We’re getting down to the wire with Christmas coming up less than a week away. Yikes! In case you need to pick up a couple of small, i.e. affordable, gifts or stocking stuffers, here are a few ideas.
Makeup Ideas
- IT Cosmetics Naturally Pretty Must-Haves Eye Set: 6 matte neutral eye shadows that are especially great for lovers of wine shades plus a travel size Hello Lashes Mascara. I own this sweet palette and I love it for travel or anytime. In fact, I reviewed and swatched it about a month ago and here’s the link. $28 at Ulta or IT Cosmetics website
- IT Cosmetics Airbrush Must-Haves 3 Piece Face & Eye Travel Set: super soft travel size foundation brush, powder brush and eye shadow brush. I just bought this and I adore it. $19.50 at Ulta and IT Cosmetics website
- Too Faced Melted French Kisses: 4 travel size Melted liquid lipsticks in shades of pink, 2 Metals – Peony & Macaron and 2 regular cream lipsticks – Chihuahua & Berry $25
- Becca Glow On The Go Shimmering Opal Skin Perfectors: Liquid and Powder minis $20: I just bought these two. Frankly, instead of the Rose Gold full size Skin Perfector that’s too dark for me, I should have bought the Opal, but I’m glad I’ve got it and the liquid opal that works as a liquid highlighter or as a gloss topper. $20 at Ulta
Other Small Gift Ideas
- Connoisseurs Sonic Dazzle Kit and Dazzle Drops: For the jewelry lover including yourself, the quick and easy way to get your jewelry glowing and gleaming for the holidays with results that look like you had your jewelry professionally cleaned! The kit comes with a battery-operated sonic dazzler that has a rotating brush head that makes your jewelry sparkle. The Sonic Dazzle Stik is used with Dazzle Drops for Silver Jewelry and/or Dazzle Drops Advanced Jewelry Cleansing Gel. The Dazzle Drops are sold separately as well. Very cool device! $34.99 Sonic Dazzle Stik, $8.99 Dazzle Drops
- Crabtree & Evelyn Anniversary Mug 2016: Ring in the New Year with a new anniversary mug from Crabtree & Evelyn. The mug is ironstone and is made in England. Every year they come out with a new mug with a different design. I’ve been collecting them probably since before you were born, 1986! $25 at Crabtree & Evelyn
- Victoria Emerson Wrap Bracelets: I bought a Victoria Emerson Wrap Bracelet two years ago made with turquoise beads and I love it. Very high quality especially for the $24 price. This year I got a pink crystal bracelet for the same price, and it’s super cute.
Stocking Stuffers
- Carmex Moisture Plus Lip Balm: Although it’s in the wrong photo, Carmex makes the cutest flower decorated lip balm. Too cute not to own. $2.99 Bed Bath & Beyond, widely available
- Gosling’s ChopSaver Lip Care: Even though this lip balm isn’t as cute as the Carmex Lip Balm, it works amazingly well and has great ingredients including arnica! Invented by a musician – a trumpeter, I think – to heal his sore and chapped lips. Made with 10 certified organic ingredients with SPF15. Mine has a mild fresh citrus scent. My dry lips love this stick. $3.85 at Walmart
- Travelo Purse Spray: I need to pick up some more of the cute and very handy Travalo purse spray. I own the original. It’s easy to fill and I have found it to be leak-proof. Travalo has a new, more expensive version that’s square and that has a removable chamber that can be washed out so you can use with other scents, or you can pop in another chamber with a different fragrance. Very cool devices.
- H2O Plus Hand Cream Travel Size: One of my all-time favorite hand creams, H2O Plus Hand Cream is very emollient and leaves hand sooooo soft and smooth. $10
- Nail Butter: For nail lovers, this fabulous, thick nail cream softens cuticles and improves the appearance of nails and finger tips. The lemongrass scent is wonderful, and it also comes in gardenia scent. on sale now for $24
- Milani Rose Embossed Powder Blush: Oh these rose embossed powder blushes that come in 3 shades would make a gorgeous but affordable stocking stuffer. Almost too pretty to use, it’s a long lasting and long-wearing blush. $7.99 on the Milani website, about $10 at CVS
- Pur Eye Polish: Cushion eye shadow that goes on easily and feels as light as a feather while providing long-lasting shine. I bought in shade Satin, a pale rose gold, and I adore it. It comes in 6 shades, I believe. $26 at Ulta or on the Pur Minerals website
- False Eyelashes: I’ve got Ardell Demi Lashes in the photo because they fit me best, but any ones will do. I also just picked up a pair of Kiss Press-On Lashes, too! Dying to try those out.
- Smashbox Always Sharp 3D Eyeliner: Comes in lots of shades, easy to apply, long-wearing.
- Invisi Bobble: Invisible coiled hair ring for creating all kinds of easy updos and hairstyles. So cute. The four Invisi Bobble set comes with a Style Guide
To be honest, I could go on forever, but you probably have plenty of ideas of your own. Here are just a few thoughts to get you going! Merry Christmas 😛
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What a fun read! I love your ideas Allison. 🙂
Thank you, Laura! Did you have to do much shopping for gifts this year? I know you haven’t been in a situation to do it. Thank goodness for online shopping, right?
Great suggestions! Those Too Faced Melted tho – ugh I need them haha
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I got the Too Face Melted minis at Ulta with the 20% off coupon. I think the price was $25 so it ended up costing $20. It was for a gift, and I hope she likes ’em!!
These are great suggestions! I love the Crabtree & Evelyn mug <3
Jodi recently posted…Reliving Childhood Memories with Demeter Fragrance Library
Jodi, you should see my collection of Crabtree & Evelyn mugs. They go back all the way to 1987! They’re beautiful
Love all your suggestions. I’d be thrilled to get those It cosmetics sets – particularly the travel brushes.
