Beauty blitz
HERE ARE A FEW STOCKING-WORTHY BEAUTY PRODUCTS
We have a few suggestions for stocking stuffers.
Not all the good stuff is wrapped in holiday paper and placed under the tree.
Sometimes it’s slipped into a stocking. Beauty products make ideal stocking stuffers. Often, they’re small. They come in all price ranges. They make the recipient look and feel good. What beauty enthusiast wouldn’t appreciate a new nail polish, lip balm or perfume? Or how about a refreshing, post-shave mist for the guys? For that one, check out Harry’s at Target.
The clock’s ticking, so to help we rounded up a few stocking-worthy beauty products.
SNIFF THIS: Chloe eau de parfum, $105 to $132 at Macy’s, is a 2018 Allure magazine Best of Beauty winner. It’s touted as a fresh and feminine fragrance that translates the classic rose into a sensual and intimate perfume. Gucci Bloom eau de parfum, $34 to $121, at Sephora, is a floral fragrance with notes of natural tuberose and jasmine with rangoon creeper that infuses a powdery edge.
NAIL IT: Pastel nail polish seems a bit too subtle these days. Darker shades, especially gray, which already is being hailed as 2019’s polish shade of the year, fit winter’s mood better. And gray is outrageously chic. Consider Essie Concrete Glitter in Stay Up Slate, $9, at Ulta, or Sally Hansen Miracle Gel in Slate, $7.49, at Target.
TO BE HONEST: Honestly Margo, an Oklahoma City-based company, started with lip balm and now includes bath fizz, lotion, hand and body scrub, tinted lip balm, roll-on lip gloss and bath and body sets with prices starting at $6. No harmful ingredients either.
With encouragement from her mother, Irene Gianos, Margo started her lip balm company when she was just 12. Five years later with mother and daughter sharing co-CEO titles, Honestly Margo is sold in more than 1,000
stores across the country, including several in metro and state.
Irene Gianos suggests top-selling Aromatherapy Balms, $10, as an alternative to essential oils. Made with organic ingredients, they’re mess free and can be used in many ways, even on your lips. Available in three scents — Clementine with grapefruit citrus for energy; Aurora, lavender for sleep and calm and Serenity, a vapor balm with menthol and eucalyptus for stress headaches, colds and congestion.
Roller Girls Roll-On Lip Gloss, $12, is a fresh take on an old favorite, she said. Clear lip glosses with natural flavors smell great, feel great and are never sticky on the lips. And tinted lip balms, $6, another big seller, offer just a hint of color with a peppermint vanilla scent.
Margo Gianos, now a high school senior, was featured on TLC’s “Kid Tycoons” in early 2017 and was named 40 Under 40 in her industry in Gift Shop magazine this fall.
For stores, go to honestlymargo.com.
Other ideas
Sooo Lilly Cosmetics in Shoppes at Northpark offers the MakeUp Eraser, $22, (just wet to remove makeup and waterproof mascara), TanTowels, $24, and ThinOptics reading glasses and universal pod case, $22, that can be slipped into a purse or attached to the back of a phone or phone case or the top of a laptop. There’s also a keychain for $25. The glasses are lightweight and as thin as two credit cards. No earpieces. Simply pinch them on your nose. After all, squinting is not pretty.
Faves at Balliets at Classen Curve are
Musee Naughty and Nice bath soaps, $9 each, with natural oils that soothe the body and soul, along with Frosty the Snowman, Jingle Bells and Holly Jolly bath balms, $6. Laura Mercier’s Ambre Vanille set comes with body wash, body cream, honey bath and eau de toilette for $80. Trish McEvoy’s 100 Luminous Hair & Body Oil is $85.
Bobbi Brown’s Luxe Liquid Lip comes in high shine and velvet matte versions for $37. And at The MakeUp Bar, consider
Kosas trio of best-selling, full-size lipsticks, weightless and botanically enriched for $58. The Balm mini lip gloss set of stain and plumpers is $29 and The Balm four-piece set of mini liquid highlighters, $27.50. Mun green beauty skin care travel kit with linen bag is $95.