The Perfect Last-Minute Stocking Stuffers
Christmas is exactly a week away, can you believe it? Whether you’ve just started your holiday shopping (like most of us) or you were one of the lucky few who got started ahead of schedule and now you’re just looking for a few more things, we’ve put together a list of our favorite stocking stuffers that make for the perfect last-minute gifts guaranteed to impress everyone on your list:
Amazing Cosmetics Santa’s Helpers Set ($46)
This essential brush and blender set is your secret weapon to achieving professional quality looks and expert-level coverage. Includes: Concealer Brush, Smooth Blender and Velvet Brush.
Bare Minerals Lunar Lip Matte Liquid Lipstick Trio ($28)
This festive set features three full-size GEN NUDE Matte Liquid lipsticks that are among the brand’s bestsellers. The velvety formula glides on like a cream and sets with a lightweight matte finish. Includes: Juju (deep rosy mauve), Friendship (antique rose) and Scandal (brown berry).
Bath & Body Works Iced Gingerbread Hand Cream ($4)
With moisturizing shea butter and vitamin E, this luxurious hand cream absorbs quickly to leave hands feeling soft, smooth and nourished. A sugar-meets-spice blend of warm gingersnap, fresh nutmeg, orange zest, spiced brown sugar & roasted tonka
Bath & Body Works Merry Cookie Hand Cream ($4)
Keep hands hydrated and smelling yummy with this sweet treat, which features a fragrant combination of lemon icing, warm sugar cookie, shredded coconut and vanilla bourbon!
Bath & Body Works Vanilla Bean Noel Diamond Shimmer Mist ($14.50)
Infused with a kiss of shimmer for the perfect holiday glow, this body mist offers the most glamorous way to fragrance and features the delectable scents of vanilla bean, sugar cookies, warm caramel, whipped cream and snow-kissed musk.
Beekeeper’s Naturals Superfood Cacao Honey ($24.99)
Meet the answer to your chocolate prayers. The brand’s signature raw honey is mixed with organic, raw Ecuadorian cacao to create the ultimate superfood spread! Upgrade your hot chocolates, smoothies, toast, and midnight snacks with a rich chocolatey spoonful.
Cake Beauty Joy to the Girl Dry Shampoo Ornament ($10)
This travel-size gift brings joy to all your girls this season with a festive edition of the ‘Do Gooder Volumizing Dry Shampoo Spray. Finished with a bonus cake hair tie that doubles as an ornament hanger, joy to the girl is the perfect gift set to spoil coworkers, teachers, sisters and more.
Clarins Limited-Edition Instant Light Lip Comfort Oil ($26)
These delectable shades infused with 100% pure plant oils nourish, soothe and plump lips— leaving a protective veil of color. Apply before lipstick for a smooth application, wear alone for soft hydrated lips, or top off any lip color for added shine. (Pictured: Red Berry Glam)
Bonblissity A Little Bit of Everything Gift Set with Rosemary Mint Soap ($35)
This gift set offers 18 Assorted Sweet+Single Candy Scrubs (including the mini travel box for your purse), along with 3 of our best selling Body Truffles (Mango Sorbet, Lavender Luxury, Sweet Satsuma) plus a bar of our ultra gentle vegan soap in Rosemary Mint.
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Coola Mineral Liplux SPF 30 Organic Tinted Lip ($18)
Add a hint of subtle, rosy color using naturally-derived pigments while protecting, nourishing and softening your lips. Organic Cupuaçu Butter and Mongongo Oil deliver an ultra-creamy texture that smooths and nourishes lips while keeping them hydrated, so they look healthy, plump, and youthful. Available in six colors.
Cricket Co. Happy Hair Ties ($4.99)
This super cute tin is packed with 25 black hair ties and fits into any purse, gym bag or stocking. Perfect for the gal on-the-go!
