This holiday, we make buying a gift for your beauty-junkie friend easy
We don’t think beauty product wish lists should be reserved for the holiday season, but there’s no better time to make your desires known than this shopping-riddled month. To help with your gift-giving, we’ve picked our current favorite must-haves for seven types of beauty junkies.
THE NAIL-ART ADDICT
The New Black The Digital Underground Rebel Edge set: If The New Black does anything perfectly, it’s come up with incredible nail polish sets that inspire but also leave the door open to endless possibilities. In the hands of a DIY-er or nail-art expert this five-piece set—four polishes plus a bottle of metallic studs—could provide hours of entertainment, and even better, gorgeous mani designs. $24
Essie Nail Corrector Pen: The polish remover marker from Essie is sheer genius. It’s an easy-to-wield, refillable pen loaded with nail lacquer remover that takes the guesswork out of doing your nails at home. The flat-topped point facilitates removing polish from around cuticles and crevasses, leaving nails salon-perfect with little fuss. $14
THE MASCARA FIEND
Chanel Le Volume de Chanel: If your girlfriend loves major lashes, she’ll die over Chanel’s newest mascara. It adds never-before-seen plumpness to each lash with the exclusive “Snowflakes” brush (of both long and short bristles) that only requires a couple swipes for full, luscious coverage. $30
MAC Haute & Naughty Too Black Lash: Double up on extreme lashes with this new blacker-than-black formula (loaded with intense carbon pigment) of the MAC classic. The dual-wand mascara comes with a ‘natural’ brush and a second ‘volumized’ brush; both provide lash-lengthening definition, but it’s the volumized version that really gives you megawatt results. $20
THE SPA LOVER
African Botanics Marula Stretchmark Body Oil: We’re crazy about marula oil, so it’s natural that we’d want to indulge the rest of our skin in all its healing properties. This cold-pressed, 100% natural and organic product is loaded with essential fatty acids, naturally occurring Omegas and antioxidiants, making it easily absorbed while reducing the appearance of stretchmarks and scars (it’s safe during and after pregnancy) by increasing the natural resistance and strength of the skin. $70
SpaRitual Instinctual Sand Scrub: When there’s just not time or money for a professional full-body scrub-down, SpaRitual’s new scrub, blended with white Bora Bora and volcanic magma sands, is the next best thing. The sands not only exfoliate, but their unique properties help tone and eliminate impurities while Moroccan argan oil moisturizes. Pure pampering. $49
THE BROW BABE
Kelley Baker Brows brushes: We can’t imagine anyone who wouldn’t want to get—or give—perfect brows for the holidays. Kelley Baker’s synthetic-hair precision Angle Spooly Brush and Highlighter Smudge Brush will get anyone one step closer. Use both to apply her highlighter and brow powders and tame stray hairs, and Cara Delevingne’s arches will be in closer reach in no time. $20-$30
Zoey Van Jones Eyebrow Shaping Stencils: These new brow-shaping stencils from Zoey Van Jones help get you in between visits or while on vacation. The set comes with four stencil shapes (including one for men) and easy-to-follow instructions for maintaining your manicured look at home. $35
THE SKINCARE SAVANT
Chantecaille Vital Essence: This is an oldie but a goodie from the French skincare company. The potent serum contains 95.5% botanicals, like Chinese flowers and soybean extract, which help replace collagen in all skin types while other ingredients help bring moisture deep into the skin. The pure rosewater base leaves skin soothed and completely non-greasy. Wear under other serums and moisturizers. $108
Arcona Overnight Cellular Repair Complex: Everything Arcona makes turns to gold, so a must-have on every skincare junkie’s vanity should be their new night cream, a super-rich formula (to be used sparingly!) featuring active ingredients such as jojoba, ursolic acid, reservatrol, black currant oil and vitamin E. It’s all you need to hydrate, rebuild, and protect skin in one power punch. $58
THE MANE ATTRACTION
Hearts and Stars Shampoo and Conditioner: Sulfate-free and paraben-free is our new goal when buying products, and this recently launched shampoo and conditioner is clean and has Hawaiian flavor (its birthplace) with strengthening keratin and hemp oil along with eucalyptus, tea tree and sage. Plus, a portion of every sale benefits a local Hawaiian food bank. $20 each
Schwartzkopf Osis+ Dust It Mattifyng Powder: If your roots ever need a touch up during the day (ours do), turn to this mini-sized savior. The velvet-finished, ultra-fine dust is reminiscent of a dry shampoo but packs a massive volume-boosting punch. It also takes down any oily shine that may occur, but heads up, it’s powerful stuff, so just use a shake or two and voilà! $22
THE LIP SERVICE
NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Damned: There’s no easier way than NARS’ genius and much-loved chubby Velvet Matte Lip Pencil to achieve a full, beautiful lip that stays, doesn’t smear and stays hydrated. Gift it in Damned and you’re giving a friend the chicest shade of the season. $24
Fresh Sugar Lip Polish: During winter, this is essential. Be nice to lips with this delicious polish, which removes the dry, flaky skin so typical of the season. Enriched with brown sugar crystals to naturally buff lips, the formula also nourishes with jojoba seed, grapeseed and meadowfoam seed oils while shea butter provide long-lasting moisture. $22.50










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SMASHING!!! Another great edition of savvy products & just in time for the holidays—thanks!