Festive Christmas Beauty Gift Sets To Get for Your Best Girlfriends

Price: PhP1, 047

Store locations: Various Watsons and The SM Beauty Store branches, and pop-up stores all over Metro Manila.

Anne Curtis is the darling of Philippine showbiz. She can act and host; she is very entertaining; and her relationship with husband Erwan Heussaff is a goal many want to achieve. Last year, Anne has proven that she does not only have a pretty face but also the brains of an entrepreneur by launching her own make-up line, blk cosmetics.

blk aims for simple, uncomplicated makeup that everyone can use. Included in the blk travels collection is the all-day intense matte lipstick set, which is a great gift for your travel buddies. The set includes six distinct shades of bright and bold lippies all named after different countries, each with their own narrative.

Price: PhP2,995

Store locations: Various Watsons and The SM Beauty Store branches, and pop-up stores all over Metro Manila.

Another popular media personality who has dabbled into the cosmetics world is comedienne, host, and entertainer Vice Ganda, who owns Vice Cosmetics. The company aims to be inclusive and affordable with a tagline that states “Ganda for Me. Ganda for You. Ganda for All.” (Beauty for me. Beauty for you. Beauty for all.).

If your girlfriends are very much into lippies, check out Bonggacious Box 2 in Vice Cosmetics’ Value Sets. It features eight shades of the Good Vibes Matte Lipstick line and the Phenomenal Liquid Lipsticks. The lipsticks are long-lasting and transfer-free, and they also leave a matte finish. Each shade is also named after Vice’s slang words that have become mainstream phrases such as Bet na bet, Havey, and Pak Ganern.

Check out our list of lipstick shops in Metro Manila or browse the Beauty & Health category of the Yoorekka Shopping Guide.

Price: PhP1,750

Store locations: Robinsons Place Magnolia, TriNoma, Greenbelt 5, Central Square, SM Mall of Asia, Rustan’s Shangri-La Plaza, Rustan’s Glorietta, SM Makati, Alabang Town Center

Benefit Cosmetics is a well-loved international brand which has branched out into the country. Aside from having makeup products, the brand also offers skincare products as well as makeup tools.

For a makeup gift set that can help your friends get a bronzed look, check out Do The Hoola Beyond Bronze Kit. It contains five products: the dew the hoola liquid bronzer, the hoola bronzing powder, the they’re real! mascara, the benebalm rose tinted lip and cheek stain, and the hoola ultra plush lip gloss. The kit is designed to give a natural-looking glow fit for a sun-tanned goddess. It also has a tip and tricks booklet to help the user get the look!

Price: PhP1,500

Fenty Beauty is the brainchild of one of the most famous singers in the world, Rihanna. It offers a selection of face and body products and has gotten rave reviews for its wide range of foundation shades that make it suitable for all skin tones.

The Bomb Bay Mini Lip and Face Set, which is available through Sephora.ph, contains two of its bestselling products. First is the Mini Killawatt highlighter in Hu$tla Baby which can be used to accentuate the face, lips, eyes, and collarbone. The Mini Glass Bomb Universal Lip Luminiser, on the other hand, shows off a shimmering rose nude shade.

Price: PhP2,999

Store locations: Alabang Town Center, Glorietta 3, Greenbelt 5, Power Plant Mall, SM Aura Premier, Robinsons Magnolia, Ayala Malls The 30th, SM Megamall, UP Town Center, TriNoma, SM City North EDSA

Happy Skin is a homegrown brand that carries products that are good for your skin. It was launched in October 18, 2013 by entrepreneur Jacqe Yuengtian-Gutierrez and Rissa Mananquil-Trillo (one of the country’s most well-known models) and its products are manufactured in Taiwan, Japan, and Korea.

If your girlfriends already have more than enough makeup, give them the right tools instead! The Glam Squad Custom Brush Set is composed of six brushes, each with a different function. In the set are a powder brush, an angled flat top brush, an eyeshadow/concealer brush, an eyeshadow blending brush, a crease brush, and a lip brush. The brushes come in a customized gold container for easy storage.

Price: PhP3,095

Nudestix is an international brand which embraces the unique features of each and every individual. It carries a line of makeup crayons for each part of the face that leave a fresh and natural look.

Your go-getter friend might appreciate the Boho Babe Eye and Lip Set, a six-piece eye and lip set that can be used for casual daytime to glam night time looks. It features a 3-in-1 eyeliner, matte lip color in Boho, gel lip and cheek balm in Tay Tay, eyeshadow, and base eye colors. The luminous eye color shades are Angel, Nudity, and Burnish and while the Fig shade is matte.

Check out our list of makeup shops in Metro Manila or browse the Beauty & Health category of the Yoorekka Shopping Guide.

Giving makeup as gifts could be considered as a splurge, but since it’s for the women in your life, anything less will just not do. The suggestions mentioned above will not only seem like gifts that are from the heart, but they will definitely be well-appreciated.