Beauty Gift Guide: Best Makeup and Skincare Gifts

Have yWe’vearted your holiday shopping yet? Do you have a beauty lover on your list? We’ve put together this comprehensive Beauty Gift Guide with the best makeup and skincare gifts for the 2018 holiday season.

Beauty Cases and Travel Accessories Gifts

Let’s face it, your travel fan wants to go on a vacation, but why not surprise them by hiding the ticket in a new travel toiletry bag? Beauty travel accessories also make great stocking stuffers.

Makeup and Toiletry Bags Are Great for Wrapping Other Gifts

Check out Vera Bradley’s line-up of cosmetic cases and travel bags which are available on their website (with shipping to Canada). Amazon also has some favourite beauty accessories available like fillable silicone containers, travel-friendly makeup brush sets make up brush sets and travel pillow kits.

Read more: Best Travel Toiletry Bags

Beauty Gift Guide: Skincare Gift Sets

Your local drug stores and department stores have packed their shelves with skincare gift packs, some of which come in a pretty cosmetics case. These gift sets often come with travel-friendly sizes of your beauty lover’s favourite skincare products. 

Canadians will find these at Hudson’s Bay, Shoppers Drug Mart and Sephora stores, to name a few and Americans can find great gifts at Macy’s, JC Penny, Wegman’s and other department stores. Favourite skincare brands include Clinique, Lancome, Vichy and Elizabeth Arden.

2019 Holiday Sets from L’Occitane

Luxury skincare gift sets from L’Occitane are always a holiday favourite. With their designer holiday-inspired boxes and variety packs filled with travel and full-size favourites, these gift sets will not disappoint.

Here is our most popular skincare post from 2018:

• Vichy Liftactive Vitamin C
• L’Oréal Revitalift Bright Reveal
• Vichy Teint Ideal Foundation 

Makeup Gift Sets

Like the skincare gift sets, makeup packages are also put together for the holiday season. Packed with holiday colours, travel-sized samples and sometimes travel cases and accessories, makeup gift sets are an excellent choice for your beauty lover.

Here are some of our recent makeup favourites:

• Bite Beauty The Lip Pencil Review: Hello Moist Lips
• Revlon Mega Multiplier Mascara

Beauty Gift Guide: Jewellery Gift Sets

Jewellery gift sets are a great idea. From watch and bracelet packs, necklaces and earrings, most department stores have a variety of gift sets put together for you. Want something more personal? Pandora bracelets are great as you can choose charms that tell a story about the person whom you are gifting. The best part is you can keep buying charms for future gift-giving like birthdays, anniversaries and other special occasions.

Gift Cards and Shopping Sprees

What beauty lover doesn’t like shopping! If you still don’t know what to get, why not give them a shopping spree? Buy a cosmetic bag and fill it with gift cards from your local mall, department store or cosmetics store.

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• Best Travel Gifts for Men
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