Holiday Beauty: Grab Bag Gifts under $30

 

 Holiday Grab Bags or Secret Santa prizes are kicking off and below are a few signature products to get you in the right direction. Keep your budget to $30 and under for some trendy finds that will be their key necessity thanks to you. Check out what items should be on your list!

Magnificent Metals Lip Gloss from Stila is a great grab bag item that's flashy and sparkly. Great shades to purchase are Garnet for that deep shade and a soft pink that's desirable.

Mally All Over Color Skin Brightening Blush Duo with Brush is so great for enhancing the cheeks with it's heat activation system. A little goes a long way to take you from day into night with just a one tap with the brush.

 

 

 

 

 

Having good bouncy hair is so ideal for us women and Organix's Biotin + Collagen gives the boost effect that hair needs. It's a great product for switching up your hair techniques and it smells wonderful.

 

Bring on the sparkle with Flash Tattoos, this trend rocks as accessories for night outs. Filled with fun metallic styles that make a statement and can be applied anywhere you like to shine! 

 

Skincare is a popular gift for the holiday season and Peter Thomas Roth’s Mini Mask Magic Kit provides the top treatment masks.  Added to help with detoxify, repair, and polishing the skin. It comes in three marvelous scents of Pumpkin, Rose and Cucumber.

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My Beauty Rewind: My First Time Meeting Mally Roncal

The Scoop: I was invited to beauty editor’s day for QVC at Milk Studio’s in NYC around late February or early March 2011. This was my second time adding video to GlitterBuzzStyle so I was such a beginner at this. I walked in to a wide range of beauty brands some I knew and others were new to me. One person who did make a statement was Mally Roncal, she was gorgeous full of personality and I loved her sparkly bracelets. I wanted to know more and so I watched in awe.

Beauty: What’s New For Spring

Save The Day Anti-Acne Concealer Stick $10

These concealers comes in 7 shades great for all skin tones. They work best to cover up blemishes from breakouts or discoloration concerns.

Moisture Surge Overnight Mask $32

The Surge Mask helps with keeping the skin nourished while you sleep, for best results use it nightly or at least 3x a week.

LipSurgence™  skintuitive lip tint $24

This lip tint gives your pout it’s own signature shade based on your PH levels so you will never have the same color as your bestie ; )

Pure Color Five Color EyeShadow Palette $48

You get an amazing balance of matte, satin, shimmer and metallic in this palette with the shadows. Great for a rocking a day or smoky eye look.

It Cosmetics Vitality Lip Flush Lipstick Butter Trio $32.64

These crème glosses are also lipsticks that help condition and hydrate the lips. Great signature shades for every day or a night out.

Lancôme 'Baume in Love' Lip Color $26

These limited edition shades are best to rock for spring/summer season, add these neon lipsticks into your beauty look.

Limited Edition Extreme Party Eye Palette $75

This palette does bring the party effect with the shimmer and bold shades, it’s great for a weekend compact as well.

Mally 7-pc Gorgois In a Minute Color Crayon Collection $49.58

Love the concept of this! You get two shadows, two lip colors, a highlighter and a blush. These crayons come in a cute box and is perfect for a glam look on the go.

 

NYX 'Mega Shine - Kiss the Stars' Lip Gloss Trio $10

If you love luscious shine on your lips these give a good touch, the colors are simple but wearable and you can add it on top of your signature lipstick as well.

Burberry 'Siren Red - Lip Glow' Natural Lip Gloss $27

Contains light oils to give lips a natural look and adds fullness to your lips.

 Deborah Lippmann Polka Dots Glitter Nail Polish $19 I'm Not Edible Glitter Nail Polish $19 Deborah Lippmann Million Dollar Mermaid Glitter Nail Polish $19

The polka dot trend is great for that much needed pop, it comes in a wide of shades and it’s a great look for the spring season.

Yves Saint Laurent Beaute Pure Chromatics Wet and Dry Eye Shadow Palette $55

I absolutely love this palette so glamorous and great for special occasions. The satin texture will turn creamy when applied wet giving more of a sexier beauty look.

Beauty: Holiday Gifting Sets

Gloss Lab $25

Every lady loves to have a gorgeous signature color on their lips, that everyday shade that makes their 9-5 more fabulous and that bold statement that causes fireworks on a weekend night out. This set offers 10 great shades of dazzle, pop and simplicity which complements everyone women’s personal beauty style.

Reasons to Buy: Not only are the colors great but it helps with moisturizing the lips, non sticky and the variety of colors make everyday a new look.

