14 Gifts For Makeup Obsessives

If you’re wondering whether makeup is a good gift, the answer is always yes. Especially if you’re shopping for a beauty obsessive.

Since you’ve stumbled across BEAUTY BAY and this article, you’re already one step in the right direction because we’ve pulled together a bumper edit of the best makeup gifts. And if it’s skincare, wellness, haircare, or gift sets you’re looking for, we’ve got those too.

Below you’ll find everything from glittering eyeshadows (perfect for party season) to liquid blushers (the must have product of 2023). So, if you’re ready to win the gifting game of Christmas 2023, scroll down to discover the 14 best gifts for makeup obsessives.

Glow all out this festive season by hauling NUDESTIX’s Nudies Matte + Glow Core All Over Face Blush. This multi-tasking matte blush stick delivers a luminous dewiness with each swipe – and just so happens to feature a nourishing blend of peptides and ceramides to seal moisture into the skin so your makeup looks fresh all day long.

You heard it here first; no makeup look is complete without Danessa Myricks Beauty’s Dynamic Chrome Duo. Versatile and luxurious, this set includes a limited-edition Infinite Chrome Flakes, an eyeshadow topper that sets by itself for a hyper-metallic foiled effect, and a limited-edition Mini Colorfix Foil – a fast-drying waterproof cream colour, that can be swiped onto the lids to create mesmerising and multi-dimensional eye looks. ‘Tis the season to sparkle!

When TikTok’s favourite brand Made By Mitchell launches a bundle, you haul it! Inside the Beam Gloss Bundle you’ll find six buildable lip glosses that offer the lips a juicy tint of sheer colour.

The NUDESTIX Mini Nudies Best Seller Kit is the perfect gift for them (or you) if the goal is a glowing complexion. This set features six mini all-over colour sticks that triple as a blusher, bronzer, bronzer, highlighter, and whatever else you can think of. All of the products are super blendable and pigmented, this bundle belongs in your next haul.

Any makeup obsessive will appreciate Danessa Myricks Beauty’s Luxe Cream Palette because it contains 12 semi-matte, smooth, and multi-purpose liquid colours that are bursting with pigment. Not only does this satiny formula offer a buildable wash of colour, but it also smooths the appearance of pores and fine lines. Win, win.

Prepare to be obsessed with MAC Cosmetics’ limited-edition Snowtrance Eye Kit. This set contains everything you need to ace your party looks this season, including two frosty eyeshadows, the best-selling M·A·C Stack Mascara, and a gel pencil eyeliner, all housed in a reusable makeup bag.

Slay every day of this festive season with HALF MAGIC’s Everyday Fierce Set. This set includes the Magic Drip, a high-shine gloss that adds a multi-dimensional sparkle with a non-sticky and non-tacky formula, and the Magic Flik, a waterproof eyeliner pen that lets you create winged and graphic liner looks which last up to 12 hours. What more could you ask for?

Every product in the Metamorphic Christmas Collection from By BEAUTY BAY is a compliment catcher. Inside you’ll find an ultra-black volumising mascara, a fine-tip liquid eyeliner, a 16-shade eyeshadow palette, and two high-pigment liquid eyeshadows that can be used to create multi-dimensional eye makeup looks that are sure to stun.

There is nothing more shimmery than about-face’s Fractal Glitter Eye Paint. It’s creamy, crease-proof, waterproof, transfer-proof, and ultimately a foolproof way to dramatise any eye makeup look. *Instantly adds to basket*

Does your giftee struggle with keeping their makeup locked in place and their skin hydrated? If so, haul the Urban Decay All Nighter Travel Set. Inside you’ll find the All Nighter Long Lasting Makeup Setting Spray, plus the All Nighter Setting Spray Vitamin C, two mini but mighty setting sprays they didn’t know they needed.  

MAC Cosmetics’ Extra Dimension Skinfinish is the highlighter their makeup collection is missing. The luxurious and cream-to-powder formula blends effortlessly onto the skin and offers up to ten hours of long-lasting luminosity. What’s not to love?

If your giftee is obsessed with anything sparkly, you must haul HALF MAGIC’s Glitterpuck Multi-Use Pressed Fairy Dust! This featherweight, one-of-a-kind pressed glitter can be patted onto the lids or cheekbones for a fairy-like shimmer, or on the body an ethereal sparkle. Multi-use magic is only a click away…

Every makeup obsessive deserves By BEAUTY BAY’s Double Neutral Palette Duo. Both 42-shade and 16-shade matte and shimmer palettes contain a selection of cool browns, greiges, and soft pinks – which suit everyone. With epic pigment payoff, effortless blendability, and impressive lasting power, this duo is a non-negotiable, must-have this Christmas.

By BEAUTY BAY’s Liquid Cream Blush Vault will have your makeup obsessive blushing and beaming with happiness because one swipe does so much. Containing not one, but four multi-use and satin finish lip and cheek liquids – all packed with pigment and skin-loving ingredients to smooth and nourish the skin (and lips) with a healthy flush of colour.