Sephora is more pricey to shop at, but some of the items make great gifts to give and to put on your Christmas list. I thought it might be helpful to provide some of my favourite products that are worth getting this holiday season.
Benefits get your party on--contouring kit: This is a great kit they are selling in store at Sephora. It is $55 and you get 4 full size products, which is an actual value of $131 dollars. So it is a steal of a deal. I think it makes a great gift it comes in an adorable keepsake tin. This is also a great treat for yourself. The products are fantastic, and it is such a great value. There is not one product in this kit that I would not recommend. One last quick tip, with sets like these you can always split it up with other sets. This way you can save money and make personal sets depending on someones makeup tastes.
Sephora Cream Lip Stain: I Love these they are a great dupe for Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipsticks. The Sephora ones are quite a bit less drying. In my opinion they last a lot longer on the lips, especially through eating and drinking. But with these Sephora stains I would recommend getting them without the glitter. I prefer the ones without sparkles that are just plain matte. I have 2 colors, Strawberry Kissed, and Marvellous Mauve.
Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment: I have 3 minis of these and one full size, Fresh comes out with mini sets for the holidays. But not everyone wants all the colors that can come in these sets. The minis have the same great quality as the full size, you will not be making a compromise there. These are so amazing they are so moisturizing and they have a decent amount of color. My favourite shade is Honey, on the Sephora Website they describe it as a warm nude. It is easy to slap on the lips without a mirror wake out the door kind of shade. They fade nicely between applications, and will not go patchy like a lipstick possibly can.
Perricone No Blush Blush: The name to me is a little deceiving, I know of course it is going to give off color, but it is very pigmented. Don't get me wrong I love how pigmented it is. I really like it a lot, the color is the kind of color you wish your cheeks are naturally. It needs to be blended out well, but it looks great on the cheeks. It is very pigmented and I think it would show well on darker skin tones, but I would test it first, because I am on the more fair side.
Tarte-Amazonian Clay Blush: These blushes are awesome, they claim to be 12 hour wear blush, and I would say they live up to that claim pretty well. They stay on my cheeks the whole day, I would say they fade a touch, but that may be due to the fact that rest my face on my hands a lot. They are one of the longer wearing blushes I know of, and the colors are stunning. I have two of the blushes, the one on the right is a mini from Black Friday set last year (I think it was called captivating), the other blush on the left is exposed. They are both so beautiful. I especially love exposed because the color looks so good on the cheeks. It gives definition to the cheeks with providing nice color. It pairs very well with the Benefit Hoola Bronzer that was mentioned in the kit above. Using both these products you can go for a more subtle approach to the chiseled cheek look.
Thanks for reading, and I hope your week is going well!
-Ashley
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