Make-up palettes are an inspired gift idea for the beauty junkie in your life; as they contain a selection of best-selling products, there’s sure to be something to please. Plus they’re undeniably practical for the girl on the go – simply pop in your handbag and you have all you need to effect a transformation from ordinary to elegant. Cute and compact, or luxurious and opulent, RIH takes a look at some of the new make-up palettes to add some sparkle this Christmas.

Our glamorous selection of palettes is sure to please this Christmas

Limited Edition Strawberry Fudge Compact – Clinique

This cute silver palette gives the complexion a warm glow with new blusher shade New Clover together with chocolate brown and lighter pink eye shadows. It includes a mini face chart providing an illustrated application guide, in addition to a handy mirror in the lid. It also fits nicely into an evening bag making it the perfect item of make-up to snatch up as you teeter out the door in your heels and glad rags.

Bobbi Brights Mini Palette – Bobbi Brown

A veritable feast of pretty eye shadows, Bobbi never lets us down when it comes to vibrant shades, which here range from shimmering lilacs, nude and pinks to rich navy blues and bottle greens. With so many colours crammed into one palette, you can ensure your peepers will never look boring this Yuletide.

Her Name Was Glow-La – Benefit

A one-stop-shop for all your make-up needs, this pretty palette contains a range of eye shadows as well as Benefit’s popular High Beam highlighter (my personal desert island beauty product) and its sister product Moon Beam to add a dash of shine to your cheeks and brow bones. Also included are Coralista cheek powder with a dinky little brush as well as Sparkly lip gloss and Bad Gal Lash. All of this is packed into Benefit’s attractive signature retro packaging, making it the perfect stocking filler.

Pure Colour Extravagent Lip Palette – Estée Lauder

For a bit of old-school Elizabeth Taylor style glamour you can’t go wrong with one of Estee Lauder’s famous palettes, with their shiny gold cases. Estée’s Extravagant Lip Palette is the best way to enhance your pout, with shimmering gold and flush pink glosses together with honey and brick red lip colours. The palette comes with two brushes to make sure lipstick application is A-List perfect.

Essential Smoky Kit – Jemma Kidd

The perfect way to get smouldering sex kitten eyes for New Year, this kit contains matte charcoal grey, cream and dark brown eye shadow in addition to matte black wet/dry shadow to create a vampish face à la Angelica Huston. To complete the look, the palette contains an exclusive lip and cheek colour in berry and a frosted nude lip tint. Best keep some mistletoe at the ready!