How to Create a Fast and Easy Holiday Beauty Look

Aveeno Positively Radiant Daily Moisturizer, $12 BUY NOW

This has been a permanent stay in our beauty closet for years. This moisturizer from Aveeno is lightweight, inexpensive, and does its job. Make sure to apply moisturizer before the rest of your routine to hydrate skin and get some SPF, too.

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Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional Face Primer, $31 BUY NOW

Ensure your makeup goes on smoothly and flawlessly by applying a primer before your other products. While the POREfessional is a bit costly, it lasts a long time, due to the pea-size amount you use for your whole face. Pro tip: Blot it into your face instead of rubbing in.

IT Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream, $38 BUY NOW

Wherever and with whomever you celebrate holidays with, it's almost a definite that you'll be snapping a few selfies, or become blinded by your mother's camera flash. Let your skin look its best by applying IT Cosmetics' Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream after allowing your moisturizer to settle (10 minutes should be fine!). CC cream is lighter than foundation, but it still gives enough coverage to even out your skin tone. 

The best part about this product is that it's also a skincare product, thought up by dermatologists to improve your skin. Makeup that leaves you with a better complexion? Sign us up!

Kat Von D Lock-It Concealer Cream, $26 BUY NOW

Kat Von D upgraded her already fabulous Lock-It collection, introducing a concealer to the mix, whose creamy consistency does everything the original does, give or take a few new tricks. Guaranteeing up to 24 hours of faultless wear, this all-in-one product also brightens the eye area, corrects discoloration, contours, and bakes the contours of your features.

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder, $3 BUY NOW

For all the photos you'll be taking, you'll want to reduce any unwanted shine (we do love to pack on the highlighter!). To do that, pat your face with some pressed powder after applying your base. This will lock in your CC cream and concealer, so it'll stay put while also making any oily areas of your skin matte.

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NYX Professional Makeup Matte Bronzer, $9 BUY NOW

If you're in need of a little shading in the winter, give pale skin a pop of color with NYX's matte bronzer. It comes in five shades, so it'll match you no matter how ghostly you look this winter.

Milani Baked Blush in Berry Amore, $8 BUY NOW

Add a rosy tint into your complexion with this affordable blush. Milani's baked blushes have a cult-following, and for good reason. They're pigmented and offer a slight sheen, adding a bit of glimmer into your skin before you pack on the highlighter.

Wet N Wild MegaGlo Highlighting Powder in Precious Petals, $5 BUY NOW

You can't skip highlighter for your makeup look. Coming in four shades, choose between a pink, gold, rose gold, and copper highlight to add extra dimension to your face.

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Nars Pro-Prime Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base, $26 BUY NOW

Those with oily lids, rejoice: This Nars product is an absolute lifesaver when it comes to creaseless, pigmented, stay-all-day eyeshadow looks. While you're busy running around wrapping gifts and prepping dinner, you won't have to think twice about your eyeshadow sliding around your lids with this as a primer.

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Tarte Tartelette Tease Clay Eyeshadow Palette, $23 BUY NOW

We were drawn to Tarte's palette for a few reasons: You'll find a light pink, a taupe shimmer, and warm tones of mauve, brown, and plum in this gorgeous package. Appropriate for celebrating every holiday, this palette offers a variety of looks you can play with for any occasion. Our favorite? Start by applying the light pink before running the matte brown into the cut crease, and you can deepen the look if you want by popping the plum into your outer corner crease.

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Dior Diorshow Waterproof Pro Liner in Pro Grege, $33 BUY NOW

Because your eyeshadow shades are deeper, warmer tones, we've purposely passed on black and brown liner. With a light hand, gently line upper lashes with Diorshow's Waterproof Pro Liner in Pro Grege before continuing to layer the pigment to your preference. Leave as-is for a sleeker finish, or smoke-out for a dramatic effect.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Tinted Brow Gel, $22 BUY NOW

You're going to need these babies in a state of prime arching for the moment when you feign surprise while opening gifts you already peeked at weeks ago. Anastasia Beverly Hills' is a forever fave; available in seven tints, it fills in brows where there are sparse areas, and it secures it all into place with one swipe.

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Benefit Cosmetics Roller Lash Curling & Lifting Mascara, $24 BUY NOW

Finish off your eyes with a coat or two of Benefit's cult-favorite mascara. Roller Lash achieves a ton of volume with the tiniest bristles shaped at a slant. The Hook 'n' Roll applicator hooks lash hairs to lift and curl them into an even line. Guaranteeing a 12-hour hold, perfect for all-day events, the formula has been enhanced with provitamin B5 and serine to condition lashes while you celebrate.

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Too Faced Melted Matte Liquified Long Wear Matte Lipstick in Drop Dead Red, $21 BUY NOW

Brick red is a very "fall" color, but hear us out. The '90s are back, baby, and if you haven't already added a brown hue to your wishlist, you most likely own one by now or have every intention of doing so. This red-meets-brown from Too Faced is Thanksgiving and Christmas combined. It's the perfect bold that's on trend, and it'll get you noticed at the company soirée this year.

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Urban Decay All Nighter Long-Lasting Makeup Setting Spray, from $15 BUY NOW

This setting spray is a total win. The lightweight mist is a UD legend, formulated with a Temperature Control Technology that lowers the temperature of your makeup to lock in your look and keep it fresh for an impressive 16 hours. You'll be needing this for family affairs that last well past the end time.