You may have a friend or family member who loves getting glammed up. Maybe you like applying your makeup so cleverly that it looks like you’re not wearing any. Perhaps you like playing with makeup and expressing creativity through the fun, bright looks you create for your face. Whatever the case, if you enjoy playing with and using beauty products and skincare — or need a gift for someone who does — you’ve come to the right place. We love makeup in all its forms and hues, and we love nothing more than good gossip about our favorite beauty products. So without further ado, we’ll share those with you right now.
Modern beauty companies know that we need to maximize our beauty purchases. Even those beauty lovers with an extensive kit containing every shade and product under the sun love good value for money. Color products offering more than one use are excellent value for money. More often than not, a color product designed for lips can double as a blush, but we love products specifically formulated to stay put and fresh on cheeks, lips, and sometimes even eyes.
Everyone loves a flawless, creaseless canvas, but only some know how to get them. Makeup for face smoothing and evening complexion is something that every beauty lover needs in their arsenal, and there are several new foundations and BB creams on the market to get the job done perfectly. Choose an easy application bottle featuring a doe foot applicator to give you control over where you put your product and how much you apply in one spot. The next thing to look for is buildable coverage. You might want full face coverage, but you also probably want to control how much makeup you have on and how it blends into your skin. Your foundation will be in close contact with your skin, so we recommend choosing one enriched with skin-loving ingredients like niacinamide and lotus extract for an extra moisture punch.
A travel kit is a perfect gift for yourself (because who doesn't love to treat themselves!) or someone you love. There's a limit to the size of bottles of liquid products you can take in your carry-on when you travel. Travel kits contain tiny versions of your favorite skincare or beauty products that can travel in your carry-on bag, making packing much more manageable. Save space while not compromising on your beauty needs, and go small. Almost every brand you love will have travel options available — ask at beauty counters for samples, as they work beautifully in a travel kit.
Nothing feels more luxurious than applying your makeup with fresh, petal-soft brushes. Your makeup application is often only as good as the tools you use, so choose a high-quality set with all the brushes you’ll need. The basic brushes you should have in your makeup kit include the following:
If you travel a lot, it may not be practical to pack long-handled brushes: travel sets are also available in the brush department! Remember to clean your brushes weekly to avoid giving yourself easily avoidable blemishes.
Under-eye masks are a blessing on the plane when you’re running on no sleep and when your skin needs a little extra love. Instead of using a regular cream or eye mask, choose adhesive under-eye pads that will sit on your skin and help it absorb all the moisturizing, plumping goodness into its pores. Slap these bad boys onto your skin, and 15 minutes later, you’ll look way fresher than you feel.
The eyebrows are the frames of the face; there's no question about that. Keep your eyebrows perfectly defined and shaped with a combination of gel and pencil products that fit into your pocket for easy daily maintenance. Use a spoolie to gel your eyebrows, applying the gel against the grain to fluff the brows up. Wait for the gel to dry while occasionally tapping the still-wet brows to ensure that the hairs dry standing in place. Your best bet is a pencil with as fine a tip as possible so that you can mimic the shape of brow hairs rather than filling in the brow with overall color. Lightly swipe the pencil over your brows in the same direction as the hair, and voila: big, beautiful brows.
A setting spray is every beauty lover’s best friend. Once you’ve applied all your products, use a setting spray to set these products in place for an all-day fresh look. There are sprays created just to set makeup, and others that can set your makeup and offer your face a burst of moisture. This combination style spray is your skin’s best friend — keep one in your handbag for a burst of freshness throughout the day.
These beauty and skincare products are the perfect gift for a friend and an excellent addition to any beauty lover’s kit. Add them to your arsenal for glowing skin and perfect makeup no matter where you are or what you’re doing! It’s truly the little things that count the most when it comes to makeup.
