Best Gifts for Beauty Buffs for the 2016 Holidays

Have a loved one who adores makeup and beauty products? Here are all the details on top gift ideas for beauty buffs that I shared on Fox 2 News in St. Louis. Below is video of the segment and more details on everything I recommended today.

Skin Care. For beauties who love to have the best skin care:

Clarisonic Mia Fit Holiday Collection for Her

• One of the most coveted of skin care tools around
• New compact, travel-friendly design that fits comfortably in the palm of the hand
• Portable for holiday trips and in a gym bag
• Includes the Mia FIT device, full-size Sonic Radiance Skin Illuminating Cleanser and two Sonic Radiance Brush Heads ($219, available at clarisonic.com)

Honest Beauty Travel Kit

• Includes five essential products in a chic bag
• Includes a full-sized Magic Balm and four deluxe travel-size skin care products to cleanse, hydrate and protect
• High-performance formulas without questionable or potentially harmful ingredients
• Made without parabens, phthalates, gluten, silicone, petrolatum, synethetic fragrance or dyes ($25, available at honestbeauty.com and ulta.com)

Sabon Holiday Skin Care Sets

• Dead Sea Set Collection includes three natural, healing, soothing skin care products in a beautiful gift box:
  • Dead Sea Body Mud
  • Mineral Body Lotion
  • Shower Oil ($52, available at sabonnyc.com)
• Limited Edition Lady In Red Kit includes a luxe red cosmetics bag with:
  • Patchouli Lavender Vanilla Butter Hand Cream
  • Kiwi Mango Lip Balm
  • Deep Love Body Dew and mini mirror ($49)
• Zer Rose Eau de Toilette is a feminine rose scent in a romantic bottle that looks beautiful on a makeup table ($45)

Makeup. For beauties who love to play with great color:

Honest Beauty The Rose Gold Glimmer Set

• A limited edition makeup kit to add dazzling glamour to lips and cheeks in a gorgeous gift box
• Includes Luminizing Powder in Limited Edition Instant Spark and Limited Edition Lips for Days (mulberry) and Shine for Miles (nude shimmer)
• Made without parabens, paraffins, silicones, talc, petrolatum, mineral oil or synthetic fragrances
• $1 from each kit sold is donated to fund one year of computer science education for an elementary school student through code.org ($71 retail value for $35, available at honestbeauty.com and ulta.com)

Honest Beauty Nothing But Lips Kissing Set

• A limited edition lip crayon trio with a variety of shades in lightweight formulas with lots of color payoff
• Made with antioxidant-rich coconut oil, murumuru butter and shea butter and without parabens, paraffins, silicones, talc, petrolatum, mineral oil or synthetic fragrances
• Includes Champagne Kiss (limited edition shimmery nude), Peony Kiss (vibrant pink), Mulberry Kiss (rich berry) ($54 value for $25)

Honest Beauty Falling For You Palette

• A lush fall/winter makeup palette created celebrity makeup artist Daniel Martin
• Includes seven shades, from soft mattes and shimmers to rich metallics to create subtle or bold looks – five eyeshadows, one créme blush, two lip colors
• Made without parabens, paraffins, silicones, talc, petrolatum, mineral oil or synthetic fragrances
• Features high-impact formulas with great color payoff and blendability ($35)

Honest Beauty Soft Sand Eyeshadow Trio

• Three rich shadows expertly coordinated in wearable hues that have lots of color payoff and are easy to blend
• One base shade to go across the lid, a dark shade to contour the crease and a highlight for the center of the lid and the brow bone
• Made without parabens, paraffins, silicones, talc, petrolatum, mineral oil or synthetic fragrances ($25)

Hair Care. For beauties who are all about great hair:

Paul Mitchell Neuro Limited Edition Style

• Artful chrome tools that evoke the glamour of the holiday season
• Heats up to 450 degrees in 30 seconds with auto-shutoff
• Contoured shapes smooths hair and creates volume, flips and waves
• One-inch IsoTherm titanium plates to provide fast, even heat
• Dual-wattage for worldwide use ($150, available at Paul Mitchell professional salons and schools)

MoroccanOil Treatment Ornaments

• A festive beauty bauble to add a little sparkle to your tree and shine to your hair, even in the dry winter months
• Special 25 ml bottle of treatment nourishes and conditions hair for silky, smooth tresses in the perfect stocking stuffer size
• Can be used as a conditioning, styling or finishing treatment ($15, available through December 2016 at moroccanoil.com)

Fashion and Beauty. For beauties who like a bit of everything beautiful:

FabFitFun Winter Box

• More than $250 worth of products for $50 in this quarterly subscription box
• The Winter Box includes a full-size giftables from companies founded by women:
  • D.L. & Co Soy Blend Candle in Bergamot Woods or Blackberry Nectar ($45)
  • Gorjana Necklace – Tanner Lariat in gold or Kiernan Double Pendant Necklace in silver ($75)
  • Marie Mae Company Thank You Card Set ($24)
  • Moleskin 2017 Weekly Planner ($21)
  • Buttter London Iconoclast Mega Volume Lacquer Mascara – gives a 300% increase in lash volume ($20)
  • O.R.G. Skincare Mineral Peel Face – all-natural enzyme exfoliant for a radiant complexion ($44)
  • Anderson Lilley Beach Butter Body Cream in Sicilian Tangerine or Winter in Manhattan – a rich, hydrating body cream ($24)
• FabFitFun has partnered with the Starlight Foundation, a nonprofit bringing happiness through entertainment, education, etc. to sick kids, and featured the foundation on the box and included a star pin to help spread awareness – asking recipients of the box to take a pic of the pin and share their holiday wish with the world using #wishonastar #fabfitfun #thestarlightchildrensfoundation ($50, available at fabfitfun.com)

 Stocking Stuffers. Little treats to make them smile:

RSVP Skinnies

• The first zero-calorie, all-natural, no-sugar cocktail mixer made with 100% plant-based ingredients
• Individual, single-serve packets
• Flavors include NY Cosmo, Baja Margarita, Maui MaiTai and London Gimlet – just mix with alcohol($6 for a box of six packets, available at amazon.com and rsvpskinnies.com)