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Tips on creating personalized beauty gift sets for friends by curating products based on their makeup preferences and skin types.
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Include a variety of products: skincare, makeup, and essentials for a complete beauty experience.
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Use mini sizes of products for gifting, allowing recipients to try before committing to full sizes.
So, you’re shopping for one of your beauty-loving besties, but none of the pre-made beauty sets feel quite right. We’ve been there! That’s why this holiday season, we’re here to teach you the best methods for creating your own DIY gift set. Curated with fan-favorite products, skin tone shades, viral must-try products, and all beauty-based preferences in mind, a personalized gift set is perfect for everyone on your list!
Throughout this guide we’ll be teaching you what to include: covering everything from eyes, to lips, to face, and even skincare! By creating your own kit, you're not just gifting makeup or skincare products 一 you're giving a personalized experience that shows how well you know and care about your friends and family. Curated gift sets have gone mega viral on social media over the past few years, and we’re here to give you all the inspo for your next “brrr basket”. Plus, with our affordable lineup, you can create a luxurious-feeling kit without breaking the bank. Get creative, have fun, and let’s get into it!
What Beauty Products Should I Include in a Personalized Gift Set?
When creating a personalized beauty gift set, it’s most important to keep who you’re gifting to in mind. Whether you’re creating a set for one person, or making a bunch of kits to gift to your group of friends, keeping the recipient in mind is what makes a personalized set so special.
Before adding anything to your cart, let’s cover some basics. Decide what kind of products you want to include! Is your bestie into skincare? Or maybe she’s more of a makeup guru? Here’s a few different kinds of gift sets to give you some inspo: skincare gift set, viral products kit, minimalist makeup bundle, glam makeup must-haves, or a complete beauty set!
Skincare Essentials to Add to Your Holiday Beauty Kit this Season
e.l.f. SKIN has the perfect lineup of must-have affordable products to include in your DIY gift set! With multiple collections created with different skin types in mind, high quality formulas, and prices that won’t hurt your wallet, we have you covered. Before purchasing any products, keep in mind who you’re gifting to and what kind of skin they have or what kind of skincare products they usually reach for.
Our skincare lineup has different options for all skin types一 dry, combination, oily, and even mature skin! Here’s a few of our e.l.f. SKIN faves that are perfect for gifting this Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping season:
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Bronzing Drops: Available in 4 flexible shades, bronzing drops help to give your skin that summer glow all year round.
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Bright Icon Vitamin C + E + Ferulic Serum: Our brightening serum is perfect for gifting as it helps to soothe, even out skin tone, reduce the look of dark spots, and provide radiant-looking skin.
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Holy Hydration! Makeup Melting Cleansing Balm: This cleansing balm is a must-have for anyone you’re gifting makeup to! It helps to easily remove makeup, while leaving skin feeling smooth, soft, and hydrated.
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Holy Hydration! Face Cream Fragrance Free: Giving a gift set to someone with sensitive or dry skin? This fragrance-free face cream is an essential! It provides long-lasting hydration, without irritating the skin.
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Holy Hydration! Thirst Burst Drops Brightening Serum: Our brightening & hydration drops are a viral, fan-favorite for a reason! These gel serum drops help to give a juicy, radiant, glowing complexion, and are a skincare must-have during the cold winter months.
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Suntouchable Clear Sunscreen Stick SPF 50: Don’t forget SPF! Protecting the skin from sun damage is important all year round and our sunscreen stick makes application (and reapplying!) a breeze.
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Blemish Breakthrough Stick It to Zits Pimple Patches: Pimple patches are the perfect pick to include in a DIY gift set! Effective and easy to use一 brb adding to our carts!
Makeup Primer Options for a Personalized Holiday Gift Set
No matter who you’re gifting a DIY beauty set to, makeup primer is a must in order to get a makeup look that lasts all day and night! Don’t worry, we have the ultimate lineup of affordable face primers in our collection. Grippy, sticky, hydrating, or mattifying一you name it, we have it! Let’s take a look at some of our favorite face primers that will make the perfect base for both your face & your makeup gift set:
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Power Grip Primer: Our best-selling, fan-favorite gripping primer is an undeniable essential for any makeup lover. It’s perfect to include in a beauty kit created with a makeup guru in mind, since its grippy formula will help their makeup last all day and is priced at an affordable $11!
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Power Grip Primer with 4% Niacinamide: This gripping primer has the sticky and grippy effect of our OG formula, but is infused with 4% Niacinamide which helps to brighten and even out the skin tone under makeup.
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Power Grip Matte Primer: If you’re gifting a beauty set to someone who’s into more of a matte makeup look, we’ve got you covered! This mattifying primer helps grip makeup while also reducing the look of oil and shine throughout the day.
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Liquid Poreless Putty Primer: This poreless primer is our holy grail for smooth, pore-minimizing perfection. It has a lightweight-feel, silky finish, and is infused with hydrating squalene to help keep skin hydrated.
Pro Tip: If you’re not sure which face primer to include in your DIY beauty gift set, we’ve created mini sizes that are perfect for gifting! Check out our Power Grip Primer Mini, Power Grip Primer + 4% Niacinamide Mini, and our Power Grip Matte Primer Mini. These minis are the perfect for a gift set since your giftee will able to try out the product before purchasing the full size!
Complexion Makeup Must-Haves that are Perfect for a Beauty Gift Set
This is where DIY makeup gift sets have a major advantage over pre-packaged ones: complexion products! Pre-made beauty sets rarely include multiple complexion shades in one beauty kit, but when you're curating the gift set yourself, you can handpick the perfect shades for whoever you’re gifting too! Our lineup of complexion products covers it all—whether you’re looking for full-coverage products, a glowy finish, or a more natural look, we’ve got affordable face makeup options that won’t break the bank. Here’s some of our complexion faves that are perfect for gifting for Black Friday and Cyber Monday holiday season:
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Halo Glow Liquid Filter: If you want a makeup base with boosted glow and a luminous finish, Halo Glow Liquid Filter is for you! Perfect to wear alone or mixed with a more full-coverage product, this will give your skin a radiant finish to keep you glowing all day.
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Halo Glow Skin Tint SPF 50: A base product that offers a natural, glowy finish and SPF protection? Yes please! This hydrating skin tint has a lightweight feel and buildable coverage, making it perfect for all different kinds of makeup looks.
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Soft Glam Satin Foundation: If you want to gift a more traditional foundation, reach for our Soft Glam Satin Foundation. It offers medium, buildable coverage and comes in 36 unique shades ensuring there will be a great match for anyone you’re gifting to!
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Hydrating Camo Concealer: The perfect concealer to hide those pesky blemishes and dark circles, while keeping your skin hydrated and helping to avoid dry patches of skin that makeup will cling to.
With these affordable gems, you can mix and match to create and gift the perfect complexion routine.