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| Some must haves! |
1) Empty palette with a giftcard
I personally love getting giftcards! I know some people think giftcards are a lazy way for you to save time, but honestly, when it comes to makeup, it's hard to buy a product, unless you know exactly what they're looking for! What you can do, if you don't want to look "lazy" is maybe get a empty eyeshadow palette with the giftcard. It gives your gift a value and hey it shows that you were thoughtful! Your best bet is to go to MAC! You get a empty palette (they have several sizes) and then just give a giftcard with it. You can even get the install if you want. With this, your makeup addict can customize her/his own eyeshadow palette! Let's say they don't like eyeshadows or have way too many, you can maybe get a lipstick holder at Dollarama or Winners or any stores that sell that with a giftcard. You can even get them a brush holder or any unique thoughtful piece for their vanity along with a giftcard! You're still being thoughtful and you can't go wrong with that!
2)Makeup Palettes
Since it's the holidays, there's hundreds of palettes that you can get them! Of course it all depends on what kind of palette they want. You have a choice between contour palettes, face palettes, lip palettes and eyeshadow palettes. So, it's nice to get an idea of what they need or want in their collection. If you're looking to buy them a eyeshadow palette, well here is my Top 5 Favorite Eyeshadow Palettes: http://makeupcheckbydivya.blogspot.ca/2015/11/my-top-5-favorite-eyeshadow-palettes.html . Other than that, Sephora has tons of palettes for the holidays. They have a mixture of everything! If you want to get them something limited edition, there's the Anastasia Beverly Hills Self-Made Palette (love this palette!), the Urban Decay Vice 4, Benefit Real Cheeky Party Blushing Beauty Kit (I'm obsessed with this palette!), Smashbox ShapeMatters Palette and Bareminerals The Royal Court. You also have your non limited edition palettes, such as Hourglass Ambient Lightning Palette (must have!), Kat Von D Shade and Light Palette (absolutely obsessed with and highly recommend!), Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit (there's both powder and cream palettes), Yves Saint Laurent Couture Variation 10 Color Eyeshadow Palette, Naked Basics Palettes (everyday palette) and much much much more!
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| Benefit Real Cheeky Party Blushing Beauty Kit |
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| Kat Von D Shade & Light Palette |
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| Morphe 35T Eyeshadow Palette |
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| Anastasia Beverly Hills Self-Made Palette (sorry about the ring light!) |
[Those are just some pictures of the palettes mentioned!]
3)Value Sets from Sephora
Sephora has so many value sets to choose from right now! You have the Too Faced Grand Palais, GlamGlow GiftSexy sets, Too Faced Melted Kisses and Sweet Cheeks, Bite Beauty Discovery Set (most products are full size, so great value!), Smashbox Art Love Color Pout Collection, Origins Let Us Glow, Sephora Favorites: Give Me Some Lip, Fresh Mask Must Haves, Make Up For Ever Artist Plexi-Gloss Kit, Buxom Look All You Want Set (on special right now! Amazing value!) and much more!
4)Limited Edition Lipsticks
Everyone loves a limited edition lipstick! There's Bite Beauty Mapple Matte Creme Lipstick, YSL Rouge Pur Couture Kiss and Love Collector's Lipstick, Chanel Allure Velvet in La Merveilleuse, MAC Mariah Carey Lipstick and much more! You can always get a non limited edition lipstick! Like you really can't go wrong with lipsticks!
5)Perfume
If you're willing to spend a little more, perfumes are a great gift! My personal favorite is Gucci Flora. It's floral, but fresh! I also love both Chanel Chance and Madmoiselle. Like perfume can be hard, because I'm really picky, but you can casually just add in "Oh you know what scent I love ______" and they'll give you their opinion or say "Yes I've been wanting to try it" or "No, I'm not a fan". Like, when I'm shopping for gifts, I always casually slide in things and they never notice! I always get my answer! Also, another tip, go shopping with them! If you know they want a perfume, take them to Sephora or The Bay or Nordstorm and try them out!
6)Makeup Bag
Honestly, you can never have enough makeup bags! Sephora has so many cute makeup bags! They have those cute printed ones with a saying, such as "Losing you hurt, but losing my makeup bag would be a tragedy". They also have the leopard/cheetah print rose gold makeup bags! There's a ton of them and they're all very cute/stylish! You can even go to a department store and get a brand name makeup pouch, such as Tory Burch, Marc Jacobs, Charlotte Tilbury, Michael Kors, Kate Spade and so on!
