Merry Christmas!

At this time of year, I like to reflect upon my life, family and loves... 

Beautiful Makeup Search is one of them. Without you, my dedicated readers, there would be no beauty blog for me to write. For that, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I love bringing you my latest finds in beauty each and every day, and I can only hope you enjoy it half as much as I do.

Merry Christmas!

xo, Teri

Last-Minute Beauty Gifts from the Drugstore.

Your local drugstore can sometimes have some great hidden gems right in store. If you have forgotten someone or need to pick up something small or extra, you might be surprised to see the great little beauties many of them have waiting just for you to give.

I picked up a few beauty gifts, just today, right from CVS and Walgreens. These gifts will make their way into gift bags, stockings, and on top of presents - where I am known for adding small gifts of beauty.

EOS Lip Balm Sphere - $3.99
How cute is this little round ball of balm? This natural and organic lip balm is formulated with shea butter and Vitamin E to help lock in moisture. I picked 3 of these up in Sweet Mint. I now wish I grabbed 4 because I really want to try one myself.

Burt's Bees Peppermint Foot Lotion - $8.99
I cannot resist Burt's Bees and I know that my friend who I am gifting a nice trio of cashmere socks will appreciate how this lotion goes along with the "foot" theme of her gifts. This lotion with pure peppermint oil and menthol soothes tired feet and will make them soft with the addition of Vitamin E and beeswax.

Boots 3 Piece Almond Gift Set - $19.99
I can only imagine how soothingly sweet this Almond scented trio of Boots beauties must smell. I honestly don't have anyone in mind to gift this too, but I thought it looked like the perfect thing to pick up - just in case. The set contains a Mediterranean Almond, Olive, Pistachio Body Scrub, Mediterranean Milk, Almond, Pistachio Body Butter and Mediterranean Wheatgerm, Almond, Milk Body Wash.

Sally Hansen Quick Care Seal & Shine Top Coat - $9.99
My daughter changes her nail polish almost as much as she changes her clothes. I think this nifty little top coat that comes in a pen form will help her in never-ending nail polish changes.

Sally Hansen Manicure Clean-Up Pen - $4.99
This one is also for my daughter. This pen will obviously make nail polish clean up much easier than her usual q-tip dipped in remover method she uses now.

Curious By Britney Spears Eau De Parfum Spray - $15.99
My sons girlfriend is a HUGE Britney Spears fan. I know she has all of her fragrances already, but this little 1/2 oz. bottle will fit right into her new little Coach bag I bought her - and that is exactly how I plan to package it.

Have you found any Holiday gems in your drugstore to gift this year?

Stocking Stuffer Suggestions.

I always put off picking up stocking stuffers until the last minute. I mean, I plan to do it earlier when I am out shopping for everything else, but I never remember to. This year, I am trying to be a bit more creative and not just fill them up with candy and novelties.

There are some great goodies to be found to fill up a stocking. Take a look at a few of my faves I found this year - all in the beauty category, of course.

Hard Candy Just Nails Nail Polish -$5.00

In a variety of nail colors with the icon formula and ring in place on the bottle, these little beauties fit perfect into a stocking.

Available at Walmart.

Burt's Bees Bee Keeper Lip Balm Set - $9.99

The most popular Burt's Bees lip balms all packed together in one great, easy to stuff set. The great re-useable tin contains the following: Beeswax Lip Balm, Honey Lip Balm, and Replenishing Lip Balm.

Available at Burt's Bees, Drugstore.com, CVS, and major retailers.

Solerra Instant Bronze Mitt & Sunless Tanning Mitt - $24.95 each

Wipe on that instant and sunless tan with these innovative mitts. Perfectly fits in a stocking, and perfectly glides on for an instant, smooth, sunless tan.

Available at Solerra.com.

OPI Decorate Your-elf! - $14.95

Each gift pack (3 options) features an OPI Holiday Wishes Nail Lacquer plus coordinating 2-in-1 Lip Gloss (for rich color and radiant shine!).

    * All A-Bordeaux the Sled! (wine lacquer / sheer wine gloss)
    * Holiday Glow (silvery charcoal lacquer / nude gloss)
    * Meet & Jingle (crimson lacquer / sheer crimson gloss)

Available at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and Ulta.

Purple Lab - Huge Lips, Skinny Hips - $25.00

A tongue-in-cheek lipgloss that contains ingredients to do just what the name says. For huge lips, this gloss contains Vitamin B3. This helps to stimulate blood flow to the lip surface, in a non-irritating way, and fille in lines, wrinkles and plumps them up. For skinny hips, this gloss contains 10% Hoodia Gordoni extract. Hoodia is a known appetite suppressant that has been used for years for it's hunger curbing abilities. Select from six tempting shades: Kitty Poledancer, Lychee Martini, Worship Kate, No Panty Lines, Red Sole and Love Your Thighs.

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