I was away for ten days visiting my family and friends and I did not use Internet or my phone 95% of the time. It was the best decision ever, as I could truly enjoy the holidays and now I am back to work/blog/life well rested and motivated.

I was catching up on some blogs  I follow and loved reading “The Best of 2012″ features, I should definitely post it myself. But in the meanwhile, here are the makeup products I had with me, and some of them are my all time favourites actually.

Face

Omorovicza Complexion Perfector BB SPF 20 which I took in a small pot helped my skin to look flawless,  I’ve also had my trusted Touche  Eclat  by YSL with me, as well, as Jouer’s Age Repairing Concealer in 3 Cameo.

BECCA’s  Cream Blush in Amaryllis is my all time favourite, so I had to have it to  bring the “life” to my face. Benefit’s High Beam in mini size also helped a lot.

Sienna X’s  Cream To Powder Bronzer & Illuminator is a product I haven’t featured before but I do like it a lot and will definitely post about it soon.

Eyes

First of all, I had my Benefit’s eye brow pencil, as I am never without it. Anastasia’s Genius Top Coat and three of my all time favourite eye shadows: Rouge Bunny Rouge Long Lasting Eye Shadow in Bejewelled Skylark, Daniel Sandler Polychromatic Eyeshadow in Lava and

Here is the latest Dita von Teese’s  collaboration with ArtDeco Cosmetics – Golden Vintage collection which was inspired by the Golden Age of 1940′s Hollywood.

It is a very glamorous collection with everything you may need to create a holiday look, from red lipsticks and nail polishes, to beautiful powder and blush, and even beauty marks!

The products come in a limited edition gold design.

Face

Candelight Powder

Finely-milled powder with pearlescent pigments.

Golden Vintage Blusher in Enravish

Beauty Marks, come in different sizes.

Eyes

Golden Vintage Eyelights

• Ménage à Trois

Golden Vintage Lash Designer

• 01 Raven

Strip Lashes

• 26 Black
• 43 Black with crystals

Lips

Golden Vintage Lipstick

• 15 Muse

I have quite a few red lipsticks and I do love a good red! Today I want to show you one of my favourites.

Lancome’s L’Absolu Rouge (£21) in 160 Rouge Hypnose is  simply perfection! This has to be my favourite lipstick that I’ve tried recently (apart from Lush, will tell you about it later).

I really love the design, in fact, I think this may be my favourite luxury lipstick design. It is very elegant and classic, the magnet on the cap is a great detail, too.

The texture and the shade are fantastic! L’Absolu Rouge is soft and smooth, applies like a dream and gives a beautiful colour pay-off.

Rouge Hypnose is not a very bright in-your-face-red  and at the same time it is not a sheer, barely-there balmy red. This makes it  a perfect lipstick both for day time and

Dior’s Christmas 2012 makeup collection Grand Bal is Tyen’s interpretation of Dior grand balls that were so popular in the past. This collection is all about gold and red.

And, although the star product of the  collection is the Grand Bal palette, I personally really love the Diorific nail polishes and lipsticks, so chic and classy.

This collection includes:

Palette Grand Bal £60, two pearly eye shadows and two glosses.

Diorific Vernis (£20): 901 Diva, 751 Marilyn, 207 Diorling, and 011 Lady.

Diorific Lipstick (£25) in 020 Victoire, 024 Liz, 037 Diorling, 038 Diva, 039 Lady and 040 Marilyn.

5 Couleurs

Here a preview of Lancome’s Christmas 2012 makeup collection Happy Holidays which is all about the gold, red and sequins, very festive!

This collection was actually inspired by Paris, where, according to Lancome, “ illuminations resonate with enchanting shimmer”.

This collection includes:

Lancôme Ombre Hypnôse Mono (£18) in Fil d’Or, Fil d’Argent (on promo) and Fil d’Bronze.

These come in a beautiful sparkly compact and the eye shadows themselves are woven like a mesh fabric. It is promised they these  give a beautiful metallic effect and should last up to 16 hours. They do look promising, I think the texture and formula should be great.

Lancôme Ombre Les Paillettes aux Yeux (£17.50) in À la Belle Étoile and Lumières de Paris.

Shimmering loose powder to apply directly to lids or on top of other products for a glowy effect.

Lancôme Le Crayon Khôl  (£16) in Jazzy Taupe and France in a Glance

Lancôme L’Absolu Rouge (£21) in