Secret Santa gift ideas

[zadidoll]

Once Black Friday ads for ULTA and Sephora are up I'll post those here.

Some ideas for Secret Santa gifts. Sephora has several "Favorite" sets which while it seems it's expensive if you purchase a couple you can break it down to give as gifts to multiple people (not just Secret Santa).



Sephora Favorites: Give Me Some Lip $25

This set contains:
- 0.10 oz Laura Mercier Lip Glacé in Bare Pink
- 0.07 oz Buxom® Full-On™ Lip Polish in Dolly
- 0.14 oz NARS Lip Gloss in Turkish Delight
- 0.08 oz Fresh Sugar Rosé Tinted Lip Treatment
- 0.05 oz Bite Beauty High Pigment Pencil in Rhubarb
- 0.10 oz Tarte LipSurgenceâ„¢ Lip Luster in Glitzy

Sephora Favorite: Give Me More Lip $59​

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This set contains:
- 0.12 oz bareMinerals ® Marvelous Moxie™ Lipstick in Never Say Never
- 0.05 oz Bite Beauty High Pigment Pencil in Pomegranate
- 0.04oz BUXOM® Full-Bodied™ Lip Stick in Menance
- 0.07 oz BUXOM® Full-Bodied™ Lip Cream in White Russian
- 0.03 oz Hourglass Opaque Rouge Liquid Lipstick in Icon
- 0.03 oz Kat Von D in Everlasting Love Liquid Lipstick in Backstage Bambi
- 0.042 oz Kat Von D Foiled Love Lipstick in Adora
- 0.1 oz Laura Mercier Lip Glace in Bare Naked
- 0.05 oz Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Natural N45
- 0.33 oz Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar in Strumpet
- 0.1 oz Smashbox Be Lengendary Lipstick in Nylon Nude
- 0.14 oz Smashbox Lip Gloss in Pout
- 0.03 oz Stila Color Balm Lipstick in Sonya
- 0.03 oz Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lip Color in Dolce
- 0.009 oz Tarte Glmazonâ„¢ Pure Performance 12-Hour Lipstick in Inspired
- 0.11 oz Too Faced La Crème Color Drenched Lip Cream in Marshmallow Bunny​

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Sephora Favorites: Draw The Line $30​

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This set contains:
- 0.025 oz Make Up Forever Aqua Eyes Eyeliner in Black
- 0.082 oz Sephora Collection Long-Lasting 12HR Wear Eye Liner in 02 Glitter Black
- 0.01 oz Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner in Black
- 0.04 oz Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner in Black
- 0.01 oz Stila Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner in Stingray
- 0.01 oz Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Double Ended Eye Pencil in Perversion and Demolition​

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Sephora Favorites: BB Buzz $25​

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This set contains:
- 0.35 oz Boscia B.B. Cream SPF27 PA++
- 0.33 oz Dr. Jart Premium Beauty Balm 45 PA+++
- 0.5 oz Smashbox Camera Ready BB Cream Broad Spectrum SPF 35 in Light
- 0.34 oz Stila Stay All Day 10-In-One HD Illuminating Beauty Balm with Broad Spectrum SPF 30
- 0.35 oz Too Faced Tinted Beauty Balm Multi-Benefit Skin Care Makeup Broad Spectrum SPF 20 Sunscreen in Cream​

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Sephora Favorites: Lash Stash $45​

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This set contains:
- 0.10 oz Benefit They're Real Mascara
- 0.141 oz Blinc Mascara
- 0.2 oz BUXOM Lash Mascara
- 0.14 oz Clinique High Impact Mascara
- 0.135 oz Lancôme Hypnôse Drama
- 0.13 oz Make Up For Ever Smoky Extravagant
- 1 x Sephora Collection False Eye Lashes in Celebrity
- 0.5 oz Sephora Collection Outrageous Mascara
- 0.31 oz Tarte Lights, Camera, Flashesâ„¢ Statement Mascara
- 0.17 oz Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara
- 0.06 oz Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effect Faux Cils Baby Doll​

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StilaColor Me Glossy Lip Glaze Set $28

This set contains:
- 0.45 oz x 9 Lip Glaze in Cranberry, Persimmon, Melon, Dazzleberry, Wildberry, Strawberry Cream, Passion Fruit, Kaleidoscope, Amaretto

Also sold at ULTA.



Too Faced Beauty Editor Darlings Set $19

This set contains:
- 0.13 oz Deluxe Lashgasm Mascara
- 0.17 oz Deluxe Shadow Insurance Anti-Crease Eye Shadow Primer
- 0.1 oz Deluxe Glamour Gloss Volumizing Lip Gloss in Sexpot
- 0.12 oz Deluxe Lip Insurance Smoothing Anti-Feathering Lip Primer
- 0.17 oz Deluxe Primed and Poreless Skin Smoothing Face Primer

Note from Zadi: I bought this a few weeks back and the products are travel/deluxe size. I'm possibly going to use a few of these items in my Secret Santa box.



Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar All-Star Mini x 4 Set $20

This set contains:
- 0.08 oz x 4 Lip Tar in Memento (pink plum neutral), NSFW (primary red), Anime (vibrant neon pink), Black Dahlia (blackened red)
- Short-handled precision brush



More ideas from Sephora: Travel size products

Idea at ULTA

More deals at Stila: http://www.stilacosmetics.com/category/makeup/fall+beauty+bash.do?page=all&sortby=priceAscend&sortType=1

 

[chelsealady]

Is it bad that I have more than one of these on my wish list to buy?

