Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. Just another spin on a green eyes and red lips look, and I love this one too.
(Base: primer – e.l.f Cosmetics Power Grip primer, foundation – Rare Beauty Positive Light tinted moisturizer (shade: 14W), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Kosas Revealer concealer (shade: 01 N), powder – e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light. Face make-up: bronzer – Haus Labs Power Sculpt velvet bronzer in Soleil Sand, blush – Kosas Blush Is Life powder blush in Dare, highlighter – Catrice Highlighter in C01 Holly Jolly Shine. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence Soft Touch eyeshadow in 01 The One + Bellabeautébar x Noopur Makeup Coalescence palette (shades: Sprout + Decay + Chaos + Agni + Dissonance + Fauna) + Rimmel Turn Up the Volume Wonder shadow stick in 008 Green Grove, mascara – Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High mascara (shade: Green Altitude), eyeliner – Catrice Eyepencil in C02 Golden Eye. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: Rare Beauty Kind Words matte lip liner in Devoted + Colourpop HydraPop lip stain in Fruit Punch)
I was quite impressed by the Catrice advent calendar from last year, so I decided to buy it again this year. It’s called the Twinkling Treasures advent calendar 2025, and I really like that the items come in a reusable make-up bag. As per usual, I’m going through the products six at a time.
The first six items were a blush in C01 Baked Apple Pink, a lipgloss stick in C01 Merry Me?, a highlighter glow stick in C01 Glow Ho Ho, a mono eyeshadow in C01 Starlight Sparkle, a charm ring in C01 Christmas Charms, and a Glam & Doll volume mini mascara in C01 Holly Glam.
The only one of these items that I’ve tried so far is the blush, and I really liked it. I think these baked glowy blushes from Catrice are really nice. I’m excited to try the eyeshadow as well.
The next six products were a lip mask in C01 Star Glaze, a nail lacquer in C01 Winter Blossom, a powder puff in C01 Touch of Treasure, a lipliner in C01 Snowy Rose, a juicy lip balm in C01 Champagne Fizz, and another nail lacquer in C02 Golden Bell.
The lip mask is supposed to go on the charm ring. A bit gimmicky, but also kind of cute. I usually like the nail lacquers from Catrice, so I’m excited to try these new shades. The lip liner is similar to a lip liner shade we got in the 2024 calendar, but I like that they included new types of lip products, like the juicy lip balms, in this year’s calendar.
The second to last set of six products were an eyepencil in C02 Golden Eye, a peptide lip tint in 01 Merry Night Shine, a lipliner in C02 Winterberry, a highlighter in C01 Holly Jolly Shine, a kabuki brush in C01 Festive, and another eyepencil in C01 Ruby Noel.
They also included a berry coloured lipliner in last year’s calendar, so once again, I wish that they would have done something a little different with the shades of the lip products this year. I really enjoyed one of the eyepencils from last year’s calendar, so I like that they included eyepencils again this year, but in different shades. The highlighter is in that baked formula again, and it’s quite nice.
The last six products were an eyeshadow brush in C01 Midnight Glamour, a blush stick in C01 Candy Cane, a liquid eyeshadow in C01 Golden Treasure, a juicy lip balm in C02 Burgundy Bliss, a nail lacquer in C03 Holly Night, and a jelly eyeshadow topper in C01 Twinkling Crystal.
I haven’t tried any of these products yet, but I like that they included different kinds of eyeshadow products.
Overall, I’m very happy with this calendar. I love that it includes only a few non make-up products. If I could make one wish for future Catrice advent calendars, it would be that they changed up the shades of lip products, and did something other than nudes and berries.
Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I know, it’s another green eyes and red lips make-up look, but the these warm, yummy tones are a bit different for Christmas and so fun.
(Base: primer – e.l.f Cosmetics Power Grip primer, foundation – L’Oréal Paris True Match Nude plumping tinted serum (shade: 0,5-2 Very Light), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Kosas Revealer concealer (shade: 01 N), powder – e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light. Face make-up: bronzer – Haus Labs Power Sculpt velvet bronzer in Soleil Sand, blush – Unearthly Cosmetics Incandescent Glowing blush in Lumin, highlighter – Oden’s Eye Solmåne Moonlight Feel highlighter in H101 Moon Talk. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence Soft Touch eyeshadow in 01 The One + Gourmande Girls Nevermore palette (shades: Creep + Tormented + Raven + Exquisite Beauty) + Essence Jelly Jewels glitter stick in 02 Diamond Dust, mascara – Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High mascara (shade: Green Altitude), eyeliner – Oden’s Eye Solmåne gel liner in 006 Green Tea. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: MAC Centre of Attention lip pencil + MAC Macximal Sleek satin lipstick in Unexpected Red)
Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I changed things up a bit with a pink Christmas make-up look with a pop of green, and I think the look turned out very pretty.
