Give the gift of beauty this holiday season! Pamper your loved ones and help them feel beautiful, head to toe, all season long with our annual holiday gift guide. Ahead, see some of our top picks for gorgeous hair, radiant skin, luscious lashes and show-stopping nails to make this holiday season truly sparkle!
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Redken's Diamond Oil High Shine Collection (launching November 2014) features Redken's new Sparkling Oil Complex to achieve diamond-like shine for all hair types, especially medium to fine, without weighing the hair down. The collection’s Diamond Oil High Shine Airy Mist is an aerosol oil that works on all hair types, including fine hair, to create a feather-light, silky feel with multifaceted shine. Visit www.redken.com.
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The Amarte Heart & Seoul Collection is a luxurious, full-size Korean skin care regimen packaged in a beautiful gift box. Lavish ingredients like caviar, pearl powder and orchid extract are featured throughout the collection, which includes the Daily Wonder Cleansing Foam, Aqua Veil Hydrator, HydroLift Cream, Eyeconic Eye Cream and two versatile shades of Natural Finish BB Cream to cleanse, hydrate, rejuvenate and protect. The introductory skin care routine is gentle enough to be used on virtually every skin type – dry, combination, oily, sensitive, etc. Visit www.AmarteSkinCare.com.
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Shine on this holiday season with Agadir Argan Oil's hair care gift set. The whole collection is infused with 100% certified Argan Oil extracted from the rare, exotic nut found only in Morocco. Perfect for protecting hair from winter's harsh conditions, Agadir Argan Oil works to nourish, smooth and protect dry, parched strands.
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Color Rebel by Redken (available October 2014) is perfect for the holidays. The "makeup for hair" set features two metallic shades, Gilty as Charged Gold and a Limited Edition Silver Glitter Spray, that are an easy (and temporary) way to doll up one’s ‘do for holiday festivities. The color washes out in 2-3 shampoos and is available in 5 shades including: Red-y to Rock (True Red), Rebel Without a Coral (Punchy coral), Punked Up Pink (Fuchsia pink), Purple Riot (Bright purple), and Gilty as Charged (Gold Shimmer). Visit www.redken.com.
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Shaving, waxing and laser hair removal can be costly, painful and uncomfortable, but with Yes! by Finishing Touch, she won't have to worry about nicks, cuts, bumps, burns or smells. With built-in Sensa-Light technology, it's gentle enough to use on the face and bikini, yet tough enough to use on arms, underarms, body and legs. A perfect stocking stuffer! Visit www.finishingtouchyes.com.
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For the always well-groomed man, EVOLUTIONMAN offers its Holiday Kit, available in a unique, hand-painted Passenger Pouch created by Chicago design company Pine & Plastic. The EVOLUTIONMAN Holiday Kit contains both EVOLUTIONMAN NU NOIR Face & Body Wash and EVOLUTIONMAN Moisture Protect SPF 20 (oil free), providing an easy yet complete skin regimen for men at every age. Suitable for all skin types, the Holiday Kit is just the thing to help the man in your life keep his skin hydrated during those cold winter months. Visit www.evolution-man.com.
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Known for its signature aromatherapy blends, Pureology’s three, limited edition, holiday gift sets each include the brand’s top haircare systems paired with a Limited Edition Scented Candle, featuring the signature fragrance found in the haircare products. Gift sets include: Hydrate Holiday Gift Set, Strength Cure Holiday Gift Set, and Pure Volume Holiday Gift Set. Visit www.pureology.com.
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Help her keep her locks smooth, shiny and beautiful with two new holiday sets from ColorProof Hair Care. The Wonderfully Rich Holiday Trio (top left) includes the SuperRich Moisture Shampoo, SuperRich Moisture Condition, AllAround Flexible Hold Hairspray and a ColorProof Designer Logo Tote; and the Marvelously Smooth Holiday Trio (top right) includes the CrazySmooth Anti-Frizz Shampoo, CrazySmooth Anti-Frizz Condtion, RadicallySmooth Anti-Frizz Serum and a ColorProof Designer Logo Tote. Make the holidays even brighter with ColorProof Hair Care's stocking stuffers (bottom, from left to right) including SuperRich, SuperPlump, ClearItUp, CrazySmooth, PlushLocks and TruCurl sets. Visit www.colorproof.com.
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Give her the gift of gorgeous hair in a flash with Redken's Express Haircolor menu. Each service can be completed in an hour or less, allowing her more time to take care of holiday shopping and attend festive parties. The menu includes: Gloss Boost (40 minutes or less) - for those who need instant color refreshing, or “color shy” ladies looking for a low-commitment introduction to hair color; Root Erase (50 minutes or less) - for those who need a color touch-up in between their regularly-scheduled appointments, as well as those who rely on temporary root touch-up products (sprays, boxed color, hair mascaras) between appointments; and Quick Lights (60 minutes or less) - for ladies looking to brighten their color between full highlight appointments. Offered at various salons.
