37 Best Gifts for the Beauty-Obsessed Woman in Your Life
All the Best Gifts Sure to Please Any Beauty-Obsessed Gal
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Women certainly aren’t the only ones who can be tricky to shop for — finicky fashion fellas stand up — but when it comes to something such as makeup or skin care, picking the right gift can be a little extra challenging. Do you know her foundation shade? What kind of shampoo she uses? Who her favorite beauty-influencer is?
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That’s why we’re here. We can help you find the right product — or products if you want to win some extra points — to stuff her stocking with this year and make it look easy. We can help you find the gifts that are perfect additions to her already well-curated beauty routine. We picked out the top 37 best beauty and skin care items that are sure to make the beauty-obsessed woman in your life happy.
Ready, Set, Glow Mini Essentials Set
A set of must-have Boscia essentials in travel sizes plus one full-size eye cream to help detoxify, brighten, hydrate and firm her skin.
$55 at Forever21.com
Pattern Jumbo Zip Pouch For The Community
Chic enough to use as a clutch, the Jumbo Zip Pouch from the brand founded by Tracey Ellis Ross is the queen of storage for all your full size PATTERN items & tons of minis. Featuring a water-resistant lining to wipe clean should anything spill & an oversized shape (because we like it big), you've got a ton of room to store all your hair things while traveling on any adventure.
$30 at PatternBeauty.com
Rae Honey Citrus Vegan Collagen Boost Powder
Beauty starts from within, right? Get the beautiful gal in your life something that will help support and protect her body's natural collagen production.
$14.99 at RaeWellness.com
Virtue Labs Damage Repair Starter Kit
Depending on which type of hair the beautiful gal you love has, one of these kits will add volume, reduce frizz, or repair damage.
$39 at VirtueLabs.com
Herbivore Botanicals Coconut Milk Body Polish
Herbivore Botanicals is a cult favorite among the beauty-loving set, so adding the brand’s new luxurious coconut milk body polish is sure to make just about anyone on your pretty list happy.
$36 at HerbivoreBotanicals.com
Westman Atelier The Brush Collection
With a client list that includes Jennifer Aniston, Anne Hathaway, Reese Witherspoon, and Gwyneth Paltrow, not to mention the attention to sustainable practices and clean ingredients, it’s no surprise Gucci Westman’s eponymous collection of beauty products are the new It Gifts of the holiday season.
$435 at Credo.com
Lola’s Lashes Day To Night Flick & Stick Lash Kit
If you know anything about the art of makeup, you know that it’s the lashes to transform the final look. These vegan, cruelty-free non-magnetic lashes are versatile, reusable, and easy to apply.
$79.95 at LolasCosmetics.com
Henry Rose Torn Candle
From the mastermind behind the Henry Rose fragrance line (spoiler alert: it’s Michelle Pfeiffer) comes a new cruelty-free candle that evokes the same sensuous feelings she gets when wearing her favorite fragrance. Henry Rose candles offer 100 percent ingredient transparency and are free of all endocrine disruptors, parabens, phthalates, and carcinogens.
$65 at HenryRose.com
Palette by Pak The Original High Fiver
She’ll be traveling again, one day. Get her excited for that next trip with a palette made to pack up perfectly. This leak-resistant system uses medical grade wells to hold liquids, oils, creams, gels, and powders. It’s made up of 30% or more recycled plastic in the base and is washable and reusable, eliminating the need for wasteful tiny travel sets.
$39 at PalettebyPak.com
First Aid Beauty Skin Superstars
A good face of makeup looks even better when the skin underneath is clean and hydrated. This First Aid Beauty set includes all she needs to start the day and end the night with a clean slate.
$49 at Ulta.com
Circcell Amethyst Eye Mask
Amethysts naturally carry a negative charge and emit energy in the far-infrared spectrum providing detoxifying benefits and supporting circulation. To some, this stone is said to emit high vibrations, supporting the third eye chakra leading to calming one’s thoughts, combating negative energy, and creating a protective shield of light around the body. In just 15 minutes, signs of fatigue, damage, and stress are diminished.
