5 Hot Beauty Gifts Under $20

Tis the sea­son to be jolly and give!  These gifts are per­fect for giv­ing and you may even want to pocket one for yourself!

Susanne Lang, founder of Susanne Lang Parfumerie and Sula Beauty

Sula Beauty

Beyonce is a fan of Paint and Peel by Sula Beauty

Sula Beauty is known for their Paint and Peel nail polish in innovative colors that can be applied and peel off so you can change col­ors in an instant.  Have a hol­i­day office party at 5pm and then going to another hol­i­day soiree to meet up with that cutie?  You can wear the toned down color for your boss and go wild in one night with­out the man­i­curist wait.  A favorite of Beauties on the Run like Beyonce.

Pair the nail pol­ish with a shea body but­ter, an organic body but­ter used for dry and sen­si­tive skin on your face, hands, feet, elbows and even hair.  Each tin has pure essen­tial oils selected by the famous cre­ator of ele­gant and mod­ern per­fumes, Susanne Lang.   They come in three scents: Bergamot, Rosa Damascena and Neroli Blossom.   My favorite is the Rosa Damascena, which has the steam-distilled oil of 6 hand picked rose petals!

Sula Beauty is Susanne’s acces­si­ble line appeal­ing to those that may not be famil­iar with her scents and luxury products. The body but­ter is a great way to enjoy the sim­ple things in life.  Each one is $9 so buy two for a gift and one for you.  These prod­ucts can be found at your local Ulta store or at SulaBeauty.com.

Organic Peruvian Antioxidant Chocolate Mask

Do you have a friend that is always telling you about how she just arrived from a week in Malta?  And you had to Google where Malta was located?  (It’s a coun­try south of Italy.)  Here’s the gift for her:  Organic Peruvian Antioxidant Chocolate Mask from AnaniSpa, a licensed Esthetician work­ing and liv­ing in Alberta, Canada, and a seller on Etsy.   Her prod­ucts are organic and hand made using fair trade, Peruvian Cocoa, a highly nutri­tious source of age fight­ing antiox­i­dants.  Chardonnay Grape Seed extract con­tains proan­tho­cyani­din, a very potent antiox­i­dant. Green Tea Extract fights aging, acne and sun dam­age.  Pure Coconut Cream and Jojoba oil deeply mois­tur­ize, while gen­tle pure white Kaolin and Australian Pink Clay pro­vide min­er­als and helps to pull impu­ri­ties from deep within the pores.

Let her know that you found this on your trip back from Cusco, Peru hik­ing the Inca Trail !  All for $15.

Benefit Lip Gloss

Every girl needs lip gloss.  Enough said and there are 8 shades with just the right com­bi­na­tion of color and shine.  Benefit lip­glosses have the color pig­ment of a sheer lip­stick for a slight tint of your lips.  Each lip gloss is $14.

• Bare Escentuals Sun Proof Fun

bareM­iner­als Sun Proof Fun set of four eye shad­ows (orig­i­nal value $44) has four basic shades of eye­shadow (very sub­tle) that can be used to hide dark cir­cles and cam­ou­flage eye area.    The col­ors are neu­tral enough to give and with SPF 20 com­bined with min­er­als, this will pro­tect their del­i­cate eye area.

This set contains:

• bareM­iner­als Well-Rested SPF 20 for Eyes in Cream Linen
• bareM­iner­als Sandcastle SPF 20 Eyecolor in Warm Light Roast Velvet
• bareM­iner­als Starfish SPF 20 Eyecolor in Iridescent Apricot Pink Glimmer
• bareM­iner­als Boardwalk SPF 20 Eyecolor in Milk Chocolate Cocoa Velvet

They can be pur­chased for $19.50 at Sephora.