laura Mercier Colour-To-Go Portable Palette sells for $50.00 at lauramercier.com and Nordstrom.

Laura Mercier Foundation Primer Protect.

I am a big fan of Laura Mercier's foundation primers, both the Foundation Primer and Foundation Primer Radiance. She just launched a new one and as I have been using it ever since I received it, I am obviously a big fan of this one too. Meet Foundation Primer Protect.

This primer is great because it not only preps the skin for flawless makeup application and holds foundation, keeping makeup fresh and color-true for hours, but it also protects it from the suns harmful rays. It does that because it includes SPF 30.

This is so smart, because there are some moisturizers and foundations that just don't have the sun protection factor, and this is vital for everyday. I love that using it in a primer gives us another option for protection. Especially when it is put in such a great oil-free formula such as this.

The primer formula glides on my skin evenly with its lightweight, creamy gel feel. It truly helps to create the  perfect canvas for makeup application. It minimizes the appearance of imperfections and pores for a smooth, natural finish, and creates this bond like "buffer" to outside elements that expertly holds foundation and keeps it in place all day.

Laura Mercier Foundation Primer Protect retails for $32.00 and is available now at lauramercier.com and Sephora.