$160 at Circcell.com
Urban Decay Stoned Collection Vault
Cruelty-free brand Urban Decay is a favorite among the MUA’s and beauty bloggers out there. This 2020 collection features 10 full-size makeup products: eye shadow, highlighter, four lip glosses, and four eye pencils.
$195 at QVC.com
Tarte Tartelette Palette Custom Bundle 3-Piece Set
This easy-to-use Tarte Tartelette eyeshadow palette has 12 skin tone-friendly shades that will become everyday essentials. Additionally, she will get Tarte favorites Lights, Camera, Lashes 4-in-1 Mascara and Maracuja Juicy Lip gloss to round out the look.
$45 At QVC.com
Revitalash Brow Perfecting Gift Collection
For those who aren’t makeup enthusiasts, eyebrows may seem like just another patch of hair on your face, but for those who are obsessed with beauty, the shape and thickness of an eyebrow in an old photo can show exactly what era it’s from. Healthy brows are the brows of now, and this collection lets her condition, enhance, and define for bold, beautiful brows all holiday season.
$110 at Revitalash.com
Merle Norman Starry Eyes
Help her starry eyes sparkle with this trio of products from Merle Norman. Nothing says ring in the new year quite like golden, shimmery eyelids.
$29 at MerleNorman.com
Ziip GX
This smart little device packs a powerful punch. ZIIP is an electrical facial that uses nanocurrents and microcurrents to communicate with skin cells, increasing their effectiveness, prompting them to heal, and encouraging them to make an abundance of collagen and elastin. The result is healthy, lifted, glowing skin that gets better and better with every use.
$495 at ZiipBeauty.com
Phillip Kingsley The Story of Hydration & Shine
If she has fine, dry hair, this is the treat for her. Comprised of a pre-shampoo equalizer, shampoo, conditioner, and finishing touch polishing serum, this quartet delivers to her quality hair with ease.
$65 at PhilipKingsley.com
KungFu Apothecary Complete Facial Tool Set
Pick from amethyst, white jade or black obsidian in this three-piece Complete Facial Tool Set designed to tone, plump, and lift naturally. The set includes the brands signature noise-free facial roller, heart shaped gua sha tool, and soothing eye wand.
$115 at KungFuApothecary.com
Bioeffect Body Intensive Serum
The Bioeffect EGF Serum is a cult favorite thanks to its potent use of growth factors. Now, that technology is in a body serum, which really just screams soft, silky luxury.
$110 at Bioeffect.com
The Lip Bar Fast Face Kit
Being obsessed with beauty doesn’t mean she has to be about that #shelfie life. Sometimes living by the less-is-more way of life is just fine too. The Lip Bar Fast Face Kit comes with the perfectly curated array of essential products in an impressively inclusive range of shades.
$99 at TheLipBar.com
Everyday Humans Humans On Holiday Kit
If she’s obsessed with beauty, she’s obsessed with sunscreen. Everyday Humans has released a pairing of face and body sunscreens with a lip saving salve to help maintain healthy, happy, human skin.
$40 at Ulta.com
Forvr Mood Send Moods Candle Set
If she loves to surround herself with rich gourmand fragrances, you have found yourself the next gift set to drive her wild. These four candles wrap the room in the sensuous aroma with notes of vanilla, sweet roasted coffee, spiced pumpkin, white clove, and almond cream. These are practically made to warm up winter nights.
$135 for set at ForvrMood.com
Gucci The Alchemist's Garden Hand Cream Set
Even if there wasn’t a global pandemic wreaking havoc all around the world, chances are, the beautiful woman in your life would still want to have soft, supple, hydrated hands. Gucci offers the most indulgent opportunity to douse her digits in perfumed perfection with its three fragranced hand creams, designed specifically to keep hands protected from the cold.
$220 at SaksFifthAvenue.com
BareMinerals 24 Days of Clean Beauty Advent Calendar
Why give her something for each of the 12 days of Christmas when you can give something for all 24? BareMinerals makes it easy by adding up all the favorites into a fun and festive package.
$99 at Ulta.com
Solvasa Beauty Crystal Energy Wand
She’ll see a lift in brightness, notice tension lines soften, see a reduction in puffiness under her eyes all while feeling the calming stress resilience that comes from taking a mindful moment for herself.
