AFK Cosmetics most recent collection, ‘Christmas on the Rift’ is stunning. A beautiful collection of colours that range in shades. As soon as the collection was announced I knew I was going to be purchasing it all full size, I can’t resist such cute Chibi packaging and lovely colours.

I was shocked (in the best possible way) at how quickly it got here. I received a notification it was on its way on the 29th of November, so I wasn’t really expecting it for another week or two with it going from the States to the UK. It arrived on the 3rd of December so it was super fast!

I may have ripped the envelope open to get to the goods, I was excited ok. Moving on, everything was packed in this brown bag tied by festive string and a nice note wishing Happy Holidays.

Inside was the complete ‘Winter on the Rift’ collection. This included 2x full lip balms in ‘Tiny Evil Santa’ and ‘Sleigh Belle’. 6x full eyeshadows in ‘Dark Candy’, ‘Nashor Clause’, ‘The Festive Treant’, ‘Winter Wonderland’, ‘Silent Night’ and ‘The Earnest Elf’

So, starting with the lip balms. Every balm I’ve ordered from AFK has always been creamy and highly pigmented. So of course these were also creamy and highly pigmented!

They both applied really easily and their scents are lovely. ‘Sleigh Belle’ is a deep orange with gold flecks while ‘Tiny Evil Santa’ is a dark red that has a little bit of a metallic shine to it.

As you can see, ‘Sleigh Belle’ is really pigmented. When you apply it you can definitely smell a sweet sugary goodness scent. This is by far my favourite of the two.

With ‘Tiny Evil Santa’ I feel like its not as pigmented as ‘Sleigh Belle’, but its more buildable with layers. You can choose between 1 swipe of sheer or build it into a deeper colour like I did as pictured. It looks particularly metallic in sunlight as it seems to shine red and a deeper red. Online it’s listed to have a roasted chestnut scent, but if anything I could smell caramel (awesome!)

Now for the eye shadows. I adore the Chibi art and how well the colours reflect the in game characters. Its such a beautiful pairing and I’m so glad I bought the set.

-‘Dark Candy’



This is something I could wear everyday. On me it’s a dusted purple with a light shimmer of blue and purple. If you catch it in the light the blue really comes to life.

-‘Nashor Claus’



This is more of a dark purple with pink duo chrome with sparkles that appear in direct light.

-‘The Festive Treant’



A beautiful dark green with green shimmer and a few silver sparkles. I really love this and can see myself wearing this on my lower last line or even on top of winged eyeliner to bring that green shimmer out.

Swatches to show you what I’m not good at explaining in words.

-‘Winter Wonderland’



Look at the poro! I mean, ahem. A bright Blue with silver and blue flecks.

-‘Silent Night’



A deep dark red with what looks like red shimmer to create an almost metallic look.

-‘The Earnest Elf’



A light green with delicate blue shimmer. I can imagine this looking great on the lower lash line.

Luckily for me, I’d spent enough and was sent the two gifts with purchase which was a full size lip balm and eyeshadow, so I thought I’d include those too.

-‘Witch of the Wilds’

A cross between dark red and orange, quite nice and gentle actually. Its easily buildable into something darker or sheer depending on what you feel like. I did 1 swipe in the picture below.

-‘Inquisitor’

A muted green with gold flecks and what to me is kinda grey? I really love this colour and how it changes in the light.

Swatches to show you just how lovely these are.

Overall I’d say this is a great collection with lovely shades to use. The balms are super soft with loads of colour and the eyeshadows give a great range of diversity from soft to striking shades. I’d definitely recommend this to anyone, plus its really cute to look at. Who doesn’t love Chibi art?

Thanks for reading, I hope you found the information and pictures helpful!

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-Atlassararity