Last Updated: 22/12/23It’s that time of year again – New Year celebrations are in sight, meaning the party season has reached its ultimate peak. Beauty lovers across the globe are planning showstopping looks that will launch them into 2024 in style. Organising the look is one thing – but maintaining it? That’s a whole different story.
We’ve rounded up the best handbag beauty minis to take with you this New Year’s Eve, whether you’re partying round the clock or heading home two minutes after midnight. However you do New Year, there’s a purse-friendly beauty staple to suit your plans.
The best handbag beauty minis for New Year’s Eve
1. NARS Mini Radiant Creamy Concealer 1.4ml (Various Shades)
America’s #1 concealer is now available in convenient, travel-sized format*! The buildable formula offers luminous, long-wear coverage, helping to highlight, contour, colour correct or conceal imperfections. Perfect for touch-ups on-the-go, this brightening concealer is complete with light diffusing technology to give an even, radiant finish.
*Source: The NPD Group, Inc. / U.S. Prestige Beauty Total Department/Specialty, Makeup Sales, January 2018-January 2019
2. MAC Mini Fix+ Setting Spray - Original 30ml
Sometimes locking your look in place needs a helping hand. Enter Fix+, a hybrid hydration mist and setting spray to lend makeup that flawless finish. Enriched with green tea, chamomile and cucumber extract, the formula calms the complexion while moisturising the skin, setting your makeup in place for up to 12-hour wear. Simply add the travel-sized setting spray to your handbag for on-the-move application!
3. Trigwell Cosmetics Mini Powder Puffs - 2 Pack
Press and pat with precision using the mini powder puffs that encourage an airbrushed effect, so you can flawlessly bring in the new year shine-free. The perfect touch-up solution for wherever the night may take you, depositing the perfect amount of product to promote a soft-focus.
4. Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Travel Size 9.3g (Various Shades)
Banish shine on-the-go with this loose setting powder, keeping makeup in place for up to 16-hours. Pearl pigments create a naturally radiant finish, while the powder adds a touch of sheer coverage for a seamless matte finish. The mini size is perfect for handbags – be the belle of the girls’ bathroom with this must-have essential by your side!
5. Real Techniques Mini Multitask Brush
Touch-ups have never been so easy than with this Real Techniques travel-sized complexion brush. Crafted with UltraPlus synthetic bristles, the mini makeup brush is perfect for applying powder blushers, bronzers, setting powders, finishing powders, highlighters AND contour products. Don’t want to take your face powder out with you? Coat your brush before you leave the house to mattify your skin on-the-move!
6. benefit Badgal Bang Volumising Mascara Mini - Pitch Black 4g
Top up the shock factor with this ultra-volumising black mascara from benefit. BADgal Bang is a makeup staple, delivering bigger, bolder lashes with its gravity-defying formula. Available in a handbag-ready size, discover smudge-proof, water-resistant results, wherever you roam!
7. Tangle Teezer The Ultimate Mini Detangler Brush - Pink Sherbert
Free your strands of tangles with this mini hairbrush. The pink brush detangles like a dream, leaving locks silky to the touch as its Two-Tiered Teeth Technology glides through strands, resisting snags and tugs while being ultra-gentle on the hair. Simply pop in your bag for on-the-go brushing!
8. NARS Orgasm X Mini Blush 2.5g
Arriving in a variety of iconic NARS hues with both matte and shimmering finishes, breathe new life into your look with this mini blush palette from NARS. Keeping your makeup fresh and silky, the award-winning blush delivers a natural-looking flush to complement all skin tones. Housed in its statement compact that's destined for your clutch!
9. MAC Mini Lipstick (Various Shades) 1.8g
Small but mighty, this mini MAC lipstick is sure to keep your pout pristine after midnight. The fun-sized formula is available in a range of shades to power-up your look, offering high-impact, opaque colour pay-off in a choice of finishes, from matte to satin. Plus, the uber-portable design will take up next-to-no space in your handbag!
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