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Smashbox Holiday 2020 launched today at Sephora and Ulta and first thing on my list is that Halo Cheek Palette! I’m loving this for some reason! It looks like a nice quad of blushes and highlighters! Smashbox tapped @drawbertson to design the Art of Play compact that the blushes and the rest of the Holiday 2020 Collection comes in.

It’s an odd thing about Smashbox! They aren’t always on top of my list but when the Holidays roll around I find myself drawn to their offerings. I loved last year’s Cosmic Celebration Planetary Cheek Palette was a total win for me. They just do some really nice offerings for the Holidays that are worth exploring.

Here’s some more of the Smashbox Holiday 2020 Collection.

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Huda Beauty Haze Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette for Fall 2020 have arrived and their all smoky, mystery goodness for the cooler weather ahead! Available in three shades these were created to create a softer smokier look and I’m all about that because smoky eyes are beautiful but they can be unforgiving if you have puffiness, finer lines, or drier eyes. Or at least that’s the case for me. These softer shades act to create a seductive eye look with softer nudes, nauves, purples, and khakis.

They contain nine shades in assortment of shimmer, matte, and metallic finishes.

Shades include:

• Sand Haze Obsessions
• Purple Haze Obsessions
• Khaki Haze Obsessions

Each one is an affordable $29.

Huda’s past mini palettes haven’t always had the best formulas. They tend to be very firm, dense shadows but I have to admit I own most of them and love them to death. I just find applying and blending easy even though they are firmer shadows. And I always feel like I create really great looks using them! There is a lot of marketing that calls these “plush” and “soft” but in my experience they are typically firmer, drier eyeshadows but again, I’ve never experienced issues with application. That’s saying something because I really do hate a dry matte formula! I also like her color schemes and don’t find them challenging to pair up shades! The palettes are always very cohesive and easy to pair up and contrast with!

Owning most of the older palettes she’s done it’s a no brainer for me to pick up the Huda Beauty Haze Obsessions Eyeshadow Palettes as well!

Huda Beauty Haze Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette are available today just in time for Fall when smoky, mysterious eyes are all the rage!

Where to buy

Sephora

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Tarte Holiday 2020 is available today at Ulta, Macys, Sephora, and Tarte’s website but I don’t see any new mega eyeshadow palettes! The closet thing we have to a larger palette is the Tarte Tartelette Give, Gift & Get Amazonian Clay Eyeshadow Wardrobe which is a break apart gift set that features three Tartelette Eyeshadow Palettes which you can gift individually. These are smaller versions of the beloved Tartelette Eyeshadow Palettes with a few new shades and a few repromoted ones. There’s no Big Blush Book Palette either but they do have a Blush Authority Amazonian Clay Cheek Wardrobe that includes 6 blushes, 2 highlighters and 1 bronzer. The Blush Book Palette hasn’t sold well in the last two years and ended up on sale rather quickly that might be why we aren’t seeing one this year!

One thing that is exclusive to Ulta is the Warm Winter Wishes Eye Set. Again, not one of those traditional mega sets we get from Tarte but still a new eyeshadow palette that contains nine eyeshadows and a blush as well as liner and mascara!

I dunno if we’ll be seeing any mega palettes this year from Tarte but who knows? Maybe as we get closer to the Holidays they’ll surprise us!

Let’s take a look at Tarte Holiday 2020 and see what you might need!

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