Ultimate Gift Guide for the Girl Obsessed With Makeup
Besides diamonds and fishnets, makeup is almost every girl’s best friend. And, with the holidays coming up, the time couldn’t be more perfect to snag the best deals. And that’s exactly what the best places to buy quality makeup offer during the festive season. Below are 14 holiday gift ideas for the girl obsessed with makeup that will surely last them two or three more Decembers. This list includes tools, eyes, lips, and skin.
1. Skin Wonderland
This first gift idea from Sephora is the ultimate skincare package. Fit for all skin types (Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily), this skincare set does the job just right with concerns such as dullness/uneven texture, dryness, and fine lines and wrinkles. Products include some of Sephora’s favorites such as Algenist Genius Sleeping Collagen, Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance Serum, Farmacy Green Clean makeup meltaway cleansing balm, Kiehl’s Pure Vitality Skin Renewing Cream, La Mer The Moisturizing Soft Cream, and Sephora Collection All Day Hydrator.
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2. Milk Makeup MVP Set
One of the most present brands at Sephora, this next makeup set from the award-winning Milk Makeup has some of what is considered their most valuable players. The ingredients used in their products are some of the simplest you will ever see in makeup, including Hemp-Derived Cannabis Seed Oil which conditions and nourishes, Blue Agave Extract, which grips makeup and seals in moisture, and Mango Butter for hydration. This Set Contains the Deluxe Kush Mascara in Boom, a Mini Hydro Grip Primer, Cooling Water, Watermelon Brightening Serum, Highlighter in Blitzed, Bronzer in Baked, and their Glow Oil Lip + Cheek in Glimmer
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3. TOO FACED Tutti Frutti – Sparkling Pineapple Eyeshadow Palette
This is a brand that will be mentioned quite a bit. But, it wouldn’t be on this list if the products they make those products include their variety of cruelty-free fruit/food-themed palettes. The experience begins right as you open the palette and get a whiff of the tropical pineapple that’s in each of the eyeshadows. This palette provides glitter, metallic, satin, and matte shadows that “give intense payoff for a luxurious, one-swipe coverage. The perfect range of warm browns and creams with a pop of intense sparkling gold are so fresh and creamy they practically demand a drink with an umbrella in it.”
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4. GLOW RECIPE Let It Glow
This next skincare set has left users with more radiant and glowing skin. When used together, “this fruit-powered trio is your ultimate recipe for smooth, bouncy, glowing skin. Suitable for all skin types, these products complement each other with a perfectly balanced blend of resurfacing and hydrating ingredients to gently but effectively deliver post-facial results.” Ingredients include Hyaluronic Acid that hydrates the skin by holding up to 1,000 times its weight in moisture, AHA that gently exfoliates and hydrates to reveal smoother, brighter skin over time by removing dead surface skin cells, and antioxidants that help protect skin against environmental stressors. This set includes their Watermelon + AHA Glow Sleeping Mask, Blueberry Bounce Gentle Cleanser, and Watermelon Pink Juice Oil-Free Moisturizer
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5. TOO FACED Chocolate Bar Eyeshadow Palette
Going back to the food theme Too Faced puts into some of their palettes, the experience begins as soon as you open it and get a whiff of rich, creamy chocolate. Along with a how-to guide for some of the signature looks from this palette, the eye shadows are “pigmented with pure, antioxidant-rich cocoa powder and include 16 matte and shimmer shades of natural browns, delicate pinks, and luscious plums.”
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- SEPHORA COLLECTION Berry Kissable Brush Set
This brush set is perfect for that quick and easy makeup application, fit with a lip-shaped pouch to hold the brushes, as well as other makeup essentials. This vegan, cruelty-free brush set contains all the brushes you need for a quick and easy makeup application. This set includes a foundation brush angled blush brush, crease brush, an all-over eye shadow brush, and a double-ended brow spoolie.
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7. KAT VON D Kitten Mini: Crazy for Kittens! Mini Makeup Set
This next set includes some of Von D’s bestsellers in very cute, portable sizes. It comes with her award-winning Tattoo Liner, Go Big or Go Home Mascara, Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in the shade Double Dare, and a full-sized Alchemist Holographic Palette, which Von D calls “the ultimate prismatic transformer.”
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8. Herbivore Botanicals Coco Rose Luxe Hydration Trio
Going back to glowing, healthy-looking skin, this next set provides natural and sweet-smelling products that are free of sulfates, phthalates, parabens, petrochemicals, mineral oil, silicone, and talc. This set includes their coconut oil body polish, face mist, and lip conditioner.
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9. FENTY BEAUTY BY RIHANNA Glossy Posse Mini Gloss Bomb Set
Created by the Caribbean queen herself, Rihanna, this lip kit is “the essential collection for a subtle glow or a poppin’ pout.” Each lipstick contains shea butter that hydrates and enriches with just one sweep. This set includes the Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer in Pretty Please (shimmering fuchsia), Fu$$Y (shimmering pink), Confetti (shimmering iridescent opal), Hot Chocolit (shimmering rich brown), and Cheeky (shimmering bright red-orange)
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10. Too Faced Jerrod’s Favorites Set
Too Faced, beloved by many, includes makeup essentials to keep your look nice and fresh. This limited-edition set features those must-haves according to co-founder Jerrod Blandino. This includes the Deluxe travel-size Better Than Sex Mascara, Hangover Face Primer, Shadow Insurance Primer, and Chocolate Soleil Bronzer.
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Funko X Disney Villains Maleficent Eyeshadow Palette
Inspired by one of Disney’s most powerful and evil villainess of them all, this next travel-sized eyeshadow palette will let out your vicious, unapologetic side in various purple shades. Not only would it be a perfect addition to someone’s makeup collection, but also to their collection of the many figurines created by Funko.
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Laura Mercier Eyes of Gold Mini Caviar Stick Set
This next makeup set features long-lasting, creamy Caviar Stick eyeshadows in travel sizes to line, highlight and create smokey eye looks. It delivers “both easy application and high-definition, long-lasting color. Long-wearing, transfer-proof and crease-resistant, each color glides seamlessly onto your lids, blending and layering beautifully with rich pigment payoff. The four shades work together to deliver beautifully bronze eyes that stand out day and night.” The shades featured include Rosegold, Copper, Burnished Bronze, and Cocoa.
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13. BENEFIT COSMETICS Honk If You’re HOT! Face Set
This last set is perfect if you’re not sure what kind of products your makeup-obsessed friend would want because it comes with a little bit of everything! This includes full sizes of The POREfessional Pore-Minimizing Primer, Gimme Brow+ Volumizing Fiber Gel, They’re Real! Lengthening Mascara, and Iconic High Beam Liquid Highlighter. It all comes in a camper-shaped tin that’s perfect for holding other makeup necessities.
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