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You Should Be Giving These 15 Beauty Product Gifts This Year for The Holidays

You Should Be Giving These 15 Beauty Product Gifts This Year for The Holidays

It’s our Annual Holiday Gift Guide and we couldn’t be more excited to share some of our faves that we’ve tested out already. We’ve also included fave products from celebs who’ve created their own beauty line or collabed with a brand such as Rihanna, Kate Hudson, Lady Gaga, and even Dr. Pimple Popper. From candles to advent calendars and eye creams, these are our 15 top beauty gifts to give this year.

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This is Our Luxe Beauty Holiday Gift Guide Designed to Spoil Your Loved Ones

This is Our Luxe Beauty Holiday Gift Guide Designed to Spoil Your Loved Ones

For the discerned person on your list who enjoys the finer beauty-ful things in life, then this Luxe Holiday Gift Guide will help you find just the perfect gift for them. From Rihanna’s signature fragrance to a pure silk robe, these items will be sure to check every box on your bougie loved one’s list. And you might even find a gift to treat yourself to as well because let’s face it - you deserve it.

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How to Fake a Sun-kissed Glow with Caudalie's Smooth & Glow Oil Elixir

How to Fake a Sun-kissed Glow with Caudalie's Smooth & Glow Oil Elixir

If you’re trying to stay cool in this summer heat, then you’re most likely taking more than one shower per day which is why we fell in love with Caudalie’s Smooth & Glow Elixir ($49). This body oil is the perfect accompaniment after a shower or lukewarm bath (because it’s HOT outside) as it leaves skin hydrated with a sun-kissed glow yet it doesn’t leave your skin with a greasy or oily residue feeling.

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Why This Lush x Stranger Things Collector's Set is Perfect For the Diehard Fan

Why This Lush x Stranger Things Collector's Set is Perfect For the Diehard Fan

Cue Kate Bush’s hit song “Running Up That Hill”, and you’ll instantly know that whatever we’re about to talk about next has to do with the hit Netflix show, Stranger Things. And in case you missed Strangers Things Day (November 6th), the Lush x Stranger Things collaboration has arrived in the form of The Hellfire Gaming Gift Box.

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Stocking Stuffer Gift Guide

Stocking Stuffer Gift Guide

If you’re not an over-achiever in shopping for holiday gifts like the rest of us, then worry no more as we’ve put together our top 14 beauty products that are great for stuffing up those stockings on Christmas Eve. From a silk beauty band and insta-famous eyebrow pencil, to lash serum and an illuminating face product trio, we know that there’s something for everyone on your list in this stocking stuffer guide who appreciates self-care and beauty. And, of course, there’s always the temptation of wanting to buy one for yourself, too!

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This CLE Cosmetics Lip Care Trio is All You Need For Kissable Lips

This CLE Cosmetics Lip Care Trio is All You Need For Kissable Lips

With Valentine’s Day literally around the corner (ahem, this weekend!), having kissable lips are a nice indulgence whether you’re single or with a significant other. This clever lip care set, created by CLE Cosmetics, gives you a three-pack punch to exfoliate, hydrate, and glow.

Launching today, the Lip Care Trio ($48), offers up a Lip Peel, Lip Oil, and one of their signature Lip Glosses in a peachy nude tone. Creator Lauren Jin explains the inspiration behind creating this new product. “I wanted to create a product that was sleek, functional, and compact. Each formula within the product shares an essential step in lip care that I feel is important to recognize. After spending months and months on developing the trio, I am very excited to share a product that can better help address lip care needs."

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How to Get the Benefits of a Luxury Spa Outdoors at Ole Henriksen

How to Get the Benefits of a Luxury Spa Outdoors at Ole Henriksen

In this new pandemic era, self-care could not be more important for our well-being than right now, which is why we decided it was high time for a massage. And, while a lot of spas are still closed across the country, we found an oasis tucked away in the corner of a parking lot off of Sunset Boulevard. Allow me to introduce you to the outdoor spa experience at Ole Henriksen in West Hollywood.

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Why You Need Borghese's New Skincare Line Energia

Why You Need Borghese's New Skincare Line Energia

We know it’s important to take our vitamins internally on the daily but also don’t forget that your skin needs that extra oomph from vitamins and antioxidants which is why Borghese’s new ENERGIA skincare line is all you need for daytime and evening wear.

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The Valentine's Day Gift List That You'll Thank Us for Later

The Valentine's Day Gift List That You'll Thank Us for Later

Valentine’s Day is always a great excuse to give a gift to a loved one or to send a subtle hint of what’s on your beauty wish list. We’ve put together a handful of our faves which range from a reusable makeup remover mitt, vegan nail polish to the shiniest lipstick - perfect for date night or a Galentine’s soiree.

