Beauty gift guide
With the holiday season’s official start coming earlier and earlier each year, you can assume I took of this long ago and started my gift shopping early, right? Wrong.
Somehow I always find myself scrambling to find the perfect present only hours before family gift exchanges. This year I’ll try something different – actually being prepared days before the holidays. To help me with this endeavor, I have compiled two lists, one for the ladies and one for the gents in my life, of some of the must-have beauty products this holiday season. Hopefully this will help me spend my December worry-free, sipping my spiked eggnog by the Yuletide fire (whatever that is).
For Her
Beauty Bar Sample Society ($15/month, BeautyBar.com): This is the gift that, literally, keeps on giving. Each month Beauty Bar’s experts select five deluxe-sized beauty samples from luxury brands to arrive at your doorstep, taking the guesswork out of finding the best of beauty.
Tarte Carried Away Collector’s Set ($54, Sephora.com): Stowed inside a beautiful traveling case, this kit contains 16 eye shadows, Amazonian clay blush and finishing powder, mascara, a face brush and eight maracuja lip glosses (a type of passionfruit – thank you Google search).
Peter Thomas Roth Laser-Free Resurfacer ($75, PeterThomasRoth.com): Some caution may be needed when giving any type of anti-aging treatment as a gift, but all will be forgiven once it is learned that this serum promises to rapidly improve skin’s overall quality after only a couple of applications. And they said the Holy Grail wasn’t real…joke’s on them, I guess.
For Him
Sephora Favorites Fragrance Sampler for Him ($50, Sephora): Catering to all the commitment-phobes out there, Sephora has compiled a collection of 12 of their best men’s fragrances to sample, from Yves Saint Laurent L’Homme to Giorgio Armani Acqua di Giò. The set also comes with a voucher for a full-size bottle that can be redeemed for the favorite sent of the set.
Everyday GLO Teeth Whitening Maintenance ($25, hsn.com): Who says the tree has to be the only thing glowing this holiday season? Discreetly packaged in a tube for everyday use, this whitening formula erases stains and brightens teeth, featuring a fresh mint flavor that helps keep you clean after meals and in between meetings.
Anthony Logistics For Men The Tool Kit ($20, Sephora): When he said that he wanted a new set of tools for the Holidays, this is what he really meant. This portable kit includes a file, tweezers, clippers and grooming scissors that help keep nails clean and presentable. As an extra bonus, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to prostate cancer research, giving a whole new meaning to the phrase the perfect package.