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For the busy gals on your list who have no time to freshen up between holiday parties, Pureology's Fresh Approach Dry Shampoo and Condition make the perfect gift. Fresh Approach Dry Shampoo provides oil absorption and instantly refreshes and cleanses for a satin finish. The Dry Condition adds shine, conditions, manages frizz and controls static. Both feature the exclusive AntiFade Complex to reduce color-stripping water abrasion by 40% and extend color-keeping power by up to 4 weeks. Visit www.pureology.com.
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Paying homage to richly cool tones, Dermelect Cosmeceuticals unveils ME’s Bejeweled Nail Lacquer Collection, featuring four new hues inspired by the rich and radiant pigments of precious gems. Each formula is infused with texture to give nails an intricate appearance that resembles the jewels in which the collection is inspired by. The perfect gift for your glam girl, or a great stocking stuffer! Colors include Lustrous (sparkling cognac), Gilded (textured patina), Heirloom (metallic royal sapphire) and Belle Époque (deep smoky quart crème). Visit www.dermelect.com.
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For your travel maven or green goddess, the Goldfaden Radiant Skin Renewal Start Kit is perfect to take on the go. Complete with Goldfaden’s best selling Doctor’s Scrub, as well as Pure Start Cleanser and Vital Boost Moisturizier, the skin renewal starter kit helps give winter skin a bright, youthful glow. Visit www.goldfadenmd.com.
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The Glo Minerals Skin Sets feature the brand's best-selling skincare essentials for a complete home care regimen to help skin look and feel its best. The Normal/Dry collection is designed to hydrate, brighten and restore with conditioning plant extracts and nourishing hydrators, while the Normal/Oily collection is designed to balance, brighten and purify with light hydrators, botanicals and refining agents. Great for any friend or family member, the kit includes a cleanser, polish, mask, face cream and eye cream. Visit www.gloprofessional.com.
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For the girl always battling frizz, give the Keratin Complex Style Therapy collection! The versatile styling products in the Style Therapy collection provide the tools to create any look, from voluminous waves to sleek up-dos and more. Perfect for getting glam before holiday parties, the Keratin Complex Style Therapy collection is available in two kits: VOLUME and SLEEK. The VOLUME Kit includes Glowtion Potion Styling Oil, Vita Volume Boosting Foam, Lift off Root Amplifying Styling Gel and Bold Hold Maximum Finishing Hairspray and the SLEEK Kit includes Glowtion Potion Styling Oil, MoldMe Matte Texturizing Cream, Iconic Polish High Shine Pomade and Flex Flow Flexible Shaping Hairspray. Visit www.keratincomplex.com.
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Help her get ready for her mistletoe close-up with luxurious, dramatic, natural lashes, courtesy of RevitaLash. The RevitaLash Advanced holiday kit is a conditioning eyelash treatment that creates dramatic looking eyes while protecting and moisturizing lashes. This conditioner improves the appearance of lashes by encouraging shine, flexibility, and strength of the lashes with its BioPeptin Complex. *Not available in California or Tennessee.
Give the gift of bold brows! The exclusive RevitaBrow Advanced gift set features the RevitaBrow Advanced Conditioner in a sleek and stylist travel tote and cosmetic bag for the beauty-lover on your list! Visit www.revitalash.com.
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It's time to shine this holiday season with four new holiday hair kits from Oribe. The Beautiful Color Collection (top left) adds life and shine with the latest color-maintenance technology. Intense cuticle-enriching conditioners, color-protecting UV filters and next-generation frizz-taming biopolymers supercharge this reparative, glossifying trio. The Cult Classic Collection (top right) is perfect for the jet-setter, gym-goer or anyone who likes to look good on the go. The Liquid Gold Collection (bottom left) reawakens hair to its healthiest, glossiest prime. Rejuvenating products combine centuries-old healing oils and extracts with modern, high-performance technology to reinforce the inner strength of each strand and undo the damage of time (and style). The Shine Bright Collection (bottom right) will leave even the most damaged hair gleaming. Ultra-lightweight silicones, rich natural moisturizers, and exotic oils all infuse hair with the chicest sheen for the ultimate illumination so she can steal the spotlight! Visit www.oribe.com.
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Candy canes make great stocking stuffers, but the fresh minty scent of the classic winter confection also has amazing benefits for the skin and senses. Amala Skincare’s Refresh Peppermint Concentrate and Refresh Peppermint Room & Linen Mist are great remedies to recharge during the hectic holiday season. Invigorate the senses and awaken the mind with a refreshing pop of peppermint with the Aroma Apothecary Peppermint Concentrate Roll-On. Cultivated in Northern Italy, the organic Mint in this concentrate is cooling and energizing. Its convenient roller ball applicator is great to have on-hand for a morning or afternoon pick-me-up. Spritz this energizing Peppermint Room & Linen Mist and enjoy instant invigoration thanks to organic Northern Italian mint that delivers a burst of cool refreshment. Direct-from-nature aromatherapy is a time-honored, effective way to freshen up and glow with healthy radiance. The mist is a lovely touch for fresh towels in the bathroom, for waking up the senses at the office, or for long car journeys. Visit www.amalabeauty.com.
