Have Them Rocking Around The Christmas Tree With These Beauty-licious Holiday Gift Ideas

Stumped about what to buy the rest of the folks on your holiday shopping list? Read on for even more splendiferous ideas for the beauty lovers in your life!

Korres Greek Beauty Sleep, $24. Available at Sephora.com

Who doesn’t want to wake up looking radiant and refreshed? It’s a beauty dream come true! And yet it can become a reality with the Korres Greek Beauty Sleep, which features two star products from the brand’s beloved Wild Rose Vitamin C collection.

For years, I’ve touted the brightening wonders of the Wild Rose Vitamin C Brightening Sleeping Facial, a non-greasy, beautifully scented sleeping mask that toils away while you catch some Zzzs, working in tandem with your skin’s own circadian rhythm. Since our skin regenerates and heals at a faster rate while we sleep, then, this mask’s nutrients are designed to take advantage of our skin’s internal clock, further enhancing the performance of hormones like melatonin and HGH that facilitate wound healing, boost DNA repair and increase cellular turnover. And, since skin is more permeable at night, any nutrients in a good sleeping mask will be readily absorbed. In this case, the ingredients in question include an ultra-stable form of vitamin C, which is known to boost radiance, help diminish dark spots, and jumpstart collagen production, as well as dog rose oil, which is rich in fatty acids that nourish and hydrate the skin. These ingredients are then married with nourishing jojoba seed oil and sunflower seed oil;  rosemary extract, a natural antiseptic that keeps skin balanced and acne-free; and lactic acid, which facilitates exfoliation, removing dead surface skin cells and helping to reveal a more luminous complexion.

In addition to a 20ml Wild Rose Vitamin C Advanced Brightening Sleeping Facial, the kit includes a 15ml Wild Rose Vitamin C Active Brightening Oil, which can be applied in the evening, prior to the Sleeping Facial, as well as in the morning after cleansing. This delightful oil can also be mixed with your daytime moisturizer for an added hydration and radiance boost or blended with foundation to give your makeup some major skincare benefits. Infused with real rose petals, the oil contains skin-softening apricot kernel oil and sunflower seed oil, as well as dog rose oil, rosemary extract, and ginger root extract.

Think of this as a bed of roses for your skin!

Salvatore Ferragamo Amo Ferragamo Eau de Parfum Limited Edition, $100. Available exclusively at Bloomingdales stores and at Bloomingdales.com

This holiday season, Salvatore Ferragamo’s Amo Ferrragamo EDP got a new party dress – one that’s reflects the glamour, exuberance, and daring femininity below that exterior. The limited-edition black bottle with gold accents will add a Gastby-worthy, Art Deco extravagance to any vanity table. The scent, meanwhile, remains unchanged, opening with the juiciness of blackcurrant juxtaposed against the freshness of rosemary and a modern bitter accord, then opening the curtain to reveal a deeply feminine jasmine sambac heart that’s made unique thanks to the addition of mate absolute and a rhubarb note, before drying down with a woody sweetness thanks to the vanilla and sandalwood base notes.

Finishing Touch Flawless Brows, $19.99. Available at Bed Bath & Beyond, ULTA, and Walmart stores and at Amazon.com

You know those stray hairs that crop up above or directly below your perfectly groomed and manicured brows? Or those teeny, ultra-fine hairs along the upper eyelid area that are almost imperceptible when makeup-free but become glaringly obvious when wearing eyeshadow? Well, you can now get rid of these pesky hairs in between your waxing, tweezing, or threading sessions in an easy and completely pain-free way. The Finishing Touch Flawless Brows is a battery-operated grooming tool with a precisely engineered hair that uses micr-oscillation to remove unwanted hairs quickly and gently. It’s completely pain-free, and it contains an LED light that allows you to spot even the smallest of hairs so your brows can stay on fleek at all times.

