Walgreens Holiday 2015 Beauty Sightings (with Reader Swatches)

I just want remind you all that it's officially "Look Up" Season again at the drugstores. "Look Up" Season is what we here like to refer to as the time when the drugstores run out of room for all the holiday beauty products in the regular "new product area," so they resort to putting them on the high shelves in both the beauty department and other departments (in the case of my photo above, in the feminine care aisle). It's very important during this time of year to LOOK UP and scan the entire drugstore if you're looking for new beauty products because, particularly at Walgreens and Rite Aid, even the new makeup displays (Revlon, Maybelline, etc.) can sometimes be found on these high shelves in other departments. You just never know!

Today I'd like to show you some holiday products that I spotted at a local Walgreens a few weeks ago (I actually spotted these during the same trip as my Wet n Wild Fergie Holiday 2015 sightings). I'm guessing that many of you have already spotted these items at your local Walgreens, but I still wanted to post in case you haven't been to Walgreens in a while. So lets get started!

NOTE: This post is in no way comprehensive. There are MANY other holiday beauty sets at Walgreens right now, but these are just a few that caught my eye.

Located in the "Look Up" section at my Walgreens were several L.A. Colors holiday sets (both makeup and nail polish). This one is the Insta Glam set for $4.99. Here's a look inside:

I also spotted this Love 2 Love + Sally Hansen set, which I thought was kind of cool. You get a travel size Love 2 Love Fresh Rose + Peach EDT and a full-size Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear polish in Disco Ball for $5.

Over in the regular "new beauty product" section, there was a boatload of gift sets. Here are some highlights:

I didn't catch a price on this SOHO makeup brush set--if you happen to know, I would appreciate if you'd comment below and filled us in!

I was surpirsed to see that Christian Siriano is getting into makeup. I don't know if these are just for the holidays or if there's more to come from him. I know a lot of you have spotted this set already (thanks for all the tips!) and longtime reader @bwitch17 on Instagram already purchased this set and was nice enough to share these swatches:

image credit: @bwitch17 for Nouveau Cheap

There's also a gloss set in this collection (I didn't see that one at my store), which you can check out on @bwitch17's Instagram HERE. @bwitch17 also swatched both the lip crayons and glosses side by side HERE. 

More holiday sets from L.A. Colors:

These babyPop! mini gloss sets are cute, right?

Some highlights from Profusion (they have a TON this year--this is just small sampling):

The little palettes above ($3) in particular caught my eye because they are new for this holiday season, and the colors are so pretty. I was in a hurry and didn't get to photograph the inside of them, but thank goodness some of YOU did, and were kind enough to share pics!

Here are some pics from reader Kelly of the Blush palette:

image credit: Kelly for Nouveau Cheap

Profusion 6 Color Eyeshadow Palette in Blush

(retail: $3)

image credit: Kelly for Nouveau Cheap

image credit: Kelly for Nouveau Cheap

Pretty colors, right? And Kelly said they're pretty darned pigmented, too.

And here are some pics of the Nude palette in this collection from reader Lindsay:

image credit: Lindsay for Nouveau Cheap
Profusion 6 Color Eyeshadow Palette in Nude
(retail: $3)

image credit: Lindsay for Nouveau Cheap

I want to apologize because I'm 99.9% certain that one of you also emailed me swatches of some of these palettes, but I cannot for the life of me find that email in my in-box (you do not want to know what my in-box looks like right about now!). If you sent swatches, I would be so grateful if you'd resend, so that I can add your pics to this post. Thanks!

My pal Jen over at The Budget Beauty Blog reviewed/swatched this blush set and it's so much prettier than what the box may lead you to believe. Check out her blog post HERE. 

These little $1 palettes are back again this year. I had to giggle when I first saw the Smashbox Holiday 2015 Art. Love. Color. palettes because my first thought was, "Are they duping Profusion?" Profusion has been making these for the holidays for the past few years. 

And guess what's back? Yay! You know how much I love these little $1 Twinkle Twinkle palettes. You can check out my 2013 review of the purple palette HERE.

This year there were also many Giordano Colors sets at my Walgreens (the ones below are $10 and $5):

I also spotted these nail polish cubes ($10) but I didn't see a brand on the label:

image credit: Oshin for Nouveau Cheap

Last but not least, reader Oshin spotted this Revlon holiday display at her local Walgreens this week. These sets contain the heart-shaped mirror in the sets I showed you here, but you can see that there are some different/additional sets in this display. These retail for $9 - $15 and contain all full-size products.

I hope this post helps give you a better idea of what's out there right now at Walgreens when it comes to Holiday 2015. If you think I missed anything noteworthy in this post, I would absolutely love to hear from you in the comments below.

Thanks again, @bwitch17, Kelly, Lindsay, and Oshin, for the great sightings and pics!