I don’t know if I’ll be watching American Horror Story again next week… Come to think of it, I wish I could un-see the series premiere. I’m sitting here at my desk in the middle of a perfectly fine afternoon, and I’m freaking the eff out!
I keep looking over my shoulder, half expecting to see this dude watching me from behind.
Safe place! Safe place!
The only thing keeping me sane right now is good old-fashioned distraction, and to that end I’ve been looking at pictures of kittens, devouring Kind Bars (Almond and Coconut, of course), and checking out a few kits from the new Bare Minerals bareEscentuals holiday 2011 collection, including this cutie patootie called the Pretty Amazing Lip Collection ($28).
Have you tried any of the Pretty Amazing Lip Colors yet? If you like long-wearing liquid lip products, this limited edition kit comes with four of ’em — little minis in both sheen and glossy finishes.
I plan to try a few looks with some of the many Bare Escentuals bareMinerals holiday kits next week, but for now, here’s a quick peek at the Pretty Amazing kit, along with some swatches. 🙂
Swatches from the left: Savvy, Confidence, Sass and Oomph
Cute colors, yeah? Nothing too far out or va-va-voom! Just four solid shades for work, class or dates.
I get the feeling that these colors would work for gals of all ages — the whole extended family of ladies who love makeup, like the older aunties, the lolas, the teenagers and maybe even tweens.
PRICE: $28
AVAILABILITY: Coming soon to Bare Escentuals Boutiques, Sephora and also online.
MAKEUP AND BEAUTY BLOG RATING: B+
BTW, if you need to find me, I’ll be rocking back and forth in the corner. No more scary TV shows late at night for this girl!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
The Bare Minerals bareEscentuals Holiday 2011 Collection: The Official PR Product List
$60 and up
Box of Gems
Available: QVC.com
Price: $89
Box of Gems is a 20-piece treasure-trove of jewel-infused eyecolors and dazzling lipglosses. With this lavish box, you’ll always be decked out in jewels.
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Things That Make You Glow Collection
Available: Bare Escentuals Boutiques and BareEscentuals.com
Price: $85
This 15-piece collection is filled to the brim with limited edition favorites including 10 hard-to-find bareMinerals Eyecolors, an All-Over Face Color, bareMinerals Blush and two never before paired together mini Pretty Amazing and 100% Natural Lipcolors.
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Oh La Luxe
Available: Sephora and Sephora.com
Price: $79
With 10 mesmerizing colors for eyes and five blushing face colors all in one chic bag, you’ll never be without ways to turn heads.
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Year of Beauty
Available: Bare Escentuals Boutiques and BareEscentuals.com
Price: $72
Our collection of bareMinerals Eyecolors includes 12 dazzling shades to take you through the seasons in style. Silky soft and unbelievably blendable, these plush shades glide on effortlessly for stunning, vibrant color to match every month.$50 – $59
Transformational Treatment Collection
Available: QVC.com
Price: $58
Introducing the bareMinerals Transformational Treatment Collection, an exclusive collection of ground breaking solutions for younger-looking skin. Experience the incredible results, including faster cell turnover, smaller-looking pores, reduced appearance of fine lines and wrinkles — and the famous bareMinerals Naturally Luminous glow.
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R.S.V.P — Ravishing, Stunning, Vibrant, Pretty
Available: Bare Escentuals Boutiques and BareEscentuals.com
Price: $54
Experience R.S.V.P., our 9-piece collection for face, eyes, and lips that will leave you Ravishing, Stunning, Vibrant and Pretty. It’s the most coveted invitation in town, and be prepared for an all-nighter with the launch of our new Round the Clockâ„¢ Eyeliner.
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Putting On The Glitz
Available: Sephora and Sephora.com
Price: $54
This show stopping 10-piece collection glistens and dazzles with brand new shades for eyes, cheeks and lips for a look that is downright glitz and glam.$40 – $49
The Glamorous Life Collection
Available: Ulta and Ulta.com
Price: $49
It’s time to paint the town glam with this 9-piece collection that creates a classic look with some added panache.
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Naturally Luminous Moisturizing Trio, Normal-To-Dry
Available: Bare Escentuals Boutiques and BareEscentuals.com
Price: $49
Introducing the bareMinerals Naturally Luminous Moisturizing Trio, an exclusive collection of groundbreaking solutions for Normal to Dry skin. Powered by our proprietary RareMinerals ActiveSoil Complex, bareMinerals Skincare is clinically proven to reveal smoother, younger-looking, more luminous skin.
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Naturally Luminous Moisturizing Trio, Combination Skin
Available: Bare Escentuals Boutiques and BareEscentuals.com
Price: $49
The Naturally Luminous Moisturizing Trio helps the complexion achieve that famous bareMinerals naturally luminous glow in three easy steps — cleanse, moisturize, and treat. Each clinically-proven product in this bareMinerals Skincare Trio is powered by our patent-pending RareMinerals ActiveSoil Complex, which represents a new generation of active minerals with extraordinary skin-renewing benefits, including cell turnover and antioxidant protection.
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Brush With Fame Deluxe Brush Collection
Available: QVC and QVC.com
Price: $45
Brush with Fame includes a trio of eye brushes designed to give off-the-chart gorgeous eyes every time, and face and cheek brushes that provide flawless coverage day in and day out.
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Strike It Rich: Mini Prime Time Primer Shadow Kit
Available: Bare Escentuals Boutiques and BareEscentuals.com
Price: $44
Prepare to Strike it Rich for the holidays with this fabulous fivesome of Mini Prime Time Primer Shadows. This metallic collection provides vivid, rich, light-reflective color in an amazing lightweight waterproof texture for long-lasting results.