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Dermalogica Bright Eyes Ornament ($25)
The Stress Positive Eye Lift is a two-in-one eye treatment and masque releases an active, cooling cream-gel that energizes the skin to visibly reduce the appearance of puffiness and dark circles, instantly brightening and lifting the eye area to help restore the skin barrier. Apply lightly over your makeup for extra luminosity or use it as holiday pick-me-up for your tired eyes during the holiday stress!
Dial Holiday Bliss Foaming Hand Wash ($3)
Why not decorate your sink with holiday cheer? These foaming hand washes removes dirt and germs and are fun for the whole family this Holiday season! You'll love the way its light foam cleans your hands without drying, leaving a pleasant scent and the assurance of a clean that's complete.
Available at grocery, drug and mass retailers nationwide
Eclair Lips Holiday Lip Balms ($5.50)
Inspired by confectionary delights, these all-natural lip balms are made with a base formula of just six ingredients and are preservative-free. The holiday collection comes in seven festive flavors.
Eminence Organic Skin Care Perfect Lip Duo ($39)
Reveal supple, hydrated lips with this luxurious duo designed to revitalize and renew. Citrus Enzyme Lip Exfoliator is packed full of antioxidant-rich ingredients that naturally slough off dead skin cells, leaving your lips smooth and plump. Next, infuse moisture with our petroleum-free Citrus Lip Balm, which features a blend of peptides and vitamin-rich ingredients to deliver long-lasting softness.
Hatch Mama Pocket Spa Trio ($68)
This set of three essential oil-based rollerballs will revive you throughout your day, relieve nausea, and calm those nerves. Developed at 1% essential oil concentration, these are safe for pregnancy and baby- and good for sensitive noses. Includes: Renew, Rescue and Relax roller ball oils.
John Masters Organics Limited-Edition Pumpkin Spice Lip Calm ($6)
Get into the spirit of fall with John Masters Organics' new, limited edition Pumpkin Spice Lip Calm. This exclusive flavor takes our nourishing original formula and gives it a festive flair with mouth-watering pumpkin spice, cinnamon and ginger flavors. Created with nourishing ingredients like jojoba, olive and borage oils, it delivers impeccable softening, deep hydration and unbeatable protection against cold weather and wind.
Kopari Coconut Lip Scrubby ($16)
Combines pure coconut oil with fine volcanic ash to gently buff away dry skin and reveal your softest lips ever. Add Coconut Lip Scrubby to your self care routine three times a week for softer, more supple lips. Exfoliated lips are the perfect primer for lipstick. Scrub before you apply for smooth, beautiful color.
LALICIOUS Birthday Cake Mini Duo ($22)
A shimmery pink duo that smells just like birthday cake, leaving skin glowing and hydrated all day long. Just in time for the holidays, this set makes for an adorable stocking stuffer. Duo includes:
Shimmery Pink Birthday Cake Body Butter and Shimmery Pink Birthday Cake Sugar Scrub.
LALICIOUS The Body Butter & The Scrub Mini Duo ($22)
A pair of sweetly indulgent products that polish and nourish, leaving skin glowing and hydrated. Drench the body in this intimate blend of Peach Nectar, Coconut Milk and Creamy Musks for deliciously soft skin. Just in time for the holidays, this set makes for an adorable stocking stuffer.
Duo includes: The Body Butter and The Sugar Scrub.
Lashfood Better Together Set ($25)
Treat lashes to the most indulgent experience with the Better Together Set…your lashes will be the only accessory you need for the holidays. Includes Phyto-Medic Eyelash Enhancer and Phyto-Medic Eyebrow Enhancer.
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Metta Good Lip Balm Gift Set ($30)
This gift-ready Lip Balm gift set combines all four fabulous lip balms into one cute package. Seal moisture into lips and protect them from external exposure with a nourishing mix of beeswax, organic jojoba oil, avocado oil, organic virgin coconut oil, and essential oils. The perfect way to moisturize, soothe and support healthy skin. Includes: Rose Cardamom, Blood Orange Vanilla, Lemon Palo Santo, and Peppermint Eucalyptus.
