Favorite 2018 Holiday Gifts at Sephora

Shopping for the holidays is easy when you decide to give the gift of beauty! Everybody can use a little skincare or cosmetics in their life, and I'm excited to share some of my favorite products and gift sets you'll find at Sephora this holiday season. 

SEPHORA FAVORITES Scouted By Sephora, $44 ($145 value)

This kit contains ten travel-friendly must-haves! These skincare favorites include Biossance 100% Squalane Oil, Christophe Robin Cleansing Purifying Scrub with Sea Salt, Dr. Roebuck's No Worries Hydrating Face Moisturizer, Farmacy Beauty Honey Potion Renewing Antioxidant Hydration Mask with Echinacea GreenEnvy™ Honey, Herbivore Lapis Balancing Facial Oil, Kopari Beauty Coconut Lip Glossy, Saturday Skin Rub-A-Dub Refining Peel Gel, Sunday Riley Good Genes All-In-One Lactic Acid Treatment, Volition Beauty Turmeric Brightening Polish, and Youth To The People Superfood Cleanser. I haven't tried any of these products yet but I can't wait to!

FRESH Roundtrip Ritual, $65 ($92 value)

This complete skincare set will keep your skin hydrated while traveling! It's got everything you need: the gentle Soy Face Cleanser (which is one of my favorite cleansers), soothing Rose Face Mask, radiance-boosting Lotus Youth Preserve Face Cream,  depuffing Black Tea Age-Delay Eye Concentrate, and plumping Sugar Lip Treatment Advanced Therapy to keep your lips moisturized all winter long. This set makes the perfect gift since it works for all skin types, too. 

 

SEPHORA COLLECTION SUPER MASK - in Gold and Silver, $6 each

Silver Mask - a 15-minute metallic silver glow booster sheet mask, enriched with pearl extract to brighten skin. If you have an uneven skin tone and experiencing dullness and dryness, then this mask is for you!

Gold Mask - a 15-minute metallic gold skin perfector mask hydrates, rduces skin irregularities and refines skin texture.

SEPHORA COLLECTION Midnight Wishes Eyeshadow Palette, $16

This eyeshadow palette comes in 16 shades, from matte to shimmer and metallic. The palette has a perfect mix of timeless and festive shades. 

TARTE Pineapple Of My Eye Collector's Set, 

was $59, now $42! ($354 value)

This limited-edition gift set is packaged in a fun, gold pineapple case, filled with gorgeous eyeshadow  shades in matte and metallic finishes, along with Amazonian Clay blush, highlighter and bronzer. The set also comes with the Sex Kitten Liquid Liner and Deluxe Lights, Camera, Lashes™ 4-In-1 Mascara to top off your full eye look plus the Rainforest of the Sea™ Collection Lip Quench Rescue Balm in Pink.

HOURGLASS Confession Refillable Lipstick Duo, $34

This lipstick duo, in My One Desire (dusty mauve) and At Night (brick red) includes a sleek, refillable metallic pink applicator. The lipsticks are creamy and saturated, and won't smudge or feather! 

- Kim Weling

Sephora Holiday Favorites 2017

Sephora is one of my go-to spots for beauty gift-giving essentials. Here's a look at some of my holiday favorites from the Sephora Collection.

1) Sephora Collection Winter Wonderland Advent Calendar ($45) – Every year, Sephora comes up with a new advent calendar with 24 surprises to help you countdown to Christmas. The mini gifts are great for travel, the office or your purse. The surprises include everything from a lip stain or eyeliner to nail polish.

2) Sephora Collection Paint the Town Nude Chubby Set ($29) – This set of ten mini lip pencils in a creamy satin finish works for every skin tone. You can gift the entire set, or break it up for some stocking stuffers while keeping a few lip pencils for yourself!

3) Sephora Collection Dark Rainbow Dual Boar Brush ($15) – I use these mini boar brushes for travel and previously had a gold one. I love the look of this new limited edition one with oil slick coating. 

4) Sephora Collection Dark Rainbow Compact Mirror ($12) – This is one compact you won't want to lose, yet everyone will want to borrow! The compact is absolutely gorgeous, encrusted with colored and gunmetal stones. It's the perfect gift for a friend that loves a little glam and sparkle. 

- Kim Weling

Shopbop + Sephora: "Faces of Fashion" and the SEPHORA COLLECTION Color Play 5-in-1 Palette

Happy New Year! Now that the holidays have come and gone, it's time to treat yourself to some gifts, like the SEPHORA COLLECTION Color Play 5 in 1 limited edition palette inspired by Shopbop.com's "Faces of Fashion" editorial look book.

The set includes five distinct color palettes, each with ten eye shadows, two lip colors and one blush in color stories that correspond to five iconic figures in fashion. This palette is perfect for on-the-go and comes with a portable mirror compact. Just select one of the five different looks/palettes and pop it into the portable compact.

Here's a look at Shopbop's five iconic looks/color palettes:

A Nod to Mod (bright blues, greens, pink, purples)


Angelic Boudoir (nudes, sands, with a touch of bright blue and fuchsia)


Black is the New Black (black smoky eyes)


Boho Bombshell (dark blues, warm taupes, warm golds)

Classics Never Die (brown smoky eyes)

You can check out these iconic looks at Shopbop.com.

The Color Play 5 in 1 palette retails for $30 ($125 value) and is currently available on sephora.com. Be sure to enter the the Shopbop and Sephora Faces of Fashion sweepstakes through February 2nd, with a chance to win a year's supply of makeup from Sephora and a $2500 shopping spree at Shopbop.

- Kim Weling