Chocolate and beauty might just be the perfect combination, right? This kit looks like a box of truffles and contains six "candy bars" of eyeshadow, liner, and lip-and-cheek tint. Of course, a true makeup connoisseur would love the whole set, but I'm thinking of breaking it up and gifting each palette to three different friends.
Lorac Eye Candy Full Face Collection, $59, sephora.com
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Almond joy
If someone on your list loves subtly sweet scents, this set from L'Occitane has her name on it. The beautiful blue and gold box comes filled with almond shower oil, body milk, body butter, hand cream, and two soaps. In fact, there's so much in there, the recipient would never know if you pinched one product for yourself.
L'Occitane Almond Enchantment, $68, loccitane.com
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Candle album
You know that friend who's so obsessed with Christmas she puts up her tree before Halloween? The one you catch singing along to "Jingle Bells" in her car in July? Well, this is the present for her -- and we guarantee that she's going to flip for it. The 12 Days of Christmas Gift Set comes with 12 gilded candles, each with a design and scent that corresponds to one of the twelve days. They're packaged together in a box that's made to look like an ancient holiday tome -- it's sure to become her favorite new decoration.
DL & Co. 12 Days of Christmas Gift Set, $125, modernalchemyco.com
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Tree accessories
If you're looking for a beauty gift that's smaller -- or less pricey -- but just as adorable as the other beauty kits on our list, these "ornaments" are just the thing. Each pretty box comes with a mini Gardeners Hand Therapy and wash. I'm thinking of buying them in bulk for the mail carrier, dry cleaner, manicurist, etc.
Crabtree & Evelyn Gardeners Hand Preservation Kit, $10, crabtree-evelyn.com
Sure, the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year, but there's something about all the do-it-yourself, Martha-Stewart-perfectionist pressure that can really bring a girl down.
It's virtually impossible for one human being to bake 17 different kinds of cookies, trim the tree with popcorn and cranberry garlands, and wrap every present with color-coordinated paper and bows. No matter how many brilliant ideas you've pinned on Pinterest, you're going to have to cut yourself some slack eventually. Enter: the beauty gift set.
Beauty gift sets are the ideal presents. Every woman loves beauty products, they're almost always a steal (we're talking hundreds of dollars worth of product for a fraction of the price), and they're limited edition (read: special). And most importantly, many of them come packaged in boxes that are so beautiful, you don't even need to wrap them.
So, forget the wrapping paper, Scotch tape, and spools of ribbon. When you give someone one of these gift sets, they'll be so thrilled they won't even notice the pretty snowflake paper and glittery bow are missing.