7)Makeup Brush Sets
Makeup brushes are a great gift! Normally, a lot of beauty lovers don't purchase brushes, because they tend to be expensive! Especially during holidays, so many companies come out with brush collections that are a great value! For example, Sephora has several brush collections under their brand! They're good quality and come with cute packaging. I highly recommend you look into their Be Spotted Brush Set or Glitter Happy Brush Set. There's also Morphe that have amazing brush sets at a affordable price! These brushes are honestly amazing! They're MAC dupes, but so much cheaper! There's Set 692, Set 696, Set 501 and Set 682 that are really nice! I highly recommend you check it out! You can always pick out the brushes individually if you know exactly what they want! Just tie a ribbon around it to make it pretty!
8)Customization
Honestly customizing things adds so much value to a product! Even if it's someone that collects clutter, I guarantee you, if you put their name on it or their business name, they'll keep it forever! You can do this for brush holders, makeup brushes, customized eyeshadow palettes, makeup travel case or even just get a badge for your makeup artist! Especially brush holders are easy to customize! You can get it from dollarama and paint (or spray paint) your desired color. Then, you can add gems on it or if you're artsy, draw your friend's business logo on it or even just write their name or business name. You can even go to those ceramic cafes and do that or even customize a mug for them! There's so much you can do, you just got to get creative!
Now, I know some of you may just be doing a secret Santa or even just want a stocking stuffer or you're on a budget. It's ok! There's still options for you! Here are basically under $20 gifts!
1)Sephora Masks
This is legit the perfect inexpensive gift! Sephora released the Face mask ($8CAD), the Eye Mask ($6CAD) and the Sleeping Mask ($5CAD), which are absolutely amazing! The face and eye mask are one time use, but you see instant results with them! I personally love the Sleeping Mask out of all of them and you can use that pot up to 4-5 times! I really think they'll enjoy it, because who doesn't love a mask?!
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| Sephora Face Masks |
2) Lush products
Since it's winter, who doesn't love to take a bath? Especially a long day at work and travelling in the cold weather, taking a bath is just so relaxing. I find Lush has the best bath products! Like have you ever tried their bath bombs, bubble bars or luxury bath melts?! They're amazing and just make bath time even more exciting! They range anywhere from $5-$10CAD, so it's the perfect small gift! They also have a huge variety, so you'll definitely find something suitable for them! Especially when it comes to the bath bombs, you have so many options! Lush also has amazing face masks! They also come with a lot of product and I find if you use their masks for about a week or 2, you start seeing results! I also heard great things about their body butters and toners!
3)Morphe Lashes
This is another great gift! Morphe Lashes are only $3.49USD and you have a large variety to choose from! I personally love the WSP and #217! The band isn't too thick and the lashes look so natural! You also have many options! If you're not too sure which lashes they would like, I would stick to the natural looking ones (the ones I mentioned!). There's also Ardell lashes that I like and I heard great things about the Koko ones!
4)Nyx Soft Matte Lip Creams
These are honestly amazing and they would make the perfect stocking stuffer! Nyx is really popular for their Soft Matte Lip Creams. They're in between a lip gloss and a liquid lipstick, so if your makeup addict hasn't tried these yet, you can surprise them with this! Some of the popular shades are Stockholm, London, Abu Dhabi, Zurich, Athens and Canne!
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| Abu Dhabi & Athens |
5)Nail Polish
I think nail polish is one beauty product that no one gets sick of! There are just so many shades and finishes out there! I personally love Essie and Sally Hansen nail polishes! They're under $10CAD and at times, you can find Sally Hansen nail polishes for $5CAD! There's always a new different color trending by the season, so I suggest it's best to pick up that! If you want to splurge, there's also Formula X nail polishes that are amazing at Sephora and that brand comes in a huge variety!
6)Deluxe Size Products at Sephora
There's so many deluxe size products at Sephora! If you know something in specific that they been wanting to try, then definitely go check it out at Sephora! They have a lot of deluxe size mascaras and lipsticks to choose from! Even for skincare, they have so many products! Many people just want to test out a product before splurging on the full size, so it may be a nice stocking stuffer to get! I know a lot of people buy the Smashbox Photo Primer, Smashbox Photo Finish Primer Water, Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara and Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray in deluxe forms to test out, so these can be a option for you! There's of course more products, I just named the few main ones!
7) ColourPop Products
I absolutely love this brand and all their products are $5-10USD. They're really inexpensive with great quality! I absolutely love their eyeshadows, highlighters, lipsticks and lip liners! They have a huge variety to choose from! It's good to have some kind of an idea to what colors they like! You can even read reviews of the products on the site!
Other than that, I'm sure there's millions of things that I forgot about, but this is just a small list to give you guys an idea! Like, I stress a lot with Christmas gifts and I'm constantly looking up things on Google, so I decided to make your lives a little easier! I know if you don't know much about makeup, it's really hard to find things, but just remember, a makeup addict or junkie will love any kind of makeup, so don't stress too much! Regardless, it's the thought that counts! Happy Christmas shopping guys!
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