I?m wearing Performance Art, Marzipan, Quite Spoiled, Absurdly Pretty, Sugar Plum and Nutcracker from the MAC Nutcracker Sweet Holiday 2016 collection Cool Eye Compact Eye Shadow X 9 ($39.50)

In the closet in my office there?s a homage to hoarders/makeup storage area with a bunch of acrylic drawers stacked one on top of the other, inside of which I keep my very favorite workhorse products that I truly love.
Most of the items I review, I give away to friends or family or the women?s shelter, but I put the stuff that I want to keep for myself into those drawers.
One of them is dedicated to MAC Eye Shadow palettes, and whenever I?m in a hurry and just want to throw some makeup on without really having to think about it, that?s my go-to drawer. I know that I can pull anything out of it and basically be OK. I?m going to put the MAC Cool Eye Compact Eye Shadow X 9 palette in there.
But I?m not going to stick it in there because it?s the most mind-blowing palette. I?m going to stick it in there mostly because of shock value!
I?m kind of shocked that I like it as much as I do, because I rarely love the MAC holiday eyeshadow palettes, to be honest. I don?t think most of them are as good as the singles in MAC?s permanent line.
But this one is.
I really don?t want to say, ?I was surprised that I like this,? but I was really surprised that I like this! It?s actually very good, and I keep trying to find ways to talk myself out of liking it, because I?m just so used to not likin...