Gift Ideas, day three! Today’s gift guide covers beauty choices of $50 and under. Enjoy!
 Rock For Ever Aqua Eyes contains five glorious metallic shades from Make Up For Ever’s extensive color selection. Packaged in a hard-rock inspired tin, this studded gift is sure to be a favorite! Retail price is $36. Click HERE to grab it from Sephora.com |
 MAC Sweep Me Off My Feet Brush Bag from the holiday 2010 “A Tartan Tale” collection contains five travel-sized makeup brushes that are truly professional quality. At $49.50, this adorable tartan-plaid crossbody bag is filled with must-haves: an extra-large blush/powder brush, a foundation brush, a super fluffy extra-wide eyeshadow brush, and an angled eyeshadow shading brush. Click HERE to shop at MAC online. |
 MAC A Tartan Tale Lip Kits contain 5 mini lipglass glosses in a holiday colored tartan plaid tin. I love 5 Sassy Pink Lassies, as these shades of pink work well with regal purple sweaters and grey suede accessories! No need to wrap this tin. Just add a bow to the top, and you’re golden! Retail price is $29.50. Click HERE to shop at MAC online. |
 Guerlain’s Rouge G Le Brilliant Lipstick is a wonderful gift for the woman who has everything. The latest shade for holiday is “Bee”, a gorgeous plum shade perfect for the Winter. All Rouge G Le Brilliant Lipsticks are housed in a luxe metal oblong case. Remove the tube of lipstick, and a compact hidden in the side of the case with automatically open for perfect on-the-go application. Retail price is $46. Click HERE to buy Guerlain ‘Rouge G – Le Brillant’ Lip Color at Nordstrom.com |
 Estee Lauder’s Extravagant Lip Palette is an amazingly decadent gift. Five different festive gloss shades are contained in a gleaming golden compact, and included mini lip brushes ensure perfect application. Retail price is $42. Click HERE to shop at EsteeLauder.com |
 Extravagant Gold Eye Shadow Palette by Estee Lauder is a great gift for anyone who usually wears a neutral eye, but wants to add a bit of glam for the holiday season. Earthy metallic shades surround a deep brown with just a hint of metallic shimmer. This palette has quickly become a staple in my makeup collection! Retail price is $42. Click HERE to shop at EsteeLauder.com. |
 Estee Lauder’s Royal Moon Compact is $49. Filled with Estee Lauder’s Lucidity Translucent Pressed Powder, the Royal Moon compact is an excellent choice for anyone keen on glam beauty accessories. Click HERE to buy it from EsteeLauder.com. |
 5 Warm Thrillseekers is a collection of mini pigments from MAC A Tartan Tale. Filled with neutral metallics, a seafoam green and one blindingly shimmery gold glitter, this eye kit is a must for any MAC pigment addict in your life. Retail price is $32.50. Click HERE to shop at MAC online.. |
 The Royal Collection by Tarte is all about the eyes, but doesn’t forget we all need a bit of gloss too! Sixteen full-sized eyeshadows are packaged in a purple palette topped with purple ruffles and a golden mesh band. Beneath the shadows, in a tiny hidden drawer, are deluxe minis of clean slate face primer, lights, camera, lashes mascara, multiplEYE lash primer and a peachy pink lipgloss. Retail price is $43. Click HERE to grab it at TarteCosmetics.com. |
 Hourglass Extreme Sheen Kit contains 3 mini versions of cult-favorite Hourglass Extreme Lip Gloss in their slender new packaging! Shades included are: Child, Ignite, and last year’s VERY memorable Siren. Kit is $45. Click HERE to grab it from Barneys.com. |
 Sephora’s Fragrance Samplers have consistently made my gift-guide cut. For $50, you can hand him a box filled with 12 deluxe samples of men’s fragrance. After he’s tested them all, he can return to any Sephora location with the enclosed voucher to buy a full-sized bottle of his favorite! Click here to buy it from Sephora.com |
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Burt’s Bees Pomegranate Spa Set really impressed me! With a retail price of $19.99, this beautiful boxed set includes an incredible sugar scrub that utilizes cranberry seeds to exfoliate, and pomegranate oil to moisturize. The scent is beyond yummy! Naturally Ageless Skin Smoothing Hand Cream works wonders on dry, cracked hands. 
Pacifica Perfume Roll-On is an excellent–and economical–fragrance choice for the holidays! Free of phthalates, nitro-musks, benzene and other nasties… Pacifica’s scents are dreamy and comforting. Califonia Star Jasmine is an energetic citrus floral, inspired by the scents from the founder’s front yard! Retail price is $12. 
Burt’s Bees Natural Manicure Set retails for $14.99, and is a superb idea for anyone who deserves a little pampering! The set contains an adorable little storage pouch, lemon butter cuticle cream and almond milk beeswax hand creme. 
Anything from the Lavanila Healthy Baby Collection, a Sephora exclusive, would make a wonderful gift for baby! Retail prices ranging from $14 for The Healthy Baby Butter up to $42 for the “Healthy Baby Bundle” gift set, ensure these products can easily squeeze into most budgets. 
Ring It In, is the perfect gift for anyone addicted to Tarte’s legendary cheek stain. This limited-edition cheek stain trio from Tarte’s 2010 collection contains holiday-exclusive shades, but with perennial skin-beneficial ingredients. Also included is a universal fit golden cocktail ring. Retail price is $25. 
Lorac Tie Dye For lip gloss collection is perfectly priced at $25. Each tube is a swirl of three gloss shades that contain antioxidants like Acai berry to keep the lips looking gorgeous long after the gloss has worn off. Split it up for 5 generous stocking-stuffers! 
Olivina Honeysuckle Rose Bath Soap is not only a super-moisturizing bath treat, but a perfect choice if you’re looking for an incredible gift proudly MADE IN THE USA! Straight from Napa Valley, this huge bar of soap with an engraved olive tree retails for $18, and the box is already wrapped beautifully enough to be presented as-is. 
Project Art Candles, by NEST Fragrances are an ideal hostess gift. At $19.99, this large 22 oz. candle in Cinnamon Spice fills the home of its owner with a warm and inviting scent for the holiday season. In fact, this candle adds a delightful aroma to the room even when it’s not lit! 
