My hellos to all of you! Right before New Years I ordered this gift set from Makeup Revolution for which I paid around 16 pounds in total with shipping. This arrived last week and has a video unboxing and first impressions which you can find at the bottom of the post, but I am writing all the information here as well for those who are not too keen on watching and prefer this post format.

The kit itself was 10 pounds and included 12 different products - eyeshadow palette, contour kit, illuminator, 3 brushes, 2 lipsticks, 2 lip glosses, an eyeliner, eye primer.

Brushes

One dense, short bristle brush, looks synthetic, have not researched or taken the time to read up on these; one i presume crease blending brush and a powder blush. Least impressed with the short bristle brush, most impressed with the powder brush. Brushes have been in the package for a while, because they are a little deformed - requires a wash, rinse, drying to say more. First impression overall is good, glad to get some brushes as I have been wanting to order some for at least half a year now.

Eyeshadow palette

Poor one touch swatches, great rubbing swatches. In the palette the tones look really nice, incredibly impressed with the black eyeshadow. If I knew there were absolutely no other palettes with a black in them from Makeup Revolution, I would get this one just for that one shade as it swatches off hand nicely and does not leave patches from fingers. Besides that the palette has various options for blue, green, brown eyed people as well as offers nice evening looks from neutral to dramatic ones. All shades besides the black are shimmer ones. The brown on by the black seems to be matte as well, but can not really understand that.

Eye primer

Has basically no scent, very light shade. First impressions were neutral, second impressions after using for one day are good - it did not crease on my eyelids, did not disappear, it has a nice consistency. No allergies or redness. Did not make my eyeshadows crumble or go on patchy.

Illuminator/highlighter

Poor first impressions because of the packaging - it is poorly made as it's easy to open with one finger and feels incredibly unsafe. If this were to break in a purse or makeup bag, everything would be ruined and there would be shimmer everywhere for years. Besides the package the highlighter felt very dry, but gave a nice white champagne shimmery highlight.

Contour kit

Includes a matte bronzer, shimmery highlighter and shimmer blusher. First impressions were good, the bronzer is light enough to contour my ghost face with. Blusher I will most likely never use. Second impressions after using for a day - the bronzer comes on a brush amazingly well, super impressed with that. Works well on my face, but it is easy to go overboard with this if not used wisely. Highlight stays on the face all day long for 12 hours straight, but leaves some glittery parts on the face; best applied with fingers in my opinion.

Lipsticks

No names, this does my head in, because products like these can be well recognized by names, but here I do not even know how to name these. Second impression - The nude lipstick is more of a warm shade, but looks amazing on my lips. They appeared to be a little fuller, a very nice nude shade. Goes on the lips buttery, feels okay, but after 3,4 hours requires some moisture. Did not make my lips particularly chapped or dry. Good product, I really love the nude shade so far. The red one eats off easily, but can be a great statement piece for makeup. Red feels a little bit dryer on the lips, but looks good, easy to work with, did not have any issues of it smearing all  over the face. Requires frequent re applying.

Intense lip glosses

The smell of these is what could sell it for me. Classic pink bubble gum scent. The lightest shade swatches clear with some glittery particles. The barbie pink one swatches intense on color pink exactly as it is in the tube. That basically all I can comment on for now.

Honorable mention

The eyeliner. It is black, has a very short wand, but I did not take the time to photograph it, I forgot.. The small tube it is in makes it hard to remember. Comes off in chunks when used with micellar water! BUT comes off fine with facial cleansing wipe. This left a sour taste for first impression.

For swatches watch the video. For more in depth reviews wait for February to come around!