(Base: primer – e.l.f. Cosmetics Liquid Poreless Putty primer, foundation – L’Oréal Paris True Match Nude plumping tinted serum (shade: 0,5-2 Very Light), concealers – e.l.f. Cosmetics Putty Color-Correcting Eye Brightener (shade: Fair) + Kosas Revealer concealer (shade: 01 N), powders – Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Tone Up in Rose + e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light. Face make-up: bronzer – Whats Up Beauty Cheeque Terre bronzer in 10 Light, blush – Catrice Blush in C01 Baked Apple Pink, highlighter – Colourpop The Grinch Super Shock highlighter in Grew 3 Sizes. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence Soft Touch eyeshadow in 01 The One + Colourpop The Grinch How The Grinch Stole Christmas palette (shades: Merry! Very! + Who’s Cheer + Cuddly as A Cactus + Mr. Grinch + Cindy-Lou Who + Mt. Crumpit), mascara – Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High mascara (shade: Green Altitude), eyeliner – Colourpop Crème gel liner in Aglow. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: Colourpop Barbie Lippie pencil in Dreamhouse + Catrice Diamond Glaze gloss stick in 030 Too Glam To Give A Damn)
Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I dug out another Oden’s Eye Christmas palette from a moving box to create this eye look. It’s the Merry Christmas palette, which was one of their first Christmas palettes, and it’s still my favourite Christmas palette from Oden’s Eye along side the Christmas Eve palette, which released the same year (I think it was i 2022).
(Base: primer – e.l.f Cosmetics Power Grip primer, foundation – L’Oréal Paris True Match Nude plumping tinted serum (shade: 0,5-2 Very Light), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powder – e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light. Face make-up: bronzer – Haus Labs Power Sculpt velvet bronzer in Soleil Sand, blush – NABLA Close-Up Blurring powder blush in Endorphin, highlighter – Oden’s Eye Solmåne Moonlight Feel highlighter in H101 Moon Talk. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence Soft Touch eyeshadow in 01 The One + Oden’s Eye Merry Christmas palette (shades: New Leaf + Christmas Tree + Jingle Bell + Snow Man) + MAC Dazzleshadow eye shadow stick in Gold Stud, mascara – L’Oréal Panorama volume million mascara in Black, eyeliner – Catrice Festive Treasures metallic eye pencil in C01 Mistlegreen. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: Rare Beauty Kind Words matte lip liner in Devoted + Sephora Collection Rouge Is Not My Name no transfer matte lipstick in 07 Pinpoint)
I have a large collective beauty haul to share with you today. It’s a collection of orders from Matas, Zalando, Lyko, and Beauty Bay.
I wasn’t sure whether to get a few pieces from the Essence YEE HAW! collection or not, because the shades aren’t my favourites, but the packaging was so cute, so when I found the collection on sale, I decided to get the Moisturizing primer stick in 01 Howdy Y’all!, the Jumbo eye crayon in 01 Big Dreams in Big Boots, and the Plumping lip oil in 01 Boots On, Carry On!.
The e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift in Clear is my favourite brow gel, and I needed a back-up, so I picked one up.
I love the Buttermelt highlighters from NYX and I love Bridgerton, so I had to have one of the Royal highlighters from the NYX Bridgerton collection. I got the shade 1 Iridescent Peach, and it’s beautiful. I also thought I would try a couple of newer products from Essence; the cream eyeshadow in 03 Oyster and the Satin Blend gel eyeliner in 03 Bronzed Shimmer.
I purchased two products from the MAC Gift MAC Holiday 2025 collection. I always pick up a lipstick from MAC’s limited edition collection, and I had to have the Macximal Sleek satin lipstick in Unexpected Red from this year’s holiday collection. And then MAC launched a new product with this collection called the Bounce & Gleam highlighter, and I chose the shade Investmint. The texture is similar to the Glow Play blushes from MAC, and the colour is so fun.
Lyko is a good place to get Catrice and Essence, so I made a Lyko order including a lot of the new products from Catrice and Essence. From Catrice, I got the Butter Like Bronze & Contour palette in 010 Born To Shape and the Soft Glam baked blushes in 020 Peachy Breeze and 030 Cheeky Coral. The blushes are obviously a dupe for the Rare Beauty Soft Pinch luminous powder blushes, but I really like the Catrice version as well.
I also picked up the Diamond Glaze gloss stick in 030 Too Glam To Give A Damn, the Colour Cushion Juicy lip oil in 030 Palm Punch, and the Drunk’n Diamonds eyeshadow stick in 030 Bronzed Jelly Bliss.
