The Venn diagram between the beauty lovers in your lives and the best gift-giver you know is probably a circle. That’s because those in the know when it comes to the latest in scents, serums and creams spend an inordinate amount of time scouring the net for the hottest releases. They keep their ear streets and aren’t just in the know—they are the know.
Beauty lovers particularly enjoy making little luxuries out of everyday experiences like a particularly rich hand cream to use before bed or a special-occasion luxury fragrance. They basically invented the concept of romanticizing your life.
The gift-giving season is the ideal time to give mini luxuries, which are basically pricier everyday items someone would feel a little guilty buying for themselves on a regular basis but make the perfect non-bank-breaking price.
Basically, when it comes to gift-giving, beauty lovers are seldom bested, but this list of top-of-the-line beauty products will wow even the most adept beauty lovers in your life and show them that you know a thing or two about the glimmering world of aesthetics yourself.
Indulgent Body Creams
Winter is dry skin’s barren playground, so people are probably going through lotions and creams with irregular swiftness. Hence, a thick body butter is a welcome addition to just about every winter skin arsenal. Plus, indulgent creams that are priced above what the everyday person wants to spend on an everyday lotion are the perfect sweet spot for a statement-making gift.
Make Washdays Simpler
Wash days are a ritualistic facet of Black self-care routines, and starting up a quality routine can be tricky and expensive. So, this year, give the beauty lovers in your life the gift of good hair days with these routine-ready hair care bundles.
Travel Ready Goodies
Travel Tuesday brought in great flight deals, so why not get some travel-ready beauty products for the beauty fanatics in your life to wish them a true beauté voyage? These beauty products will take their skin from dry to prime for all the jet-setting endeavors the year might bring them.
Luxury Lip Goodies
Lip goodies are one of the best gifts because you can really get creative with the combinations, and it’s such a low-stakes gift that you don’t have to know the depths of your giftee’s makeup preferences to still be able to get them a quality product they will actually use.
Scents for the Season
Finding your signature fragrance can be a costly and time exhaustive endeavor but an extremely fun pursuit, nonetheless. Plus, sample-size fragrances are a great option to help the fragrance connoisseurs in your life build their signature scent profile or curate a fragrance collection.
For the Wellness Babe
You know that friend or family member who would choose a three-day wellness retreat over a weekend getaway in Las Vegas? This is for them, you know, the yoga-loving, gua sha enthusiast who champions a holistic approach to beauty.
