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As the holiday season inches near, the beauty world has finally unveiled their Holiday 2012 beauty collections that will not cease to amaze you. Filled with both bold and subtle color palettes, every makeup collection features glitz and glamour. Here are the top 10 holiday beauty collections that are sure to make getting ready for a winter soiree as exciting as can be. ‘Tis the season to get all dolled up with cosmetic brands like Chanel, Laura Mercier, Dior and Armani!

Lancôme offers a pristine vision of holiday makeup with a red, gold and shimmer color scheme in its Lancôme Trésor Holiday Color Collection 2012. Inspired by the city of lights, paint your face with tiny twinkling crystals using the Petit Trésor and Shadow & Liner Palette in Ruby Affair that will frame the eyes with a halo of golden glints. For a rosy appeal, the L’Absolu Rouge Lipstick and the Blush Highlighter will add touches of warmth to the lips and cheeks.

The Clarins Odyssey Collection is a holiday set worth drooling over with its Grecian goddess take on holiday looks. The beauty brand has designed two limited edition compacts to make yourself up for a winter festivity. The silky-smooth Odyssey Face Palette powder will enhance your complexion and décolletage with the ultra-fine pearls while the Eye Quartette Mineral Palette is a collection of four long-wearing golden-brown eye shades for shimmering and smoky eye makeup.

Dolce and Gabbana has launched their Animalier Signature Holiday 2012 line exhibiting a leopard print as the collection theme. Featuring a neutral color scheme with leopard print colors, the Animalier Bronzer, Eye Shadow Quad in Desert and Classic Cream Lipsticks can be your go-to products when creating your stylish and daring face.

Add a touch of sparkle to your holiday beauty routine when using the Bobbi Brown Holiday 2012 limited edition lip and eye palettes. The double decker Caviar & Oyster Palette features pearlescent shadows, luminescent enhancers and shining glosses for creating strong and smoky and soft and pretty holiday beauty looks. The Bellini Lip & Eye Palette and the Powder Pearl Eye Trio Set will also aid in helping to create your best holiday looks yet.

The Chanel Eclats du Soir de Chanel Holiday 2012 is a rich collection that embraces soft golds, pinks and beiges for the eyes and deep red for the lips and tips. The Chanel Regard Signe de Chanel Quadra Eye Shadow in Harmonie Du Soir is easily the main product of the collection featuring a quilted effect and CC monogram to the violet-plum, smoky taupe and pink eye shadows.

Give yourself the ultimate editorial holiday beauty look with the Armani White Nights Holiday cosmetic collection. This winter-white-inspired collection of two luxury beauty palettes, a white shimmer lip enhancer and sparkling white loose powder is quite small but will create the ultimate makeup look for a white Christmas.

Laura Mercier has premiered its Art Deco Muse 2012 Holiday collection for gilded, glamorous and striking holiday looks. Give yourself a bronzed and brilliant look for a winter outing with the shimmering Second Skin Cheek Color, golden Illuminating Eye Color, rosy Lip Lacquer, neutral Lip Glace, and red Nail Lacquer.

Treat yourself to a more fun and colorful holiday look with the Tarte Holiday 2012 Collection. This limited edition Carried Away Collector’s Set exclusive to Sephora is a vibrant cosmetic collection of Tarte favorites for eyes, lips and cheeks all encased in a regal purple and gold printed bag.

If you are looking for a sweet and sexy makeup style for the holidays, MAC’s Glamour Daze collection is exactly that. Create a cool cloud of pastel pinks and smoky greys when using the Extra Dimension Eye Shadows, metallic Fluidline Eyeliner, False Lash Mascara, Extra Dimension Skinfinish and Powder Blush.

Dior offers holiday glamour at its finest with the Dior Grand Bal Holiday Collection. The diva-worthy collection displays classic holiday colors of silver, gold, white and a bright Christmas red. Create Dior’s dazzling looks using the Holiday Palette with gold and silver shadows and lip glosses, the Diorific Lipstick in Lady and four limited edition Diorific Vernis Lacquers for perfectly polished nails.

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