December is almost here, which means that everyone has started rushing about to get their Christmas shopping done (it’s never too early to start Christmas shopping, trust us). For those who have makeup lovers in your life, makeup gift sets are perfect gifts if you can’t decide on one item.
Not only are they value for money, but you get multiple products centred on the same theme. This means that as long as you know what your loved ones like, the choice is much easier to make. To save you the trouble, we’ve collated 11 gift sets that we think makeup fanatics will love. From Dior to Urban Decay, this list covers a range of brands for you to choose from.
Lips
You can never have enough lip products amirite? Plus glosses and lip balms never go out of style. Especially when you add a little festive shimmer to them.
This lipgloss set comes in two variations, warm and cool, to fit different aesthetics and skin tones. They come with doe-foot applicators and can be used alone or on top of lipstick to add ultra shine to your lips.
Priced at $45 per set. Get yours here.
If you are looking for a more affordable lip gloss set, Sephora’s also contains three lip glosses, but mini. They provide maximum shine in three shades: 01 Boss, an almost clear shade, 07 Lover, a soft sparkling pink, and 120 Fly, a shimmering nude. They can all be used on top of each other as well to give a lip look to dazzle.
Priced at $26 per set. Get yours here.
If you know someone who always has chapped lips, getting them some tinted lip balm might perk them up. Dr. PAWPAW’s Christmas Gift Set comes with three travel-sized lip balms in the shades Original, Peach Pink Lip Balm, and Ultimate Red Balm. They are all buildable from a soft sheer to a bold colour.
Priced at $18.50 per set. Get yours here.
If matte lipsticks are what you are searching for, this Estée Lauder gift set has five full-sized lipsticks for the price of one lipstick. The colours in the set range from the staple red lippy to a dark grunge colour. The packaging for the box is made with recyclable materials as well, making it great for the environmentally conscious.
Priced at $52. Get yours here.
Eyes
From brows to colour to lashes, there’s so much fun to be had with eye products, and these sets are sure to inspire a couple of great NYE looks.
For big, open eyes, this Dior set smoothens and volumises the lashes to give a dramatic but natural finish. It comes with the Diorshow Maximizer 3d Mascara Primer-Serum in mini and the Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara in the full-sized tube. They both contain cotton nectar to soften lashes, and the primer-serum contains berry extract to revitalise them.
Priced at $55 per set. Get yours here.
This set by Tarte contains a mini mascara, a mini primer, and a limited-edition lash curler encrusted in pink and yellow crystals. Their 4-in-1 mascara is said to act like “a push-up bra for the lashes”, which, well, sounds more than promising. It volumises, lengthens, curls, and conditions, making it suitable for anyone.
Priced at $35 per set. Get yours here.
Do you know someone who loves Benefit Cosmetic’s They’re Real! Magnet powerful lifting & lengthening mascara? This set comes with a full-sized tube and a mini in supercharged black to bring drama to the eyes. The full-sized mascara is sold at $47 on Sephora, so this is definitely a steal.
Priced at $53 per set. Get yours here.
Moving away from lashes, we have an eyeshadow palette and eye pencil set. It features Urban Decay’s Naked3 mini with six shades for an everyday makeup look and their 24/7 Glide-on Eye Pencil to precisely line your eyes or to smudge it depending on the look.
Priced at $55 per set. Get yours here.
Face
Nothing like giving a loved one that extra glow at Christmas.
Matte and dewy may seem very contrasting, but this set makes it work with a mattifying face powder and a dewy setting spray. The face powder sets your makeup and leaves a flawless matte complexion. Spraying the setting spray on top brings back some moisture to your look, giving you an effortless glow.
Priced at $41 per set. Get yours here.
Multi-purpose sets
While gift sets do normally come in their various themes, some provide many products for different parts of the face. Here are two of them.
If you know someone whose skin needs a little TLC, this set comes with Moisture Surge, a hydrator that can be worn below or on top of makeup for a nice glow. It also features their Chubby Stick, a moisturising lip balm in the colour Super Strawberry.
Priced at $19 per set. Get yours here.
This is a set for both the eyes and the lips. It comes with four products: a full-size Colour Chameleon Pillow Talk and travel-size Pillow Talk Push Up Lashes! Mascara, Matte Revolution Pillow Talk, and Lip Cheat Pillow Talk. With a mascara, eye shadow pencil, lip liner, and mini lipstick, buying eye and lip makeup has never been so simple.
Priced at $87 per set. Get yours here.
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