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We all know that one person who's always running late because her hair requires hours to tame or bring to life. Rather than buying her a new expensive hair straightener or hair-dryer that adds volume, save her (and yourself) some time with a Brazilian Blowout Holiday gift set. Brazilian Blowout hair products help maintain frizz and gives hair a healthy shine. Included in the holiday gift sets are the Açai Anti-Frizz Shampoo and Conditioner duo or the Volume Shampoo and Conditional duo and 2 sleeves of Metallic Flash Tattoos. With gorgeous locks and body art, she’ll be ready to ring in the New Year! Visit www.brazilianblowout.com.
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The Pearl CLASSIC COLLECTION from Scruples is just the thing to help hair shine bright all season long. The collection includes (from left to right, top to bottom): Hypershine Repair Spray, Pearl Finish Humectant Pomade, Soothing Polish Conditioning Serum and Renewal Hair Polish to keep strands soft, silky and shiny! Visit www.scrupleshaircare.com.
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Give a little indulgence this holiday season with the limited edition Repêchage Sexy, Silky-Smooth Holiday Gift Set. From the Repêchage Vita Cura Triple Action Body Collection, the holiday set includes two best-selling products: Vita Cura Triple Action Body Soufflé and the Vita Cura Triple Action Nutrí Créme. Perfect for all ages and skin concerns, these products make the perfect holiday gift. Both products not only smell decadent, but more importantly are infused with wonderful, natural ingredients including African Mafura Oil, Coconut Oil, Shea Butter, and seaweed. Visit www.repechage.com.
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When it comes to manicures, the holidays are all about luxe colors and fun, sparkly glitter. The limited edition essie 2014 holiday minis kit has a good dose of both, and then some! The festive set includes five fun shades: mademoiselle (a soft, blush pink), smokin' hot (a stone-cold, fox grey), butler please (a bright, true blue), bahama mama (a warm, deep plum) and jazzy jubilant (a sparkly, glitter top coat). Visit www.essie.com.
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Perfect for anyone on your list, Redken's 10 new Holiday Haircare Kits offer everything from color care, to enhanced shine, to increased hair strength. From left to right, top to bottom: the Color Extend Magnetics Kit features Redken’s exclusive Interlock Protein Network (IPN) technology and Charge-Attract Complex to protect and strengthen color-treated hair from the inside out, resulting in maximum color vibrancy; the Color Extend Kit offers protection to extend the life and vibrancy of hair color with mirror-like shine; the Extreme Kit features advanced strengthening and repair to distressed strands for healthy-looking, resilient hair; the Blonde Idol Kit features the exclusive Kera- Bright System to brighten and beautify blonde hair; the All Soft Holiday Kit is powered by Redken’s Keratin Enrich Complex with IPN for intense softness, movement and shine; the Diamond Oil Kit contains Redken’s Shine Strong Complex, featuring a nourishing bled of natrual apricot, camelina and coriander oils to strengthen hair from the inside out; the Curvaceous Kit provides solutions for every curly hair challenge – from frizz, dryness to lack of definition; the Redken For Men Kit includes 3 grooming favorites for great hair and skin; the Pillow Proof Blow Dry Kit helps blowouts last longer than ever; and the Get In Control Kit provides incredible, lasting volume! Visit www.redken.com.
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Give the ladies on your list the gift of beautiful skin with 4 new holiday sets from Parisian skincare line CARITA. The Lisse Supreme Anti-Wrinkle Beauty Ritual (top left) features a anti-wrinkle products to help moisturize and smooth the skin; the Genesis of Youth Beauty Ritual (top right) features products from CARITA’s Progressif Lift Fermeté – Genesis of Youth Collection, a unique and innovative anti-aging collection dedicated to firming the skin’s genesis dermis to preserve youthful, firmer and fuller looking skin with redefined contours; the Ideal Hydration Beauty Ritual (bottom left) features anti-aging products that stimulate natural moisturizing mechanisms, boost cellular energy, illuminate the complexion and promote skin vitality and resistance; and the Fluide de Beauté 14 Beauty Ritual (bottom right) features the iconic Fluide de Beauté 14 Ultra-Nourishing Dry Oil. The dry oil nourishes and softens the face, hair and body and leaves skin in a light, satiny veil. Visit www.carita.com.
