The Beauty Edit: Gifts You’ll Want to Give (And Get)
Where are my beauty lovers at!
Whether you’re shopping for a loved one or want to send Santa a wish list, this mini beauty gift guide is for you. I’ve rounded up some of my tried and true favourites and included a few extra items I have on my personal wish list!
13 Beauty Gifts to Give This Holiday Season
- Laura Mercier Eye Basics in Linen: it’s like foundation for your lids! Create a perfect canvas, whether you where it alone or under eyeshadow.
- Midnight Paloma Everything Balm: made with a blend of butters + oils that are packed with healing agents and the hero ingredient: coconut butter. Naturally anti-bacterial + healing. Use my promo code to get 15% off: bestofthislife
- Drunk Elephant A-Passioni Retinol Cream: the perfect addition to your evening routine.
- Beauty Blender Sponge: for a flawless application.
- Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara: intensely black, volumizing mascara with an hourglass-shaped brush that separates, coats, and curls each lash to voluptuous perfection.
- Riversol Microfibre Make-up Removal Facecloth: this ultra-soft microfibre cloth was developed to remove all make-up easily using your favourite gentle cleanser or even, just warm water! Use my promo code to get 15% off: EMILY15
- The Body Shop Pink Grapefruit Shower Gel: I’m obsessed with this scent!
- MAC Pink Lipstick in Faux: such a pretty mauve-pink hue. M·A·C’s Satin finish has a creamy texture that breaks into a soft cushiony feel. A beauty bag favourite!
- Essie Gel Couture in Ballet Nudes: love this pretty, classic soft palette of colours! Get long wear and instant gel-like shine in an easy 2-step system.
- Clinique Clarifying Lotion 3: sweeps away grime to help reveal the appearance of smoother, clearer-looking skin.
- Midnight Paloma Skin Kit (including Detox Mask and Face Oil): Get the best out of Midnight Paloma’s skincare by trying them all together. Use my promo code to get 15% off: bestofthislife
- Burts Bees Hydrating Lip Oil with Passion Fruit Oil: gives a subtle shine without feeling sticky! Replenishes moisture and reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Great to have in your purse for the winter season!
- T3 Singlepass Curl 1.25-Inch Professional Ceramic Curling Iron: this one’s on my wishlist! The promise – creates long-lasting, polished curls with ease in just one pass.
Emily Smith, Editor of The Best of This Life, has been crafting lifestyle content and delicious recipes for over a decade. Featured on platforms like BRIT + CO, Today's Parent, and Chatelaine, she writes about family, food, home, and wellness, inspiring readers to live well and savour life's beauty. Based in Ottawa, she shares her adventures with her husband, two beautiful kids, and their mischievous cat, Zoro.
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The Clinique Clarifying Lotion 3 sounds really amazing! Would love to try it along with the rest of the products you included!
That T3 Singlepass Curl 1.25-Inch Professional Ceramic Curling Iron has been on my wishlist forever!!!
Coconut butter, and the detox mask sound great!
I would love to try the beauty blender.
I like the beauty blender sponge.
The Body Shop pink grapefruit body gel is a smell I enjoy.
I’d really like to try the Burts Bees Hydrating Lip Oil with Passion Fruit Oil, my lips get so dry in the winter. Sounds like a great product.
I’d love to try the Burts Bees Hydrating Lip Oil with Passion Fruit Oil. My lips get so dry in the winter.
Soooo many! Clinique Clarifying Lotion 3: sweeps away and Drunk Elephant A-Passioni Retinol Cream would be ?
The Burts Bees hydrating lip oil is exactly what i need right now. The cold weather has already dried out my lips and I like that it’s natural from Burts Bees too. They have great products.
I would love to try the Midnight Paloma Everything Balm. made with a blend of butters + oils that are packed with healing agents . That just sounds deliciously irrisistable. My skin would love some TLC. 🙂
The Pink Grapefruit Shower Gel is the product that is most interesting to me and I bet it smells amazing
I would love to receive the Burt’s Bees lip oil in my stocking (are you listening, Santa?) In all honesty, I would appreciate any one of these items you have chosen for your holiday gift guide – thank you for the chance to win! Merry Christmas ! 😀
I love the Laura Mercier Eye Basics in Linen. It is a perfect base to add color to your eyes!
I am very interested in the Laura Mercier Eye Basics Primer as it sounds great just for wearing on its own. Plus how easy for a natural look.
i like number 13 but number 12 is a must on cold days
The Body Shop Pink Grapefruit Shower Gel is a product Id love to try!
I would love the riversol in the holdiay beauty guide
I would love to try that Drunk Elephant A-Passioni Retinol Cream you have there. This aging thing ya know….
