Welcome to day two of my gift ideas feature. Today’s gift guide is a budget-friendly list of items that retail for $25 and under.
 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. Click HERE to head over to BurtsBees.com. Other retailers include Target and Borders. |
 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. Click HERE to buy it from PacificaPerfume.com. |
 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. Click HERE to head over to BurtsBees.com. Other retailers include Target and Borders. |
 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. Click HERE to grab it at Sephora.com |
 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. Click HERE to buy Ring It In from TarteCosmetics.com |
 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! Click HERE to snag it at LoracCosmetics.com. |
 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. Click HERE to buy from OlivinaNapaValley.com. |
 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! Click HERE to check it out at BedBathandBeyond.com. |
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Beau Bain Bath Cupcakes retail for $8.95 each. One cupcake in a gift bag surrounded by festive tissue paper makes a seriously awesome budget gift. Drop this delicious looking Hawaiian Lei cupcake into a warm bath. The frosting creates bubbles and the “cake” is a fizzy bath bomb. The exotic floral scent of Hawaiian Lei will transport the bather right to the islands, minus the pricey airfare and awkward blind date with a TSA agent. 
The Scent Genie is the ideal atomizer for a frequent traveler. Easy and fast no-mess refilling makes it a logical choice for anyone who likes to reapply scent on the run. Retail price is $9.95. 
Yardley of London Soap is such an easy and inexpensive gift to give! This soap can be spotted in the aisles of many grocery stores, so you can snag stocking stuffers while you stock up on holiday treats for the pantry! The latest limited-edition scents from the “sugar and spice” collection are warm and spicy. Retail price is under $3 per bar. 
Hard Candy’s Glamazon Glow is part of the brand’s latest lineup of makeup goodies. Not ONE item in the new collection–available at WalMart–retails for more than $10! Glamazon Glow is only $8, and contains delightful travel-sized minis of Sheer Envy Face Primer, So Baked Bronzer, Plexi Gloss and Glow All The Way. Visit your local Walmart to check out the holiday offerings from Hard Candy, or 
Treat Beauty Jumbo Flavored Lip Balm in Orange Cream is 100% natural and contains good-for-the-lip ingredients like coconut oil and shea butter. The retail price of $8 makes it an incredible budget holiday gift. Orders are fulfilled by Amazon, so shipping of Treat Beauty products is free on orders of $25 or more! 
Have you ever seen a more hopelessly hip shade of nail lacquer? IDEAL for 2010, Style Clan–from MAC A Tartan Tale–is a super-chic ashy, muddy brown nail lacquer. What sets it apart from the rest? The formula has a tiny, barely noticeable hint of bronze sparkle that promotes it from boardroom-worthy to ballroom-worthy! Squint your eyes, and you’ll spot it in the Style Clan swatch below!