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The IT travel brushes are incredible, especially for $19.50. I think they’re a regular product on the IT website and at Ulta
Nice choices! Who could resist finding beauty goodies in their stocking? Not me. I want the Melted French Kisses set.
Thank you, Rachel! I hope you’ll find the the Melted French Kisses in your Christmas stocking. I bought it as a gift for someone during the Ulta 20% off event so I think it was a steal!
Great suggestions! I have wanted to pick up that milani blush ~ forever 😉
Monica.
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You should, Monica. It’s worth it, and they seem to always be on the Milani display at the CVS stores in my ‘hood
Love a good stocking stuffer! My mom always throws in lip balms and nail polishes
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You’ve got a great mom!
Awww, that mug is so pretty!! It reminds me of Russian folk art called “gzhel”. Now I really want to go back to visit 🙂
Oh, that’s very interesting, Anastasia! I have 20 years worth of the Crabtree & Evelyn anniversary mugs. They were originally designed by Mason of Fortnum & Mason but now they are made by another English firm, Burleigh. They are transferware, and many cultures have used this technique. It was a technique developed for middle class housewares because the design was developed on a stencil and transferred onto the mug or dinnerware. Much less expensive than hand painted dishes for the upper classes. I will look up examples of gzhel. I’d love to see what it looks like. And I hope you get a chance to go home to visit!
This is such a good post idea! I didn’t know Becca and IT made such cute little gift sets. The IT palette sounds like a mini/travel version of their Naturally Pretty Matte palette, kind of like what Smashbox did with their Full Exposure palette. And I still have to try Becca! Thanks for the recs, Allison. 🙂
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Any time, Sammi! Actually, the IT Naturally Pretty Must-Haves is made up of all new shades. In fact, you reminded me that I should link to my review and swatches of this little cutie.
What fantastic choices, Allison! I really want that Too Faced Melted French Kisses set!
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I gave that to someone as a gift. I hope she likes it!
Great gift ideas! I really love the look of the It Cosmetics kit, I had it in my ULTA cart and then decided not to get it…but now I’m rethinking lol
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the Must-Have palette? I reviewed it about a month ago. It is mostly wine colors: chardonnay, rose, pinot noir, merlot, cabernet – though those aren’t the names.
Great ideal, they are all so cute and small!
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The more makeup and skincare I accumulate, the more I like minis!
I need a tradition of hanging a stocking and filling it. I don’t have one and I’d like to take some of your ideas and put it in. I know I won’t be surprised but I’ll be happy with the Pur, Chopstick, Too Faced, and Becca to open.
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When I was a really tiny girl, my mother gave me a stocking but it was one of her nylons (before pantyhose) and it was filled with mostly oranges and apples with a few little toys in it. Needless to say, the stocking tradition didn’t last in our house, lol. But I love the idea of it! Have you tried the Pur Eye Polish? I really like it. Gotta do a review!
Great picks! I’m already a big fan of Nail Butter and that Too Faced kit sounds right up my alley!
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Too Faced Melted French Kisses is so cute with 2 metals and 2 regular shades!
I need that Sonic Dazzle Kit! I tend to rough-treat my jewellery; when in a hurry, I apply moisturiser/perfume/sunscreen/makeup after I wear my jewellery, so you can imagine what happens. It would be great to clean them this easily.
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It’s such a terrific jewelry cleaner! I didn’t know that Connoisseurs is also on English brand
I would love to get the Too Faced Melted set and the Smashbox liners. Happy holidays.
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Both are terrific! Happy holiday to you too, Aleya!
I need to check out that Jewelry cleaner. I rotate between gold and silver and find that I’m always looking for a better cleaner. Those sound great.
Honeygirlk recently posted…Soft and Smooth Winter Skin With Savannah Bee Royal Jelly Body Butter
The jewelry cleaners from Connoisseurs really are great. I need to do a separate post on them before Valentine’s Day, another jewelry intensive time of year for me!
I Love your picks! I could definitely use the jewelry cleaner. I use a silver cleansing cloth most of the time, but some styles are too intricate to get really clean.
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I know what you mean, Bailey. I like the ease of a cleansing cloth and I know that Connoisseurs has them too. The Dazzle Stick and soaking intricate pieces of jewelry in the Dazzle Drops can make cleaning those pieces so much easier.
Oooh that jewelry cleaner actually sounds AMAZING!
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The Connoisseurs jewelry cleaners ARE awesome! I need to do a full review soon.
This is a great stocking filler gift guide, I would be chuffed with this x
Thank you, Rachel! Thank you for stopping by and hope you get a lovely Christmas stocking this year 🙂
Great list, lady. I need those hair ties and that jewelry cleaner. 😀
The Connoisseurs jewelry cleaners are awesome! Gotta do a review on them. The invisibobble would be such fun to use to make cool styles with your colorful hair!
Great gift guide! Wish I was on your Xmas list! Lol. I want to check out that jewelry cleaner. Sounds neat!
I need to do a full review of the jewelry cleaner. It’s fantastic!
I love that Dazzle Stick! That reminds me that I had one a few years ago and it ran out and I never replenished it.
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I’m so glad that you know about the Dazzle Stick too! I need to do a full review of it soon!
I know Christmas is over now, I totally forgot about this thread! I love that jewelry cleanser however and I may look into picking one up.
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Kristina, I am such a dope for not getting up a full review of the Connoisseur Dazzle Stick & cleansing drops. This is hands-down the best jewelry cleaning device and cleaner I have ever tried. It’s like a miracle! I strongly recommend it!