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Treat Your Makeup-Loving Friends This Season With A $45 Gift Set From This Cult Brand

by Melissa Epifano

Updated: Feb. 20, 2024

Originally Published: November 4, 2020

Bare Hands' manicure kit is a lovely gift under $100.

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Luxury gifts no longer equate to a premium price tag, and with a little sleuthing, you can find presents that cause over-the-top "you know me so well" reactions without obliterating your budget. To save you the unavoidable stress of choice overload and prevent you from spending a few hundred on one serum, these gifts under $100 will fit your gift-giving standards, exceed the recipient's expectations, and treat your wallet a lot nicer.

Beauty and wellness is a tricky category to pull gifts from, since every person's needs are so different. You may have been scarred by past years of settling for a dreaded generic pack of body sprays or a last-minute set of sugar cookie-scented lip balms, but this year is about to be different. For under $100, you can treat loved ones to expertly crafted manicure sets, buttery body balms, and cult-favorite lip colors.

Take a peek at the following 15 gifts that are fit for your favorite people, but won't strain your budget.

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Body Butter

The blend of shea, cocoa, and mango butters make this whipped delight an instant favorite among first-time users. It smells amazing and leaves even the most parched skin feeling soft and nourished — recipients will be hooked for life.

The Dry Gloss Manicure Kit

The Dry Gloss Manicure Kit

Manicures without color mean you leave room for your nails to breathe, grow, and shine all on their own. The kit is packed in a vegan leather case and equips you with a glass emery board and a nourishing cuticle oil, so you can file and shine without toxic lacquers.

NEOPÊCHE Candle

NEOPÊCHE Candle

Nothing calms and relaxes quite like a candle. It's warm and the lighting instantly sets the mood. This particular peach-scented one is fruity but balanced out thanks to pink peppercorn and amber.

MTHRSHP Mega: Celestial Divinity Palette

Pat McGrath Labs

MTHRSHP Mega: Celestial Divinity Palette

Packed with 12 saturated pigments, this palette works for the most extravagant of celebrations and your everyday looks. Matte, shimmer, and iridescent, this is the only palette you'll need in your collection from the holidays on.

Coconut Love Body Ritual Kit

Herbivore Botanicals

Coconut Love Body Ritual Kit

Bring the tropics to your friend who's missing vacation a little more than most with this coconut-infused kit. Made up of a body oil, bath soak, and body polish, they can drift off to paradise in their bathroom and return with super soft skin.

Over the Moon Duo

Over the Moon Duo

Introduce the uninitiated to gua sha and all its benefits with a kit that looks pretty chic sitting atop your bathroom counter. While it's known to be great for your skin, it can also help reduce tension in your head, jaw, and neck.

Floral Soak Bath Salts

Floral Soak Bath Salts

Baths in their own right are relaxing, but adding salts infused with CBD takes the art of self-care to a whole new level. While relaxation is key, these also help melt tension, exfoliate, and reduce inflammation.

Rollerball Duo

With seven scents to choose from, you can treat a friend or family member to two of them with this set. Genderless and completely transparent about its ingredients, these fragrances will appeal to almost anyone.

Pillow Talk Lip Secrets Lip Set

Charlotte Tilbury

Pillow Talk Lip Secrets Lip Set

Pillow Talk is quickly becoming one of the most iconic lip colors on the market. The recipient of this gift will adore being able to add this shade to their collection not only in lipstick form, but in a lip liner, gloss, and collagen gloss, too.

The Marble Body Brush in Nero Marquina

The Marble Body Brush in Nero Marquina

Upgrade anyone's old drugstore-bought dry brush to instantly turn this act into a lavish self-care practice. With a marble back and hand strap, users can exfoliate, increase blood flow, and soften skin among other things.

Silk Pillowcase

Silk Pillowcase

Not only does this pillowcase feel amazing on your skin and look stunning on your bed, it's good for your body, too. Because it's silk, friction is reduced and both your hair and skin will benefit from the lack of wrinkling and tugging that comes with other textiles.

Gel Manicure Set

Le Mini Macaron

Gel Manicure Set

The luxury of salon appointments are on hold, but those who miss their gel manicures can be satiated with this mini kit. Prepped with a mini macaron-shaped LED light, gel polish, and a few tools, it allows you to recreate a professional-grade mani.

Aromatic Inhaler

Aromatic Inhaler

The scent of essential oils can be quick to calm you down, but nothing beats a nasal inhaler with custom blends. It's the perfect addition to any self-care night or for the moments you need some grounding.

Illuminate Clarifying Mask

Beneath Your Mask

Illuminate Clarifying Mask

Full of honey, coconut milk, and vitamins C, E, and lots of B, this mask can work for any skin type. It rejuvenates and repairs the skin, and thanks to the lack of single-use packaging, it's a much more sustainable option than sheet versions.

Pure and Pore-Perfecting Trio

Pure and Pore-Perfecting Trio

Featuring fan-favorites The Water Cream, The Silky Peony, and The Deep Cleanse, this gift set aligns your skincare savvy friends with undeniably effective products that cleanse, smooth, and moisturize.

This article was originally published on November 4, 2020