The holiday season is officially here, and you know what that means: Time to stuff those stockings!! After all, who doesn’t like to wake up and find a good treat stowed away in their stocking? Chrissy’s Beauty School has rounded up the cutest and most affordable stocking stuffers out there to help you make your own list and pick out off a few treats for your friends and family. And you want to know the best thing? All these gifts are under $40!! Stuff away, lovelies!
Under $5
Bath & Body Works Reindeer PocketBac Hand Sanitizers, $1.50 or five for $5, bathandbodyworks.com
You better dash out to pick up these adorable mini reindeer hand sanitizers before they fly off the shelves! The special holiday Mint Collection comes in five festive flavors—Candy Mint,Marshmallow Mint,Apple Mint,Cocoa Mint,and Ginger Mint—and are one cute treat you’ll want to carry with you all season long.
Pssssst Instant Dry Shampoo, $2.99 (1.76 Oz.), freemanbeauty.com
When you’re a busy collegiette™, you don’t always have time to wash, blow-dry and style in the morning. Give the busy girl in your life (yourself included) the gift of convenience with Pssssst Instant Dry Shampoo.
REACH® Total Care + Whitening Floss, $3, walmart.com
With all those sugary holiday sweets, a collegiette™’s teeth will be screaming for some TLC. Stock her stuffing with a pack of this recently-released line of whitening flosses and help her recover from all those red and green frosted cookies she’ll be sneaking over the next few weeks.
Feeling Beautiful Chocolate & Strawberry Detoxifying Facial Clay Mask, $3.99, freemanbeauty.com
With this deliciously luxurious deep cleansing mask to look forward to, you’ll be better equipped to resist sneaking an extra cookie at those holiday parties. Apply this mask to your stressed out skin, and be prepared to reveal unclogged pores and hydrated skin.
Under $10
The Gingerbread Man Holiday Ornament, $6 for 2 Oz., philosophy.com
Adorable packaging? Check. Deliciously decadent treat inside? Check. This festive treat doubles as an ornament on the outside and a mini foaming bubble bath and shower gel on the inside.
Lip elixirs, $6.50each, www.LipElixirs.com
These all-natural lip balms come in a variety of your favorite cocktail flavors—Mimosa, Mojito, Vanilla Bourbon, Sassafras and Chocolate Martini—and are the perfect pick me up for your dry lips.
Party Hearty Set China Glaze, $9.99, sallybeauty.com
Nail polish addicts rejoice! This festive holiday set includes two holiday shades, Phat Santa and Jolly Holly, and a glittery top coat, Party Hearty. Take the gloves off, ladies!
Goody Retro Deluxe™ collection, $2.00 – $8.99, target.com
Looking for a little something to help you stand out at that holiday party? Try a gemstone barrette or luxurious satin headband from the Goody Retro Deluxe™ collection and you’ll make quite the impact.
Maybelline Eye Studio™ Color Pearls™ Marbleized Eyeshadow, $4.19, walgreens.com
Each of these gorgeous shadows comes packed with two different, blendable shades to help you create a custom look that’s all your own. The advanced baked technology of the shadow helps create a luminous pearly appearance that’s perfect for the holidays.
Under $20
Tarte Picture Perfect Limited-Edition Gold-Toned Eyelash curler, $15, tartecosmetics.com
This one speaks for itself, ladies. Whoever thought of blinging out this eyelash curler in purple rhinestones sure knew we’d all be asking Santa to add it to our stockings!
BareMinerals Big & Bright Mini Mascara and Liner Duo, $15, bareescentuals.com
Flawless beauty on the go never looked so good! Stash these mini versions of BareMinerals’ Flawless Definition Volumizing Mascara and Big & Bright Eyeliner in your festive holiday clutch and you’ll be ready for any last minute touchups you come across.
First Aid Beauty Essentials Kit, $15, sephora.com
Make your travels easy this holiday season by gifting yourself the First Aid Beauty Essentials Kit, complete with airport-friendly versions of FAB’s Face Cleanser (Face Cleanser (1.0 oz), Daily Face Cream (1.0 oz), Gentle Body Wash (2.0 oz) and Body Moisturizer (2.0 oz).
Under $40
Beautyblender Holiday Set, $23.95, http://www.beautyblender.net/
Created by celebrity makeup artist Rea Ann Silva, the Beautyblender is a fave among celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Brandy, and for good reason. This sponge applicator helps you create a flawless finish thanks to its patent-pending elliptical shape.The Beautyblender Holiday Set comes complete with the Blendercleanser, a lightly lavender-scented cleanser that will keep your Beautyblender fresh and clean.
Philosophy’s Limited-Edition Hope in a Jar, $38 (2 oz.), sephora.com
If Oprah features something on her “Ultimate Favorite Things” episode, you know it’s got to be good! Oprah called this cult-favorite “hands down the best moisturizer I’ve ever used,” and to celebrate her love for the product, she’s partnered with philosophy to create a commemorative, limited-edition, hope in a jar moisturizer. Housed in a festive box covered in sparkling red glitter, the moisturizer helps celebrate 25 seasons of the powerhouse talk show.