I opened Makeup Revolution's £40 beauty advent calendar and was blown away by some of the products

The Makeup Revolution quality advent calendar is 1 of the cheapest Christmas offerings successful the manufacture and quality writer Eve Rowlands opened it up to spot however it compared...

As a quality writer, I number myself beauteous fortunate to beryllium capable to effort retired immoderate of the industry's astir fashionable and top-quality make-up products - whether they're fund buys oregon much costly treats. And Makeup Revolution's Christmas offering - its Beauty Advent Calendar 2024 - is simply a existent dainty for make-up lovers who can't splurge connected high-end lipsticks, eyeshadows and much but inactive privation bully prime goods.

Containing 24 antithetic amusive and full-size products, the Makeup Revolution calendar is packed with quality products that'll acceptable you up for the festive play from sparkly oculus shadows and liners to lipsticks, glosses and treatments that'll assistance you consciousness your champion aforesaid - without breaking the bank.

Costing £39.99, the calendar's contents full £97, meaning you're redeeming yourselves £57.01 connected immoderate of the brand's best-sellers arsenic good arsenic caller goodies.

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Having got my hands connected this sparkling calendar, I unboxed it to spot if it was worthy your - and my - wage cheque up of the Christmas season. And I person to say, I've got a fewer caller favourite staples for my make-up bag.

My honorable reappraisal of Makeup Revolution's Advent Calendar 2024

Starting with the packaging; it's certainly adorable successful design. Pretty and pink, the calendar is presented successful a container decorated successful 2D sparkles that is protected by a sleeve of the aforesaid design. While it's not arsenic robust arsenic immoderate of the calendars I've had successful the past, considering it's astir £50 cheaper it inactive looks beauteous awesome - conscionable don't unfastened it up and permission it lasting arsenic immoderate of the boxes volition autumn out. I emotion that it opens up similar a publication and you tin spot each the cautiously tetris-ed boxes successful 1 glance.

The idiosyncratic boxes are a premix of bronze, babe pink, glittery pinkish and shimmering purple and travel successful each antithetic shapes and sizes - though this doesn't needfully springiness distant what's inside. For example, 1 of the larger boxes had conscionable 1 compact highlighter successful (pictured below).

While some products were wrapped successful agleam magenta insubstantial paper, which I thought was a bully touch, others came arsenic is.

As for the contents: consisting of make-up only, this container is simply a treasure trove of goodies to get you looking your champion during the festive period.

And portion determination are the likes of translucent powder, blending sponges and adjacent look gems, successful my opinion, it's a large enactment of products for those who emotion a bold articulator oregon a pink, glowy cheek. I accidental this due to the fact that 7 retired of the 24 items are for your lips and 5 for your cheeks - and, arsenic a self-professed lippie aficionado, I tin corroborate the prime is amended than I expected (considering their terms tag is betwixt £5 and £10). And the scope of shades you get is vast.

There's a vibrant Barbie pinkish Satin Kiss lipstick (the shadiness cupcake pink) - which wasn't peculiarly my colouring, nor did it beryllium good connected my lips and cracked a small arsenic the time went connected - arsenic good arsenic a much nude-coloured 'Heart Race Nude', which had a subtle pinkish tinge.

It glided connected easily, remained successful spot for a bully fewer hours and felt hydrating. The liner (Chaffeur) was a breeze to use excessively (more truthful than immoderate costly ones I've had) though it didn't rather lucifer the lipsticks provided successful colour.

The tinted lipglosses are delightful. In the shades Divine - an earthy brownish nude (pictured) - and Brunch - a lighter, pinky nude - the matte decorativeness is flawless and it feels much of a lipstick without being excessively thick, which is large for mundane wear. It's durable (passing the portion test) and volition surely go a regular diagnostic successful my handbag.

The lip disguise smells divine, a strawberry scent - astir Hubba Bubba-y - and gives your lips a bully glug of hydration; my lips felt smoother than earlier I applied it aft immoderate time, which does the job.

Trying the liquid Blush bomb, I was shocked by however pigmented it is - akin to Made By Mitchell's Blursh but deeper. With a acheronian pinkish tone, I admit it made maine look somewhat sunburnt connected archetypal application; I decidedly enactment mode excessively overmuch connected my blush brushwood and truthful constricted myself adjacent clip to 1 splodge from the applicator. Then it was lovely.

Its powdery sister product successful the hue Pink Lady was much my benignant and value and was buildable. As a powder, it was much subtle - which I liked. As for highlighters, each 3 options are stunning and went connected amended than immoderate much luxurious powders I've had.

The liquid highlighter (Bronzed Glow) is simply a dreamy summation and blends beautifully implicit the apical of the blush and leaves your cheekbones and precocious points illuminated. The pulverization (Raise The Bar) alternate is arsenic arsenic beauteous and doesn't consciousness arsenic dense arsenic the liquid. Plus, if 1 furniture doesn't springiness you capable of a glow, adding much won't beryllium excessively much. I was shocked by however luminous it near my cheeks and loved the warmth of the bronze and golden colours successful the formula.

The Beam Bright Pink Seduction highlighter was a victor successful my eyes too. It was similar a blusher and bronzer successful 1 for those days wherever you request a small boost but don't privation to deterioration excessively overmuch look make-up.

Covering each aspects of your make-up., barroom instauration and concealer, the calendar includes the brand's brow gel as well. Great for providing a subtle formed for your brows, it leaves them good shaped and brushed into spot with nary strays. I volition accidental that it near a spot of achromatic residue astir my brows, truthful tidying up the edges is necessary.

The 2 eyeliners - achromatic and brownish - are brushed and gully connected easily. They besides buff retired good if you privation to soften your eyes. Matched with the pinks, purples and browns of the eyeshadow palette, you've got yourself a classical smokey style. I'll surely beryllium investigating retired the agleam pinkish and bronze astatine my adjacent party.

The colours successful the mini palette are beauteous beardown truthful you don't request to furniture them up (with the provided Revolution brush) heavy to get a agleam look. Although if you're much of a subtle metallic kinda gal, the calendar besides contains a airy purple liquid shadiness that's ace sparkly. The subtle lilac is precise Taylor Swift Speak Now (IYKYK) and portion the colour goes rather sheer erstwhile applied, leaving a glittery layer, I'm surely going to beryllium wearing it to each my Christmas parties.

The verdict

All successful all, this calendar is specified a bargain astatine £39.99 and contains each the products you request to springiness your look dimension, colour and glamour - and the tools to marque it so. Whether you're buying it for yourself, for your teenage girl oregon a friend, it's a large mode to effort retired immoderate caller eyeshadow, lipstick and highlighter shades without making specified a dent successful your slope balance. Plus, the items wrong are superb prime not to notation cleanable pieces to instrumentality distant oregon retired connected the municipality with you - if you suffer them, they're not excessively costly to replace.

Although if you're much into skincare, determination are a fig of hybrid calendars that'll acceptable you up with immoderate stunning moisturisers arsenic good arsenic a mascara oregon liner - specified arsenic Lookfantastic's 25 Days of Iconic here, £100. If you're aft a postulation that's conscionable complexion boosting, Boots' Skincare Advent Calendar - 24 Days of Skincare is £65 here.