Shea Terra Organics Shea Nilotik’ 30% Shea Whipped Body Cream in Rice Milk Cardamom, $16. Available at SheaTerraOrganics.com

Think all shea butter is exactly the same? Think again! Shea Nilotik’ shea butter is derived from an uncommon species of the shea tree found only in Northern Uganda and Southern Sudan (as opposed to West Africa, where more common shea trees are found). The nuts of this special shea tree species are said to produce a butter with a softer and creamier texture. Moreover, the shea butter used in this body cream is produced in Uganda from start to finish — first, a collective of women collects the nuts, then sells it to a family-owned mill which, in turn, cold-presses the soft butter out of the nuts. The result is virgin (or raw, unrefined) shea butter that’s never boiled, fired, bleached, or deodorized, and hence has a higher concentration of vitamin A, phytosterols, and antioxidants than its processed counterparts.

But the skin-healing, ultra-nourishing, super-moisturizing powers of this body cream go beyond the quality of the shea butter used. For starters, the 30%  shea butter is whipped with pure mountain spring water as opposed to tap water — which, as we know all too well, can be contaminated with lead, pesticides, bleach, and harmful bacteria. These key ingredients are then infused with rice milk extract and cardamom essential oil to give the cream a comforting, soothing, cozy scent. You can massage this body cream onto your arms, legs, midsection, ankles, heels, cuticles, elbows, and pretty much any part of your body that’s feeling dry and itchy. Not only will this cream keep your skin supple and smooth during the coldest and driest winter days, but it will help to keep skin looking youthful thanks to its vitamin A and fatty acid content, and it will help to minimize pesky stretch marks.

Drunk Elephant The Littles, $90. Available at Sephora.com

The brand may be called Drunk Elephant, but its team its well-versed on the sobering side effects of some of the ingredients that often lurk inside our skincare products — which is why, as a resolute clean beauty brand, Drunk Elephant promises that all its products are free of what it calls “the suspicious six,” a category that includes silicones, chemical sunscreens, artificial coloring and fragrances, sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) , essential oils, and drying alcohol. Since these six ingredient types can dry out the skin, trigger allergies, and result in rashes or irritation, Drunk Elephant nixes them from its formulas altogether, instead focusing on efficacious formulas that help that are suitable for even the most sensitive skin types.

As its name implies, The Littles includes a variety of travel-sized products that help to keep skin healthy and radiant. In the perky pink pouch, then, you’ll find 8 skincare products to help you address all of your skin’s needs. Since healthy skin begins with a proper cleansing routine, the kit includes a 1 fl oz. tube of the Beste No. 9 Jelly Cleanser, which features a blend of mild, fatty acid-rich, coconut-based surfactants that lift and remove dirt, excess oil, and makeup, along with soothing cantaloupe extract and nourishing, skin-softening marula oil. Next, to give skin a youthful glow, the kit includes a 0.27 oz. bottle of the C-Firma Day Serum, which features a unique complex containing 15% f L-Ascorbic Acid (a form of vitamin C), 0.5%  ferulic acid (a compound that stabilizes vitamin C and improves its efficacy), and 1% vitamin E so as to neutralize free radicals that can result in visible aging signs while simultaneously brightening the complexion and boosting collagen production. For those whose skin is feeling a bit parched, there’s a 0.27 oz. bottle of the B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum, which contains vitamin B5 to quench the skin’s thirst and to improve its barrier function so as to prevent excessive moisture loss. To rejuvenate the skin, there’s a 0.27 oz. bottle of the Virgin Marula Luxury Face Oil containing 100% virgin marula oil, which high concentration of omegas 6 and 9 and hence helps to reduce fine lines and wrinkles, even out skin tone, and moisturize dry skin without any leftover residue or tackiness. To make the most of your beauty sleep, there’s the TLC Framboos Glycolic Night Serum, which boasts a 12% concentration of Alpha Hydroxy Acids and Beta Hydroxy Acids that exfoliate the top layers of dull, dead, surface skin cells and reveal a more luminous, even-toned, and line-free complexion. Perfect for the winter season, the kit also includes a 0.5 oz. jar of the rich and indulgent Lala Retro Whipped Cream features a blend of six ultra-nourishing and moisturizing African oils (among them marula, mongongo, and baobab oils), as well as hydrating and skin-brightening plantain extract and antioxidant-rich fermented green tea. A 0.17 oz. bottle of the Shaba Complex Eye Serum and a 0.5 oz. of the chemical-free Umbra Sheer Physical Defense SPF 30 complete this kit.

They may be little, but these powerhouse products make a big impact on your skin’s health.