Colorful pretty things in pretty packaging will always win a girl’s heart. Laura Mercier knows this, for sure. Every season she comes out with gifts both large and small to win over makeup lovers of every age and personality, and win us over, and win us over, she does. Holiday 2014 is no exception, with both bath & body product, and color cosmetic gift offerings in pretty packaging to suit every personality and every budget. While for some, the super-glam, gorgeous $125.00 palette might be out of reach, there are plenty of more plebeian-priced offerings that are still glamorous, gorgeous, and affordable.
Here’s the rundown on Laura’s all amazing offerings for holiday 2014:
Holiday Colour Collection;
- Petite Baked Eye Colour Bonbons ($25)
- Luxe Colour Wardrobe Dual Decker Colour for Eye & Cheeks ($125)
- Colour to Go Portable Palette for Eyes, Cheeks & Lips ($50)
- Luxe Travel Brush Collection ($125)
- Line & Define Mini Longwear Crème Eye Pencil Collection ($45)
- Shimmer Effects Mini Caviar Stick Eye Colour Collection ($40)
- Mini Lip Glace Collection ($48)
Holiday Body & Bath Collection:
- Soufflé Body Crème Sampler ($60)
- Body & Bath Travel Quartet ($50)
- Body & Bath Duet ($48)
- Hand Crème Sampler Collection ( $28)
- Body & Bath Luxe Quartet ($80)
- Votive Candle Sampler Collection ($65)
- Luxe Signature Candle ($58)
If you have been reading my columns over the years, decades actually, you know that I’ve reviewed Laura Mercier’s unique and yummy gourmand bath and body scented products, and her home scents, quite often. For this holiday season, a lovely gift would be the Laura Mercier quartet of mini scented votives. I’ll be reviewing them in an upcoming holiday home scent gift guide feature. But I have to be honest, it is the Laura Mercier color cosmetics gifts that always make my heart beat faster. For example:
You can’t get a better gift for a woman who loves makeup, than multiples of her favorite product. You can’t help but love the Laura Mercier Mini Lip Glace Collection in Bare Nudes or Bold Brights ($48.00/set) that features five minis of rich, long-lasting color glosses with brilliant shine that create the appearance of fuller lips. I wear tested the Bold Brights Collection. The colors are creamy and intense, and very shiny, ranging from a baby pink, to a ruby red, with coral, rose and a deeper pink in between (so something for everyone). One makes a stocking stuffer for five friends, the set makes a fabulous gift for someone special (or for yourself). The minis are the right size for an evening bag. Wear them alone for just a hint of tint, or layer with another, or over a lipstick. The bold set I tried includes: Azalea; • Camellia • Bonbon • Grenadine • Poppy. The Bare Nudes quintet includes: Pout; • Bare Peach • Bare Blush • Bare Baby • Gilded Rose<
$25.00 nets you a trio of Petite Baked Eye Colour Bonbons-Multi Finish. These are shiny delights in Laura Mercier’s signature, brown mirrored compact. The three shimmery domes of shadow are iridescent, and can be worn wet and intense, or applied with a light hand and a soft brush as a shimmery wash. There are three different collections: Amethyst, Bronze or the one I tried, in Emerald. The two deeper colors are already intense, but used wet, they’re very dramatic (love these wet as a liner). This trio has a light blue green, a true blue with green overtones, and a deep intense jade green.
There are plenty of Laura Mercier goodies, and you’ll want to stash one in your own stocking! They’re all limited edition, so start shopping and stashing them away now. Visit your favorite Laura Mercier makeup counter or www.lauramercier.com