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The holidays are a time to sparkle, and these stunning hair accessories from fine artist Katie Burley are the perfect way for her to dress up her hair for the season. Each, one-of-a-kind statement piece is hand-crafted using the traditional tools and techniques of this enduring art form. Characterized by impeccable craftsmanship and creative design, these gorgeous accessories by Katie Burley are sure to please! Gold flowered headband: $200; hair combs: $58-$85. Visit www.etsy.com/shop/katieburley.
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For lustrous, healthy hair, give Scruples' WHITE TEA LUXURY COLLECTION. The collection includes the Magical Serum (right), designed to keep hair healthy, smooth and frizz-free, and the Velvet Molding Gloss (left) for beautiful, iridescent shine. Visit www.scrupleshaircare.com.
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This holiday season, get skincare into the spirit – add a little sugar and spice with Jan Marini Skin Research’s (JMSR) limited edition Holiday Exfoliator in Cranberry Orange (top) and Sugar Cookie (bottom). The weather outside may be frightful, but skin won’t be with JMSR’s popular, clinical-strength resurfacer that immediately refines texture, leaving skin with a radiant, polished glow. This uniquely designed scrub eliminates harsh abrasives to gently and safely scrub and resurface the skin. Visit www.janmarini.com.
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Celebrate the creativity at the heart of hairstyling with the latest holiday collection from Paul Mitchel: The Art of Style. Perfect for those on your list who are artists behind the chair, The Art of Style collection comes packaged in beautiful, ready-to-give boxes and bags adorned with delicate pencil-and-watercolor drawings of Australian fashion illustrator Sarah Hankinson. The collection includes 1 Awapuhi Shampoo (10.14 oz.), 1 The Detangler (10.14 oz.), and 1 Sculpting Foam (6.7 oz.).
Other collections include: The Art of Volume, The Art of Sleek, The Art of Moisture, The Art of Classic, The Art of Blonde, The Art of Curls, The Art of Color, and the Art of Bathtime. Visit www.paulmitchell.com.
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No more holiday sweaters, impersonal gift cards, or weighty fruitcakes. This holiday season, give the gift of healthy, glowing skin with Dermalogica's Holiday Gift Sets. The Active Moist Set features Active Moist (3.4 oz), Soothing Eye Makeup Remover (1 oz), and Intensive Eye Repair (0.1 oz) for individuals with normal/oily skin type; the Skin Smoothing Cream Set includes Skin Smoothing Cream (3.4 oz), Soothing Eye Makeup Remover (1 oz) and Intensive Eye Repair (0.1 oz) for those with normal/dry skin type; the Age Smart Super Rich Repair Set features Super Rich Repair (1.7 oz), Soothing Eye Makeup Remover (1 oz) and Age Reversal Eye Complex (0.17 oz) for mature skin; the Body Therapy Favorites Set contains Conditioning Body Wash (2.5 oz), Body Hydrating Cream (2.5 oz) and Exfoliating Body Scrub (0.5 oz) - perfect for jet-setters constantly on the go; and the Our Favorites Set includes PreCleanse (1 oz), Multi-Active Toner (1 oz) Skin Hydrating Booster (0.25 oz), Gentle Cream Exfoliant (0.34 oz) and SkinPerfect Primer SPF30 (0.21 oz) - 5 top-selling products perfect for all skin types and conditions. Visit www.dermalogica.com. [pagebreak]This holiday season be boldly blonde, not brassy. Enjoy the coupling of award-winning UNITE Blonda Shampoo and Conditioner, with intensely restorative formulas that tone and maintain blonde hair’s vibrancy. Protect and shield with much loved Unite 7 Seconds Condition, aiding detangling and providing thermal protection.
UNITE's holiday collection offers 4 different types of Daily Essential Box Sets that contain the Shampoo, Condition and 7SECONDS. All Holiday box sets include best seller and hero product Unite 7 Seconds conditioner. Visit uniteeurotherapy.com.
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Gwendolyn-Mary's Pavane candle line is inspired by the similarities of composing music and composing scents. The three Pavane scents are named after the Renaissance dance, each designed to be enjoyed while listening to a particular piece of classical music, or they can be layered for a symphonic experience. Burn the soy candles to invite salon visitors to escape to a world of luxury or give them as a gift of appreciation to your clients. For more information visit Gwendolyn-Mary.com. [pagebreak]
All over the world, the perfectly shaped triangle pine tree is a symbol of the holiday season. This year, KBShimmer pays homage to the Christmas tree with the 2014 charity polish, Pine-ing For Yule. Holographic, evergreen "trees" swim among mini, red, star-shaped "tree toppers" while holographic glitter in red and sliver light up this Christmas polish with plenty of spirited sparkle! For every bottle of Pine-ing For Yule sold from November 1st – December 25th, KBShimmer will donate $4 to Toys for Tots. Visit www.kbshimmer.com.
