Christina's Christmas Wish List: 2016

Hey guys!

It's almost holiday season and I cannot wait! I've already started my Christmas shopping and I've even decorated a little bit. I know, Halloween just ended, but I couldn't help myself.

In honor of every one preparing for their wallets to be devastatingly empty and their heart to fill with joy thanks to new gifts, I've decided that I would write a gift guide or wish list of my own. Will I get some of these things? Maybe. Do I need them? No, but I wouldn't be upset if I got them (if you know what I mean). Either way, let's move on to the list so I can explain why I think you should be considering these products, too!

1. Bite Beauty: The Perfect Bite Set

Where do I start? I love Bite Beauty's multisticks because I am a lover of anything that is safe to use where I want to on my face. That combined with being cruelty free, Bite Beauty makes me melt. Now on to these lipsticks... I think they're a wonderful gift for a person that hasn't used a Bite Beauty product. It's got a variety of colors that range from office chic to happy hour. The sizes of the lipsticks are perfect to pop in your purse if you are out and about. It's the ideal start to your Bite Beauty addiction.

2. Lancôme: La Palette Des Rêves

While I don't normally give a shout out to brands like Lancôme because I don't buy their products for many reasons, I have to say that the wonderful Lisa Eldridge is killing it as the Creative Director of Makeup. I truly don't want to want this palette, but I totally do. It looks so luxurious and I watched a video of her using it and the shadows look so beautiful on the skin. These neutral shadows will make anyone smile with glee when they unwrap this gift. This would be the ideal palette for anyone who wants a bit of personal luxury to go with their daily makeup routine.

3. Lush: Great Bear

There are three things that I love in a body product: cruelty-free, smells like woods and donates proceeds to animals. I don't normally take baths, so I wouldn't typically yearn for a bath bomb, but the Great Bear checks all three things on my list. If there is only one thing that I could pick from this list to get, it would be this. I love donating to a good cause and I love it even more when it's a mutually beneficial exchange. If you ask my friends what my favorite scent is they would tell you that I go for hot-boyfriend-rolling-around-in-the-woods and musk scents. This. is. my. jam. I know for sure that if someone doesn't get me this, I will buy it myself. This is the perfect gift to give to your eco-friendly friends that want something luxe but don't want to be guilt ridden over chemicals or pollution. Bonus: all of the proceeds go to protect the bears and banning trophy hunting. I liked you, Lush, but now I love you.

4. Lush: Mr. Sandman

Now, I am almost 24 and walking into Lush during Christmas/holiday season is like walking into a tween's wet dream. As you read from above, I love the musky, woody scents and I think it is too sugar sweet and not my cup of tea. Sometimes even normal Lush will give me a bit of an overload with the candy-land scents. Maybe every once in a while I'll go crazy and have something vanilla scented, but it's always paired with lavender, sandalwood or something of that family. That being said, I cannot wait to get my hands on this little diamond. It's recommended to use as a skin dusting at bed time to relax and soothe nerves to help you count your sheep to sleep thanks to the lavender and chamomile. Where do I sign up? Can I have this in gallons? This is a must have/must give to that over stressed friend of yours that needs to chill out sometimes. Give him or her this with some red wine and call it "The New Best Friend" gift. I'll take two please.

5. Julep: Scorpio

I used to be subscribed to the Julep Maven boxes for the longest time. Then I kind of fell out of doing my nails because of school and I can be lazy. Well, then I got a little window shopping happy and went to their website and fell in love with this color. It helps that I am a Scorpio, but damn this color. I want my nails to be this color, I want my lips to be this color... I want my life to be this color. I am in love. It's dark and glittery and me. Dear Taylor, this is officially on my Christmas list... and dear reader, it should be on yours, too.

6. Butter London: Cheerfull

I am nail obsessed lately and all I can say about this is: yes. You do need this, your friend needs this and so do I. If you haven't tried any of Butter London's polish before, you need to. It goes on so beautifully and lasts forever. I have a not-so-secret bad habit of biting my nails (which is why I paint them) and this polish stands up to that. The downside to Butter London is the price, the upside is that their holiday collections are so worth splurging for. They give you a wide arrange of colors to try out and for a pretty good price tag. Who doesn't want to ring in the new year without that gold polish? Not me. So for your nail obsessed relative, I'd check out this 6-piece set for sure.

This pretty much wraps up my little wish list. I'm sure I will find something to add, because I always do. Maybe I'll do another last-minute gift guide in December while some killer deals are going on for us late shoppers.

Until then,
Christina

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