7 Truly Excellent Beauty Gifts You'll Most Likely Just Buy for Yourself

Sep 22, 2017

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Things you should do for your friends: Like all of their Instagram photos, tell them how much you love them, and not give them another freaking gift card for their birthday.

Because sure, you can get them a tiny piece of plastic that has as much sentiment and thought as a gust of air, or you can pick out one of these bomb-ass skin and makeup gifts, below, that they'll actually get excited to open up. May we suggest the latter option?

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1 For the Person Whose Bag is Stuffed with Lip Products...

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Uh, the picture alone should be enough to sway you, but in case it doesn't, know that this lip kit contains all of Sephora's best-selling lip products in nude hues, including Kat Von D's Everlasting Liquid Lipstick, Buxom's Full-On Lip Cream, and Make Up For Ever's Artist Rouge.

Sephora Favorites Give Me Some Nude Lip, $28

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2 For Your Friend Who Wants a Perfect-Looking Complexion...

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Yeah, this one seems a bit pricey, but trust us—anyone who has spent trying to survive 2017 with their sanity intact will appreciate the gift of a soft, lit-from-within glow, especially when it comes from Hourglass's best-selling bronzers and blushes.

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Volume Three, $80

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3 For Your Skin-Obsessed Friend...

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Each of these ridiculously effective (and gorgeous) products will turn your face—or, cough, your friend's face—into silky, dewy gold. Just slap on the skin-brightening vitamin C mask, follow it up with a spritz of the skin mist and a layer of line-plumping face cream, then dab on the lip balm before bed. It's basically an at-home spa experience.

Tatcha Skincare for Makeup Lovers Bento Box, $59

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4 For That Fragrance Lover...

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File this floral chypre fragrance (infused with natural pheromones) under Most Likely to Make a Human Fall in Love. Also, the bottle is the stuff of vanity dreams.

Charlotte Tilbury Scent of a Dream Fragrance, $75

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5 For Your Trend-Loving Friend...

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Don't be freaked by these crazy-seeming balms—each of the bright shades immediately change color as soon as you swipe them on, thanks to special heat-reactive pigments, so that navy blue turns violet, the red develops into raspberry, and the green fades to a coral pink. And the best part?

Lipstick Queen Best Sellers Trio, $48

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6 For Your Friend Who's Extra...

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You're going to change a DIY mani enthusiast's life with this wearable nail polish holder for touch-ups anywhere. And we mean even in the back-of-a-cab-anywhere, because why *wouldn't* you need that?

Tweexy The Wearable Nail Polish Holder, $8.99

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7 For That Person Who Actually Does Their Makeup Every Morning...

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Filled with BareMinerals' cult-favorite ultra-hydrating and fuller-coverage tinted moisturizer, powdered blush, and fluffy blending brush, this trio is pretty much the Holy Grail of skin kits.

BareMinerals Take Me With You, $39

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