The festive season is the perfect time to show your makeup-obsessed best friend how much you appreciate them. From indulgent skin care sets that pamper and soothe to vibrant makeup products that inspire creativity, each suggestion of ours is tailored to enhance their love for makeup.
These gifts, ranging from the chic and sophisticated to the bold and daring, are perfect for a friend who finds joy in the art of makeup. Whether they’re experimenting with a new look or sticking to tried-and-true favorites, these ideas are bound to add an extra sparkle to your bestie’s Christmas.
Burt’s Bees Essential Beauty Gift Set
A delightful choice for the eco-conscious friend, Burt’s Bees Essential Beauty Gift Set offers natural skin care products that are gentle and effective. This set includes favorites like lip balm, hand salve, and cleansing cream, ideal for daily pampering.
$49 from Amazon
Revlon ColorStay Looks Book Player Eye Shadow Palette
For the friend who loves experimenting with their eye look, the Revlon ColorStay Looks Book Player Palette offers a range of vibrant, highly pigmented shades. Its compact size makes it perfect for on-the-go touch-ups.
$22.95 at Myer
Clarins Make-up Essentials Starter Kit
This exquisite collection is perfect for both Clarins aficionados and those new to the brand. Inside, your friend will find a curated selection of Clarins’ best-selling makeup essentials, designed to create a flawless and natural look. The four-piece essentials kit will set them up for makeup success!
$107 at Myer
Estée Lauder Blockbuster Set
Delight your bestie with the Estée Lauder Blockbuster Set, a stellar collection of seven full-size beauty favorites (+ deluxe sizes of other best-sellers). Valued at $879 the set includes Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Multi-Recovery Complex, Revitalizing Supreme+ Youth Power Creme, Advanced Night Repair Eye Supercharged Gel-Creme, a limited edition eyeshadow palette, two full-size lipsticks, two lip glosses, the Double Wear 24H Stay-in-Place Lip Liner, Sumptuous Extreme Lash Multiplying Volumizing Mascara and a Gentle Eye Makeup Remover.
$150 at Estée Lauder
Benefit The Great Brow Basics
For the friend who is all about perfect brows, the ‘Great Brow Basics’ set is a must-have. It includes everything needed for shaping, filling, and setting brows, ensuring they stay flawless all day.
$79 at Adore Beauty
M.A.C Cosmetics Frostbitten Kiss Lustreglass Lipstick Set
This limited-edition holiday lipstick set offers a stunning array of nudes in M.A.C’s Lustreglass formula. Known for their high-quality pigment and staying power, these lipsticks are a favorite among makeup lovers.
$127 at M.A.C Cosmetics
Tarte Festive Dreams Vanity Collector’s Set
Spoil your bestie rotten with this stunning trio set of mini palettes. With a palette for every mood, the collector’s set even comes with a mini mascara per compact.
$91 at Sephora
Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream Moisturiser
Charlotte Tilbury’s Magic Cream is renowned for its hydrating and revitalising properties. This cream is perfect for achieving a smooth, glowing base for makeup or for use as a luxurious skincare treat.
$98 at Charlotte Tilbury
Makeup Forever Amazing Prep & Set Kit
This holiday limited edition set designed to perfect the canvas of the skin before and after makeup application. This kit includes Makeup Forever’s beloved base products that ensure makeup looks impeccable from start to finish. It’s ideal for a friend who values the art of makeup preparation and long-lasting wear.
$59 at Sephora
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Which gift would your makeup-obsessed bestie love the most?
Benefit always has the cutest packaging for their christmas gifts
Yes it does look nice too.
I think so as well.
Not like I need anymore makeup but I like Tarte’s collection set
So many pretty gifts ideas
Yep, I know a few people who would be happy to receive these
Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream Moisturiser appeals to me -sounds lovely.
It really does and so does a few of the others.
These all look special !!
I agree
Makeup choices are quite personal so I would’nt know where to start. The packaging of some of these gift packs are really beautiful and eyecatching.
Love the way they wrap for Christmas, always so special
Some really great ideas here. Thank you!
I would love to try a product from Charlotte Tilbury, but which one first?
Wouldn’t say no to that Estee Lauder Set!
The MAC Frostbitten lippies look nice too
I bought the Burt’s Bees Essential Beauty Gift Set one year and it really is great.
Burt’s Bees hand creams are always nice
The Estée Lauder Blockbuster Set is so beautiful but a beautiful price as well. Would love it for a present.
I love these sort of gift packs
Me too
I would love to receive them as a gift.
Some great suggestions, thank you.
I wonder if any of these lovely products will be on the Boxing day sales? Love the Estée Lauder Blockbuster Set
The Burts Bees pack is such as classic
Oo i love the Burts bees gift pack i think that would be a great gift
such great sets
Hopefully every one had a wonderful christmas and the presents we all sweated over were enjoyed.
I haven’t been near the shops since Christmas day and am wondering if there is anything left on the shelves?
and ones to try yourself!
I went halves with a friend & bought a huge Estee Lauder set one year. It worked out well as she has very different colouring to me, so the split was easy.