Every year, I postpone buying Christmas gifts until the last possible second, when I am rushing around town on December 23rd like a maniac, frantically buying whatever crap is left in stock.  It’s partially from laziness, but mostly because the holiday season always sneaks up on me.  I think I’ve got time, I think I’ve got time, I think I’ve got time—damn it!  Christmas is the day after tomorrow!  I can’t promise I’ll be any better this go ’round: the economy is dead (recession, yay!), Jolie ain’t no millionaire, and it seems I rarely give (or receive) presents around the holidays these last few years anyway.  But!  For those non-Grinches who love to shower their friends and family with bounty, might I suggest the Givenchy Couture Makeup Palette for your trendy friend/sister/niece?  It’s a grommet-studded rock n’ roll bag–that doubles as a clutch–containing four girlie eyeshadows, pink lip gloss, illuminating powder, blush and a mini-mascara.  Better yet, it costs only $45; a sweet deal, indeed.

I don’t know about you, but my finances are in the tank, so I sure as hell can’t afford to blow tons of cash on makeup.  A broke Jolie does not equal a less vain Jolie, however, so when I see beauty bargains like this—Sephora is offering two amazing palette collections crammed with gorgeous makeup on the cheap—I am all over them. 

Option 1) Tarte The Vanity Limited Edition Palette, a $494 value containing 16 eyeshadows, 16 lipglosses, mascara, bronzer, luminizer, four blushes, and eyelining brushes, for only $52.

Option 2) Sephora Brand Ultimate Brand Blockbuster Makeup Palette, a $320 value containing 71 eyeshadows, 13 cream eyeshadows, 5 blushes, 1 compact powder, 60 lipglosses, lipliner, eyeliner and 4 brushes for only $48.

And in other news, I think I just peed myself a little in excitement.