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Everything You Need to Know About This Vegan Drugstore Line

Everything You Need to Know About This Vegan Drugstore Line

No, your eyes are not deceiving you, because yes, your favorite drugstore brand Covergirl has launched a brand new vegan line called Clean Fresh. Here’s everything you need to know as you prepare for your beauty shopping spree. Let’s start with what this line does not have in its formulas and those are the following: talc, parabens, formaldehyde, phthalates, mineral oil, and sulfates. With four types of products in this line, your skin will be hydrated and glowing without those unnecessary additives.

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The Beauty Gift Guide for the Man on Your List

The Beauty Gift Guide for the Man on Your List

If you’ve made your list and checked it twice, and still flummoxed over what to get that special man on your list, we’re here to help. Just think of us as one of Santa’s elves but with glowing skin and perfectly coiffed locks. From luxe cologne to hair growth vitamins, these gifts will cover all the bases for even the most particular man on your list this year.

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The Top Beauty Gifts to Give This Holiday Season

The Top Beauty Gifts to Give This Holiday Season

Looking at the calendar and starting to panic? Don’t fret as we’ve put together our top beauty choices of gifts for anyone on your list. From advent calendars to eyeshadow palettes, we’ve covered all the bases for the best drugstore buys to luxurious gift sets catered to pampering your loved ones and give them that extra glow from head to toe for the holidays.

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Why the Kooples X Clarins Collaboration Is for Everyone

Why the Kooples X Clarins Collaboration Is for Everyone

When French fashion meets a French beauty brand, they create the ultimate rocker chic collaboration. Meet The Kooples x Clarins Lip Comfort Oils limited edition collection which launches on October 15th at Clarins counters at Bloomingdales department stores and The Kooples boutiques.

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Find Out Why This French Hand Sanitizer Is Quickly Taking Over The U.S.

Find Out Why This French Hand Sanitizer Is Quickly Taking Over The U.S.

Did you ever think it was possible to actually clean your hands with beets instead of staining them? Then you need to get more acquainted with the french beauty brand, Merci Handy, which just launched in the U.S. This fun rainbow colored insta-worthy collection of hand sanitizing gels and hand creams are vegan, cruelty-free and made of a formula that is 98% natural, where the alcohol is derived from beets. With a vibrantly hued array of hand cleansing gels and hand creams, you can choose from frolicsome scents and colors such as: Flower Power, Hello Sunshine, Unicorn Edition, Namaste, Cross the Lime and Mystic Fruits.

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13 Beauty Gifts To Give Dad on Father's Day

13 Beauty Gifts To Give Dad on Father's Day

With Father’s Day around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about what kind of gift best suits ol’ Pops. Whether he’s a skincare guru, scent enthusiast, or pretty clueless on a beauty routine, we’ve put together our top 13 beauty products that will cleanse, hydrate, exfoliate, massage, you name it - all designed to help Dad feel like a new man.

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Why You Need This Sustainable Bamboo Toilet Paper & How It's Saving Trees

Why You Need This Sustainable Bamboo Toilet Paper & How It's Saving Trees

Toilet paper is a necessity and a multi-daily use product. Often we don’t really think too much about it when we’re scanning the long aisles of paper products at our local grocery store but No. 2 has come along to change the way we, as consumers, purchase and pretty much use TP. New to the market, this eco-friendly, sustainable toilet paper company has clever and memorable hashtags such as #byebyebuttcrumble and #reduceyourcarbonbuttprint which we’ll explain.

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This Ath-Beauty Wet n Wild Collection Makes Your Gym Beauty Routine A Breeze

This Ath-Beauty Wet n Wild Collection Makes Your Gym Beauty Routine A Breeze

If the word “ath-beauty” is new to your vocabulary, let us be the first to help explain it via wet n wild’s PUMP Collection. Ath-beauty is known as athleisure beauty which means it’s makeup designed to be sweatproof giving you the coverage you desire, and, naturally, for that perfect gym selfie. PUMP is the first ath-beauty line created by wet n wild and fitness pro-approved by Cassey Ho, a.k.a. Blogilates, who’s the face of the collection.

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How This Overnight Mask Became My Daily Night Cream

How This Overnight Mask Became My Daily Night Cream

It’s cold. I know it’s the winter time but here in LA, it’s stinking cold for us. And to add to that, we’re now having to spark up those heaters in our house that are rather foreign to us and putting them on full blast which inevitably dries up our desert air even more. This equals zero moisture in the air unless you get a humidifier (can we say that I just added that to my amazon cart?) which has forced me to up my skincare game even more. I was in the market for a night cream as I felt like I needed some extra-ness during my beauty sleep as I strive for those deep 8 hours of slumber. Enter, the Youth To The People Superberry Hydrate + Glow Dream Mask ($48) who came to my rescue.

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Why These 6 Beauty Products Are The Perfect Way To Start The New Year

Why These 6 Beauty Products Are The Perfect Way To Start The New Year

A new year means a fresh new start! The slate has been wiped clean and it’s time to get things tidied up a la Marie Kondo-style and start with a new beauty routine. We put together our top choices of what we’d recommend for detoxing, cleansing, hydrating, and just all over goodness.

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