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Buxom More to Love
Available: Sephora and Sephora.com
Price: $42
Reach your full Buxom potential with this remarkably versatile 5-piece collection for eyes and lips. With glistening lips, blacker-than-black eyeliner, intensely solemnized lashed and sparkling cream shadow, you’ll always leave them wanting more.
Â$30 – $39
High Shine Trio
Available: Ulta and Ulta.com
Price: $36
These three new high-intensity shades of pure drama are a must-have for achieving gorgeous eyes that dazzle. Experiment, mix and match with the versatile silver, gold and pink shades for a look that is subtle or dramatic.
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Original SPF 15 Foundation
Available: Bare Escentuals and BareEscentuals.com
Price: $35
Our Deluxe (16 oz) size Medium Beige SPF 15 Foundation provides the look of beautiful bare skin, while giving you the coverage you desire without harsh chemicals your skin doesn’t need.
Â$20 – $29.50
Brightening Pearl Beauty Duo
Available: Ulta and Ulta.com
Price: $29.50
BareMinerals Brightening Pearl Mineral Veil finishing powder, infused with genuine Honora Cultured pearls, provides the ultimate finishing touch to makeup, casting a glow of subtle pearlescent softness and light. It dispenses the perfect amount of Brightening Pearl Mineral Veil finishing powder every time for fast, easy touch-ups and includes a matching pink pearl Retractable Buff & Go Brush for effortless application.
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Buxom Armed and Gorgeous
Available: Sephora and Sephora.com
Price: $29
These six shades of mass seduction shadow, line, smoke take no prisoners for a sultry smoky eye. Each Waterproof Smoky Eye Stick includes an original matte, most wanted shade on one end and a new metallic shade on the other.
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Buxom Babes Party Central Collection
Available: Sephora and Sephora.com
Price: $28
This collection of Buxom Big & Healthyâ„¢ Lip Polishes includes three dazzling new shades and a festive fave that’s sure to get noticed.
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Pretty Amazing Lip Collection
Available: Bare Escentuals Boutiques and BareEscentuals.com
Price: $28
Now available in two spectacular and unique finishes: Lipcolor for rich, velveteen color and Lipgloss for a sumptuous, glistening sheen. With four exhilarating shades in a petite portable size, there is even more reason to max out on amazing.
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The Golden Touch Mini Brush Collection
Available: Bare Escentuals Boutiques and BareEscentuals.com
Price: $28
The Golden Touch, a stunning collection of four mini brushes for face and eyes is the key to glamour from every angle. With one new brush and three tried-and-true angled tip favorites, these good-as-gold minis are the way to shaping and defining a gorgeous look.
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Cocktail Party Collection
Available: QVC and QVC.com
Price: $26
Cheers to four mini, perfectly blended pink and berry lipgloss shades drenched in dazzling color and delicious shine.
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Light Show Eyeliner Collection
Available: Bare Escentuals Boutiques and BareEscentuals.com
Price: $24
This dazzling full-size eyeliner trio will take eyes to bold and beautiful extremes. These new and innovative Metallic Eyeliners have mega-watt sheen that’s guaranteed to get anyone’s attention.
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Out Of This World Eyeliner Trip
Available: QVC and QVC.com
Price: $24
This dazzling full-size eyeliner trio will take eyes to bold and beautiful extremes. These new and innovative Metallic Eyeliners have mega-watt sheen that’s guaranteed to get anyone’s attention.
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Flawless and Fearless Duo
Available: Bare Escentuals Boutiques and BareEscentuals.com
Price: $17
This dynamic duo of portable lip and lash faves. The perfectly daring duo includes Flawless Definition Volumizing Mascara, which plumps lashes up to 600%, while Pretty Amazing Lipcolor in Fearless drenches lips in high-impact, rosy mauve color and insatiable shine.
Joyce says
Bare Escentuals’ brushes tend to be scratchy. Hopefully, the brushes in the holiday collection will be different. =)
Carmela says
Love the pigmentation on the first two. I love how cute the minis are. Perfect for tiny evening purses for nights out! 🙂
Chris25 says
Oh wow, these shades are pretty! I can see what you mean when you say that they can work for lots of people.
Yasmin says
It’s the middle of the night here in Germany and I am all alone. And even though I didn’t click your ‘this dude’ link, I can imagine who you’re talking about and now I’m freaking out! But I will definitely be watching next week 🙂
Marian says
Bare Escentuals has really stepped up their game. I can’t tell you how much I am enjoying their Prime Time cream eyeshadows. They make a great eye primer and look great alone. I find paint pots drying. These are perfect!
Marie says
I just saw these today and put it on my to-do list to look up swatches/reviews and here you come like a mind-reading makeup blog angel to save me… ;____; Thank you.
AnieJ says
These actually look quite nice, but how much product is in each of those tubes? Are we talking $28 for a regular tube worth or for a half of a regular tube worth?
yuri says
i just got Confidence is such a pretty color for falll
Naj says
Whoa! What show is that? I’m totally gonna check it out.
And at first, I thought these are mini lipsticks, when I saw the first picture. I kinda like the idea of lipgloss sets. I am eyeing Benefit’s Ticket To Glossytown. But to buy it here in Singapore, I’d be totally ripped off. Bummer. 🙁
Vonvon says
Nice sets!
Nina says
oh that set is pretty and would be an awesome gift for a lipstick/lipgloss gal!
Lola says
I like the first two the best. They have such nice pigmentation 🙂
JoJo says
Cute. Great for travel. Loving the first two
Barbara says
I watched American Horror Story this afternoon before work (I work 3pm till 11:30 pm) . It was bright and sunny and it still creeped me out!!
Inaya says
Is there a Mac dupe for confident?