First is the white ‘Kyliner’ Kit in
the shade snow. It is described as a
‘crisp matte white’ and I have to agree. The kit consists of a Kylie synthetic angled brush, and a pencil liner also in the shade snow for
the water line. I like the formulation of this a LOT, it’s so creamy and super
easy to apply on the lid. I don’t usually like gel liners but this has shown me
that the right formula can make all the difference. That being said, I doubt I
will ever use a white liner - I would definitely purchase the black one though!
Overall I am impressed by this.
So for the Matte Lip Kit ornaments…
I like the packaging, it’s really pretty. I wore the shade ‘Merry’ on Christmas day and my lips were peeling and bleeding by
the end of the day – it was seriously bad. This is my own fault as I applied
way too much because the colour applied quite patchy. I have applied other
matte shades in the collection since, using less product, and they have lasted
really well. Nonetheless, Merry was
very flattering on my skin tone and matched my outfit. The staying power was
also up to par. As for Vixen, I am
wearing this on my lips currently and the shade looks almost black in some
lighting. It does suit me somewhat, but it wore off towards the inner area of
my lip after only an hour of wear and the contrast between my lip colour (which
is now stained pink) and the lipstick is just awful. I don’t really think the
Lip Kits from the holiday collection are worth the money at all. I will
continue to play around with them but for now they’re not doing much for me.
Next is the individual lip
ornaments. Initially when I was going to buy something from the holiday
collection all I wanted was naughty gloss.
The shade is unreal, but it started bleeding outside of my lips reallllly
badly. I am honestly slightly afraid to try this again in case I look like a
hot mess. It is also too thick for my liking; my lips feel really sticky and
heavy and I just overall can’t really tolerate it on my lips. Dancer is one of Kylies metallic shades.
It is comfortable on the lips but as it isn’t transfer proof it doesn't last
long. It’s described on Kylie’s website as a ‘shimmering ruby wine’. Finally, Jolly gloss is a deep colour similar to vixen. I am hesitant to try this
considering the negative experience I had with naughty gloss and the Vixen matte
lip kit, but I have never worn a dark gloss so it will be interesting to see
how it looks. I have seen people top Vixen
with this as well.
The Mini mattes are so small
and cute! There are 6 shades in the kit; Moon,
Ginger and Kristen (which aren’t exclusive to this collection) as well as Angel, Love Bite and Vixen. I think the
minis are such a good idea for getting a variety of shades to try out, and they
are easy to travel with. I love these so much and this is definitely one of the
favourites out of the collection for me.
I was sooooooo excited for this honestly. But I am really disappointed.
It’s the 4-Piece Full Size Holiday Kit
which contains two Glosses (Noel &
Cupid) and two mattes (Angel &
Blitzen). The glosses once again I was so excited to try, the shades looked
unreal. In real life though, they’re not opaque enough, they’re thick and
sticky and the shades are unflattering on me. I have tried applying Cupid (gloss) over Angel (matte) & that looked stunning, but alone they don’t look
the best. I mean, a rose gold gloss? That sounds like the key to so many girl’s
hearts. On a brighter note, the matte shade Angel
is my favourite shade from this entire collection. Kylie describes it as a
Mauvey pink and it goes with so many looks, its stunning, it’s unreal, its
everything. Also, I have it in the full size and the mini size so I pretty much
have a lifetime supply. Finally, Blitzen
is a deep plum colour with a slight pink undertone. It applies slightly darker
than it looks in the packaging, but I am a fan of this as it feels really
comfortable and smooth on my lips.
So now the Kyshadow Holiday
Palette. This has not had a good run so far unfortunately. People are
stressing that the colour story is just odd and you can’t really make many
looks with the shades. Also, the colour pay off isn’t amazing for most of them,
with the exception of one. Frosty is
by miles the most pigmented shade in here – it’s a beautiful silver colour that
looks just as pretty swatched as it does in the pan. I’m not going to talk
about this too much as I will review the palette in depth very soon ;)
The crème shadows. Well. They
won’t pick up well with any of my brushes and my nails are too long to use my
fingers to apply them. I tried to apply the shade ‘yellow gold’ with a brush and the lack of pigment was frustrating.
When I applied with my finger (which is difficult with these nails), the colour
pay off was much better. I will post swatches on my Instagram soon. As I can’t
try them or apply them properly I don’t really know what to say about these until
these acrylics come off, which is frustrating considering Kylie has long nails
herself. Well, she probably doesn’t have to do her own make-up 99% of the time.
Anyway, there are three shades; Yellow
Gold, Golden Plum and Camo.
All that’s left to talk about is the make-up
bag. It’s really good quality, a decent size and it has pretty finishing
details. Kylie is printed on the back with the lips logo on the front, and the
zip is a little K for Kylie which is cute!
To end, the packaging for this collection is stunning, there are some
really ‘different’ shades throughout the products, and it was nice to finally
try something from Kylie cosmetics. This stuff is limited edition and I think
it is now sold out, but for anyone that does have it I will be doing a more in
depth review on some of the products at some stage. I know I was a little
negative about many of the products but this is just my initial impressions and
once I use things more, my opinion could potentially change!
*** Also, I am late posting this week because I am so busy! I’m moving
house and preparing for progress check exams and I have had no time to edit my
pictures and finalise this post. I will be pre-writing though so that next week
I get a post up on time despite all the chaos.
Thanks so much for reading! XO
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