Beauty Gift Sets

Posted by: Leonora Epstein Filed in: style, galleries
1:00PM, Saturday November 7th 2009

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beauty gift boxes

The holiday season is upon us. Which means the stores are stocked with those oh-so-convenient gift boxes—the easy cop-out when you can’t put something better together yourself. Beauty gift boxes can be great ... but they can also send the wrong message. Make sure you don’t fall into these holiday traps.

Christmastime tends to bring a bevy of traditional scents, which are delicious in cakes, cookies, and alcoholic beverages. No one wants to bathe in eggnog. [$16, Philosophy, Sephora.com]

Instead, try something that embodies the sweet spirit and works well at the same time, like Fresh’s wonderful sugar scrub products. [$75, Fresh, Barneys.com]

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Rebekka MacFarlane
wrote on November 7 2009 @ 04:09 pm: [report]

I beg to differ, I love my eggnog bodywash/shampoo.

cheekachu
wrote on November 8 2009 @ 12:15 am: [report]

Well, I don’t know if that Sephora perfume sampler is the same version they have in stores now, but they’ve got a thing where you buy one of those boxes and get a full-sized perfume after you pick your favorite one from the samples. Not too bad, I think.

nyack
wrote on November 8 2009 @ 03:22 pm: [report]

These La Mer products cost $395! Come on now. What kind of a suggestion is that?

heartofglass
wrote on November 9 2009 @ 03:54 am: [report]

I love the eggnog shampoo from Philosophy. It smells so yummy

mineola
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 12:37 pm: [report]

Sorry but the idea of bathing in eggnog is sincerely barfworthy. I definitely enjoy many Philosophy products but they go too far with teh cute foodie stuff in the bath. No, just no to Gingerbread, cookies, cakes + hot water.

I get the lemon cream hand cream. I understand & even love the scent of their orangey Microdelivery Peel, which I see as a huge self-indulgent spa treat.

Fruity yes. But foodie, please, no.

Will we next be invited to frisk in Chicken ala King? Slather self with pizza?

Even the Margarita Salt Scrub- Sure, if a bit tipsy & manage to get bathed in salty glo of spilled real fresh Margarita okay, my bad. But to deliberately craft a tease Margarita (with similar pricing!) just to go down drain? Cruelty. Wrong, on so many levels.

What’s next? Spaghetti Shampoo & Lasagna Loofah?

I do not aspire to “indulge” in gastronomical delights in the shower- and pitching them as rub them all over yourself so you don’t have to eat/drink it smacks of sheer insanity.

Fruity scents, okay. But bakery? Not so much. Eat cookies, do not scrub with them.

mineola
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 12:56 pm: [report]

Sorry, no. Eggnog in the bath is just pushing it too far unless one has some sort of elf fetish. It’s barfworthy in my book.

There are many Philosophy products I do enjoy- Their Vitamin C Booster powder is indispensable.

But this bakery goods/foodie obsession puts me off. I don’t want to slather myself with Red Velvet Cake for heaven’s sake. That sounds like a personal problem!

Yes to fruity scents in the bath. No to Tastykake.

Same with the mixed drinks. If I happen to tipsily douse myself with a fine salty Margarita, my bad. Maybe the gods of tequila have their revenge (and they will, in the morning). But to deliberately craft a just as expensive as a premium margarita too salt scrub out of it- no. Just… don’t.

I don’t want to be slathered with cookies, or cookie dough, ever.

I get the light fruity scents. I even love the orangey microdelivery peel & regard that as a rare, spa-worthy self-indulgence. But I’m putting it on my face, I’m not pretending it’s ice cream.

What’s next- Lasagna Loofah? Cheeseburger conditioner? Just no. NO!

Also the ridiculousness of “indulging” in foodie bath items do you can enjoy them but the calories don’t end up on your hips is sorta well psychotic.

I guess it works for the pre-teen market or something but it’s a little too princessy for me.