$200 at SolvasaBeauty.com
Linne Botanicals Full Kit
If you aren’t sure what she’s into, but you know she loves a good skin care routine, Linne Botanicals is a great place to start. Gentle formulas made in small batches from a diverse collection of natural, wild-harvested, and organic plant ingredients are free of synthetics, carcinogens, environmental toxins, and fillers.
$150 at LinneBotanicals.com
Paula’s Choice 2020 Best Sellers
If you really really don’t know what to get her, opt for some of the best sellers from a tried-and-trusted skin care brand founded on transparency about ingredients. This exclusive kit features powerful, research-backed ingredients that work together to enhance skin’s moisture retention, eliminate dullness, smooth bumpy texture, and visibly reduce signs of aging.
$158 at PaulasChoice.com
Payot Holidays Beauty Set
None of us can go anywhere without casting a shadow from the blue light that follows us. That’s why she’ll want a range of skin care products that fights the effects of desynchronized skin biorhythms while mitigating the impact of blue light, allowing the cells to regenerate easily.
$99 at Amazon.com
Fekkai CBD Scalp Calming Discovery Kit
Who doesn’t love the gift of CBD? This time around, it’s formulated elegantly with aloe to help soothe her scalp while cleansing. The hemp plant's natural compound and the succulent and medicinal aloe vera plant work together to help calm as well as moisturize and nourish, delivering a clean, healthy Frederic Fekkai-approved shine.
$39 at Ulta.com
Wen Love Gift Set
Love Eau de Parfum by Chaz Dean has top notes of acai, white currant, and white grapefruit which are blended with floral notes of plumeria and rose blooms. Love Ultra Nourishing Intensive Body Treatment wraps the body with the same delicate fragrance and is packed with smoothing peptides and skin rejuvenating amino acids, as well as the restorative properties of arnica and vitamin K.
$169 at ChazDean.com
Artis Elite 10 Brush Set
Thought to be some of the best brushes money can buy, these Artis brush handles are made using a proprietary metal alloy similar to what is used in the manufacture of luxury car engines. Who says you don’t have anything in common with your glamorous gal pal? You really want to be a baller? Artis offers a fantasy travel kit for a modest $30,000.
$380 at ArtisBrush.com
SimpleHuman Sensor Mirror Hi-Fi with Alexa
“Alexa, order my husband the best Christmas present ever,” is what she’ll say if you buy her this mirror. Or not. We still think it’s worth the gamble.
$399 at Amazon.com
Fenty Beauty Glossy Posse: Holo'daze Edition Mini Gloss Bomb Collection
Rihanna can do no wrong and that include the makeup brand she gladly cosigns. Making deep, dark foundation colors a focal point of her collection, she aims to ensure that no one is left out when it comes to feeling beautiful.
$36 at FentyBeauty.com
Benefit Blush Bar
Benefit is a brand that has been loved by influencers for years. That’s because the punchy colors of the cruelty-free product, as well as the packaging that product comes in, is fun, fresh and modern.
$67 at Amazon.com
Tatcha Silk Treasures
Another favorite brand of 2019, Japan’s Tatcha offers a trio of perfect priming products that all use silk proteins to create a clean canvas that is ready to receive makeup or go makeup free and receive compliments.
$135 at Tatcha.com
Charlotte Tilbury Glittering Galaxy of Makeup Magic Beauty Advent Calendar
Both luxurious and fun, this advent calendar from makeup artist to the stars Charlotte Tilbury offers a little bit of everything for those who don’t feel like deciding right away.
$200 at CharlotteTilbury.com
Dyson Airwrap Complete Styler
Unparallelled when it comes to styling, the Dyson Airwrap is the next generation of hair tools. Want bonus points? Add the Supersonic hair dryer to your shopping cart as well.
$549 at Amazon.com
Huda Beauty Throwback Lip Kit
The OG when it comes to influencer-turned-mogul, Huda Kattan launched her brand only six years ago and today, ranks number one in followers of any brand in the world. If the lady in your life loves makeup, she’s going to love this.
$34 at HudaBeauty.com
These are all great gifts, but what’s most important to remember is that whomever the lucky woman on your list is this holiday, she’s beautiful no matter what. Feel free to her too — we don’t need the credit.
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