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Ultimate Gift Guide for the Makeup Lover

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Lasell chapter.

Makeup is a girl’s best friend.  Whether it be to cover up a few flaws, or use as a sense of expression, there’s a product for everybody.  

With the holidays coming up, it’s the perfect opportunity to get the makeup aficionado in your life something they would love.  Beauty brands all over are coming out with new and limited-edition palettes and bundles just for this occasion. Here are the top gifts for anyone who wears makeup.

Sephora Collection: Sparkle & Shine Brush Set

This new and exciting set provided by Sephora’s beauty brand is the ultimate gift for someone looking to expand their makeup brush collection, or replace old ones.  The box is adorable and is the perfect accessory to store the beautiful gold, sparkly brushes.  It’s a full face set that includes two luxe natural hair brushes and four synthetic brushes. Inside contains six different brushes to use. On Sephora’s website it’s priced at $54.

Hourglass: Ambient Lighting Edit – Surreal Light

This palette is not only beautiful, but the shades are also universally-flattering.  It is limited edition and can only be found in a Sephora for the holidays.  These shades of pressed powder, bronzer, blushes, and highlighter have never been released until now, so it’s perfect for any makeup lover.  The fact that the colors are for all skin types makes it much easier to know it’s the perfect gift.  It includes everything someone would need to finish, brighten, contour, and highlight the skin in a single compact.  It is priced at $80.

Morphe: 35F – Fall into Frost Palette

   

Morphe palettes are perfect for when spending over $50 is out of reach.  All Morphe palettes are inexpensive, this one pricing at only $22.99.  It includes seven highly-pigmented matte shades and 28 rich metallic colors.  Morphe products are an absolute steal to get this many shadows for such a low cost.  It will help create any eye-catching holiday look.

Colourpop: Just Peachy Lip Bundle

This lip bundle by Colourpop was recently released as part of their Holiday 2016 Collection. Colourpop, like Morphe, is inexpensive, but has the high quality of high makeup brands. This bundle includes three lip shades in Investigator, Screenshot, and Speed Dial, for only $12.  Instigator is a mid-tone peachy nude in a matte finish, Screenshot is a mid-tone nude peach in a satin finish, and Speed Dial is a rich peach in a matte finish.  Not only are the colors super cute, but so are the names.

Philosophy: Purity Made Simple One-Step Facial Cleanser

                

With every good makeup routine comes a good skincare routine.  Makeup won’t stay as well if proper skin care regimens are not used.  This Philosophy product found at Ulta is the perfect solution. It’s an award-winning cleanser that melts away dirt, oil, and makeup, while also toning and lightly hydrating.  This product is formulated for all skin types and is gentle enough for the sensitive eye-area.  The mini-bottle of this is $24 and the normal-sized bottle is $36, so it all depends on preference and frequency of use.  A little secret to this product is putting it to double use, not only as a face cleanser but also as a makeup brush cleanser.

beautyblender: beautyblender + Benefit Holiday Kit

 

Countless companies try to imitate the popular beautyblender sponge for less, but the only way to get the softest and most flawless look is by using the original.  Sephora has released this new and exclusive holiday kit featuring the collaboration between Benefit Cosmetics and beautyblender. It includes the original beautyblender, Blotterazzi, the game-changing reusable alternative to blotting papers, and the iconic POREfessional by Benefit, which quickly minimizes the appearance of pores and fine lines for ultimate smooth skin.  This deal is priced at only $40, which is perfect because each individual product is over $20.

Now that there are some great suggestions and ideas, it’ll be a breeze to shop for the makeup lover in anyone’s life.  Happy holiday shopping!

 

Madison Paloski is a senior at Lasell University studying fashion communication and promotion and graphic design.  She is currently the Editor in Chief of her school's chapter of Her Campus, an editorial stylist for POLISHED Magazine and Founder and Creative Director of the Fashion Styling and Photography Club on her campus.  She can most likely be found with an old film camera in hand, eating Chipotle, or at any local Saver's.  Her Instagram can be found at @maddiiiooyx and other work can be found at madisonpaloski.wixsite.com/portfolio.