GIFTS FOR A BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY

Gifts for a Beautiful Holiday

Cosmetics and Beauty Gifts for a Glam Holiday Season

By Pearson Brown | December 18, 2010

Good-y Hair Day

A great hair style starts and finishes with a great brush. Aptly named, the Goody start.style.finish collection offers the tools for styles that look like a million bucks at prices anyone can afford. $3.77 and up. Available exclusively at Walmart Stores nationwide.

What Mommy Needs for Kissing Santa Claus

Keep lips soft and kissable this holiday season with Softlips Pure 100 % Natural line, available in three lip glosses and tinted lip balms, a lip butter and lip polish, all of which are free from preservatives, phthalates, sulfates, parabens, mineral oil, and gluten, and not tested on animals. $3.99 to $5.99. Drugstores and retailers nationwide and softlips.com.

Ski-n Report: Fresh Powder

As seen on QVC, talc-free IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Pores Silk HD Micro-Powder is a favorite of both celebrities and beauty editors for its smooth, flawless texture that adds a polished and perfect final touch to your makeover. $24. itcosmetics.com.

Ouchless Waxing

For the next girls beach trip, she can get bikini ready painlessly with the BareEase & Cream prep kit for bikini waxing and/or laser hair removal procedures, created by aesthesiologist Dr. Edna Ma. The kit includes pain-relieving cream to apply 30 minutes before treatment and a panty to isolate the cream application. Right now, the BareEase & Cream kit, (which retails for $25.00), can be purchased at Kitson, Beauty Collection, Sports Club L.A. and online at barease.com.

Exotic Minerals

Advanced Japanese technology in Koh Gen Do cosmetics brings mineral make up to a new level of perfection. The Koh Gen Do Make Up Gift Set is the prefect starter kit with a choice of Maifanshi Moisture Foundation or Aqua Foundation, Maifanshi Sheer Berry Lip Gloss, and Moisture Concealer along with a carrying pouch, and samples of blotting papers, face powder, natural lighting powder, cotton pats and cleansing spa water. $124. Barneys New York & Beverly Hills or barneys.com and kohgendocosmetics.com.