We’re still recovering from the bomb album Queen Bey dropped on us without warning last Friday, so to take our minds off all that Yoncé greatness we decided to put together another LBS Holiday Gift Guide. This time for the makeup aficionado. Get your life!
When it comes to makeup, you can never have one thing without the other. Getting beat is a complete process with coexisting components, so here are some goodies you can put together as a gift basket for your one and only makeup lover.
Lips:
1. Now available at Neiman Marcus, Kevyn Aucoin’s Holiday Collection has all we could hope for. Someone knows a thing or two about holiday lip colors *winks*. “Timeless” one of our favorite lippies from the collection is $33 and looks great on any complexion.
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2. As if bad gal RiRi couldn’t get any badder, she also released her RiRi Hearts Mac Holiday Collection available now at MAC Cosmetics, we are madly in love with her lip colors Pleasure Bomb, Bad Gal RiRi and RiRi Woo of course. For $16.50 each, they had us at hello.
3. Remember The Lip Bar? At $20/piece, these highly pigmented and naturally made lipsticks are for the ladies who especially love a luxurious (and all-natural) pop of color.
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Palettes:
4. Have you heard? Earlier this year Michelle Phan launched her makeup line Em Cosmetics alongside President of L’Oreal Luxe USA Carol Hamilton, VP of DMI Marketing Denée Pearson and a plethora of amazing team members at the HighLine Stages in NYC. EM Cosmetics consists of over 200 products with an array of lipsticks, plush blushes, and Life Palettes; a refillable kit comprised of 24 eye shadows, 4 blushes, and 8 lip colors available in six different themes (day, night, party, love, work, and beach). At $75.00 you can get a life palette to serve you for the different themes and times in your busy schedule.
5. Full of festive and blinged-out holiday colors Urban Decay’s Vice 2 Palette is the bomb.com. With 20 new vibrant eyeshadow shades, we can already see how your face will light up when you get your hands on this.
Polishes & Sets:
6. Zoya’s Color-Lock System has got to be the best thing in polish since sliced bread. For $48 it comes with a nail polish remover, Get Even Ridge Filing, Base-coat Anchor Base-coat, Armor Top-coat, Fast Drops, and a Renew Polish Rejuvenator. This system is guaranteed and proven to make your manicure last 7-10 days. We’ve tried it, so we know!
7. 12 mini polishes, 12 color packed bottles, one name, Deborah Lippmann. The Big Bang Set is available at Sephora for $78. Considering the fact that each full size bottle usually runs for $17, this is a pretty sweet deal.
Mascaras Worth Having:
8. Benefits’ They’re Real is a must-have, hands down! Long, thick, full, clump free lashes are all a girl dreams of for only $23.
9. The name basically says it all – Stiletto Mascara by Maybelline is only $8.99. Your eyelashes will basically be wearing heels all night long.
Survival Kit:
10. You know how they say big things come in small packages? We’ll say very useful things come in cute small packages. Small enough to fit on the palm of your hand, this compact little pouch sold at Sephora for less than 20 bucks comes with 17 emergency essentials. We think that’s a pretty good deal.
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Accidents are always waiting and ready to happen at the most inopportune times so it’s better to be safer than sorry. The Minimergency Kit for Her by Pinch Provisions comes in an assortment of colors, and in each includes an on the go miniature hairspray, clear nail polish, nail polish remover pad, nail file, lip balm, earring backs, clear elastics, mending kit, safety pin, Shemergency® tape, stain remover, deodorant towelette, pain reliever, tampon, breath fresher, dental floss, adhesive bandage. Perfect for beauty emergencies!
Ladies, what other makeup/beauty items are you expecting this year?
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