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There are few things more satisfying than peeling off a face mask to reveal tightened, toned and even skin. Unless, of course, you can make the mask as glorious as the reveal. GlamGlow’s GravityMud now includes Power Rangers formulas ($37, Sephora.com) with green and gold masks inspired by villains Rita Repulsa and Goldar.

The iPhone X (from $1319, apple.com)

takes selfies to the next level with a front-facing sevenmegapixel camera and a portrait mode that brings studio lighting to everyday snaps. That’s not vanity, darling, it’s showing off artistry.

Marc Jacobs gives beauty a pop with

The Night Owl festive cracker ($32, marcjacobsbeauty.com). The goodies inside include the brand’s unbeatable volumizing mascara and travel sizes of gel and liquid liner. Help them soak in the season with the Tree D luxury bath melt ($6.95) and Santa’s Belly holly jolly jelly ($7.95,

lush.ca) from Lush. This is for someone on your “very nice” list. Omorovicza ups the luxury skincare game with products made from collodial gold, which is touted for healing microdamage and soothing inflammation. The Gold Facial Set ($535, omorovicza.

com) includes Gold Flash Firming Serum, Gold Night Drops, Gold Eye Lift and Gold Rescue Cream. Artists are only as good as their tools, which are top-notch in the advanced Snow Ball Brush Kit from MAC Cosmetics ($59.50, maccosmetics.ca). Also included is an eye-catching makeup bag that can double as a clutch for holiday parties.

Verdura Natural Alternatives’ Berry Serum ($96, verduranaturalalternatives.com) is pure joy — organic, 100 percent vegan, with no parabens, synthetic colourants, petrochemicals or other icky cancercausing stuff. No matter how many times you snog under the mistletoe, the water resistant lip colours in Kat Von D’s Everlasting Obsession Lip Liner Collector’s Edition ($270, Sephora.com) won’t budge or smudge.