Prescriptives Aglow Holiday Color Collection: Look and Review

I had the chance to try Prescriptives' new AGLOW Holiday Color Collection, and I was really impressed with the holiday items I roadtested. I tried the Winter Reflections Cool Eye Color Quad and the Colorscopic lipcolor in Golden Quartz Shimmer. I loved how the colors truly bespeak of the upcoming holidays. The shades announce the glitz and decked halls reminiscent of holiday gatherings and events. The Cool Eye Color Quad definitely boasts of amazing frosty winter shades. I oohhed when I swatched these as they are very pigmented and application is smooth and silky on the skin. My favorite colors would be the two bottom row colors, Twinkle & Eclipse. Twinkle is an amazing cool-tone frosty grey that is just perfect to use with silvers for this holiday season. Eclipse is a gorgeous shimmery deep blackened maroon on the compact but morphs into a charcoal-like color with deep red undertones. They would work as great crease or outer V colors. Quartz is a pretty frosty white color that would be great as a highlighter for the browbone or tear ducts. Opal is a delightful light shimmery pink that would be amazing as a wash or lid color. I also love the Golden Quartz Shimmer lipstick. It is a yellow-beige-gold lipstick that has lots of shimmer and is a perfect holiday lip color.



I wore these colors when I went to my MAC free-standing store, and the MA complimented me on my shadows because she knows me as a MAC afficionado. I would normally tell her what MAC shadows I'm wearing, but this time I just thanked her and smiled and of course I didn't tell her I was wearing Prescriptives. ;-) Now I love MAC to bits but I also have to admit these shadows are really good quality with great pigmentation.

I kept my shadows soft for this look, but you can definitely kick it up a notch and make it more dramatic for the holidays or on nights out because the shadows are buildable.







Eyes:
MAC Beige-ing shadestick as primer
Prescriptives Winter Reflections Cool Eye Color Quad (Quartz and Opal on lid, Twinkle on outer V and crease, Eclipse to contour crease, Quartz to highlight and inner corners)
Coastal Scents gel liner in Truffle
mascara
UD 24/7 glide-on eye pencil in Zero to tightline and on waterline

Face:
Monistat gel as primer
Earthen Glow mineral foundation in Yuan Yuan
UD 24/7 pencil concealer on undereye area
Bare Escentuals Well Rested over UD 24/7
Aromaleigh Ultra Resolution finishing powder in Peaches & Cream
NARS blush in Angelika

Lips:
MAC cremestick lipliner in Creamola
MAC lipstick in Romancin' (from Holiday '08 Adoring Carmine 3 Rose Lips)
MAC lipglass in Delicate Crush (from Holiday '08 Adoring Carmine 3 Rose Lips)

You may purchase the Holiday items I used in this look on Prescriptives.com or at your neighborhood Nordstrom and other department stores.

You can also participate in the AGLOW Holiday Color Sweepstakes for a chance to win a collection of luminous holiday shades, a $250 value, through December 29, 2008. Click HERE to submit your entry!

Also, Prescriptives is offering free gift wrapping with any purchase through December 23, 2008.