This was the first of the 2015 holiday kits that I spotted, shortly after Labor Day - for non-US-ians: 2nd week of September. I was immediately interested because a) it was a loose-powder kit; and b) more than half of the colors were new. (Actually, of the four repromoted colors, two were ones that I didn’t have in my collection - so bonus!!) The overall palette is neutrals and purples, so it’s a pretty versatile, near-universally flattering kit. While the Ulta website has this flagged as being “Only at Ulta”, that’s a misprint. This kit is available from Nordstrom’s, Macy’s, the BE webstore, Beauty.com, and QVC…and probably other places.

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Filigree, Lyric, Mystique, Nightingale, Rhyme, and Sceptre are all new colors. All of them have fairly good pigmentation. I wasn't thrilled with the fact that they are mini colors...but the upside is that if you don't like a particular shade, you don't have much of it. The kit is not the best value I've ever seen for BE kits, since each jar is effectively just under USD$8.00. But since just over half of them are new, it's less easy to be extremely annoyed. If you're trying to decide which loose-powder BE kit to get this year, and you can only get two, I'd strongly recommend making this kit one of the two.

This kit contained:

• Filigree
• High Style
• Lyric
• Mystique
• Nightingale
• Rock Crystal
• Rhyme
• Sceptre
• Wearable Pistachio Light
• Wearable Plum Dark

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