Moroccanoil Treatment Ornament ($15)
This travel-size version of the iconic hair conditioning treatment is the perfect gift and tree decoration. Share with friends and family or keep for yourself!
non gender specific Everything Serum Special Edition ($65)
Each drop of this powerful serum is a potent blend of over 17 vegan and cruelty-free ingredients that deliver astonishing results. A silky smooth formula that absorbs instantly in to the skin, leaving behind zero residue. Five minutes after application, you'll notice a smoother, brighter complexion that looks radiant!
Oneoseven Snow Mask Pack ($20 for 8 sheets)
Each Snow Mask visibly brightens and smoothes skin, creating a healthy-looking complexion. With pearl extract and snail secretion filtrate, the mask helps rebuild collagen and offers anti-aging benefits. Best used after the masks have been refrigerated for one hour. Comes with eight masks.
Pinch Me Therapy Dough ($24.99)
A squishable compound that’s designed to channel relief through the senses, naturally. This placating putty was developed using the proven scientific methodology of color and scent as they relate to relaxation-all in the convenience of a portable tin. Think of it as a handy little mood-shifter. Available in several fun scents.
Primal Elements Rudy Bar Soap ($9)
This decorative soap bar features a flying reindeer full of vanilla, citrus, floral and sandalwood. Available in other fun designs and scents.
R+Co Glittering Smoothing Shine Spray ($29)
Make strands sparkle during the holiday season with this lightweight finishing mist that restores dull hair and adds noticeable shine with light reflecting technology. Treats lackluster locks, tames static and frizz and blocks humidity with no greasy residue.
Rebels Refinery Limited-Edition Skull Lip Balm ($5.99)
Function meets design with the Capital Vices Collection Skull Lip Balm. The highest quality coconut and sweet almond oils moisten, nourish and protect while Vitamin E provides essential antioxidants. Available until Christmas. The bottom of each balm is also embossed w/ the quotation: "Be all my sins remember'd"- Hamlet
Sara Happ Sugar and Shine Gift Set ($38)
When the weather outside is frightful, your lips will feel so delightful! Cozy up your pout with this twist on a cold weather classic, surely to warm those winter-worn lips right up! Take your Hot Cocoa to-go with two NEW lip-smoothing Lip Scrub tubes of rich Hot Cocoa and cheery Pink Marshmallow. Then top off your pout with the ultra-hydrating One Luxe Whipped Vanilla Lip Gloss, perfected with just a hint of yummy vanilla flavor.
Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Bath Bomba ($10)
Celebrate Carnaval - Rio's most famous party - with our fizzy, festive Bath Bomba. This effervescent soak immerses you in the scents and sensations of Rio, so perfect for the holidays. Infused with skin-loving Algae extract, Sea Salt, Cupuaçu Butter, Açaí and Coconut Oil, and lightly scented with delicious notes of Pistachio and Salted Caramel. In an ornament-inspired package that's great for stocking stuffers and good-to-go gift-giving!
Take My Face Off Poinsettia Gift Set ($55)
This gift set of six white Mitty Minis is the ultimate in skincare luxury. Each convenient finger mitt has a round side for larger areas and a pointed tip for delicate areas like the lash line. The Mitty Minis are arranged as "petals" on our large cardstock poinsettia tree ornament. Everything is held together with a silver-and-sparkle snowflake lapel pin. Use Mittys in place of cotton balls, wipes, and washcloths.
Veil Cosmetics Automatte Mattifying Base & Touch-Up Makeup ($39)
This powderless, imperceptible mattifier and skin smoother prevents shine and oil build-up. and also works as a touch-up throughout the day. In addition, the formula’s clarifying and brightening properties soothe the complexion and assist in collagen synthesis and protection.
Kamala Kirk is a University of Southern California graduate and has been an editor/writer for more than a decade. She has written for E! Online, Total Beauty, TravelAge West, Malibu Times Magazine, and many more. She resides in Los Angeles and is a proud pug mom. Follow her on Instagram: @kamalakirk