The Return Of Sexy Eye Shadow Palette $48

You can’t get any better than intense shimmer eye wear for the holiday season and this trio palette brings on the glitz. You get enough fierce elements for a gold, rosy and glitter silver theme for that chica who loves the limelight. All the shades are transitional looks making it fit with future beauty trends.

Reasons to Buy: The shades are highly pigmented giving you enormous color, you can mix and match colors for your own signature entrance and its portable enough to be your weekend necessity.

 

Uber Nude Lip & Eye Palette $30

This is a great lip and eye palette to add a boost for the simple beauty days. The colors are naturally beautiful offering great glowing power with a sprinkle of frost and the lip color is so versatile for the perfect pout.

Reasons to Buy: Perfect size for a clutch bag and won’t take over in your tote, you can rock the shades for a work and play beauty look and the quality of the brand is worth the splurge.

Liptastic Lip Color Discovery Collection $30

This is an amazing way to test out bestsellers from a mix of brands, each one has its own signature element that will make your beauty look experience unique and fun.

Reasons to Buy: A different look can be capture daily, you will find your signature color that makes you feel fab and the gift set décor is beyond beautified.

 

bareMinerals Fired Up Set $54

It’s a statement set all around and a wonderful choice to make for a gift with all the major necessities that it offers. Flawless eye colors, perfect cheek shade, sultry eyes and a lip shade that rocks.

Reasons to Buy: It has all your beauty needs in a elegant case, the shades are so versatile and picture perfect plus it provides a fashionable clutch. Great addition to seal the deal for a great night out.

Beauty: Face Of The Day

Foundation & Concealer: Laura Geller The Real Deal Concealer in Medium Deep

Great option for duo action a newbie and fabulous “IT” item of mine, can’t resist!

Eyeshadow: Auraline Beauty in Smokey

I love these shadows great color pay off. I used the black shimmer metallic on lower lids and the light copper shade in the creases.

Blush: Bourjois in Peche Vitaminee (old product only available in UK now)

This was my first makeup splurge purchase in my early twenties, I wished it sold in the U.S. again.

Eyebrows: BOOM BOOM Push Up Brow This is incredible for giving the brows a great highlighting look. I am letting my brows grow and it adds that glam to them. One side has shimmer and the other side doesn’t. But I always use the glitz.

Eyebrows: Mally Evercolor Waterproof Automatic Eyeliner Duo in Deepest Brown

This is a must have for adding volume to the brows and making them fuller. The color matches my brows so perfect, haven’t used it as an eyeliner since I did the switch.

Highlighter: Laura Geller Baked Highlighter with Double-Ended Face & Eye Applicator

This blends in your skin so well and leaves it glowing underneath the cheekbones, glad its not frosty or shimmery.

Bronzer: mark. Glowdacious Illuminating Powder in Amped Up

 

I just apply this on my neckline, ears, hands and legs. It’s great to apply to exposed areas.

Lips: Laura Geller Dream Creams Lip Palette with Retractable Lip Brush in Apricot Berry

Even though I am not a huge fan of lip palettes since I enjoy the easy application of a lip gloss/lipstick. This palette gives amazing color payoff. You have 4 great colors you can blend them together to make a customized look. My favorite shade and the one I used is the deep apricot orange.

Beauty: Face Of The Day

Great beauty look, loved this one!

Of course I started with my BareMinerals Matte Foundation SPF in Golden Tan 422. It never fails me so light weight and natural looking. Also once the weather gets warmer its great to have a foundation that you don’t have to worry about. I also used BareMinerals Ready 8.0 Palette in Playlist $40 . My favorite shades are the yellow gold and the bronzed perfect for a touch of glow on my eyes. I use it so much because its always looks amazing!

For my cheeks Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips in Miami Strip $12.95. This palette is a great budget find because it’s a bronzer, blush and eye shadow with a great glowing effect. I applied it as a blush for a soft touch on the cheekbones.

My go to mascara as always Mally Volumizing Mascara $20 last all day long and always gives good impact. Splurge on it or find her exclusive QVC deals, you’re going to LOVE IT!

My lips are fab! And it only cost .99 cents! Wet n Wild #52D Silk And Finish Lipstick (Retro Pink) if you like Nicki Minaj’s lip color but can’t afford the M.A.C this is a great choice. Bold, fun and great for the season.

Hope you discovered new brands or new products, and don’t be afraid to play with makeup let it be FUN!