Where Tarte and Too Faced try to outbid each other as to who can pop out the most makeup product(s) for the holiday gift giving craze (with Urban Decay coming in fast from left field), there’s a big push to post the best holiday look (and inadvertently creating a sense of anxiety to meet or top the bar. No shade to those creative blossoms – flex that artistic muscle!), and the everlasting struggle to make colors in a (occasionally incohesive palette work), and… everything else that comes with the end-of-the-year palooza.

At least, that’s what I notice from where I’m situated. 🤔