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.
