REVOLTION 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BOX SET

As I was browsing round Superdrug the other week I walked past the christmas gift set aisle and noticed everything was HALF PRICE so naturally I saw this as an opportunity to buy myself some new make up. This is the Revolution 12 Days of Christmas boxset which contains over £80 worth of make up for just £60. As I said, I got this at half price so only spent £30 and it is currently still on sale on the revolution website for £40. This set is completely worth the money and contains some amazing goodies for a christmas present for a friend or for yourself. In my opinion this would be the perfect gift for someone who's just started getting into make up as it has pretty much everything you could ever need and it looks super professional.

Inside you get 12 different products, hence the name, to create a near full face of make up. The packaging is high quality and feels very luxe. The box is the same size as a standard shoe box and is made if high quality board with a lovely rose gold and nude finish. The inside is just as pleasing with each individual item being placed in black, nude or rose gold packaging.

The first item in the box is a set of three travel brushes and holy shit they are SO SOFT! I didn't know that revolution did brushes at all but I am so impressed. They're absolutely adorable and super easy to just throw in your bag to touch up through out the night. The little eyebrow brush makes it so easy to create more natural brow hairs as the tip is so fine, I'm not sure what I'll use the eye shadow brush for as it is so small? If people do those fancy cut crease things maybe that'd be good for fine lines?? The foundation and powder brushes are just super cute and useful for powder and cream countering as the size is just perfect for getting right under the cheekbone.

Next you get a set of three lip glosses. I'm not really a lip gloss kinda gal but the colours are pretty standard, nice and neutral. The gold shiny gloss gives a super pretty sheen over neutral lipsticks or just by itself to give a pretty glossy look. I was thinking I could use this one on my eyes to do that cool wet eyeshadow look but the formula of all of them is super thick and sticky so I probably won't even try.

This mattifying primer really fixed up my oilier areas and kept my make up looking fresh all night, it does have that silicone feel to it but most mattifying primers do which I don't really mind as I don't ever wear make up for long periods of time. It filled in all the pores on and around my nose nicely and after applying foundation I didn't feel the need to pack my powder on as usual.

The illuminating spray gave a really nice, as natural as you can get with a shit tonne of foundation on, look. I also apply it before my foundation and it almost looks like there are tiny specks of glitter mixed with the spray, I love this but others may not. It gave a lovely glow and stopped my face looking powdery which was wonderful. The cooling fixing spray is pretty much the same as the illuminating spray without the sparkles. It does feel really nice and refreshing on the skin, it's just like a normal setting spray that wakes you up a bit more.

I've never used eye primer before as I always assumed it was just a useless product but this one really brightens and intensifies the colour of the shadows. I applied a shimmer shade onto my lid without it and it just didn't pop as much as when I used the primer. Even without a shadow over it, it's super sparkly and glowy and actually looks quite nice on its own.

I wasn't sure if I wanted to buy this box set mostly because I don't wear eyeshadow on the regular but I'm so glad I did because these palettes are beautiful! They're SO pigmented which surprised me because I wasn't expecting so much due to the little price. The velvet mattes palette holds a great variety of transition shades that all work really well with the metallic crush palette. Putting these three together in the box set was a good move as all the shadows across the three palettes compliment each other so well. The formula is so buttery and easy to blend even I could do it and it actually looked good! The metallic and shimmery shadows are so pretty and you get such a good choice of colours to experiment with from neutrals to bright purple.

I was shocked that there was a full contour palette in this box set, and on top of that theres four blushes and four highlighters? The range of shades is great in the blush and highlight palette but if you do have a darker skin tone you may struggle with the bronzer shades as they're still quite light.  The pigment in both palettes is the perfect formula to build up the intensity of the colour to your desired look.
The eyebrow palette has a mixture of waxy pomades and powders which work really well for me as I am literally missing half of each eyebrow. I use the wax to draw on pretend hairs where I'm lacking and then fill in my actual brow with the powder. You also get a subtle but pretty brow bone highlight, and a clear wax which I have't yet figured out how to use.

Overall this box set is an amazing collection. I've heard that some of the products you get in this boxset are exclusive and can't be bought separately so that just adds to the amazing value you receive.    Considering this is still on sale so you only have to spend £40 to get all of this make up when one palette from urban decay is pretty much the same price, I'm voting revolution all the way!