 

[meaganola]

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Is it bad that I have more than one of these on my wish list to buy?
Not as bad as the fact that I already bought two of them!  What is this "no buy" of which you speak?

 

[zadidoll]

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[Deareux]

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LIES! All of it!

 

[kawaiiwoofs]

I'm weirdly in love with the short handled brushes that come with lip tars. That 4 mini kit is so awesome and would make a great gift for any make up junkie! I have all those shades already but memento. I wish it came with a mini clear though!! Anyway, I hope the person I get has never tried occ So I can spread the love /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Also!! I posted in the other the sales/coupons thread that Kohls is selling the Balm and they have 3 Instains for $34 -- it would be a great blush set to piece out!

 

[Last Contrast]

OMG... if I lived anywhere near Sephora (or indeed where it ships) I would be buying if for my secret.... self Santa

 

[Dayo Steph]

I love the give me some lip kits. I already broke down and bought it for myself, and I bought last year's when it came out too. I hadn't seen the gimme more lip kit before though! *plots*

 

[chelsealady]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dayo Steph /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I love the give me some lip kits. I already broke down and bought it for myself, and I bought last year's when it came out too. I hadn't seen the gimme more lip kit before though! *plots*
It is on my list too.

 

[Kelli]

I've been wanting to try out those Stila Lip Glazes, and those would break up so nicely (and only a little over $3 a piece!).

Can't wait to see what the Black Friday sales will be this year.

 

[iPretty949]

All of those are in my Sephora basket for weeks now!

 

[Emuhlyy]

I bought the Superstars kit for myself.. going to buy the mascara one for mom and sister!

 

[Jamie P]

I love all of the kits they have right now. I can't wait to see what black friday sales come up. I'm actually off black friday this year... and I plan to hit ulta at least!

 

[zadidoll]

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I'm weirdly in love with the short handled brushes that come with lip tars. That 4 mini kit is so awesome and would make a great gift for any make up junkie! I have all those shades already but memento. I wish it came with a mini clear though!!

Anyway, I hope the person I get has never tried occ So I can spread the love

Also!! I posted in the other the sales/coupons thread that Kohls is selling the Balm and they have 3 Instains for $34 -- it would be a great blush set to piece out!

They have some pretty amazing brushes.

 

[Shauna999]

I bought the superstar kit & ladies its worth every dollar!! I've had most of the items & it was time to refresh my current stash.

 

[tacehtpuekam]

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Anyway, I hope the person I get has never tried occ So I can spread the love

 
And I hope you're my SS! 

I was thinking about buying the mini set but I'm trying SO HARD to not buy myself things until after Christmas & my birthday. 

 

[Last Contrast]

I really want to try the liptars but I'd have to order on line as there are no local stockists and that seems like a bad idea for the first order. I like to see colours in person for things lipsticks.

 

[Sunflowercake]

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  OMG... if I lived anywhere near Sephora (or indeed where it ships) I would be buying if for my secret.... self Santa
Hahaha that cracked me up. I purposely did not start shopping for my secret santa yet because I would buy too much for myself. Waiting until black friday and until our vacation. So what's the go-to store in Australia?

 

[Last Contrast]

Let's see, there are places like Myers and David Jones that have beauty departments but they tend to only have the high end brands (think Chanel, Dior, MAC, Bobbi Browm, Lancome, YSL, Shisedo) and oddly Revlon which has managed to market themselves as high end in Australia. They charge upwards of twice what the same products cost in US/UK once you do exchange rate conversions and have a limited range. OPI retails for $20 for instance. Priceline is the equivalent of CVS/Walgreens - think Revlon, Maybelline, Covergirl, L'Oreal and a few other local equivalent level brands. The best specialist cosmetics store is Mecca Cosmetica but it's still very inflated prices and a quite low range of brands. They do have NARS though. And then individual brands that are quite good (like Napolean Perdis) sell all over the place at randomm locations, like at my local chemist/drugstore along side the ibuprofen and body washes?... weird. 

Some brands are pretty much impossible to get; OCC, China Glaze, MUFE, Stila are all on my quick dash list to get to whenever I travel to a Sephora! 

Hence I shop a fair bit on beautybay.com and sasa.com!

 

[Sunflowercake]

Quote: Originally Posted by Last Contrast /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Let's see, there are places like Myers and David Jones that have beauty departments but they tend to only have the high end brands (think Chanel, Dior, MAC, Bobbi Browm, Lancome, YSL, Shisedo) and oddly Revlon which has managed to market themselves as high end in Australia. They charge upwards of twice what the same products cost in US/UK once you do exchange rate conversions and have a limited range. OPI retails for $20 for instance. Priceline is the equivalent of CVS/Walgreens - think Revlon, Maybelline, Covergirl, L'Oreal and a few other local equivalent level brands. The best specialist cosmetics store is Mecca Cosmetica but it's still very inflated prices and a quite low range of brands. They do have NARS though. And then individual brands that are quite good (like Napolean Perdis) sell all over the place at randomm locations, like at my local chemist/drugstore along side the ibuprofen and body washes?... weird.

Some brands are pretty much impossible to get; OCC, China Glaze, MUFE, Stila are all on my quick dash list to get to whenever I travel to a Sephora!

Hence I shop a fair bit on beautybay.com and sasa.com!
That sounds interesting. I always love to try out makeup from different countries. Don't forget to mention which brabds you want to try on your secret santa wish list!