I recieved The Holiday Collection Volume 1 DVD from Beauty Cast to review about a week ago.

I’ve seen a lot of makeup tutorial’s and I’m really impressed with this one.

The camera had close up shots of the parts of the face that were being worked on, so I could see exactly where the makeup artist started using a color, where she stopped, how she was holding the brush, and how she was moving the brush, which made it really easy for me to understand how to recreate the look.

I also loved that the DVD used real people - with wrinkles and all, instead of using “perfect” looking models.

I also learned a few things that I didn’t know before, like that you could use a fan brush to whisk away powdered eyeshadow fallout without smearing the shadow into your foundation. I’ll definitely be trying that trick soon.

I really enjoyed The Holiday Collection, and the next time I need some makeup inspiration I’ll be pulling it out again.