I wanted to try the magnetic nail trend, so I got the Catrice Bold Magnetic nail polish in 010 Love At First Pull and the Catrice Bold Magnetic nail magnet. I tried them out last night, and even though my nails look really pretty, I’m not sure the magnetic effect is that visible. I’ll have to try it again some other time.
Let’s move on t0 the things I got from Essence. I bought the All About Soft Glow! fixing compact powder waterproof and the Jelly Jewels glitter stick in 02 Diamond Dust. I’ve been really into shadow sticks lately.
These are all products from the Soft Touch line from Essence, including the Soft Touch butter bronzer in 10 Whipped Buttercup, the Soft Touch bouncy blushes in 20 Electric Peony and 30 Exotic Daisy, and the Soft Touch bouncy glow in 10 Soft Glaze. I’m excited to play more with these.
The last bits in this haul are from Beauty Bay. I usually pick up the 20 colour palettes from By BEAUTY BAY, and this holiday season, I got the Dark Lights eye collection that includes the Dark Lights 20 Colour palette, three Bouncy Beam shimmer sticks in Gold Hoops, Setlist, and FOMO, and a mini High-Key volume mascara. So far I’ve only used the Bouncy Beam shimmer sticks, and I like them. I’m really excited to create a look with the palette.
I recall hearing about the brand Samplr before, but I’d never tried the brand, so I picked up the #03_NEON GRUNGE 25-pan colour palette and the MAGN_EDIT duo kit.
The last two products I bought were the Urban Decay Moondust eyeshadow in Headliner and the Half Magic Crystal Butter lip balm in Icon Aura. I like both of these products.
Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I know that I’ve already posted a lot of green eyes and red lips make-up looks this Christmas season, but even this one won’t be the last. It’s just my favourite Christmas colour combo.
(Base: primers – e.l.f. Cosmetics Liquid Poreless Putty primer + Rare Beauty Always An Optimist illuminating primer, foundation – Milk Makeup Hydro Grip gel tint (shade: 2), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Kosas Revealer concealer (shade: 01 N), powder – e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light. Face make-up: bronzer – Whats Up Beauty Cheeque Terre bronzer in 10 Light, blush – NABLA Close-Up Blurring powder blush in Endorphin, highlighter – Oden’s Eye Solmåne Moonlight Feel highlighter in H101 Moon Talk. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence Soft Touch eyeshadow in 01 The One + Nomad Cosmetics Pacific Northwest intense color & chrome palette (shades: Olympic Mountains + Sasquatch Sighting + Multnomah Falls + Ecotopia + Cascadia), mascara – Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High mascara (shade: Green Altitude), eyeliner – NYX Vivid Rich eyeliner in Emerald Empire. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: Anastasia Beverly Hills Lip Liner in Cherry + Catrice Scandalous matte lipstick in 090 Blame The Night)
Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I knew I wanted to wear a silver holographic shadow all over my lid, and luckily the Oden’s Eye Snow Dream palette, which I had already pulled out of a moving box, has such a shadow.
(Base: primer – e.l.f. Cosmetics Liquid Poreless Putty primer, foundation – Rare Beauty Positive Light tinted moisturizer (shade: 14W), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powder – e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light. Face make-up: bronzer – Whats Up Beauty Cheeque Terre bronzer in 10 Light, blush – NABLA Close-Up Blurring powder blush in Endorphin, highlighter – Bellabeautebar Skin of a Killer highlighter. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Oden’s Eye Snow Dream palette (shades: Goodwill + Snowflake + Ornament + Tinsel + Frankincense + Merry), mascara – Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High mascara (shade: Green Altitude), eyeliner – NYX Vivid Rich eyeliner in Emerald Empire. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: Lisa Eldridge Enhance and Define lip pencil in Ribbon + Lisa Eldridge True Velvet lip colour in Velvet Ribbon)
Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I love wearing my Christmas-themed eyeshadow palettes throughout December, and I used the Oden’s Eye Snow Dream palette to create this pretty, warm eye look.
(Base: primer – e.l.f Cosmetics Power Grip primer, foundation – Rare Beauty Positive Light tinted moisturizer (shade: 14W), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powder – e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light. Face make-up: bronzer – Haus Labs Power Sculpt velvet bronzer in Soleil Sand, blush – Kosas Blush Is Life powder blush in Dare, highlighter – Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector pressed highlighter (shade: Moonstone). Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Oden’s Eye Snow Dream palette (shades: Goodwill + Feast + God Jul + Guests + Sweater + Tradition + Hugs), mascara – L’Oréal Panorama volume million mascara in Black, eyeliner – Oden’s Eye Solmåne gel liner in 012 Golden Brown. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: MAC Brick-O-La lip pencil + MAC Regal Red lipstick)
Mucha-Lucha's 