I would love to try the Pink Grapefruit Shower gel, it sounds awesome! thanks for sharing your list!
I would love to try The Body Shop Pink Grapefruit Shower Gel! Sounds like something I would like
The body shop grapefruit sounds refreshing – even more during the cold winter months.
Two faced Better Than Sex Mascara is my Fave!
Great gift ideas! I really like the The Body Shop Pink Grapefruit Shower Gel and the T3 Singlepass Curl 1.25-Inch Professional Ceramic Curling Iron is on my wishlist.
I like the Everything Balm.Would love to try that
I love the scent of citrus so definitely The Body Shop Grapefruit Gel!
i hit post too quick, but for me, i like to change my shower gels, the pink grapefruit for me looks nice
All of it! lol. I love trying new products and especially skincare. Haven’t tried any Drunk Elephant so maybe it is time. And I love Mac lipstick. Have been wearing Twig for years. Thanks for the list of suggestions.
Burts Bees Hydrating Lip Oil with Passion Fruit Oil: so dry here in Manitoba.
Pink Grapefruit Shower Gel I used this years ago, thank you for reminding me, I remember how fresh it made me feel
I would love to try the.Better Than Sex Mascara.
I would love to try both the Pink Grapefruit Shower Gel and the Microfibre Make-up Removal Facecloth.
I love the Drunk Elephant A-Passioni Retinol Cream and am planning on ordering it today for the Sephora VIB sale.
I have heard great things about Drunk Elephant products and would love to try the A-Passioni Retinol Cream.
What a great list that you put together! I have heard great things about Too Faced brand. Thank you for sharing and for the chance to win!
I would love to try the Essie nail polishes; the colours look pretty.
That mac Pink lipstick is just the right shade. I love it. 🙂
I’d love to try the Essie nail polish. I love the shades. They’re ladylike, but wearable for day-to-day.
I’d love to try the Clinique Clarifying Lotion , because I work in a kitchen my skin feels and looks greasy by the time I leave , itd be nice to have a little something to clear up my face before heading home .
I love the Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara. I love the way it makes my lashes stand out.
I have always been a fan on Burts Bees. I have several tubes of their chapstick in my car, purse, bedside table. Keeps my lips super soft.
Midnight Paloma Everything Balm, sounds like a great balm for my dry skin during our harsh winter months. The Body Shop Pink Grapefruit Shower Gel sounds wonderful too and then of course there are the wonderful Essie Gel Couture in Ballet Nudes too, these are my top 3. Some wonderful articles on this list. 🙂
The T3 Singlepass Curl 1.25-Inch Professional Ceramic Curling Iron is definitely on my wishlist now too.
Such great products! I’d love to try Riversol – I’ve heard amazing things 🙂
I wouldn’t mind trying the Drunk Elephant Retinol Cream.
I would love to try the Everything Balm.
I would like the Clinique Clarifying Lotion
I would love to try the Two Faced Better Than Sex Mascara
T3 Singlepass Curl 1.25-Inch is wonderful, would be easy to use and fast, love to try it on my teens hair also!
The Burts Bees Hydrating Lip Oil would be perfect because my lips are always dry in the winter
The Clinique Clarifying Lotion 3 sounds like it could help with my oily skin!
I would love to have the Mac pink lipstick.
Pink Grapefruit Shower Gel would be something I’d keep for myself!
Uhmm everything caught my eye? Lol I love the MAC lipstick you showed – the color looks perfect for me
I’m interested in trying the Clinique Clarifying Lotion 3 to help my skin through the dry winter months.
I will be looking for Burts Bees Hydrating Lip Oil with Passion Fruit Oil:
I would LOVE to try the MAC lipstick – the color is fab!
My girls and I would love the T3 Singlepass Curl 1.25-Inch Professional Ceramic Curling Iron.
The Burts Bees Hydrating Lip Oil with Passion Fruit Oil sounds lovely!
I love the Burts Bees lip products! They would be perfect for my lips!
I love the T3 Singlepass Curl 1.25-Inch Professional Ceramic Curling Iron in your holiday gift guide. I don’t own a curling iron, despite having grown up with one (my mom always curled my straight hair, from when I was just little!). With 3 girls in the house, I think Santa should bring us this one for Christmas!
I love the Midnight Paloma Everything Balm. It sounds amazing and luxurious.
Love the beauty gift guide! I’ve been curious about the Beauty Blenders but scared to try it despite the rave reviews. Perhaps I’ll drop hubby some hints. I can just imagine him now….”did you just say you want a sponge for your…face?” Lol he won’t get it ???